At OOK Farms 2nd Annual Symposium, Youths, Women Charged To Embrace Farming
In its mission to revolutionize agribusiness in Nigeria, OOK Farms, in conjunction with the Association of Registered Social Youth Club in Oyo State hosted the second edition of her Agribusiness Annual symposium. Agriculture has always been an integral part of our culture and economy in Nigeria, OOK Farms believe it is high time to change the orientation of the youth...
Award-winning Journalist, Hassan Adebayo Elected Chairman As Oyo Global Forum Gets New Exco
Award-winning development and accountability journalist, Mr. Taiwo Hassan Adebayo was on Saturday, May 20, 2023 elected as Chairman of the Oyo Global Forum. The emergence of the new executive followed a painstaking election midwifed by the Engr. Dr. Ajibola Tijjani-led Electoral Committee and conducted online among members of the Forum from around the world. The OGF is a body founded over...
Ibadan Chief Congratulates High Chiefs Over Elevation To Obaship Status
One of the Ibadan traditional chiefs has congratulated Ibadan High Chiefs over their elevation to Obaship status by ‘Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo. Billed for July 7, 2023, all Ibadan High Chiefs would be referred to ‘His Royal Majesty,’ following the signing into law of the chieftaincy amendment bill to grant autonomy to the governor to present beaded crowns and...
Day Oyo Obas, Dotun Sanusi, Other Businessmen Join Makinde To Woo Investors At London Summit
Top businessmen in Oyo State and host of traditional rulers on Friday joined the State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde to woo foreign investors to pick the State as their investment destination of choice in Nigeria. The participants concerned at the Oyo State International Business Summit which held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London Kensington, on Friday, May 19, 2023, where...
OYSHIA Reacts To Misleading Post On Healthcare Plan — We Charge 13,500 Annually, No Longer N8,000
The Oyo State Health Insurance Agency, OYSHIA, on Monday, reiterated its commitment to the healthiness of its enrollees, adding that its yearly standard plus plan is 13,500. Appealing to the public to disregard a now deleted post on social media, by a radio station, promoting its former standard healthcare plan of N8, 000, the Agency stated that it will not relent...
NYSC: Oyo Gets Sustainability Award For Youth Development
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has presented the Oyo State Government with a prestigious 'Sustainability Award' in recognition of the Government's outstanding commitment to Youth development and empowerment. The award was received by the Honourable Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo State, Dr Seun Fakorede, MNSE, who also doubles as the Chairman NYSC Governing Board in the State....
OYO101: Makinde’s Second Term; Shattering Tradition | Muftau Gbadegesin
Many Nigerians still hold the firm belief that the second-term curse on most Nigerian politicians is real and kicking. Tales of power abuse, impunity, rascality, lawlessness, and brigandage abound from the top to the bottom, especially for second-timers in the seat of power. That is not to say politicians don’t misuse their powers and privileges even when they are newbies...
SPEAKERSHIP: Akinremi, Sadipe Missing As 12 Oyo APC, PDP Reps-elect Unite For Abass
Newly re-elected members of the house of representatives from Oyo State, Akinremi Musiliu (Ibadan North) and Tolulope Akande Sadipe (Oluyole) were missing as the remaining 12 of their colleagues have endorsed Tajudeen Abbas and Ben Kalu as speakership and deputy speakership candidates respectively. Against party’s directive that they should support the duo of Abbas and Kalu, OYOINSIGHT.COM understands that Akinremi...
Lamidi Apapa’s Missing Cap | Festus Adedayo
Turbulent anger of Obidients landed on Lamidi Apapa last week. By the time their anger petered out, Apapa had lost his cap to a God-knows-who. Esu Elegbara, the trickster deity of the Yoruba people, it will seem, lives in caps. Though most of the exploits of Esu exist in myths, Yoruba constructed a pantheon of beliefs that implicate the...
Kola Balogun: How I Convinced Onyema To Consider Air Peace For Ibadan Route
The lawmaker representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen Kola Balogun has put an end to the controversy over who actually facilitated the coming of Air Peace to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Newspeakonline quoted the outgoing lawmaker as making the revelation while featuring on ‘South West Political Circuit,’ a programme on Ibadan-based radio station, Fresh 105.9FM on Saturday. Narrating how he...
