“Ganusi” And The Fire This Time | Festus Adedayo
All over the world, musicians are reputed to have patented argots, slang and jargon that signposted global conversations. In the tiny Island of Jamaica, the unkempt, locked-hair, weed-smoking, reggae music singer, Peter Tosh pioneered the word ‘Rasta’ as prefix for devotees of a new religion that began to reign in the West Indies. That religion believed that His Imperial...
1,591 LG Ad-hoc Workers To Get Letters Monday As Oyo Converts Them
The Oyo State Government has converted One Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety one (1,591) Local Government Ad-hoc workers across the state into permanent staffs. It would be recalled that Governor Seyi Makinde, approved the conversion of ad hoc staff in the service of the 33 Local Government Councils in the State to permanent staff in October last year, to bridge...
Upgraded Ibadan Airport To Be Completed March 2026, Accommodate 1m Passengers Annually — Makinde
As part of Oyo State Government’s ongoing effort to upgrade the Samuel Akintola Airport, Alakia, Ibadan, to international standard, Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Friday, turned the sod for a new Terminal Building that will accommodate at least one million passengers annually. Chairman of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport Upgrade Committee and former Commissioner for Finance in the state,...
100 Youths Get N10m As Senator Buhari Facilitates Capacity Building Training
The Senator representing the good people of Oyo North Senatorial District has concluded another three-dqy capacity building training for 100 youths in Agripreneurship, record keeping and accessing finances. The training that was held at Sepeteri Town Hall, Saki East Local. government Area of OYO North started on Wednesday 29th January, 2025 and ended today Friday 31st January, 2025 with each...
Ladigbolu Celebrates Olivet’s 80-Year Legacy In Shaping Oyo’s Educational Transformation
Chairman, Oyo Metropolitan Development Association, Archbishop Emeritus Ayo Ladigbolu, has celebrated Olivet Baptist High School’s transformative impact on education in Oyo Kingdom over the past eight decades. Delivering the anniversary lecture titled, 'Western Education in the Heart of the Oyo Empire', at the school’s original site in Isokun, Oyo, Ladigbolu highlighted the institution’s pivotal role in advancing academic, moral, and...
PDP Afraid Of LP In Oluyole LG, Okedeji Went Back To His Vomit — Party Excos
The leadership of the Labour Party, LP, in Oluyole local government of Oyo State, has said it lost no valuable member following the defection of one of his former members, Abdullahi Okedeji. In a statement jointly signed by Alhaji Abdulrahman Moronkeji (Chairman) and the quartet of Mr. Peter Olawole (Secretary), Mrs. Beauty Okobi (Woman Leader), Com. Jeje Ibukun (Youth Leader), Com....
OYO101: ALAAFIN – How Not To Choose A King! | Muftau Gbadegesin
Apparently, the garbage of outright fabrications and outlandish falsehoods built around the spectacularly strange selection and presentation of certificate and staff of office to the newly appointed Alaafin of Oyo have crumbled under the weight of irrefutable and unimpeachable evidence: those who ought to uphold the law have their hands caught in the cookie jar of illegality. And with...
Makinde Loses Brother At 65
The death has occurred of Engineer Sunday Makinde, the eldest brother of Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde. He was aged 65 years. He died on Friday, January 24, 2025. Announcing the passing in a message, a brother of the deceased, who is also the Bada Olubadan of Ibadanland and Head of Aigbofa Family of Oja’ba, Ibadan, Chief Olumuyiwa Makinde, wrote, “With a heavy...
Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic Matriculates Fresh Students
The 2024/2025 matriculation ceremony of Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, marked a new chapter for newly admitted students, comprising both National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) entrants. The event, held at the institution, brought together members of the Governing Council, management team, and dignitaries from the Oyo State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, alongside faculty, staff, and students. The...
Bye-Election: We’ll Be Fair To All 20 Aspirants — Oyo APC Chairman Assures
As stakeholders warm up for the bye-election to fill the vacant Ibadan North Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state, Alhaji Olayide Abas, has assured that only the constitutional and democratic option would be employed to pick the party candidate among the crowd of aspirants who have...
