Years back when I was transferred from Edo State to Ibadan as the Oyo State Correspondent of the Punch newspaper, the gut reaction of my ‘concerned’ colleagues was that I had been taken to Golgotha, Read More
Popular Lagos-based alternative medicine practitioner Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun who was murdered by gunmen on Eruwa-Igbo-Ora Road in Oyo State on Thursday has been buried. He was said to be on his Read More
“It is the opinion of many great authorities that every nation or people build its future on its past, that is, a past that has been properly studied and understood, and whose seminal experience has Read More
Although I never met or had any contact with Oko Oloyun throughout his life, I am pained by his death. In fact, I cannot recollect ever using any of his products. Yet I am highly Read More
It is with utmost sense of responsibility that we wish to appreciate your intervention on the lingering contention in the composition of executive councils in local government authorities in our dear Oyo State. We believe Read More
Wife of Oyo State Governor, Engr. Tamunomini Makinde has joined her counterparts at this year’s edition of the Southern Governor Wives’ Forum (SGWF). Mrs. Makinde is among 21 wives of the State Governors from South Read More
The death of renowned trado-medical therapist, a reminder that Ibarapa roads needs to be refurbished. Popular alternative medicine practitioner, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, also known as Oko Oloyun, was on Thursday shot dead by gunmen on Read More
The Senate of the University of Ibadanon Friday approved the provisional offer of undergraduate admission to 4,359 candidates for the 2019/2020 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka who presided over the emergency Senate meeting announced that Read More
The Fulani Community in Oyo State on Friday kicked against alleged imposition of one Alhaji Ibrahim Jiji as the State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). The herders took the Read More
The late foremost agronomist, businessman and PUNCH director, Dr. Lekan Are, will be buried on Friday, February 21, 2020. In a statement sent to PUNCH by the family, on Friday, Are’s funeral will hold between February 17 Read More
