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The Onigbope of Igbope, Oyo State, Oba Dr Moses Olawale Oyetola, has congratulated the Olubadan of Ibadanland and Chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, on his 82nd birthday. Oyetola, in a congratulatory message signed and made available to this newspaper on Friday, Continue Reading

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 17-year-old male, identified as Usman Dauda, for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl in Saki, Oyo State. The arrest was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday, September 24, 2026, by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade. According to the Continue Reading

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Ayomide Ojo, for allegedly vandalising and stealing house-wiring cables worth about N2.69 million in Ogbomoso. The suspect was arrested at about 5:30 a.m. on September 21 by operatives of the Monitoring Unit attached to the Ogbomoso Base during an anti-crime Continue Reading

he Alaafin of Oyo has received the Oyo State APC Deputy Governorship Candidate, Adesoji Adedeji, during his engagement with youths in Oyo State. The visit formed part of Adedeji’s ongoing youth engagement activities ahead of the 2027 governorship election, as he seeks to interact with young people, listen to their Continue Reading

As Oyo State looks towards the 2027 governorship election, the question of leadership experience, integrity and a clear development vision has become increasingly important. Comrade Sikiru Bayo Titilola-Sodo, the Action Alliance (AA) governorship candidate, presents his aspiration around the principle that governance must be rooted in experience, accountability and service Continue Reading

Won’t Allow Religion to Influence My Governance -Adekanmbi The Oyo State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Hon. Ayobami Ojo, the Chairman of ATISBO LGA, Bashir Olumuyiwa Alade, and other stakeholders on Thursday hosted the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, Bimbo Adekanmbi, in Tede, the headquarters of the Continue Reading

A former attorney general and commissioner for justice, Adebayo Mutalubi Ojo, has advised the people of Oyo State to support the candidature of Sharafadeen Alli of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the next governor of the pace setter state. The Ibadan-born senior advocate who made this known in a Continue Reading

The All Progressives Congress candidate for Saki East/Atisbo State Constituency in the 2027 Oyo State House of Assembly election, Alhaji Alliu Tajudeen Adetunji, has reaffirmed his commitment to the party’s grassroots mobilisation and unity ahead of the poll. Alliu stated this on Wednesday while attending a mobilisation programme organised by Continue Reading

Three members of the Oyo State House of Assembly have demonstrated unity among lawmakers from the Oke-Ogun axis of the state ahead of the 2027 general elections. The lawmakers are Hon. Waliu Aweda Salami, representing Irepo State Constituency; Hon. Shittu Ibrahim, representing Saki West State Constituency; and Hon. Lukman Ishola, Continue Reading