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The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, on Wednesday led deliberations on a motion seeking the upgrade of the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora, to a full-fledged university. Ogundoyin described the proposed upgrade as a strategic move to address what he termed Continue Reading

The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Thursday received a delegation from the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, reaffirming the Nigeria Police Force’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with community stakeholders. The delegation, led by the PCRC National Chairman, Mogaji Ibraheem Olaniyan, included members Continue Reading

Women in the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called for the immediate implementation of the 35 percent affirmative action policy in elective positions, as part of efforts to boost female participation in governance. The demand was made during a gathering of the party’s women wing, Continue Reading

Detectives of the Ajuwon Division, Ogun State Police Command, have arrested Abubakar Musa ‘M’, aged 25. He is accused of killing two people and injuring three others at Olámbe, Ogun State. The suspect attacked the victims with a knife after failing in some business deals. The victims were trying to Continue Reading

The Oyo State House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind the governorship ambition of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, pledging to galvanize support for his candidacy across all 33 local government areas of the state ahead of the 2027 elections. The endorsement followed a motion moved on the Continue Reading

Dangote refinery, Africa’s largest, has increased export of petrol and urea to African countries hit by supply disruptions caused by the Iran war, its owner, Aliko Dangote said yesterday. Dangote said the refinery, operating at its maximum capacity of 650,000 barrels a day, had helped cushion the effect of the Continue Reading

A staunch member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Engineer Najeem Adeyemi Adewale, popularly known as ASEKUNLOWO, has formally declared his intention to contest for the chairmanship position of ATISBO LGA in the forthcoming LG election in Oyo State. Adewale, a native of Irawo in Ward 3 of ATISBO LGA, Continue Reading

The sitting of Oorelope LG PDP Leaders has ended in a stalemate again, as the consensus arrangement failed to produce a House of Assembly Flagbearer. Leaders of the party converged on the Oorelope Local Government, Igboho, on Monday evening with a view to picking a Flagbearer for the party. The Continue Reading

Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oorelope Local Government have declared their unanimous support for the candidacy of Jimoh Adisa Olabisi ahead of the forthcoming state constituency election. The endorsement, reached after extensive consultations among party leaders, elders, and grassroots mobilisers, underscores what stakeholders described as a shared Continue Reading

alleges Internal Sabotage, Declares for PDP Ahead of 2027 Oyo Guber Race Former House of Representatives member, Saheed Akinade-Fijabi, has formally announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing internal marginalization and what he described as “clear body language” from party leaders Continue Reading