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By Oluwatoyin Malik The officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Saki unit, in Oyo State Police Command, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, was, on Tuesday night, macheted to death by Fulani herdsmen during an operation in a forest on Saki-Ogbooro road, in Read More …
OLUFEMI OLANIYI and WALE OYEWALE There is renewed tension in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State following the alleged takeover of two villages by some herdsmen. The two villages, Kajola and Gbagba Idere are located in the Ayete Local Government Area of Read More …
The Ogun State House of Assembly has said it will consider a debate for the Anti-Open Grazing Bill in February. This came just as the Oyo State Government said it had passed the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law and would begin to enforce the legislation Read More …
Oyo State Deputy Governor, Mr Rauf Olaniyan; and former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mrs Mulikat Adeola-Akande, have expressed disappointment in the way Governor Seyi Makinde is treating them and running the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. The aggrieved Read More …
The ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso has been ceded to Oyo State. This is as both states have mutually agreed on the terms of settlement while the joint ownership of LAUTECH has been formally dissolved. While the main University ownership was Read More …
Wale Oyewale, Ibadan The Oyo State Police Command has declared a suspected serial killer wanted after he reportedly escaped from custody on August 11. Sunday Shodipe, 19, was arrested and paraded alongside two others at the Oyo State Police Command on July 17 and later Read More …
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, says his administration would retreive the state’s funds allegedly looted by officials of the administration of late Senator Abiola Ajimobi. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa, the governor said this on Wednesday Read More …
Oyo State Government on Tuesday released the calendar for the resumption of schools in the state. Schools across the country were shut due to the Coronavirus pandemic. But, the state government on Tuesday said it has released a calendar to guide resumption and examination for Read More …
The Oyo State Government has discharged 180 COVID-19 patients after two consecutive negative results. Governor Seyi Makinde announced this via his official Twitter handle on Monday. Makinde said that the number of COVID-19 cases managed and discharged in Oyo State has risen to 688. Read More …
Oladayo Jonathan Despite a warning by the federal government not to reopen schools in the state, the Oyo government, on Tuesday said it will be going ahead with its plans, with ‘modification’. Its COVID-19 Task Force said it has modified the resumption date for primary Read More …