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LP Receives Defectors, Unveils Candidates

Labour Party (LP)
Ahead of the 2023 general election, over 200 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the Labour Party (LP) in Ibadan NorthRead More

2023: Three Oyo Coalition Commissioners, SAs, 93 LG Appointees, Others Defect To PDP

Governor Seyi Makinde
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, all the three Commissioners appointed into Oyo state’s cabinet on account of the 2019 political coalition that brought in Governor Seyi Makinde, yesterday announcedRead More

How Father, Three Children Kidnapped, Killed 8-year-old Boy In Oyo

Arrested person
The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command has paraded a rat killer seller and his three children for allegedly kidnapping and killing an eight-year-old boy, Abdulraheem Bamimore. Parading the suspectsRead More

UN Report: Female Genital Mutilation Practice Still Prevalent In Oyo, Osun And Ekiti

HACEY Health Initiative
A survey funded by the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund), on the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Oyo, Osun and EkitiRead More

Makinde Commends Nigerian Air Force For Keeping Oyo Safe

Seyi Makinde
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has lauded the Nigerian Air Force for its unalloyed cooperation in keeping Oyo State safe, pledging that his administration would continue to work with theRead More

Residents Protest Prolonged Blackout, Shut Down Oyo Electricity Company

Electricity power plants
Angry protesters on Thursday took to the streets of Okeho, the headquarters of Kajola Local Government in Oyo State, to protest against the continued blackout being experienced in the areaRead More

Benue Farmer Killed By Suspected Fulani Herdsmen In Oyo

Benue Farmer Killed By Suspected Fulani Herdsmen In Oyo
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have again killed a farmer in Oyo state. The incident was said to have happened at Olopomeji village, Egbeda Local Government Area of the state. Flavision gatheredRead More

Oyo Anti-corruption Agency To Commence Investigation Into Petitions

Oyo State
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYSACA) yesterday said investigation has commenced into petitions sent to it by members of the public on corruption. In a statement signed by the ChairmanRead More

Makinde Subdues Fayose Aas Arapaja Becomes PDP South-west Chairman

Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde
Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde, yesterday subdued former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, as the governor’s candidate for the South-west zonal chairman of the Peoples Democratic PartyRead More

Oyo Commences COVID-19 Vaccination

Coronavirus vaccine
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, other government functionaries and frontline health workers, yesterday received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Ibadan,Read More