Oyo State Government says it has paid a total of N8bn to 3,783 retirees as gratuity under the state’s civil service, judicial service, teaching, non-teaching up till October 2020. According to the state government’s disclosure on Monday, the gratuity was also paid to the local government service commission and primary school. The Commissioner for Establishment … Read more
Professor Sunday Olawale Okeniyi, on Sunday has been declared the new Vice Chancellor of the Atiba University, Oyo (AUO). Okeniyi is the current President of Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN), a former Acting Academy Provost (Vice Chancellor) at the Nigerian Defence Academy from 2012 to 2015. He is a Fellow of the Chemical Society of … Read more
The list of successful applicants from the recent recruitment exercise of the Amotekun corps in Oyo State has been released. According to a statement by the commandant of the security outfit, all candidates are to check their names at their various local government headquarters and the Oyo State job portal on the internet. The statement … Read more
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, said that he had approved recruitment of 1,500 persons into Oyo State Security Network also known as Amotekun. Makinde disclosed this when he met with artisans, drivers and representatives of youth groups in Ibadan, the State capital. He noted that the recruitment is with immediate effect. Makinde … Read more
Senator Teslim Folarin, the lawmaker representing Oyo Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has condemned the invasion of his house by a crowd of residents. In a statement on Saturday after the incident, he revealed that over 1,100 empowerment items such as motorcycles, deep freezers, generators, and grinding machines, among others were looted from … Read more
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, says all school in Oyo State should tentatively be closed. The governor made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday, following widespread violence that has marred the ongoing #EndSARS protests. He said the order was effective Wednesday, October 21, 2020. States like Ekiti, Lagos, amongst others had also shut down … Read more
NDLEA, Drugs The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it intercepted 2412.39 kilogrammes of various hard drugs in Oyo State within the third quarter of 2020. Commander of the agency in the state, Josephine Obi, made this known in a report made available to newsmen on Saturday by the agency’s PRO, Mutiat Okuwobi. Read … Read more
Oyedele Hakeem Alaoon, Governor Seyi Makinde A chieftain of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alaoon, Monday challenged Governor Seyi Makinde of the state to without wasting more time, tell the people of the state how much he spent in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Ondo State. DAILY POST gathered … Read more
The Oyo State government, on Monday, has announced that the 2020/2021 academic session of the primary and secondary will resume on Monday, September 21, 2020. This was contained in a press statement by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye. The statement was titled, “Oyo govt releases calendar for school resumption” Olaleye stated … Read more
Wife of Lamidi Adedibu, the late political godfather in Oyo state, Abosede Adedibu, says her husband dedicated his life to the service of the Oyo people. . Speaking when she featured in a programme on Space FM 90.1 on Tuesday, Abosede said his husband deserves to be Immortalise for his remarkable and impactful contribution to … Read more
Oyo State government says the contempt of the federal government towards the state came to the fore again during the disbursement of COVID-19 funds to states and the federal capital territory. The state government said the federal government of neglected the state at the height of the virulent pandemic but provided needed support for Ogun … Read more
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has directed caretaker chairmen across the 33 Local Government Areas and the 35 Local Council Development Areas to set up security committees to tackle insecurity. Makinde gave the directive at a meeting with the caretaker chairmen in Ibadan. He said that reports of criminal activities in some areas in … Read more
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested eight suspected kidnappers terrorising the people of Ado Awaye, Araromi, Okaka, Ilero and Otu in Itesiwsju Local Government Areas of the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the corps’ Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun, and made available to newsmen on … Read more
Commissioner of Police in Oyo state, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, said a suspected serial killer has escaped from police custody. He made this known on Sunday in a statement by Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi. The Oyo State Police Command has announced the escape of a suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, … Read more
Two persons were injured when a suspected dynamite abandoned at the scene of Wednesday bank robbery exploded in Okeho, Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State. SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, Oyo State Public Relations Officer, comfirmed the explosion of another dynamite on Thursday which injured a policeman and one civilian. Read Also: FRSC Arrests 5 Staff … Read more
The local government chairmen who were sacked by the Oyo State government yesterday lost at the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, as the appellant court ruled that their cause of action was “pre-emptive, premature and speculative and therefore failed to disclose reasonable facts.” The court positioned that the case, which the … Read more
Eleven Governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday sent an official letter to the party’s Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CEONCPC) kicking against the indirect mode of the primary election on July 20. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who is the incumbent Governor, was the only one who did not append his signature to the … Read more
Mrs. Florence Ajimobi will have to observe the mandatory 130 days in widowhood. The eight-day fidau prayer for former Governor Abiola Ajimobi was held yesterday in Ibadan. According to the Islamic cleric who conducted the prayers, he stated that it was compulsory for the widow to observe the 130 days as a widow. Read Also: … Read more
The family of Abiola Ajimobi, a former governor of Oyo state, says there was no prior notice apprising the family of the deputy governor of the state, Rauf Olaniyan intention to attend the Fidau prayer organised for him. Fidau is a prayer for the deceased who was a Muslim till death. Ajimobi, who died of … Read more
A hand bag, one Andriod Phone, a pair of underwear, a pack of condoms, a key, and slippers have been recovered from a man identified as Shagbada Erigga. The Oyo State Police Command recovered the items after 26-year-old Erigga was arrested for the brutal murder of his girlfriend identified as Happiness Winifred. 30-year-old Happiness, who … Read more