The Oyo State Government, on Thursday, inaugurated a 20-man State Task Group on Sanitation to eliminate open defecation and ensure equitable water, sanitation and hygiene by 2028. The state Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal, who inaugurated the group at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat in Ibadan, the state capital, said the group would address sanitation gaps in the state and end …

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said he has already met his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, to seek an amicable resolution to the boundary disputes involving the two states. The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, recently raised the alarm over violent clashes between the people of Oke Oba in Iwo and those from Lagelu Local Government Area of …

Oyo State Police Command, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the hijacking of a truck loaded with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol on the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road. A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adewale Osifeso in Ibadan, the state capital, said the recovered product belongs to …

Government workers in Oyo State will begin to receive the N80,000 minimum wage from January 2025. A statement on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, revealed that the Oyo State government reached an agreement with organised labour on the implementation of the new minimum wage and consequential adjustments. The agreement was signed by the Secretary …

The Oyo State Rapid Response Team, on Thursday, confirmed four deaths linked to a suspected Lassa fever outbreak in the Saki West Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, in Ibadan, the state capital, quoted his counterpart from the Ministry of Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, saying the fatalities consisted three males …

Over 5,000 indigent pupils spread across some hard-to-reach communities in Oyo State benefitted from the Federal Government BAT-STEM initiative during the official flag off of the programme recently. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (Southwest), Moremi Ojudu, the initiative aligns with the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which seeks to uplift grassroots communities through …

The 33 council chairmen in Oyo State have dumped the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) over the Supreme Court’s judgment granting financial autonomy to local government across the country. In a communiqué by the chairmen, they unanimously declared their support for Governor Seyi Makinde. ALGON’s Public Relation Officer in the state, Ibrahim Akintayo, described the chairmen’s stand as …

The Oyo State Health Insurance Agency is set for enrolment and validation of 10,000 pupils in the state, under its health insurance coverage. This, according to the Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Sola Akande, was in furtherance of Governor Seyi Makinde’s integrated approach to education in the state. Akande made this known on Wednesday, during a courtesy visit to …

The Oyo State Government, yesterday, declared that the results of those suspected to have contracted cholera have returned negative after due tests. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Abdulmoheed Mogbonjubola, in a statement, urged residents of the state to be more vigilant, imbibe good sanitation and take preventive measures to combat the spread of cholera. I want people to remember the …

The Federal Government, in conjunction with the Oyo State government, on Monday, distributed assorted commodities from the Natural Strategic Reserve to vulnerable persons in the state. Governor Seyi Makinde, who received the foodstuffs at the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Secretariat, Ibadan, warned the 33 local government chairmen in the state not to share the commodities among their …