The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has backed plans by the Oyo State Government to obtain mining licences. Reiterating the Ministry’s support for sub-national entities in the country to develop the sector, the Minister emphasised that cooperation with states will develop the mining industry value-chain and promote value addition for maximum beneficiation to host communities. In his …

Twenty suspected Yoruba nation agitators, on Saturday, were arrested by security personnel for their alleged role in the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan, the state capital. Earlier, some Yoruba nation agitators had, on Saturday morning, invaded the secretariat and took over some parts of the area. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the masked men were stationed …

Affected residents of the ongoing demolition by the Oyo State Government in Ona Ara and Oluyole Local Government Areas of the state on Sunday staged a protest to appeal to the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, to come to their aid. It was reported that the government had, last Tuesday, commenced demolition of some structures close to the circular road …

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the biometric enumeration of traders, artisans, industrialists and members of cooperative societies in the state. While unveiling the exercise tagged ‘Ise D’otun’ in Ibadan, the Head of Service (HoS), Mrs Olubunmi Oni, stated that the exercise would help the government ascertain the details of traders, artisans, industrialists and members of cooperative societies …

The  Oyo State government, on Thursday, shut down six health facilities across the state over alleged quackery. In a statement on Thursday, the state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Dotun Oyelade said that the affected facilities committed various offences,  such as recruitment of unqualified personnel for medical services as well as engaging in illicit practices. The statement also quoted …

Oyo State Government on Saturday flagged off the disbursement of student relief loan for about 96 indigenes of Iresa Adu in the Surulere Local Government Area of the state. The first phase of the interest-free loan disbursement was held on Friday, 5 January, at Iresa Adu Town Hall, Iresa Adu, and it was designed for both undergraduate and postgraduate students …

The Oyo State Government, on Monday, removed  359 illegal structures and shanties around public primary and secondary schools in Ibadan. The PUNCH reports that eviction notices were directly issued to owners of the illegal shops, shanties, and structures through the principals and heads of the affected schools which were acknowledged by them. The state Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Abdulmojeed …

Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday debunked rumours of an alleged attack on its National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, in Ibadan. The party described purveyors of the fake news as fifth columnists spreading unfounded rumours of attacks and harassment on Ganduje. Ganduje was in Ibadan on Tuesday where he paid homage to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba …

The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, said that the police authorities are always conscious about the Commissioners of Police being posted to Oyo State due to the peculiarity of the state in terms of insecurity. During his visit to the Alarere residence of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, in Ibadan, …

The several automobile parks in Ibadan, the state capital, resumed normal operations on Monday, only 24 hours after the new Executive Council members of the Oyo State Parks Management System (PMS) were inaugurated. After the ousting of the fugitive leader of the disbanded PMS, Mukaila Lamidi (also known as Auxillary), transporters moved into the multi-billion naira bus terminal at both …