No fewer than five people were confirmed dead, while several others are receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State, following their participation in a ‘Love Feast’ —popularly known as Ipese — organised by a white garment church in Ibadan. The incident, which occurred last Sunday within the church premises in Apata, …

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the state is set to become a hub for intra-African trade. In a statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, in Ibadan, the state capital, the governor stated this at the 2024 Prosperity Africa Conference, themed: “Driving Trade, Innovation, and Sustainability for Prosperity,” held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. …

The Oyo State Government has directed officials of the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development to stop marking and demolishing houses beyond the 150-metre mark along Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja Circular Road. The state’s Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Williams Akin-Funmilayo, issued this order during a press briefing held alongside the Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Dahud …

The Oyo State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, on Monday, donated motorcycles, public address systems, and sanitary items to 10 local government areas to address the menace of open defecation in the respective council areas and the state in general. The items included 100 Ahuja speakers, six motorcycles (two each for Egbeda, Ona-Ara, and Ibarapa-East Local Governments), and sanitary …

The Federal Government, on Monday, handed over 20 Compressed Natural Gas buses to the Oyo State Government. The Chief Executive Officer and Programme Director of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Micheal Oluwagbemi, conducted the handover on behalf of the Federal Government at the Pacesetter Transport Service, Eleyele, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Oluwagbemi stated that the deployment of …

Oyo State Government, on Saturday, announced that it had concluded oral interview sessions for 8,077 candidates in the recruitment exercise for teachers in the state. The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Nureni Adeniran, who announced this during a meeting with board members in Ibadan, the state capital, said the exercise was concluded last Monday. “50, 700 …

The Oyo State Government has approved N500 million to support beneficiaries of the Youth Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness Project. This decision, announced during an Executive Council meeting presided over by Acting Governor Bayo Lawal, is part of the state’s Sustainable Actions for Economic Recovery programme. YEAP, facilitated by the Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency, trained about 3,300 youths in 2021. A …

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has declared 20 August a work-free day to mark 2024 Isese Day. In a statement on Wednesday, the governor’s Special Adviser (Media), Sulaimon Olanrewaju said the declaration of the work-free day by Makinde was contained in a circular issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Olanike Adeyemo. Makinde had stated last year …

The Oyo State government has absolved itself from the rumoured plan to stop or scuttle the ambition of anyone to become the next Olubadan. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said that the government believed that it was not only premature but also unfair and preemptive for anyone to start discussions on the next …

Oyo State Chapter of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, on Sunday, directed all its members to commence a seven-day warning strike on Monday, June 24, 2024 to press further the demands of the union. This was disclosed in a notification letter sent to the members across all health institutions; including ministries, departments and local government areas by …