A trigger-happy policeman (popularly known as Saheed SARS) allegedly shot a corps member identified as Iyanda Damilola to death in Ogbomoso Local Government Area of Oyo State on Tuesday. It was gathered that Saheed is an operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Oyo State Police Command. Saheed is widely recognised by the students of the Ladoke Akintola University …

The Oyo State Government says it is targeting an open defecation-free status by 2025 by collaborating with the United Nations Children’s Funds to train stakeholders in the state on the measures necessary to tackle open defecation In a statement on Saturday, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Dotun Oyelade stressed that the training was initiated under the Water, Sanitation and …

A nursing mother simply identified as Mrs. Adenike Samuel and her three-day-old baby have been held over inability to pay a hospital delivery bill of N300,000. It was gathered that Mrs Samuel was discharged on April 1 but she and the newborn were held at Montana Medical Centre, in the Challenge area of Ibadan, where she was delivered of the …

A Deputy Commissioner of Police serving with the Force Criminal and Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos State, Gbolahan Oyedemi, on Monday, reportedly committed suicide in his private house in his hometown, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. It was reported that Oyedemi served the then governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, during his 11-month tenure in 2006. A source close to the family …

The Oyo State Government on Monday banned the use of styrofoam for food services, storage, and other related purposes. On Thursday, 8th February 2024, the state House of Assembly urged the state government to ban the use of styrofoam for food purposes in the state. It, therefore, inaugurated the Food Safety Compliance Enforcement Task Force to oversee the enforcement of …

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Friday, identified the state landmass as a goldmine for investors, making the state competitive with surrounding states, especially Lagos State. He made this disclosure while unveiling a new radio station, Entrepreneur Radio, SEAP FM 89.1, Okeho in the Kajola Local Government Area of the state. Makinde, who was represented by the state Commissioner …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Shittu Ibrahim as winner of Saki West State Constituency rerun election for Oyo House of Assembly. Shittu defeated his closest rival, Julius Okedoyin, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Shittu was earlier declared the winner of the 18 March 2023 election by the Independent …

The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, has said that the Oyo State Government will hit hard at anyone, no matter how highly placed, who contravenes the law. Oyelade was reacting to the suspension of the Onido of Ido land, Oba Gbolagade Muritala Babalola (Gbadewolu I), by the state government on Friday. He revealed that the government …

The Oyo State Government said it has commenced a phase-by-phase rehabilitation of water pipelines across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Ojelade, while quoting the Chairman of the Oyo State Water Corporation, Elias Adeojo, said that the rehabilitation was to ensure that there are “more treated water drawing …

No fewer than 23 schools in Atiba, Afijio, Oyo East, and Oyo West local government areas of the Oyo State that were shut 10 years ago have been reopened by the state government. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Oyelade said the schools were reopened following a resolution of the …