Ten state coordinators, and 33 local government commanders have been sworn in to beef up security in Oyo State. Their specific mandate is to enhance grassroots security towards fostering community-based security across the 33 local government areas of the State. Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Inclusion, Mrs. Toyin Balogun, stressed this mandate while administering […]
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Oyo State Government has vowed to complete all ongoing infrastructural projects statewide before the end of the Governor Seyi Makinde administration in 2027. The Deputy Governor, Barrister Bayo Lawal, gave this assurance during an on-the-spot monitoring visit to ongoing projects under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP). He monitored two major project sites: […]
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demands FG enforces court orders, stops funding sacked APC officials A leading pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Tuesday protested in Abuja, demanding that the Federal Government immediately implements court rulings that sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) officials from local government councils in Osun State. Its […]
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Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), in partnership with the CLEEN Foundation, has started the second phase of a specialised capacity-building programme for Police Public Relations Officers (PPROs). Focusing on Strategic Communication, Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC), and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention, the training kicked off on Monday, July […]
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Chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress, are lamenting the exit of Osun State’s former Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, from the party. The former Interior minister is now the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, a national coalition of notable politicians led by ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr […]
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recommits to youth-friendly policies Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has inaugurated the youth parliament, a platform for the state’s youths to actively participate in the democratic process and horn their leadership skills. At the ceremony held at the Ondo State House of Assembly complex in Akure, on Monday, the governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, and the people of Ibadan over the passage of the Olubadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. He described the monarch’s passing as a profound loss not only to Ibadan but to the entire Yoruba nation. Adeleke, in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale […]
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The interim national secretary of the new political coalition, the African Democratic Congress, ADC’, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has declared that the coalition will defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos, the home base of President Bola Timubu, in the 2027 elections. He said, “We know how to take over Lagos from APC, we […]
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The passage of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, in the early hours of Monday July 7, 2025, has shifted attention of the ancient city’s unique traditional institution and people to a former Governor of Oyo State, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja. Oba Olakulehin, who ascended the throne in July 2024 as the 43rd Olubadan, […]
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faults ‘fabricated misinformation‘ The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke of grossly misleading the public about his administration’s free school feeding programme. It described his government’s recent claim that it spends ₦32 million daily on feeding pupils in public schools across the state as “deceitful and fictitious”. The criticism […]
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