Scene from the Ibadan explosion A suspected foreign miner in Ibadan, Oyo State, Sawane Youssouf, on Wednesday, said he neither owned nor rented the house where an explosion was recorded on January 16. Youssouf is believed to be the owner of the building where the explosion that killed five people, injured 77 persons and damaged […]
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A total of 604 deaths were recorded in 1196 road crashes in Osun, Oyo and Ondo States between January and December 2023, according to the Zonal Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC. The FRSC Zonal Commander in charge of the three states, Meshach Jatau, made this known during an interview with journalists in […]
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Former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola (left); former Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko; Oyo State Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal; Governor Seyi Makinde; his Osun State counterpart, Ademola Adeleke and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman, South, Taofeek Arapaja, during the commissioning of the 8.2 kilometres Agodi Gate-Old Ife-Alakia-Adegbayi Road and the Underpass […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has showered praises on his Oyo counterpart, Seyi Makinde for his landmark achievement on infrastructural upgrade of the state, calling on other South West brother states to deepen development partnership. Speaking at the commissioning of the dualised Alakia-Adegbayi -Iwo road, in Ibadan, Adeleke described his host as “an uncommon engineer […]
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Oyo State Government is seeking a special grant from a non-governmental organization, Water Aid International to revive the state’s ailing water sector. A statement on Sunday by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said that the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Water Corporation, Hon. Elias Adeojo, stated this during a courtesy visit to […]
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The Federal Government has ordered investigations into the explosion that rocked Ibadan Oyo State on Tuesday, which resulted in the loss of lives and destruction of property. It also describes the explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State, as a sad and tragic occurrence. Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Oladele Alake, disclosed this in a statement, and […]
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• FEC raises committee to review laws on explosives • Those behind explosion must be fished out, says Tinubu • Alake vows to tighten noose on illegal mining, acquisition of explosives • Afenifere, Urban Alert call for review of illegal mining activities • Foreign illegal miners ran out of building before explosion, says survivor • […]
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said 60 out of the 77 victims of the Ibadan explosion have been treated and discharged. An explosion rocked parts of Ibadan on Tuesday, leaving some persons dead, while many were reported injured, with property worth millions of naira damaged. Makinde, on Wednesday, said preliminary investigations revealed that illegal miners […]
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Two persons were killed and 77 others wounded in the explosion which rocked Ibadan the Oyo State capital according to Governor Seyi Makinde. He said in a statement issued on Wednesday thathe visited the scene of the explosion which occurred at about 7:44 pm on Tuesday in Bodija, Ibadan. According to him, preliminary investigation revealed […]
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The Accountant-General (A-G) of Oyo State, Mrs K. O. Adegoke, has faulted claim by Governor Seyi Makinde that the state lacked capacity to pay the N3.4 billion debt owed to former Local Government Areas (LGAs) chairmen and councilors sacked on assuming office on May 29, 2019. Adegoke’s position is contained in a fresh document filed […]
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