Tag: Oyo State

IGP deploys crack detectives to Oyo over suspected serial killer’s escape

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has deployed additional investigative aids to Oyo State to complement the…

Oyo sets new date for Common Entrance Examination

Oyo State Government on Tuesday announced a shift in the date for the Common Entrance examination into its…

‘My drummers use their talking drums to notify me if a traitor or bad person visits’ – Alaafin of Oyo reveals

The Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III has revealed that the drummers in his palace use their…

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Customs intercepts vehicles, rice worth N10bn in Oyo

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Sunday announced a single…

Police confirm escape of Akinyele suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe from custody in Oyo

The Oyo State Police Command on Sunday, confirmed the escape of a notorious Akinyele serial killer, Sunday Shodipe…

Another woman killed after serial killer escaped from Ibadan police custody

A month after a prime suspect arrested in connection with the killings in Akinyele Local Government Area of…

95-year-old survives COVID-19 in Oyo

Oyo State Commissioner for Public Works Prof. Raphael Afonja has tested negative for coronavirus, 55 days after he…

Makinde fires commissioner for works, swaps two others

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has relieved the Commissioner for Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Raphael Afonja…

Two Oyo commissioners recover from COVID-19

Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Orientation, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, and his Public Works and Transport counterpart…

UI student’s death: Family demands CCTV footage of incident

The family of Richard Gbadebo, a 300-level student of the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University…

Oyo State Governor, Makinde vows to retrieve N96bn stolen under late Abiola Ajimobi

The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has vowed to retrieve the N96bn allegedly stolen during the…

Oyo Approves N59.7m for Amotekun takeoff

Oyo State Government has approved the sum of N59, 783, 437.50 as a grant for the take-off of…