Hoodlums attack Ondo Commissioner , disrupt bursary award ceremony

The Commissioner of Ondo State Oil Development Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC), Kehinde Akinrotoye, was brutally beaten on Wednesday, by suspected political thugs who invaded the premises of the bursary award ceremony. The hoodlums invaded the venue of the ceremony and started shooting sporadically, disrupting the event for hours. According to… Continue reading

Oyo Assembly Approves Makinde’s 2023 Supplementary Budget

The Oyo State House of Assembly has  approved three hundred and fifty-two billion, two hundred and eighty-two million, five hundred thousand naira only (#352,282,500,00) 2023 Supplementary Budget presented to the legislature by the State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde. The supplementary budget was passed after the presentation of the House Committee… Continue reading

Council of Yoruba Elders raise the alarm over resurgence of killings,abductions by bandits  in south west,  seeks FG’s intervention 

Bode Akinbode, Ibadan Worried by recent resurgence of Fulani herdsmen attacks on on farmers,  abductions  for ransom by bandits and the indiscriminate killings  in the south- west region of the country, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Council of Yoruba Elders (CYE)  on has Wednesday  called for urgent intervention of President… Continue reading

Oni calls for stakeholders’ cooperation to end illegal mining activities

The Director-General, Oyo State Mineral Development Agency, Mr Abiodun Oni, has called for the cooperation of stakeholders in the mineral resources sector of the state to curb illegal operations and other irregularities.Oni made the call during a stakeholders’ meeting and sensitisation programme on solid mineral resources, held in Saki, in… Continue reading