Oyo

The Oyo State Police Command has successfully foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued a victim following a swift and coordinated operation by its operatives in the Ojongbodu Area of the state. The incident occurred when the…

Senator AbdulFatai Buhari, the three-term lawmaker representing Oyo North and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Land Transport, has officially thrown his hat in the ring for the 2027 Oyo State governorship election on the platform of the…

The federal government and Quaint Energy have signed a concession agreement for the development of six megawatts (MW) Ikere Gorge hydropower project in Oyo state. According to NAN, the agreement also included the 2MW Omi-Kampe…

The Federal Government's resolve to make Nigeria a maritime hub has received further boost, with the official handover of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for 90 hectares of land by the Oyo State Government for Moniya Inland Dry Port…

A federal high court in Abuja has stopped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from going ahead with its planned national convention slated for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo state. In a judgment delivered on Friday, James…

The senate committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared Teller Adeniran, former resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Oyo state, for confirmation as an electoral commissioner. Adeniran, who…

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Oluseyi Makinde on Saturday has rewarded Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets with the sum of $15,000, after the two-time World Cup runners-up defeated their Rwandan counterparts 4-0 in a 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World…

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced that his deputy, Bayo Lawal, will assume his duties from Friday, August 29, 2025, as he proceeds on a one-month leave. The governor’s notification was contained in a letter to…

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, has issued a stern warning to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, demanding the reversal of the chieftaincy title of Okanlomo of Yorubaland recently conferred on businessman, Dotun…

By Festus Adedayo . There was territorial tension in Nigeria last week. Like in the famous fable where animals gathered in the forest to delineate their individual boundaries, last Tuesday, Northern Nigeria regrouped in Kaduna…