•Sharia court An Islamic group under the aegis of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, the Oyo State chapter has indefinitely postponed the inauguration of the Sharia court earlier scheduled to be held on January 11, 2025. The group made this disclosure in a statement signed by the Khadimul Muslimeen of Oyo Kingdom, Imam […]
•Police The Oyo State Police Command has apprehended 15 suspected cultists and armed robbers in Ibadan, the state capital. The suspects were paraded today by the State Commissioner of Police, Ayodele Sonubi, at the Command headquarters in Eleyele, reports The PUNCH. While addressing journalists, Sonubi expressed concern over the rising menace ...
A sociocultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo under the aegis of the Igbo Patriots, a body comprising key stakeholders and members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Oyo State, has issued a communique expressing serious concerns over the ongoing efforts to conduct an election within the state chapter of the socio-cultural association. The group, after an emergenc...
•Kolade Olagunju A one-time member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Kolade Olagunju has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State. Hon. Olagunju, a seasoned broadcaster, First Class graduate of Entrepreneurship and a practicing entrepreneur who is also pursuing a PhD in Entrepreneurship, made this known in a chat with sele...
•Governors Adeleke and Makinde The Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, might have been a bit distracted when he said that his party would capture Osun and Oyo states. The governor maintained that the statement, which came on the heels of the [&hel...
•Late Ajiboye Omodewu The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Oyo State, Ajiboye Omodewu, is dead. He was said to have succumbed to death after close to a year of receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in the United States, where he was a citizen. The Frontier had earlier today reported the death […]
•Governor Seyi Makinde The Oyo State government, through the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has announced adjustments to its interview timetable for teachers’ recruitment. The interview session initially scheduled for Tuesday, August 20, was rescheduled for August 26, to avoid a clash with Isese Day, a public holiday in Oyo...
•Makinde and Tinubu The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has denied taking part in the ₦570 billion hardship grant claimed to have been given to the state governments by the federal government. President Bola Tinubu while addressing Nigerians in a broadcast during the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests against hunger and hardship, said t...
•Governor Seyi Makinde The 33 council chairmen in Oyo State have dumped the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) over the Supreme Court’s judgment granting financial autonomy to local government across the country. The chairmen, in a communiqué by the chairmen, unanimously declared their support for Governor Seyi Makinde, reports...
•Governor Seyi Makinde No fewer than 52,423 candidates have applied for positions in the public primary school teaching offers by the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (Oyo SUBEB). The board on May 17, 2024 announced plans to recruit 7,000 teachers for public primary schools and 100 caregivers for special schools across the state, repo...

