Tag: Oyo State
Court kicks out Ghandi Olaoye as Soun of Ogbomosho
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, overturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye.
Th [...]
Tina Ogundoyin, Oyo House Of Assembly speaker’s mum is dead
Honorable Adebo Ogundoyin, Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly is bereaved.
The young man lost his mum, socialite, Chief Mrs Justina Iyabo Ogundoy [...]
‘I’m Nigerian from Iseyin, Oyo State,’ Says Angelique Kidjo
Legendary singer and multiple Grammy Awards winner, Angelique Kidjo has revealed that she is a Nigerian who hails from Iseyin, a town in Oyo State.
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Oyo State House of Assembly impeaches deputy governor, replaces him with Bayo Lawal
The Oyo State House of Assembly has impeached the Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan over allegations of misconduct.
The decision was reached after the [...]
Alao Akala, former Oyo State governor dies in his sleep
A former Oyo State governor, Christopher Adebayo Alao Akala has passed on.
A former police officer, Akala who tried to return to Oyo State governme [...]
Gunmen attack Sunday Igboho’s house kill two, abduct wife
Barely 72 hours to the planned Lagos Yoruba rally, unknown assailants attacked the residence of popular South-West activist, Sunday Adeyemo alias [...]
Oyo State youngest commissioner, Seun Fakorede leaves single club
The youngest member of the Oyo State executive council, Seun Fakorede, ditched the bachelor’s club on Saturday May 22nd to marry his long time fia [...]
One beheaded in Ibadan as gunmen kill commissioner’s brother
45-year-old, Isaac Orisadeyi Adedokun, younger brother to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in Oyo state, Mrs Funmilayo Or [...]
Army arrest Soldiers for flogging woman, shaving youths in Oyo
The Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Seun Fakorede, says the Nigerian Army has arrested soldiers who flogged a woman f [...]
Policemen now wear plain clothes to hide identities in Oyo
No fewer than five policemen have been killed so far since violence erupted in Ibadan Oyo state in the wake of the #Endsars protests. The Commissioner [...]