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    Politics Ajimobi, party Chairman, excos approve consensus candidates ―Media Director – Tribune Ng

    The director, media, research and Strategy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Dr Abdulazeez Olatunde has denounced notions that Governor Ajimobi imposed LG candidates on the party. According to Olatunde, the party Chairman, Chief Akin Oke, other members of the state executive...
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    Metro 34-year old man arraigned for stabbing co-tenant in the head in Oyo State – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    34-year old man arraigned for stabbing co-tenant in the head in Oyo State Yusuf Kareem, a 34- year-old man was arraigned by police in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan in Oyo for allegedly stabbing his co-tenant in the head. Kareem, a tenant of Akala Street, Oremeji, … Read more via Linda...
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    Politics Don’t Lose Hope in Buhari’s Govt, Ajimobi urges Nigerians

    The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has urged Nigerians to keep alive their hope in the ability of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to restore the economy and bring it to a remarkable height. In his New Year message, which was signed by his Special Adviser on Communication and...
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    Politics APC’s Stainless Kitchen Can Accommodate As Many Cooks As Possible - Tinubu

    Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the ruling party has a stainless kitchen that can accommodate “as many cooks as possible”. Speaking on Saturday during a mega rally held to receive Adebayo Alao-Akala, former Oyo governor, and hosts of others into the...
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    Metro After Drinking Pap With Human Parts, Spirits Will Bring Us Money - Suspects Reveal

    Despite the offensive odour from the blue plastic bucket that contained human parts, many still waited to hear what the suspects will say as the Oyo State Police Command paraded three people caught in possession of two fresh human heads and legs, as well as the alleged killer of a former member...
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    Metro ‎‎‎OPC Leader, Gani Adams Becomes Aare Onakakanfo (Generalissimo) of Yorubaland

    The Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III on Sunday declared the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Chief Gani Adams as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo (Generalissimo) of Yorubaland. The acclaimed winner of the June 12th 1993 Presidential...
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    Politics Oyo, ogun Declare June 12 Public Holiday

    Oyo and Ogun State Governments have declared Monday, June 12, 2017 as work-free day in the state. Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli in a statement made available to journalists on Friday said Governor Abiola Ajimobi approved Monday as work-free day to commemorate the...
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    Metro Oyo: Ajimobi Reopens Public Schools, Excludes 17 Over Demonstration

    The Oyo State Government says public schools will reopen on Monday. It, however, excluded 17 schools which allegedly participated in a demonstration on June 6. Mr Toye Arulogun, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, said this on Sunday in Ibadan in a statement. The...
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    Metro I Made Three Mistakes, Not One – Ajimobi Speaks on School Privatisation

    Governor Abiola Ajimobi has admitted that Oyo State government made three mistakes on its planned Public Private Partnership of public secondary schools in the state. The governor stated this in Ibadan on Tuesday while responding to the submission of stakeholders at the rescheduled...
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    Metro Oyo Students Vandalize APC Office, Demand Gov Ajimobi's Resignation

    Oyo state was on Monday grounded as several thousands of secondary school students staged a massive protest against the state government's proposed plan to adopt a public-private participatory approach for the management of some their schools. The pupils took over the streets as early as 9am...
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    Politics 2016 Budget: LIST Of Capital Projects In South-West States

    As captured in the 2016 Appropriation budget, below is the list of Capital projects and costs in the South West with every state covered in Power, Works, Housing & Railways. ------- LAGOS: Nigerian Railway Modernization Project: Lagos - Calabar Standard Gauge Rail Line Project: 60,000,000,000...
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    Politics ‘You’ll Now Pay for Refuse’ - Gov. Ajimobi tells Oyo Residents

    Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has told residents of the state to be prepared to pay for the refuse being generated daily, insisting that the regime of spending tax payers’ N30 million monthly for refuse disposal has ended immediately. The governor said the policy shift became...
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    Politics OYO: Ajimobi Apprehends 16,532 Ghost Workers

    The end has come for ghost workers under the employment of Oyo State as 16, 532 ghost workers have been discovered by the government led by Governor Abiola Ajimobi. This was disclosed at a press briefing by the Secretary to the State Government, Ismail Olalekan Alli, who said that the salaries...
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    Metro Kano School Children: Ajimobi Offers to Foot Survivors Medical Bills

    Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has offered to cater for the medical expenses of surviving students of Kano state who died in an auto crash in Ibadan while journeying from Lagos after a quiz competition. In a report filed by The Vendor, it was learnt that the accident occurred ‎on...
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    Metro ‘I didn’t Install Any Igbo Leader in Ibadan’ - Olubadan

    The newly installed monarch of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, has said he has not installed any new leader for the Igbo community in Ibadan land as being speculated in some quarters. Oba Adetunji made the clarification today at his Popoyemoja, Ibadan palace, adding that as a...
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    Metro Ibadan: Court Remands Lawyer Who Allegedly Stabbed Husband to Death

    An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, ordered the 28-year-old female lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, accused of killing her husband to be remanded in prison. The accused, who is a member of staff of Ministry of Justice, Oyo State, was alleged to have stabbed...
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    Metro Ibadan: I Poured Him Acid Because I Didn't Want Him To Leave Me - Wife

    A 38-year-old Remi Agunbiade, resident of Ita Barika, Foko, Ibadan, Oyo State, was arrested over an alleged attempt to kill her husband, Olawale Shola, by pouring acid on him last Friday. According to Tribune Metro, she said her husband, Shola forced her to abort pregnancy twice and since she...
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    Politics 28 States Are Technically Bankrupt in Nigeria - Gov. Ajimobi

    About 28 states in the country might have gone technically bankrupt in Nigeria was raised by the governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi at the 7th annual Lateef Femi Okunnu lecture in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife over the weekend. Expressing similar sentiments, his Osun State...
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    World Saudi detains 2 Nigerian pilgrims for drug-related offence

    Two of the 1,191 pilgrims from Oyo state who performed this year’s hajj were detained by the Saudi Arabian authorities for a drug-related offence. Adeleke AbdulKareem, secretary, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Ibadan on Monday. Abdulkareem...
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