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By Adeyinka Adeniran     Oyo state government is seeking a special grant from a Non-governmental organization, Water Aid International so as to revive the state’s ailing water sector.   The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Water Corporation, Elias Adeojo, made the disclosure when he...

By Adeyinka Adeniran   Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has presented the report of last Tuesday's explosion at Dejo Oyelese Close, Adeyi Avenue, Bodija, Ibadan to President Bola Tinubu. Makinde was at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, to present the report...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde said security agencies are still investigating the immediate and remote cause of the explosion that rocked Adeyi Area, Old Bodija, Ibadan last week Tuesday.   This is as he commends security operatives for maintaining...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     Barring last minute change, a Federal Government delegation will be visiting Ibadan, the Oyo state capital city on Monday.   The visit, it was gathered will be to the Old Bodija scene of last week Tuesday's explosion that rocked...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     Indications have emerged that the suspected miner that stored up dynamite that caused the massive explosion in Old Bodija, Ibadan may have been living on false identity in the neighbourhood.   This is as Corenews have reliably gathered that...

By Adeyinka Adeniran       Legal Luminary and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Niyi Akintola has called for more devolution of powers to the state and local government in the areas of solid minerals management and exploration.   The Senior Advocate of...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has lamented the devastating impacts of the explosion that rocked Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday evening.   Bishop Oke, who paid a visit to Adeyi Street,...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Yerima on Friday visited the scene of Tuesdays night Ibadan explosion.   The CJN was accompanied by Justice H.M. Ogunwumiju, Justice...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     More body parts were on Friday recovered at the scene of Tuesday explosion at Old Bodija, Ibadan.   The Incident Manager, Prof Temitope Alonge made the disclosure in an interview with Corenews.   Alonge said, the parts have been sent to...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode O. Adebowale, mni, FAS, has reiterated that the University of Ibadan thrives on the tradition of excellence handed over by the Founding fathers, and as such, the tradition...