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By Adeyinka Adeniran     A bill to expand the tax net of Oyo state government and consequently increase the state's internally generated revenue scaled 2nd reading on Thursday in the Oyo State House of Assembly.   The bill tagged "Oyo State Presumptive Tax...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     Two additional bodies have been recovered from the rubbles at the site of Tuesday explosion at Old Bodija, Ibadan.   While search and rescue efforts recovered one body intact, the other was recovered mutilated.   The development put the fatalities figure...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin has led a delegation of the House to the scene of Tuesday's explosion at Adeyi area of old Bodija in Ibadan.   The Speaker and the other Lawmakers were...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     The Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, Oyo State Chapter sympathizes with the victims and relatives of the unfortunate explosion that rocked the city of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State around 7pm on Tuesday, 16th January, 2024....

By Adeyinka Adeniran     As residents of Bodija in Ibadan and environs continue to count their losses over the devastating explosions which ravaged their communities on Tuesday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state has demanded thorough investigations with a...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     No fewer than 58 houses have been confirmed affected by Tuesday's explosion at Dejo Oyelese Street, Adeyi Avenue, Old Bodija, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital city.   Three persons have also been confirmed dead.   The Director General, National Emergency Management...

...As Makinde vows to bring perpetrators to book     By Adeyinka Adeniran     President Bola Tinubu has directed the deployment of the officials of the National Emergency Management Authority to provide support and assistance to the victims of explosion that rocked Bodija area...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, has sent royal commendations to the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, over his prompt response and action on the explosion that rocked the state capital on Tuesday evening.   Oba Balogun,...

By Adeyinka Adeniran     The level of fatalities at the scene of the explosion at Bodija, Ibadan has risen to three.   But the number of those who sustained various degree of injuries is still put at 77.   Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state...