Eid-el-Mawlid: Oyo Ag Gov congratulates Muslims, calls for more support, prayers
By Adeyinka Adeniran Oyo State Acting Governor, Bayo Lawal, has congratulated the Muslim faithful in the state and across Nigeria on witnessing the Eid-el-Mawlid 2025, tasking them to use the auspicious occasion to pray for the country and the state. The Acting Governor, who felicitated Muslims, maintained that the spiritual importance of Eid-el-Mawlid cannot be underestimated, as it commemorates the birth...
Ibadan Circular Road: Oyo Govt pays N200m compensation to another batch of beneficiaries
By Adeyinka Adeniran Another batch of property owners affected by the ongoing construction on the first segment of the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road have received compensation to the tune of N200million from the Oyo state government. Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr Williams Akin-Funmilayo, who handed out the cheques to beneficiaries on Thursday, said they were the fourth...
Eid Maulud Celebration: Pray for continuous progress and peace, Aleshinloye Urges Muslims
By Adeyinka Adeniran As Muslims all over the world celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammed,an APC stalwart and grassroots politician, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye (MDII), has urged every Nigerian of Islamic faith to offer special prayers for the peace, progress and continuous progress of the country. Abass-Aleshinloye, in a statement issued on Thursday through his media office, urged Muslims to use the...
Southwest Development Commission set for full take-off, sets agenda at inaugural board meeting
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Southwest Development Commission (SWDC) has said it is set for full take-off, following the inaugural Board meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State. The meeting, held on Monday and Tuesday September 1 and 2, 2025, brought together all newly inaugurated members of the commission’s Board, including the Chairman, Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi; the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO), Dr Charles...
Royal supremacy tussle: Don challenges historians, calls for retreat to educate traditional rulers
By Adeyinka Adeniran A Cardiss Collins Professor of Arts and Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, Professor Akin Ogundiran have challenged academic historians to embrace their roles as custodians of the past in other to save the misrepresentation of history which is causing needless tensions. This is as he proposes the establishment of a Council on Yoruba Historical Studies to take on...
Oyo College of Nursing launches four new faculties
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Oyo State College of Nursing Sciences, Eleyele, Ibadan, has inaugurated four new faculties designed to meet the growing demand for nursing education and actualise the collegiate status of the institution. The inauguration held on Tuesday, marked a significant step in nursing education at the institution, elevating former Departments of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health within the College...
Olubadan: UI VC leads management team on royal visit to Oba Ladoja
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Kayode Adebowale on Monday led other principal officers of the institution on a courtesy visit to the Olubadan Designate, Oba Rasidi Ladoja at his Bodija residence. Speaking during the visit, Adebowale stated that Oba Ladoja's venture into industry, politics, and governance was indicative of his profound understanding of...
Dissolution: Ogbomoso Parapo insists no individual has power to dissolve it, call for calm among indigenes
By Adeyinka Adeniran The umbrella body of socio-cultural groups of Ogbomoso indigenes under the aegis of Ogbomoso Parapo Agbaye Home and Abroad on Tuesday said, it is an independent body with legally binding constitution and as such, no individual has the monopoly of power to dissolve it. The group, while calling for calm among the sons and daughters of Ogbomoso said...
Ogun APC clarifies Daniel’s suspensions, says action based on party rules, not power play
By Adeyinka Adeniran The controversy surrounding the suspension of former Ogun State governor and senator representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new turn as the party insists the action was guided strictly by its constitution and not political vendetta. Recall last week, Daniel’s media aide, Steve Oliyide, appeared on Frontline, a current...
