Stakeholders harps on urgent need for entrepreneurship skills among Nigerian youths
By Adeyinka Adeniran Stakeholders from academia, the private sector, and civil society have reiterated the urgent need for young Nigerians to acquire entrepreneurship and employability skills, emphasizing that formal education alone is no longer sufficient in a fast-evolving, technology-driven job market. This was the central theme at the conclusion of a three-week Employability Skills Training Programme and Job Fair in Oyo...
Lead City to host IORMS 2025 conference
By Adeyinka Adeniran Lead City University, Ibadan will host the 2025 Conference of the Institute of Operational Research and Management Science of Nigeria (IORMS). The last edition held at the Ignatus Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The conference, the sixth in its edition, billed for October, is a yearly event to promote Operational Research practices and solutions, bringing together...
We are not opposed to rotational governorship, so long it prioritizes effective leadership, good governance- CCII
By Adeyinka Adeniran The umbrella body of all socio-cultural gropus in Ibadanland, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) has said it does not in anyway oppose to the growing calls for rotational governorship in Oyo State. Noting that even the entire Ibadan and the populace are never against the idea, the Council said the primary concern of the people is...
Makinde commissions Nigerian Air Force School of Finance in Ibadan
...As Chief of Air Staff lauds governor’s exemplary leadership By Adeyinka Adeniran Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has commended the Nigeria Air Force leadership for working diligently towards achieving its mandate. The governor spoke during the commissioning of the Nigeria Air Force School of Finance and Accounts in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, lauding the Force for siting the school in the...
Play your roles in transforming the country, Makinde urges Nigerians
By Adeyinka Adeniran Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has urged all Nigerians to play their roles in changing the trajectory of the country positively. The governor stated that the responsibility of transforming Nigeria should not be left to politicians alone but that it should be an all-inclusive effort. Makinde said this on Thursday at the burial and thanksgiving service in honour...
Makinde appoints Chairman, governing council, board members for Oyo tertiary institutions
By Adeyinka Adeniran Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has approved the appointment of chairmen and members for governing councils/boards of tertiary institutions in Oyo State. The affected schools include: Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate, Oyo State College of Agriculture, Igboora, The Polytechnic Ibadan, Ibadan, The Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki and Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology, Eleyele,...
Oyo Speaker, leads PDP lawmakers to Senatorial meeting in Igboora, calls for unity
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, led a delegation of 12 PDP state legislstors to Oyo South Senatorial District meeting of the party held on Wednesday at Igboora Community Hall, Ibarapa Central local government area. The lawmakers are Hon Peter Gbadegesin Ojedokun (Ibarapa North/Central), Hon Oluwafemi Fowokanmi (Ibadan South West II),...
Makinde says PDP’ll continue to identify with Nigerians’ aspirations
By Adeyinka Adeniran Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state on Wednesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will continue to identify with the Nigerian masses and their aspirations despite the gale of defection that has hit the party. The governor stated this at the official inauguration of the newly elected PDP Southwest zonal executive members held at the party’s zonal secretariat,...
Food security: 7,000 Oyo Sorghum farmers get inputs, training from Arzikin Noma to boost cultivation
By Adeyinka Adeniran No fewer than 7,000 smallholder farmers in Oyo State have received agricultural inputs and training support from a frontline agribusiness firm, Arzikin Noma as part of a campaign to strengthen food security and reduce reliance on expensive grain imports. The support comes under the Sorghum Value Chain Transformation Project, an initiative of Arzikin Noma aimed at positioning sorghum...
CCII throws weight behind Oyo Assembly on rotational chairmanship of Council of Obas
By Adeyinka Adeniran The umbrella body of all socio-cultural groups in Ibadan, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) has backed the decision of the Oyo State House of Assembly to retain the rotational clause of the Chairmanship of Council of Obas and Chiefs in the state. The Council have also appeal to aggrieved minority members of the Assembly that are...
