The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has directed the management of schools, workplaces and religious centres to ensure strict compliance with established protocols aimed at curtailing the Coronavirus disease. A statement on behalf of the Task Force signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the advice became…
The Government of Oyo State has approved the purchase of 106 brand new buses at the cost of N9.3 Billion for mass transit scheme in the state, while also approving the construction of two link roads around Akobo and junction improvement contracts in the Challenge area of Ibadan. The Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Dr.…
Professor Nwaorgu Onyekwere Benjamin, a specialist and seasoned otorhinolaryngologist in the department of Ear, Nose and Throat (E.N.T) of the University College Hospital of Ibadan, Oyo State, has recommended accurate diagnosis in the treatment of diseases that affect the ear, nose and throat. Prof. Nwaorgu gave the recommendation during his inaugural lecture held at Trenchard…
The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation, BATNF, has received further commendations for its efforts in enhancing farming practices among smallholder farmers in rural communities across Nigeria. The Foundation’s interventions have created unique opportunities for smallholder farmers, enabling them to better contend with farming challenges such as lack of capital even while empowering them with technical…
The newly installed Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Olasupo Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1, has vehemently kicked against the recent alleged attack on officials of the National Population Commission, NPC, by some thugs at the Ibadan North West LGA of Oyo State. Speaking on Monday after the monthly meeting of the Olubadan-in-Council held…
The accused persons Justice Ayo Emmanuel of a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has remanded the Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan, Professor Benjamin Adefemi Ogunbodede, and three others in Agodi prison in Ibadan. The quartet were arraigned on Thursday, October 30, 2014 by the Economic and Financial…
Barely 10 days after the Oyo State commissioned the newly completed pedestrian bridge in Apete, Ibadan, Aproko247 can report that the facility has collapsed. The bridge, built to ease movement of people from Apete town through The Polytechnic Ibadan, crumbled on Tuesday night, according to information gathered by our reporter. At the commissioning of the…
A former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has disclosed that the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, will produce the next governor of the state in 2015, when elections hold in Nigeria. Speaking with journalists at his residence in Ogbomosho, Alao-Akala, also a former police officer, stated categorically that “there is nothing that can stop the…