Month: December 2024
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The World Health Organisation on Friday officially declared the Marburg outbreak in Rwanda over. The outbreak was first confirmed on September 27 and resulted in 66 recorded cases and 15 deaths — mostly affecting health workers. It has been weeks since the last case. The WHO declares an outbreak over once 42 days have passed […]
The Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye Orumogege 111 has expressed grief and sent condolences to the Oyo State governor Engr. Seyi Makinde over the unfortunate narratives culminating in the death of over 35 minors during a children’s funfair carnival in Ibadan Wednesday. This is contained in a statement signed by the monarch and […]
Human Rights Activist, Dele Farotimi has been granted bail in the sum of thirty million naira with two sureties by a magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti. Farotimi is facing trial over alleged defamation case instituted by a legal luminary Aare Afe Babalola. The suspect is facing a sixteen count charge for allegedly defaming Afe […]
Oyo State government has resuscitated the abandoned water reservoir located at Osupa in Ogbomoso area of the state. The Chairman, Oyo State Water Cooperation, Hon. Elias Adeojo stated this on Thursday in Ogbomoso during a meeting with the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye. Mr Adeojo said the project, would supply enough water to […]
Oyo State Government on Thursday through the Taskforce Team of the Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority (OYRLEA) apprehended a number of cows grazing along the fence of the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The cows which were nine in number, grazing openly by the motorcycle park otherwise known as ‘Okada’ park beside the […]
Oyo state government on Thursday arraigned before the Magistrate Court in Iyaganku, a suspect alleged to have killed an Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA) officer, Fabunmi Kehinde, at UI-Agbowo on December 14, 2024. The suspect, Ifeoluwa Ologbese, 28 years, was arraigned on a three-count charge. The charge sheet read: COUNT I: That you […]
Soun of Ogbomosoland, His Imperial Majesty Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye Orumogege III, officially flagged off the registration process for participants of the maiden Ogbomoso Cradles Carnival on Wednesday. The initiative, spearheaded by the Ogbomoso Hospitality Committee under the leadership of Hon. Mulikat Akande Adeola, aims to gather data and details of participants to enhance planning […]
Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic loss of lives and injuries caused by a stampede during a Christmas Funfair held on Wednesday at Islamic High School, Bashorun in Ibadan. This is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas and made available to newsmen […]
Federal Polytechnic Ayede, Oyo State has extended heart-felt congratulations to the immediate past Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Values and Ethics, Hon. Segun Dokun Odebunmi, on his appointment as Chairman of Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority and Mr. Ayọ Oyalowo who has been appointed as Executive Director of Finance. […]
The All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state has lamented the unfortunate stampede which happened in Ibadan on Wednesday at a well-publisized Christmas funfair packaged by a named Organization for the children in celebration of the yuletide. Reports, confirmed by the Oyo state government in the afternoon of Wednesday, had it that the inability of […]
