The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), through its Digital Resource Centre (DRC), is training thirty teachers and other personnel for smooth take-off of the Smart Model School in Sogunro, Akinyele, Ibadan. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abdulwaheed Adelabu, led a monitoring team to the Smart School, where he disclosed that the training was designed to equip the …

The Oyo state government has taken action to close down FinRel Pharmacy Supermarket and Bakery in Olorunsogo, Ibadan, for purportedly violating multiple veterinary regulations, including the Oyo State Veterinary Practicing Premises Registration Regulation 2018, Oyo State Private Veterinary Premises and Veterinary Establishment law, 2017, and the Animal Diseases Control Act, 2022. Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, …

Prince Olawale Semiu Oyebola has emerged as the selected candidate by the kingmakers to ascend the stool of Aseyin of Iseyin, the local government area of Oyo State. This is according to reports emerging from the selection process of the new Aseyin of Iseyin at the king’s palace on Tuesday. The ten kingmakers arrived at the palace at 10 o’clock …

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Sen. Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, has taken a decisive step to suspend the annual Egungun festival in Ibadan. The decision came in response to reports of violence, arson, and the looting of shops by unidentified hoodlums who exploited the festival as a cover. The press release, issued on behalf of the monarch by his …

The Group Managing Director of OOK Farms Group, Omolara Svensson, has encouraged both the youths and adults to go back to farming for agri-business opportunities, saying Oyo State has the potential of feeding the whole of West Africa, as the company concluded its plan to launch its online agribusiness radio and tv. Omolara, who participated in a radio program tagged …

The Government College student in Ibadan, Asala Oreoluwa, and Miss Rosemary Anuoluwapo Ajiboye of Sacred Hearts College, Akinyemi, Ibadan have emerged winners of the 2022 National Schools Essay Writing and Nigeria Mathematics and Sciences Olympiads Competitions respectively as they would be representing Nigeria at an international competition, Olympiads in Switzerland. The National Essay Writing Competition won by Master Asala Oreoluwa, …

Angelique Kidjo, Multiple Grammy Awards Winner, in an interview has disclose her background is from Nigeria. In an interview with Smooth FM in Lagos State,  the legendary singer disclosed that she is from Iseyin, a town in Oyo State, according to what she was told by her mother. The 61-year-old singer who was born in Benin Republic noted that she …

A 47-year-old police Inspector, Michael Ogunlade has been confirmed dead during marathon sex with his secret lover, name withheld, at a Hotel in Ibadan, Oyo state. An informed hotel source said the incident happened around 3:15 pm, on Sunday, shortly after the two of them paid for a short rest at the hotel located at Oke-Ado in Ibadan, the state …

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC, have arrested eighty (80) suspects for alleged internet- related activities in Ibadan, Oyo State. Forty (40) other suspects were arrested by operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Commission for the same suspected offences. EFCC said the suspects were all arrested based on verified intelligence linking them with fraudulent internet …

Consummate businessman and philanthropist, Engr. Dotun Sanusi, has been promoted Jagun Balogun of Ibadan. According to a letter by the Olubadan Advisory Council, the installation of Sanusi, who is the compound head of the Olugbade compound, Oja’ba, comes up April 1st, 2022 at the Aliwo Palace of Oba Mohood Lekan Balogun, Olubadan of Ibadan. The appointment of Sanusi, whose businesses span …