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Massive Explosion Rocks Ibadan
A huge explosion on Tuesday night hit the city of Ibadan, living Ibadan mall and Ace mall collapsed as a result of the impact.
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Tag Archives: OYO STATE
16,000 Young People Upskilled By Alliance For Youth Nigeria
Mustapha Fasasi, a 34year old indigene of Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, is excited about his recently acquired skill of solar panel installation for homes and small businesses.
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Insecurity: Ogun, Oyo To Set Up Joint Border Security Task Force
Worried by increasing rates of kidnappings, robberies, banditry, ritual killing and farmers-herders clashes in the border areas, particularly along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, governments of Oyo and Ogun have expressed their readiness to set up a Joint Border Security Task Force.
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Inside Oyo School Where Students Learn Under Canopy
*Average of 100 pupils in a classroom *Students don’t assimilate after 12noon *Primary, secondary school use same toilet facility *Principal, 12Teachers, 65 pupils use same classroom *Six students to a bench *Education takes lion share (22%) of state’s N226.6bn budget in 2021 *Oyo is ranked number 20 in literacy rate among Nigerian states by UNESCO 2012 Concerned citizens of Oyo …
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Supreme Court Affirms Makinde’s Victory As Oyo Governor
This judgment puts to rest the tussle for the position between the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress in Oyo State.
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Economic Transformation: We’ll Take Hard Decisions In Oyo — Makinde
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, said that his administration will not shy away from taking hard decisions in order to set the State on a trajectory of sustainable development.
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Obasanjo, Ajimobi Inaugurate Research Projects At IITA
…As Institute Presents Agric Policy Framework To Oyo State Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the weekend commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan. The projects include an Agricultural Transformation Building dedicated to research and delivery of innovations to farmers across …
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Oyo, IITA Partner To Develop Agric Policy, Establish Agribusiness Park
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Oyo State government today signed a deal to develop an agricultural blueprint for the state, and the establishment of agribusiness park. The agricultural policy will clearly outline the opportunities, strengths, weaknesses, threats, and more importantly what the state needs to do in the short, medium, and long -term to achieve agricultural transformation. …
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Land grabbers to enter trouble in Oyo
The legislative arm of the Oyo State Government; the Oyo State House of Assembly is set to curb activities of land grabbers in the state. This is coming just a week after neighbouring Ogun State passed a bill into law, restraining the activities of such individuals who had terrorised citizens for ages. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a …
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Oyo State political office holders to get 50% reduction in salary
Oyo State political office holders to get 50% reduction in salary Things appears to nolonger be at easy in Oyo State, as Government announced a 50 percent reduction in the salaries of political office holders, their compensation, approval limits and government’s spending with immediate effect. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Olalekan Alli, disclosed this at a news …
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