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The Oyo State Government on Friday issued letters of conferment of Obaship on 21 chiefs in Ibadan, just as it announced that their coronation will hold on Sunday, August 27, 2017, at Mapo Hall, Ibadan.

The Oyo State Government on Thursday disclosed that it has approved 13.579 Hectares of land for the establishment of Aso-Ofi International Tourism Market in Iseyin area of the state, saying that the foundation will be laid during the 2017 Aso Ofi Festival coming up on September 16, 2017. The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun made this disclosure during a Ministerial briefing on the 2 nd edition of Aso Ofi Festival and PaceSetter Entertainment and Recognition Award (PERA) of the Ministry held at Film Theatre Unit, Ibadan. Arulogun stated that Aso-Ofi International Tourism Market will contain 500 weaving sheds/workshops, 500 exhibition shops, a warehouse, 1st indigenous textile museum in Nigeria, a fire station, a clinic and a police station, adding that the state is determined to fully reap maximally from the economic potentials of Aso-Ofi. The Commissioner explained that Aso-Ofi festival was conceptualized to showcase and celebrat

Fellow Nigerians, let me do a recap of my last column for the benefit of those who might have missed that important forecast of who and what may determine our next President. I will try to predict the principles that would guide how people are likely to vote in that election. Some names have surfaced as potential aspirants and candidates for this all important election that will likely determine what lessons we have learnt and what the medium term future portends for our great country.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) recently released its 2016 results. Over the years, they have remained a major index of assessing states’ performance in education, barring societal ills like fixing of results, hiring pliable invigilators and allied ills. While Abia led with 81.54 per cent, Rivers, Edo, Imo and Bayelsa followed with 78.59, 77.41, 76.46, 74.38 per cents respectively among candidates who passed five subjects in the examination, including English and Mathematics. Anambra, which came sixth, had 71.83 per cent. Instructively, the South West suffered a huge fatality in the results. Apart from Ondo, Lagos and Ekiti which emerged in the seventh, ninth and fourteenth positions respectively, five northern states which included the insurgency-ravaged Borno, outperformed Ogun and Osun states, which had 53.24 and 46.77 per cents respectively while Oyo State scored a dismal 36.69 per cent, placing 29th position and adjudged least of the South West states. This col

Oyo State Government has said that illegal conversion of residential buildings for commercial purposes will now attract N25m fine, disclosing that over 1000 illegal structures in flood prone areas will be demolished.

Minority Leader in Ekiti House of Assembly and the honourable representing Ikole-Ekiti Constituency 1, Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan has written an open letter to the Speaker of the House, Hon. Kola Oluwawole, over plans of the honourables loyal to Governor Fayose to attack the person of Senator Abiodun Olukimi.

The Oyo State Government on Monday disclosed that 120,573 people from the state have benefitted from the Federal Government Social Investment programme just as the Federal Government through the Minster of Women Affairs and Social Development announced the setting aside a special exclusive fund of N1.6billion for women across the country in a scheme known as the National Women Empowerment Fund (NAWEF).

President and the Commander-in-Chief of the Arm Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has spoken after returning from 1O4 days medical leave in the United Kingdom.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State at the weekend launched the Homeowners Charter policy designed to enable home owners in the state to regularize their land documents, saying that it is one of the measures being put in place the government to lessen the pains of the current economic downturn. The governor also announced that the  State Government is changing from the current use of the paper-based Certificate of Occupancy to 'e-C of O', the Electronic Certificate of Occupancy with security features to make it a lot more copy proof. Governor Ajimobi, who made these disclosures at the official Flag off ceremony of the Enumeration and Assessment of properties in the State at the Housing Corporation Ibadan, explained that the scheme is created to enable home owners in Oyo State who currently have no title documents like Survey and Building plans to obtain titles with great ease and at very affordable rates of N120,000.00, assuring that every measure has been put in pl

The Broadcast Industry, Movie Industry and the society generally was thrown into a deep mourning mood since the death of Pa Adebayo Faleti, one of the brilliant brains Nigeria has ever produced; his death was announced a few weeks back. He died at age 86 on 23rd July, 2017 , after a brief illness. He will be missed for his talent in all the sectors he touched. He was a seasoned journalist, poet, broadcaster, writer and actor. No wonder condolences have been pouring in from every corner, to sympathize with his family and to celebrate his virtues as an accomplished man.

The Oyo State Government has said that the full weight of the law will be applied on anybody caught vandalizing government properties, disclosing that one Ademola Ibrahim caught vandalizing solar powered streetlight is being prosecuted. Similarly, the government has urged the people to serve at the watchdog of government properties as well as informing the security agencies of any trespass they notice. The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, in a statement on Monday said that the incessant theft and vandalisation of street and traffic light installation parts by the men of the underworld is thwarting government’s efforts to illuminate major roads in the state. Arulogun disclosed that the Nigeria Police Force, Yemetu Divisional Headquarter arrested and charged one Mr. Ademola Ibrahim, who was caught in the act of vandalizing solar powered street light along Total Garden/Mokola Road (Queen Elizabeth Road) Ibadan to the Magistrate C

There seems to be what could be best described as political shotgun flying about within the Oyo state political class, ahead of the coming 2019 election. If not, how can one describe the purported interrogation rumour of the CBN Deputy Governor, Bayo Adelabu, in connection with former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke's ongoing fraud case? It was claimed that Bayo Adelabu is being interrogated by the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his involvement in a bad load said to have been awarded at the First Bank and the Diezani's saga.

The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi Ilufemiloye Telu 1, has reinstated his commitment to feed all through his "Feeding All, Nobody Should Be Hungry' program, which he has embarked on since he ascended his forefathers' throne.