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Oyo announces confirmation exams for 643 junior officers
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Oyo State Government has announced that the 2025 confirmation examination for junior officers will hold on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the exam will take place at 10:00 a.m. at the Simeon Adebo Staff Development Centre, Secretariat, Ibadan. According to…
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Ibadan airport cleared for presidential arrival ahead of Olubadan coronation
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Senate Committee on Aviation and Aerospace Development has certified the Samuel Ladoke Akintola International Airport, Ibadan, as ready to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other top dignitaries expected at the coronation of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Sen.) Rashidi Ladoja. The coronation is scheduled to hold on Friday, September 26,…
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Obasa to ex-council bosses: Hands off, let new chairmen breathe
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has cautioned immediate past chairmen of the state’s 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to relinquish control over their successors and allow them to discharge their duties without interference. Obasa issued the warning during a meeting with council chairmen – the second…
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Lagos faces 22,000 annual building permit deficit – Commissioner
By Adeola Ogunrinde – The Lagos State Government has raised concerns over a significant shortfall in building permit approvals, revealing an annual deficit of 22,000. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Olumide Oluyinka, made this known during a press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday. According to Oluyinka, the state recorded only 12,000 approvals in 2024, despite projections…
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Oluwo rejects Ile-Ife as the cradle of the Yoruba race
By Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho – The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has dismissed the long-held belief that Ile-Ife is the ancestral home of the Yoruba people. The monarch’s declaration came in a video shared on his official Facebook page on Tuesday during the conferment of a chieftaincy title at his palace in Iwo, Osun State. Contrary to the…
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Upgraded Ibadan airport records first flight ahead of Olubadan coronation
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan on Wednesday received its first flight since it was closed in March 2023 for major upgrades to international standards. Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Dr. Sulaimon Olanrewaju, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday. The aircraft, an advanced member of the presidential fleet scheduled to…
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Olubadan Stadium hosts spectacular cultural day in honour of Oba Ladoja
By Adejayan Gbenga – Ibadan was aglow on Tuesday as Olubadan Stadium transformed into a festival ground for the Cultural Day celebration in honour of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja. The event, which formed part of weeklong activities ahead of Friday’s coronation, attracted traditional rulers, chiefs, artisans, cultural troupes, and residents from across the city. The…
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Oyo Assembly calls for Bio-Medical Engineering departments in general hospitals
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Oyo State House of Assembly has called on the state government to intensify efforts to establish Bio-Medical Engineering departments and to better equip General Hospitals across the state. The resolution followed a motion moved by Hon. Gbenga Oyekola, representing Atiba State Constituency, during plenary on Wednesday. He noted that many General Hospitals in Oyo lack…
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Markets in Ibadan to shut down for Olubadan coronation
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Babaloja General of Oyo State, Asiwaju Yekeen Abass, has directed that all markets within Ibadan city and its outskirts be closed on Friday, September 26, 2025—the day of the coronation—in honour of the new monarch. In a statement personally signed and released on behalf of the market leaders’ council, zonal executives, and traders across the…
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Ondo State launches multi-sectoral plan to combat malnutrition
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Government has unveiled new measures to tackle malnutrition, with a particular focus on children, women, the elderly, and other vulnerable groups. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Laolu Akindolire, disclosed this on Tuesday in Akure, during the inauguration and dissemination of the Ondo State Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition…
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