A Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, has remanded four young women for alleged theft of several bottles of perfumes valued at N2.4 million. The defendants are Oluwabukunmi Adesanya, Eunice Adeniyi, Rukayat Ajibola and Sarah Ajibode. They pleaded not guilty to a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy and theft preferred against them. The Court’s … Read more
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has signed the state’s 2025 Appropriation Bill into law. Governor Makinde said the 2025 budget would stabilize the state’s economy after a difficult year in 2024 during the signing event on Monday. The total budget sum is ₦684,149,398,399.06, with capital expenditures of ₦344,957,004,872.20 and recurrent expenditures of ₦339,192,393,526.86. … Read more
Governor Seyi Makinde on Sunday in Ibadan said God’s intervention helped the government and people of Oyo State to go through turbulent times in the year 2024. “2024 had been really turbulent, but God has given us the strength to keep pushing,” he said in his remarks at the 2024 Christmas Carol and … Read more
A raging fire on Saturday gutted popular Araromi spare parts market located at Agodi-Gate in Ibadan, Oyo State destroying properties estimated in millions of Naira. Reports obtained by TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) disclosed that the fire reportedly ignited around 2 a.m. on Saturday and continues to burn, with firefighters actively working to bring it under control. Confirming … Read more
The Oyo State Government has directed security agencies in the state to fish out organisers of the children’s funfair where several deaths and injuries were recorded on Wednesday morning. The state’s Deputy Governor, Mr Bayo Lawal, disclosed this while visiting the Adeoyo State Hospital, off Ring Road in Ibadan, to sympathise with the … Read more
The Oyo State Government has said it will commence interviewing prospective job seekers for the different positions in the State civil service on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday by the chairman of the Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe. Aderibigbe said candidates of the … Read more
The Oyo State Government says it will soon deploy its 5,600 newly recruited teachers to public basic schools across the state. The Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OYOSUBEB), Dr Nureni Adeniran, stated this in a statement he issued in Ibadan on Tuesday. Adeniran, however, said the new teachers would first be … Read more