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  A reputable member representing Ibadan North East Constituency II in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Olusola Adewale Owolabi, has taken a bold step in strengthening security within his constituency by installing solar-powered lights at the Agugu Police Station and the Amotekun office. The two-term lawmaker, who also serves as the Chairman of the House Committee environment and on Public Petitions respectively, supervised the installation on Thursday and reiterated that the initiative is aimed at improving visibility, safety, and working conditions for security personnel. According to him, the deployment of solar-powered lights is also expected to boost nighttime economic activities, enhance community development, and offer a sustainable lighting solution for residents. Hon. Owolabi emphasized that the project is a crucial part of his broader commitment to fostering growth and creating a safer, more secure environment for the people of Ibadan North East Constituency II. In r...

As he attains the Platinum age of 70 on October 10, 2024, Professor Is’haq Olanrewaju Oloyede’s public service trajectory has marked him out as a rare breed Nigerian, who is apparently immune to the general malaise bedevilling the nation’s socio-economic milieu. Here is a university don whose entire public service record radiates transparency, accountability, single-minded commitment to service excellence, administrative acumen, dogged commitment to the achievement of set goals, undiluted integrity, effortless exhibition of leadership by example and unapologetic insistence on fairness to all! In the face of a national feeling of hopelessness, despondency and unending apprehension over whether anything good could ever come out of Nigeria, fuelled by a near general belief that the country is probably primed for failure or even decidedly doomed to perdition, the actions of a few exceptional Nigerians tend to elicit a glimmer of exultation. The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matricu...

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, This afternoon, begin a three-day warning strike over a long detention of their colleague in the den of kidnapper, poor welfare, among others. Details..

  The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB, has officially released results, of its just concluded computer-based tests. This was disclosed by the Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, which was made available to the journalists on Wednesday in Ibadan. In the statement Dr. Adeniran said the Board has set minimum cut-off marks for qualification to the next stage in the recruitment exercise. Dr. Adeniran said the cut-off mark in the exercise, is 50%. The cut off mark, according to him will set the tone for the recruitment process. He further advised all candidates to log into their portal, as their results have been posted there already. Dr. Adeniran reiterated the Board’s commitment to enhancing educational infrastructure and services in the State.

    It was outrageous on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, as one of the wards in the University College Hospital Ibadan refused treatment for a sick newborn baby, over his mother’s refusal to remove her Niqab. This Incident brought about responses and counter-responses from different stakeholders and individuals. Some wish the incident should be settled within the hospital environment, while some call for the suspension of those officers involved in it. A petition was also written to the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, on the issue, demanding to look into the absurd event within his jurisdiction. Father of the child, while expressing dismay at the revelations, said on his Facebook page: He was made to pay some bills before those attending to them informed his wife that she could not be allowed access to the ward with her veil. He said; “I don’t know how to put this but I can’t let it go. They just rejected my 4-day-old baby this ni...

The Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Lateef Gbadamosi Adebimpe is dead. Oba Adebimpe died on Wednesday after a brief illness. His own father, Oba Gbadamosi Akanbi Adebimpe ruled for six months as Olubadan of Ibadanland in 1976. He represented the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin at the unveiling of the new palace of Olubadan at Oke Aremo in Ibadan North local government area on July 10. The unveiling of the new palace as reliably gathered was his last official outing.   He was conspicuously absent at the coronation of Oba Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland held at the Mapo Hall. The details of his transition was sketchy at the time of filing the report.