News Nigeria Oyo: Nigeria’s primary healthcare reform is working, but failing at the frontlines
Shortly after midday at Ojoo Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State, the cry of a woman in labour cut through the murmur of patients waiting to be seen. Minutes ...
News Nigeria Oyo: NESI constitutional amendment: Making the difference in Nigeria’s electricity crisis
Introduction For decades, Nigeria has grappled with the challenge of energy access. The country currently has a potential electricity generation capacity ...
News Nigeria Oyo: PoS charges seen slowing Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive
The recent hike in service charges for Point of Sales (PoS) transactions may increase the number of unbanked Nigerians, especially in rural areas where ...
News Nigeria Oyo: VEGFEST 2023: APON, stakeholders advocate sustainable plant-based food system policy in Nigeria
Individuals, governments, and civil society groups are working ceaselessly to proffer sustainable solutions to mitigate climate change.
News Nigeria Oyo: World No Tobacco Day: Why alternative farming should be incentivised
As the global community celebrates World No Tobacco Day, PAUL OMOROGBE looks at the challenges faced by farmers left adrift by tobacco companies after divesting from tobacco farms and the need for the Federal Government to encourage farmers to grow crops that will boost food sufficiency.Olayemi Ogunlade is a tobacco farmer in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. He says tobacco farming is a business that has been in his family for...
News Nigeria Oyo: Governor Makinde Appoints Omolewa as the New Head of Oyo Parks after Auxiliary's Sack
After sacking Auxiliary, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has announced Oluwatomiwa Omolewa, as the new Chairman of the Park Management System (PMS) Committee ...
News Nigeria Oyo: 37 Suspected internet fraudsters smashed in Ibadan, 7 exotic cars recovered
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 37 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State.The suspects are Ibrahim Adewale Adegoke, Echeta Chidi Oluwabe, Adeyinka Oladaide Monsuru, Adedeji Mojeed Adewusi, Uzuh Samuel Friday, Ibrahim Aliu Olaide, Babatunde Ayomide Yinus, Rahaman Idris, Adeniji Eniade Ebelizer, Segun Bamidele, Ifemade Haruna, Adeyinka Kola Michael, Adewusi...
News Nigeria Oyo: Nigeria: Oyo Teachers Task Governor Makinde On Second Term
Oyo teachers say Governor Makinde's achievements in the education sector were a major factor that contributed to his success at the poll The Oyo State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT ...
News Nigeria Oyo: Moghalu says Nigeria not attractive for foreign investors
Kingsley Moghalu has expressed concerns over the country's dwindling Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), stating that as a foreign investor he would be hesitant to invest in Nigeria ... Ekiti ($0.51m), ...
News Nigeria Oyo: Wike: Despite losing senatorial bid, Ortom is ‘the winner’ for backing power shift to south
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has lauded Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State, for supporting the shift of power to southern Nigeria at the expense of his bid for a seat in the ...
News Nigeria Oyo: Foreign investors shun Kano, Rivers, Ogun, 24 states
Foreign investors shunned Kano, Rivers, Ogun, and 24 other Nigerian states as foreign investments fell by 20.47 per cent ($1.37bn) from $6.7bn in 2021 to $5.33bn in 2022.This is as foreign investments in the country’s commercial capital fell by 37.94 per cent from $5.82bn to $3.61bn year-on-year. Despite this fall, Lagos attracted 67.82 per cent ($3.61bn) of the total investments in 2022.Other states that attracted foreign direct capital in 2022...
News Nigeria Oyo: Internet fraud: Court jails ex-convict, 17 others in Oyo, Ogun
Soji AjibolaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has secured the conviction of an ex-convict and seventeen others for internet fraud and other related vices in Oyo and Ogun states respectively.One of the convicts is a serial cyber-fraudster who according to the criminal record was convicted for same offence by the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo in 2022.He was arrested, prosecuted and convicted as well sentenced to two...
News Nigeria Oyo: Foreign investments drop to $5.3bn, 27 states abandoned
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said foreign investment in Nigeria decreased to $5.3 billion in 2022 compared to the $6.7 billion recorded in the previous year. NBS disclosed this ...
News Nigeria Oyo: Sustainability with substance for Nigeria’s largest bank
Access Bank takes an innovative, 360 degree approach to sustainability, resulting in a diverse menu of ESG initiatives across environmental, social and governance levels ...
News Nigeria Oyo: Makinde signs Oyo 2023 budget of N310.4bn
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday signed the state’s 2023 budget of N310.4 billion. The state House of Assembly passed the budget on Thursday after a clause-by-clause consideration of ...
News Nigeria Oyo: Revenue: Oyo leverage technology to block leakages
The Oyo state Government has revealed that it is switching to technology to drive revenue collection in order to curb every form of revenue leakage, in ...
News Nigeria Oyo: Nigeria: Oyo Assembly Passes State's 2023 Budget
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday in Ibadan passed the state's 2023 Appropriation Bill of N310 billion (N310,432,500,000) into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ...
News Nigeria Oyo: Zoning and the political history of Nigeria, By Eric Teniola
It is owned by WEMABOD Estate Limited, one of Nigeria’s most enduring estates limited ... He rose to the position of party treasurer and took charge of the financial aspects of the NPC. He held the ...
