Oyo state

April 19, (THEWILL) - Ahead of the 2023 general elections, all the three Commissioners appointed into Oyo State cabinet on account of the 2019 political coalition that brought in Governor Seyi Makinde, have announced their defection to the Peoples...

March 18, (THEWILL) – The Oyo State Police Command, has debunked media reports that its officers had shot at a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Ibadan. The police rebuttal followed a rumour by Corps members, who alleged on...

February 23, (THEWILL) - The Oyo state government has approved March 11 as the date for installation ceremony of Sen. Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. This is contained in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry...

February 17, (THEWILL) - Oyo State Government has said it is ready to hold talks with all area boys and cult groups in the state to foster peace. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, made this...

February 15, (THEWILL) - The Oyo state government on Tuesday disclosed plans to build an airport in the Oke-Ogun zone of the state. The state commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Professor Musbau Babatunde, made the disclosure, in Saki, while...

February 15, (THEWILL) - Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Senator Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Taiwo Adisa, said the approval follows a...

October 23, (THEWILL) - The federal government has urged the inmates that escaped after gunmen invaded Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo State on Friday to turn themselves in. The minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement issued on Saturday by...

October 23, (THEWILL) - Heavily armed men on Friday night attacked the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town, freeing an unspecified number of inmates at the facility. Sources said the gunmen stormed the facility around 9.50pm throwing grenades to scare...

October 20, (THEWILL) - Scores of youths in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Wednesday, organised a one-year anniversary of the End SARS protests. The #EndSARS protests were held in October 2020, against the activities of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery...

October 18, (THEWILL) - The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled the suspended state congress  in Oyo state for this Saturday, October 23, 2021. It also warned against what it described as a fake list of delegates being circulated on social...