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Oyo Empowers Youths with Tractor Skills for Modern Farming

22 September 2025

The training, currently ongoing in the Ibadan/Ibarapa zone at Ido, is part of a broader initiative targeted at enhancing agricultural productivity and addressing the shortage of skilled tractor operators. Similar programmes are being held simultaneously in the Oke-Ogun and Oyo-Ogbomoso zones. According to the state’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the programme is designed […]

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Oyo University Calms Fears After Blaze Hits Radio Studio

3 September 2025

It was reported that the incident emerged on Monday and led to the loss of studio equipment and the fire was caused by an electrical surge from the studio’s air-conditioning system which caused the blaze to spread through the facility before firefighters arrived to contain it. The Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof […]

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Oyo Government Slams APC Over ‘False Narrative’ Of N300bn Loan

30 August 2025

The government clarified that the Oyo State House of Assembly only approved a financial arrangement comprising N149 billion for loan refinancing and N151 billion for infrastructure development and contractor financing. It emphasized that refinancing replaces costlier loans with more favorable terms, reducing the state’s repayment burden, while the infrastructure funding enables the completion of key […]

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Tanker carrying 60,000 litres of PMS somersaults in Oyo

12 June 2025

Newsmen gathered that the incident occurred at Irepo Junction along the Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway in Oyo on Wednesday. The tanker, with registration number KMC65ZC (Kano), loaded with PMS, lost control whilst in motion and somersaulted. It was further gathered that no casualty was recorded in the incident. The chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Hon. […]

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