Ademola Adegbite

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, presented the Staff of Office and the Instrument of Office to the new Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan.

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, on Sunday, paid tribute to the late former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, describing him as a “man of the people with a good heart and empathy.”

The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State is in disarray after the 2023 governorship election as the Chairman of the party, Isaac Omodewu, was said to be in comma in the United States of America since December, 2023.

Friends of the late former governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, gathered in Ibadan on Sunday to mark his posthumous 68th birthday.

Intense lobbying is underway to persuade ex-Oyo State Governor and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, to accept the beaded crown,.

A fresh process in the selection of the new Alaafin of Oyo has commenced, The PUNCH exclusively learnt on Wednesday.

Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked a 50-year-old Okada rider, Sikiru Muritala, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in an attempt to snatch the machine, and chopped off his hand.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, expressed his condolences to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin and the Olubadan-in-Council over the death of the Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Lateef Adebimpe, who died on Wednesday.

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday, appealed to Nigerians to be circumspect on the issue of the nationwide protests being contemplated by some people in the country.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, expressed his condolences to the family of the late General Manager of Ibadan Airport, Alakia, Ibadan, Adedeji Ojo.