Egungun, Sango festivals and uniqueness of Oyo tradition
“Egungun” denotes the specific masking tradition among the Oyo Yoruba where it is believed that the practice originated. Egungun refers ...
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Alaafin laments demonisation of African religious belief, lauds Gani Adams on global promotion of Yoruba culture, tradition
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, has warned the Western world against misleading and encouraging Africans to ...
Transfer of teachers: Oyo villagers withdraw wards from schools, vow to fight Ajimobi
Since the beginning of this year, about 1,000 pupils from 23 villages in Oyo-East and Oyo-West Local Governments in Oyo ...
APC youths slam Oyo Commissioner over alleged abuse of office
A forum of All Progressives Congress Youths in Afijio Local Government, Oyo State, have cautioned the Commissioner for Local Governments ...
Hard times await parents as Oyo Govt stops subventions to tertiary institutions
Unless the Oyo State Government rescinds its decision not to provide subventions to tertiary institutions, hopes of indigent students having ...
Oyo LCDA crisis: Our position, by Bishop Ladigbolu
The Oyo Metropolitan Development Association, an umbrella body of Oyo indigenes, home and abroad, has said that it was not ...
Robbers on the rampage in Oyo; residents hold emergency meeting
No fewer than four persons were injured and several others sustained gun shot injuries from dare-devil armed robbers who invaded ...
Oyo pupils boycott schools over transfer of teachers
The last may not have been heard about an uproar generated over the creation of new local government development areas ...
15 village heads stop Oyo LG poll, allocation to councils
Some village heads in Oyo State have stopped the February 11 local government poll and the disbursement of the monthly ...
Joint town hall meeting causes row in Oyo
Widespread discontent among residents of Oyo and Ogbomoso over non payment of workers' salaries and arrears running into months, as ...
Resident doctors in Oyo threaten to down tools Jan 12
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in Oyo State has threatened to indefinitely withdraw its services beginning January 12, if ...
‘Some private radio stations in Oyo inciting public against govt’
A forum of Oyo and Ogbomoso professional elite known as PEACOCK has raised the alarm over what it referred to ...
Oyo LGs poll: Outrage over alleged looting of council treasuries
In their desperate bid to emerge standard bearers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming elections, some ...
Certificate forgery: Oyo sacks 662 workers, expunges 2,021 from payroll
The Oyo State Government has sacked 662 workers for certificate forgery and expunged 2,021 fictitious names from its payroll. Mr Soji Eniade, the Head of ...
Aftermath of students’ death, Oyo residents seek abolition of street trading, rehabilitation of road
Unless the Oyo State Government urgently gives Oyo town a special focus in terms of urban upgrade, lives of residents ...
Stakeholders proffer lasting solution to undesirable acts by Oyo students
The sad tale of violence that erupted in some secondary schools in Oyo town was considered a serious issue which ...
Under-privileged residents: Rotary Club, Oyo to the rescue
The alarming rate of poverty in the society is a source of concern to patriotic Nigerians. The less privileged are ...
Stakeholders suggest ways to check unruly behaviours among students in Oyo
Following a rampage embarked on by students of some secondary schools in Oyo town which resulted in the death of ...
Students on the rampage in Oyo
Because they failed the last joint promotional examinations, some students of public secondary schools in Oyo, Oyo State have gone ...
Cholera epidemic threatens Oyo school
Unless appropriate authorities take urgent steps on the dehumanising and unhygienic situation at the L .A. Primary School, Bola, Shanga ...
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