Today marks the   final day of this year’s Eid-fitr Celebrations in Nigeria and some other parts of the world. Eid el-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide to mark the end of the month-long dawn-to-dusk fasting of Ramadan. Many Muslims had a low-key Eid-el-Fitr celebration this year following the growing cost of living, which made it difficult for many to celebrate in their usual style. The Federal Government had declared yesterday […]

The Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has declared that his administration will restructure the Alesinloye Market, Ibadan, to avert a recurrence of the fire incident that destroyed goods worth millions of Naira in March. The governor also said that the state government has provided some sort of palliatives to serve as immediate cushion for the victims of the fire incident. Governor Makinde  stated this today, when he carried out […]

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has conducted former governor and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, round Ibadan Circular Road Project, named after him. The duo inspected the 32.2 kilometres East Wing of the project, whose infrastructure component is nearing completion. Recall that Senator Ladoja conceived the idea of the 110 kilometres Ibadan Circular Road Project when he was governor of the state between 2003 and 2007. Governor Makinde […]

The Federal Government has announced the closure of the Independence Bridge (Marina bound) starting Tuesday April 1 for essential maintenance and rehabilitation works. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos explaining that the bridge would remain closed until the end of May 2025. She said, “The closure will affect traffic traveling from Ahmadu Bello Way and Adeola Odeku […]