The popular Bodija market located in Ibadan, Oyo State capital has been gutted by fire on Monday, July 11. It was learnt that the fire started from a section of the market and spread to other sections of the market, destroying properties worth millions of naira. The cause of...
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The Oyo State High Court in Ibadan on Wednesday fixed July 26 for judgment in a suit filed by Rauf Olaniyan, the state Deputy Governor, challenging the impeachment process served on him by the state House of Assembly. Justice Ladiran Akintola adjourned the case for judgment after the submission...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested no fewer than 39 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday said the suspects were...
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old pregnant woman, Omowunmi Joseph for stabbing her husband, Joseph Nwankwo, to death. The incident occured around 2 am on Monday morning while the deceased was asleep in the Odoye area, Alaadorin, Ibadan North LGA of Oyo State. It was gathered...
The National President, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Mr Olatunji Ambali has called on Nigerians not to vote for those state governors opposing local government autonomy. Mr. Ambali made the call in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the ongoing Conference of Nigeria State of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Enugu and Ibadan Zonal Commands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 120 suspects over alleged internet fraud in Enugu and Oyo States. The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in...
A self-confessed ritualist who come from Ibadan to Lagos to steal children for money ritual has been apprehended In a viral video, the suspect who gave his name as Kayode Olafisoye, said he and his accomplice who is currently on the run, have stolen so many children from the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Oyo State Police Command has debunked the media reports making the rounds that its officers had shot at a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Ibadan. The command in a statement issued on Friday by its spokesman, Adewale Osifeso, described the information...
The newly installed 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba (Dr) Olalekan Balogun, has assured the people of Ibadanland and Nigeria in general that he would not let them down. Balogun made the pledge in his first public speech shortly after Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State presented the Staff of...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting in Ibadan with the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in respect of his rift with Bola Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The...
The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says that the states under its franchise will experience prolonged power outage due to low weekly power allocation to its network by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). This is contained in a statement issued by by IBEDC’s Senior Communication Officer, Kikelomo...
The Olubadan of Ibadan designate, Dr Lekan Balogun, says Nigeria needs a strong leader that will further strengthen its unity comes 2023. Balogun made the assertions on Sunday in Ibadan while receiving Bola Tinubu, a Presidential Aspirant and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his Alarere...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadan, Senator Lekan Balogun, over his appointment as the new Olubadan of Ibadanland and elevation to the zenith of leadership institution in the land. Tinubu’s congratulatory message was contained...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 25 suspected Yahoo boys in Soka area of Ibadan, the state capital. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement, said the arrests followed...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan b- Oyo State Governor, ”Seyi Makinde, on Friday, promised his administration’s support for his alma-mater, the University of Lagos, Akoka, to enable the institution to host the Nigerian Universities Games (NUGA). Governor Makinde, who stated this while receiving a delegation of the University, led by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army on Monday said it has arrested one soldier in connection with the assault on two traffic wardens in Ibadan while immediate investigation to identify and arrest the rest of the culprits has started. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,...
A mother of three, Olamide Lawal, on Friday pleaded with a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan to grant her divorce on grounds that her husband, Saheed Lawal, engages her with too much sex. In her petition, Olamide who lives in Ibadan also accused her husband of being...
Members of the Olubadan-in-council have endorsed Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland. This is coming on the heels of ongoing controversy on who becomes the new Olubadan. The kingmakers on Wednesday at a press conference at Mapo Hall noted that there is no cause for alarm as...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested a popular Ibadan socialite for alleged fraud. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the suspect was reported to have obtained N25 million from her victims by false pretence....
There is no iota of truth in the report that two students of Bashorun High School, Ibadan, were on Friday turned to tubers of yam by a suspected ritualist. The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Mr Abiodun Abdulramah, made this clarification, while addressing students, parents and guardians of the...