By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – No fewer than 9 aspirants vying for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket in Ibadan North Federal Constituency have rejected the party’s primary election outcome, citing irregularities and manipulation. The aspirants, in a communique addressed to the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, expressed concerns...
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By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has alleged that corrupt Nigerian politicians are now hiding stolen public funds in cryptocurrencies to evade investigations. Olukoyede, who was represented by the Commission’s Acting Zonal Director in its Ibadan office, Hajiya...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has received with deep shock the news of the passing of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, who passed away at the age of 90. The President extends his heartfelt condolences to the royal family, the government, and people...
A kidnapper, David Abiodun, has pleaded guilty to abducting a 17-year-old student of the University of Ibadan (UI), Divine Ayeni. Abiodun pleaded guilty before a Federal High Court in Ibadan to a two-count charge bordering on kidnapping instituted against him by the Department of State Services (DSS). The defendant’s...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan– Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, has joined his ancestors at the age of 90. The Maye Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oloye Lekan Alabi, confirmed the news of the royal father’s demise, saying, “Baba joined his ancestors early Monday.” According to reports, the...
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan has sentenced Kamilu Olona, the son of a landlord, to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants. Olona pleaded guilty to the four-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The convict attributed his actions to desperation after his father’s...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has called on Governor Seyi Makinde to scrap the N63.5 billion Government House renovation project, describing it as “wasteful, insensitive and gross misplacement of priorities”. According to the party’s Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, the project is...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sounded the alarm on the dangers of scooping fuel from accidented tankers, citing the devastating consequences of loss of lives and property. According to NEMA‘s Head of Operations in Ibadan, Mr. Kadiri Olanrewaju, the practice has led to...
The 22-year-old man who fell from one of the floors of the 26-storey Cocoa House in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday has been identified as Feranmi Akin-Akinye, a graduate of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD). According to reports, Feranmi fell while carrying out a task for the company he...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has added an extra trip to its Lagos-Ibadan Train Service (LITS) on Thursday to accommodate the surge in passenger demand during the Eid-el-Kabir (sallah) festive period. According to NRC Managing Director Dr. Kayode Opeifa, the updated train schedules are as...
Days to this year’s Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah), some Muslims in Ibadan metropolis are worried about the celebration, as cost of ram and other types of animals usually slaughtered for sacrifice have soared beyond the reach of many. For the Muslim faithful, their worries are compounded by the prices of tomatoes,...
Police Command in Oyo State has arrested one of its personnel who accidentally shot dead a 14-year-old secondary school student, Kehinde Alade, in Ibadan on Tuesday. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday. He said the officer responsible for the...
A stray bullet fired by a policeman has allegedly killed a teenage boy on his way to school in Ibadan on Tuesday. An eyewitness account stated that the incident occurred at the Ibadan airport junction, along Old Ife Road. According to a commercial motorcyclist, Dauda Oseni, the deceased, with...
A fire outbreak in the early hours of Monday razed a four-bedroom flat located at No. 1 Happiness Close, Akufo Estate, Elebu area of Ibadan. Mr Yemi Akinyinka, the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, disclosed this in Ibadan on Monday. Akinyinka said the agency promptly...
A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan has dissolved a 13-year-old marriage between one Durojaye Akingbade and his estranged wife, Olabisi, on grounds of stubbornness and sexual starvation. Pronouncing the marriage dissolved, the Court President, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, held that the petitioner was no longer interested...
The Police Command in Oyo on Tuesday said that the video of alleged invasion of the state by suspected Boko Haram currently circulating on social media was recycled. The Command’s spokesman, CSP Adewale Osifeso stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. The News...
A student of the University of Ibadan (UI), Saheed Ahmed, has been announced as the 2025 winner of the World Veterinary Association Global Veterinary Award. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Joke Akinpelu, the University’s Director of Public Relations in Ibadan on Wednesday. “Ahmed, a former President...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum has declared that the party would not join or merge with any othe political party ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Chairman of the forum, Gov.Muhammed Bala of Bauchi State, stated this on Monday, at the end of its meeting, held...
Police Command in Oyo State has arrested three suspects allegedly linked to the hijacking of a DAF truck loaded with 45,000 liters of petrol belonging to NIPCO Ltd. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan....
Property worth millions of naira, including 12 shops, were on Thursday night burnt by fire at the Agodi Mayegun Cement Store Market in Ibadan. General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Ibadan. Akinyinka said the fire service...