President Bola Tinubu has restated his commitment to preserving Nigeria’s diverse cultures by supporting initiatives that promote the country’s rich cultures. Tinubu stated this on Saturday during the official coronation of Oba Abimbola Owoade, the Alaafin of Oyo, held at Olivet Baptist High School in Oyo. The President, who...
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The remains of Alhaji Yekini Adeojo, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have been laid to rest in Ibadan on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adeojo, who died at the early hours of Friday, was buried at his Iyaganku Government Reserved Area residence...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said no fewer than one million people in Oyo State are involved in illicit drug consumption. The NDLEA State Commander, Olayinka Joe-Fadile, disclosed this on Wednesday during a campaign rally against drug abuse in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Some Ibadan residents have expressed anxiety over an anticipated increase in prices of items following Dangote Refinery’s move to stop the transaction of petroleum products in Naira come March 31. The respondents shared their minds in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday....
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Police Command has arrested 2 suspects over alleged exhumation of corpses and sale of their parts to ritualists. The Command’s spokesman, Adewale Osifeso made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan. He said that the arrest...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Japanese fibre giant Kanekalon has vowed to continue to improve in its collaboration effort in fostering growth within the hairstyling industry during the NBHA collaboration workshop held on March 20th 2025 at the Genesis Hotel & Suite Hall, Challenge Molete Road, Beside Fire...
Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, struck out the charges against former Queen Naomi Ogunwusi, a radio presenter, Oriyomi Hamzat and the Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Ibadan, Abdullahi Fasasi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akintola also ordered the release...
An Oyo State Family Court, Iyaganku, on Tuesday remanded a 29 -year-old man, Hamzat Abdullahi at Agodi Correctional facility, Ibadan, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with three male minors. The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Serifat Adesina, did not take the plea of the suspect due to lack in jurisdiction. Adesina...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Monday ordered a fraudster, Ezekiel Onikoyi, 39, to serve two weeks imprisonment for stealing a woman’s handbag containing a phone, power bank and N4,000 Onikoyi, whose address was not provided, was charged with stealing, obtaining money under false pretences and conduct likely to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Japanese fibre giant, Kanekalon continues in its streak to setting new standards in the hair business in Nigeria as the collaboration workshop with The National Association of Hair & Beauty Practitioners of Nigeria (NBHA), on Monday this week took the capital city of...
Traders in Aleshinloye Market, Ibadan, whose shops were razed by Tuesday night’s fire incident, have started counting their losses and calling for government assistance. The traders expressed their sadness and call for assistance while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Wednesday. One of the...
MTN Nigeria, a telecoms service provider, has launched its ‘Go Make A Difference’ (Go M.A.D) campaign in Ibadan, to inspire Nigerians to take action for community development. MTN Southwest’s Regional Manager for Customer Operations, Adebajo Onafowa, spoke at the event on Saturday. He emphasised that the aim was to...
Wife of the former Ondo State Governor, Dr Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has called for greater female representation in Nigeria’s state and national assemblies to promote gender equality. Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the founder of the BEMORE Empowered Girls Foundation, made the call in Ibadan on Saturday during an event organised by the foundation...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde will receive Sierra Leone’s President Julius Bio in Ibadan on Monday. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Dr Suleimon Olanrewaju, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. The statement revealed that President Bio will visit the Fasola...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 55-year-old fake doctor, Moyosore Johnson, in a correctional centre for allegedly causing the death of a woman. Johnson, whose address was not provided, was arraigned on a four-count charge bothering on conspiracy and accelerating cause of death....
Property worth millions of Naira were destroyed on Sunday in Ibadan during a fire incident which ravaged a one-storey building with 10 rooms and three shops. The inferno destroyed household goods worth millions of Naira, while equipment in the shops were also completely ruined. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Catholic Bishops in Africa and Madagascar have called for prayer and fasting to address conflicts across the continent. The bishops, under the umbrella of the Standing Committee of Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), made the call in a statement in Ibadan on Monday. The News...
The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to be agents of hope in their activities by being “Good Samaritans” to one another. The bishops, in a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Ibadan, urged Nigerians to be driven by the words...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has paid a condolence visit to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, in Ibadan today, over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. He was accompanied by former Governors Okezie Ikpeazu and Samuel Ortom as well as Senators...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced one Olayiwola Oguntade to prison for fraud. Oguntade, a former staff member of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of...