Oyo state
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three men in Saki following an intelligence-led operation over allegations of unnatural sexual conduct. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Command’s Monitoring Unit, Saki Operational Base, after the Police received information about the alleged involvement of some individuals in the...
Ibadan, Nigeria, October 15, 2026: The Grand Patron of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo has called on the people of Oyo State to vote massively for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reelection as one of their own. He made the call as he...
Oyo State Police Command has commenced an investigation into a fatal attack on a group of individuals who were welcoming Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat back to Ibadan, an incident that resulted in the death of one person. According to the report lodged at the Police Station on 14 October 2026...
Oyo State Police Command has rescued five Congolese nationals suspected to be victims of human trafficking during an intelligence-led operation at Bollarz Hotel, Araromi area of Ibadan. The command’s spokesman, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, confirmed this is in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. DSP Ayanlade said...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers following a five-week intelligence-gathering operation and sustained manhunt that culminated in their arrest at a hideout in Ibadan in the early hours of Saturday, 10th October 2026. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, confirmed the arrest in a statement...
A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Monday that international terrorist organization Al-Ql-Qeada supported members of the proscribed terrorist group – Jama’’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan (Ansaru) to stage the May 15 attacks on schools in Oriire Local Government, Oyo State. The attack, the court also heard, was...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers following a swift response to a distress call reporting an armed robbery incident around Sumal Junction Roundabout, Ibadan. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan. DSP Olayinka...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspects linked to the killing and robbery of a family in Oloba Village, Lagelu Local Government Area of Ibadan. The suspects were arrested following intelligence received by the Command on October 2, 2026, about an attack that occurred on September 22, 2026,...
The Allied People’s Movement (APM) has declared that its 2027 presidential candidate, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has the capacity to reset Nigeria within four years through people-focused reforms and inclusive leadership. The party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State, Laja Adeoye, stated this during a television programme on...
Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested a suspected armed robber and recovered a locally made pistol with a live cartridge during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation along the Ibadan-Ife Road. The arrest was made by officers attached to the Command’s Safer Highway Patrol on September 25 at...
Department of State Services (DSS) has re-arraigned five men over the May 15, 2026 kidnapping of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The suspects appeared before the Federal High Court on a seven-count amended charge filed by the Federal Government. The DSS alleged that...
In a solemn and emotionally charged atmosphere, the remains of late Colonel Adetokunbo Olorunfemi Ojomo was committed to the mother earth on 11 September 2026, at All Saint Church Cemetery Jericho-Ibadan, Oyo state. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division, Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Auwalu Mahmuda, while reading...
Nigeria Police Force, through the Oyo State Command, has uncovered a child-stealing and human trafficking network operating across state lines, rescuing 17 children and arresting seven suspects following an intelligence-led investigation. Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, CSP Anietie Iniedu, confirmed this in a statement issued to newsmen on...
Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 arraigned the trio of Emmanuel Serah Motunrayo, Awotunde Olugbenga and Idowu Olugbemi Sunday before Justices Olusola Adetujoye and Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State. Motunrayo alongside...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected human parts traffickers in a major intelligence-led operation that led to the recovery of suspected human body parts and assorted charms. The arrests were confirmed on Saturday in Ibadan by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, who said the...
Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, August 13, 2026 arraigned one Lawal Babale Musa before Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State. Musa was arraigned on a fifty seven-count charge bordering on forgery, uttering of...
Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has formally recognised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike-backed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and accepted its list of chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the forthcoming local government elections in the state. This comes months after the Independent National Electoral Commission...
Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the immediate release of a carpenter, Mustapha Marwana, who was cleared of allegations linking him to terrorist activities. According to a security source, the release followed a thorough investigation of his case by a DSS investigation...
On the dichotomy of kingly power and clerical obligations, there is an undisputed demarcation. Unto kings is given the power to guarantee the orderly governance of the state and the welfare of citizens in a republic. But the ultimate preoccupation of the divine is the good of all humanity....