Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, says the outcome of the 2023 general elections will be based on competence, capacity and character. Addressing newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday after a meeting with Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Obi said the 2023 elections would not...
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A Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and a civilian were killed by hoodlums during an attack on Igangan police station in Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and a police inspector also sustained injuries during the attack and are currently receiving...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, has confirmed the death of 15 persons in Friday’s accident on Eruwa-Lanlate road in Ibarapa East Local Government area of the state. It was earlier reported that no fewer than 20 persons were burnt to death in the accident which...
The Commissioner for Lands and Housing in Oyo State, Mr Olusegun Olayiwola, says the state government will investigate the cause of the collapse of a four-story building at Bodija area of Ibadan that occured on Thursday morning. Olayiwola said this when he led some government functionaries to the scene...
At least 20 passengers were burnt to death when a bus collided with another vehicle and caught fire in Oyo state, police and an official said Saturday. The accident at Lanlate in Ibarapa area of the state on Friday, was described as “…a fatal accident. We counted over 20...
The Police Command in Oyo State says the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is handling the investigation of the decomposing body of a landlord found in his bedroom at Awotan, Apete area of Ibadan. It would be recalled that skeleton of the landlord later identified as Aderemi Abiola was...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola says Osun State has kept faith with the vision of its founding fathers to sustainably build “the state of virtue’’ in its 31 years of creation. The governor made the declaration in a statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday by his media aide, Ismail Omipidan to...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday granted a 29-year-old herbalist, Ganiyu Rilwan bail of N10 million for alleged fraud of N20.5 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant Rilwan, a resident of Muslim area in Ibadan was arraigned on a three-count...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the nation’s skyrocketing brain drain wave may culminate in the country resorting to hiring medical doctors to treat local patients in the future. The NMA also warned that if urgent steps were not taken to fix the deteriorating situation, it may lead to...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has debunked a report making the rounds on social media that it has issued directive on the resumption of academic activities on August 18, 2022. LAUTECH’s Principal Assistant Registrar, Public and Alumni...
A Kwara High Court in Ilorin on Thursday convicted one Christopher Adetuberu, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Ogbomosho, Oyo state, for offences bordering on internet fraud. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the conviction. The Presiding Judge, Justice...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys for alleged involvement in cyber crimes. The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday....
The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a Hotelier, Mr Olugbenga Owolabi and one other, have been killed by their abductors. Opadele, who was working with the hotelier (Owolabi), due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has congratulated Senator Ademola Adeleke, on his victory at the just-concluded Osun governorship election. The congratulatory message is contained in a statement in Ibadan on Sunday by Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor. Makinde hailed the people of Osun,...
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...
The Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command, on Tuesday paraded 42 suspects for offences ranging from murder, armed robbery, cultism, diversion of goods and recovered fresh human parts. The new Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan. The News...
Police in Oyo State have arrested six suspected members of a gang of bank robbers. Police spokesman, DSP Adewale Osifeso, stated in Ibadan on Monday that among the suspects is a 29-year-old contract staff and marketer at a new generation bank. He added that the suspects were nabbed at...
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...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday said he would end banditry in six months, if elected as the president in 2023. Wike, a presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the declaration in a press statement issued by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his Special...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo state over the transition to the great beyond of the Alaafin of Oyo , Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. Governor Ortom in a condolence message to his Oyo state counterpart, Seyi Makinde...