By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed sadness over the death of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Adetunji Saliu, Aje Ogungunniso I. Tinubu said the death of the top ranking traditional ruler in Yorubaland and precisely in Oyo State, is a big...
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By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed deep pains over the death of the Imperial Majesty of Ibadan land, the Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. The late monarch, the Aje Ogungunniso I, was 93 years old. Oba Adetunji, who was the first of 17 children...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command has arrested about 70 suspected armed robbers, pipeline and electric cable vandals between January and December, 2021. The state Commandant, Adaralewa Michael, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun, and made...
The 20th Soun Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi, has joined his ancestors in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 95 years. Palace sources said that members of the late Oyewunmi’s family, chiefs and kinsmen had started arriving at the palace to mourn the departure...
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...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has said that over 3,000 inmates are yet to be recaptured following recent jailbreaks in the country in the past one year Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this on Thursday while addressing newsmen at a media briefing organised by the...