The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday affirmed the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso. Recall that Justice K. A. Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso had, on Oct. 25, 2023, nullified the selection and installation of...
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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...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has declared that the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to back Mr Sunday Ude-Okoye as the party’s National Secretary remained valid. Governor Lawal stated this on Sunday in Ibadan, when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Seyi Makinde, over the demise...
The Oyo State Fire Service on Sunday said it recovered the body of a 45-year old man from a well at First Women Estate in Akala area of Ibadan. The General Manager of the Fire Service, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen...
The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Isaa-Onilu, has delivered a cheque of N30 million naira to the family of late Nigerian flag designer, Pa Taiwo Akinkumi more than a year after his demise. The NOA DG made this known during a working visit to the Oyo...
Justice Kamorudeen Olawoyin of an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday adjourned ruling on bail application to Monday in the trial over the stampede in Ibadan in December. Ex-Queen Naomi Silekunola, a broadcaster, Oriyomi Hazmat and a school Principal, Abiodun Fasasi are being prosecuted by the...
The Oyo State Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Chairman, Dr Happy Adedapo, has appealed to governments to give more incentives to health workers and doctors to reduce ‘japa’ syndrome in Nigeria. Adedapo made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan. He...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Sunday in Ibadan said God’s intervention helped the government and people of Oyo State to go through turbulent times in the year 2024. “2024 had been really turbulent, but God has given us the strength to keep pushing,” he said in his remarks...
A fire incident has claimed the lives of a husband, his wife and their grandson which affected a storey building at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday. General Manager Oyo State Fire...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State over the unfortunate incident that claimed the lives several young people at a High School in Ibadan. Governor Ododo said he was saddened by the stampede in Ibadan...
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu ,has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State is not factionalised as being reported in a section of the media. He gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja ,when ,in company of the newly elected party executive in the...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Tragedy struck in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday morning, as a stampede at a children’s carnival held at Islamic High School, Basorun, resulted in the loss of several lives. The victims were mostly children, according to a statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for...
No death or injury was recorded early Thursday morning during a fire incident at the University of Ibadan (UI), the institution and Oyo state fire authorities have confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fire had gutted a section of Queens Hall in the institution in the...
The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ibadan branch, Mr Ibrahim Lawal (Esq) has called on the newly appointed judges in Oyo State to see their appointment as a call to service. Lawal gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Ibadan....
Ten persons were feared dead when a storey building collapsed on Thursday morning in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. Akinyinka added that seven others sustained injures in...
The police command in Ogun has confirmed the death of an 80-year-old woman, Mariam Salako in a fire accident that occurred on Saturday at 28 Ifelodun Ago ka area in Abeokuta. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Spokesperson, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta. Odutola noted that a...
by OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has given assurance that his administration will commence the payment of the N70,000 minimum wage to the state’s workers once the issue of consequential salary adjustment has been addressed. Governor Makinde made the announcement on Saturday during the 2024...
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, sentenced three persons to death by hanging for the murder of Col. Anthony Okeyin, the Commandant, Nigeria Army Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan. The three convicts sentenced to death by hanging are Agada Solomon, Taiwo Adeniyi and Bibisoye Kehinde. Justice...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, restrained the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, SKECC Nigeria Ltd and others from taking any action that would jeopardise a suit filed in respect of a mining site in Kishi, Oyo State. Justice Emeka Nwite, who gave the order, also ordered...
A chieftan of the People’s’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibadan, Mr Benedict Akika, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Sept. 4 at his Olorunda Abba residence, has regained his freedom. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Oyo State, SP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed his release in a press statement...