Court Remands Man For Allegedly Strangulating Woman To Death In Ibadan
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has ordered the remand of a 47-year-old man, Olaniyan Abass in a correctional facility for allegedly strangulating a woman to death in Ibadan. The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction. She directed the police […]
Police Arrests 57 Students for Vandalizing School in Ibadan
Police have detained 57 students from Government Technical College, Orita Aperin, following a violent invasion of CAC Grammar School in the Adeshola area on March 20, 2025, which left property damaged and an engineer injured. Sources informed Zagazola Makama that the chaos erupted around 3:20 p.m. when a mob of students from Government Technical […]
Don’t Politicize Alesinloye Market Fire Disaster, Makinde Tells Politicians
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has warned politicians in the state not to play politics with the fire disaster that happened at Alesinloye Market just as he directed all victims to cooperate with the Oyo State Emergency Management Agency (Oyo SEMA) for a comprehensive enumeration and verification process. Deputy Governor […]
DSS Uncovers NSCDC Officers’ Role in Arming Bandits
In a significant breakthrough, Mr. Stephen Okolo, an official of the Department of State Services (DSS), revealed during a court session how advanced technology led to the arrest of three Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) officers accused of supplying arms to bandits and kidnappers. Testifying before Justice N.E. Maha at the Federal […]
Oyo State Government Files 18-Count Charge Against Ooni’s Ex-wife, Others Over Stampede in Ibadan
The Oyo State Government has filed an 18-count charge against three suspects, including Naomi Silekunola, former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Hamzat Oriyomi, CEO of Agidigbo FM, and Fasasi Abdullahi, Islamic High School principal, over a stampede at a Christmas Funfair in Ibadan that claimed the lives of 35 children. The charges, which […]
JUST IN: Makinde Presents Staff of Office to Alaafin Owoade
Ismail Abdulazeez Mantu Reporting Governor Seyi Makinde, on Monday, officially presented the Staff and certificate of appointment to the 46th Alaafin-elect, Prince Akeem Abimbola Owoade, marking the formal ascension of the new monarch to the revered throne of Alaafin of Oyo. The ceremony, was held at the state government house, Agodi,Ibadan. The […]