BY OLA AJAYI IBADAN — Residents of Omitowoju area of Ibadan where there was a fire outbreak, Monday night, have been counting their losses. Many houses and shops were burnt in the incident but there was no casualty. When Vanguard visited the scene ,Tuesday, thousands of sympathisers thronged the area complaining about the carelessness of [...]
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko; his Anambra counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi; and a former Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Rashidti Ladoja, may soon defect to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Competent sources at the national headquarters of the party said on Friday that the party had concluded arrangements to have these men in its [...]
THE mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a 36-year-old woman, Kafilat Lateef, has been unravelled by the Oyo State police command, as five suspects have been arrested for allegedly killing her for ritual purpose. The suspects, who were arrested in Oyo town, were Gbenga Taiwo (35), Afeez Kareem (38), Lukman Ganiyu (30), Mohammed Saheed (45) and [...]
Although they have lived side by side for many years, residents of some neighbourhoods in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital appear to be getting tired of the brothels in their areas. In fact, a recent pronouncement by the state government that it intends to rid residential areas of brothels has fuelled the silent feud. A [...]
THE Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ilaje Local Council of Ondo State, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, has given indications that the Federal Government would give a helping hand in rebuilding the burnt part of the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi. Akinruntan, who led an advanced presidential team on a sympathy [...]
OYO State government on Friday clamped down on brothels operating in residential areas to curb their influence on young persons. According to the state Commissioner for Environment and Habitat, Mr Lowo Obisesan, the action was to discourage brothels from operating in residential areas. “Operating brothels in residential areas shows irresponsibility on the side of the [...]
THE Oyo and Osun state governments have been urged to harmonise efforts and jointly re-open the case file of the slain former Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, the late Chief Bola Ige, so that those who assassinated him on December 23, 2001 could be fished out and brought to book. Former president of [...]
Titilayo, wife of a Miltary Governor of the old Western Region, Brig-Gen Oluwole Rotimi (retd.), has been kidnapped by gunmen in Ibadan. It was learnt that Mrs. Oluwole was kidnapped around 6.30pm on Monday in front of her company, AOK Logistics Limited. Mrs. Oluwole, whose husband was also a former Ambassdor to the United States [...]
Oyo State Police Command has arrested Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, a factional leader of the state’s National Union of Road Transport Workers ( NURTW). His arrest was made public in Ibadan yesterday in a release issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in the state, Clement Adoda. Adoda said Akinsola, popularly known as ‘Tokyo,’ was undergoing [...]
By OLA AJAYI, IBADAN – Scores of women marched round major streets of Ibadan calling on legislators to make laws on violence against women. The women under the aegis of Zonta Club International, Zonta Club, Ibadan and Oyo State Officers Wives Association who were observing sixteen days of activism as declared by the United Nations [...]
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