Eleven people, including two school children, were reportedly killed in multiple accidents on Tuesday. Also, 16 others were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries in separate locations in Ibadan. An accident was reported to have occurred along Ibadan-Ife Road around 2:47am while the second one was reported at Boluwaji area along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway […]
THERE were strong indications on Saturday that former governors of Ogun, Oyo and Nasarawa and Gombe States, Messrs Gbenga Daniel, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Aliyu Akwe-Doma and Danjuma Goje respectively, might have landed in trouble as a result of how they used their security votes while in office. The first three have been detained by […]
Femi Babafemi, EFCC spokesperson, told SaharaReporters this morning that the former governors are currently undergoing interrogations surrounding corruption allegations in Abuja. The anti-graft agency is targeting some nine ex-governors who may have mismanaged billions of naira within their respective states. Those arrested today include Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and […]
The Oyo State Police Command confirmed on Sunday that a newborn baby (name not given) was set ablaze by unknown persons in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.The parents of the baby and the accomplices were yet to be traced at the time of filing this report. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mr. […]
The umbrella body of Pentecostal Christians in the South West, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has advised Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State against turning the state into a theatre of war through his plan to introduce Islamic Banking in the state. National Vice President of PFN in the zone, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, […]
FIVE days to the anniversary of the day rain wreaked havoc on Ibadan 31 years ago, residents of the Oyo State capital were, again, left mourning, following disaster brought upon them by a downpour that lasted about six hours on Friday. Ibadan had been ravaged on Sunday, August 31, 1980, with many lives and property […]
Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday revealed that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), government of Governor Abiola Ajimobi has demanded from the Federal Government the refund of N19 billion the Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala spent on the construction of federal roads in Oyo State. The party said the request for the money had finally […]
Former Oyo State Governor, Kolapo Ishola, died on Tuesday morning in his house in Ibadan, the state capital three days after arriving home from a three-week trip abroad. Ishola, who marked his 77th birthday in June, family members said, did not show any sign of illness before going to bed on Monday. According to […]
OYO State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has promised to revisit reports of investigations into instances of fake certificates in the state public service. He made the pledge when he hosted retired civil servants in the state, as part of his interactions with different groups in the state during the daily breaking of the Ramadan fast. […]
I am the chairman of this council (Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs) and meeting for the next two years. After me, it is Soun of Ogbomoso and then the Alaafin of Oyo, if it pleases him to come.” With this assertive statement, the Olubadan of Ibadanland and chairman of the council, Oba Samuel […]
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