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Explosion injures 4 at gas plant in Ibadan
An explosion at a gas refilling plant at Orita-Challenge area of Ibadan on Monday 5 May injured four persons while…
Laffmattaz Rocks Ibadan This Easter
Funsho Arogundade All is set for the fourth edition of Laffmattz, the comedy show of famous stand-up comedian, Gbenga Adeyinka,…
Ibadan horror forest: Police arrest 8 suspects
The Oyo State Police Command said on Thursday that it had arrested eight persons in connection with the discovery of…
Iyetade Soyinka to be buried next week
The Soyinka family has announced the burial programme for Iyetade, daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and Mrs. Olayide Soyinka,…
Lam Adesina’s anniversary exposes political divisions
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Two separate events, signalling the political divisions in Oyo State, western Nigeria were held today in Ibadan, the…
EFCC docks 12 persons for N3bn pension theft
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) today arraigned 12 officials of the Oyo State Local Government Pension…
Ajimobi wants states take lion share of Nigeria’s revenue
Governor Abiola Ajimobi, of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has condemned the current fiscal structure which favours the Federal…
Torrential rains create havoc in Benin, Ibadan
Several major roads and streets of Benin City, capital of Edo state in southern Nigeria were Monday flooded following a…
Rain of encomiums on prominent lawyer, Babalola
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Notable Nigerians today in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State showered encomiums on Chief Afe Bablola, (SAN) a legal…
Three feared dead in police-civilian clash
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Three persons were today feared dead and two policemen injured in a bloody clash involving policemen and some…
EFCC arrests alleged pension fraudsters
GBENRO ADESHINA/IBADAN Officials of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today, Thursday June 20, 2013 arrested ten persons accused…
The Ajimobis, Oyo state first couple honoured by Olubadan
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, today installed the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi and his…
Jossy Lad, ex-Super Falcons coach dies
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Former Coach of Super Falcons, Mr. Joseph Ladipo fondly called Jossy Lad died Thursday in his residence at…
Ajimobi promises aid to tanker fire victims
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of western Nigerian state of Oyo has promised to assist victims of Monday’s fire incident at Omitowoju…
Houses razed in Ibadan in petrol tanker fire
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN About fifty houses, a mosque, shops, vehicles and other property worth several millions of naira were lost to…