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Ibadan jewellery thieves beg court for mercy
Agwazin and Pojti were docked before a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan on a two-count charge of conspiracy…
Ibadan funfair tragedy: Old students ask police to release detained school principal
The Oyo State Police Command had on Wednesday announced the arrest over the tragic incident which claimed 35 lives of…
Fresh tragedy hits Ibadan: Husband, wife, grandson die in fire disaster
The fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, Yemi Akinyinka, General Manager Oyo State Fire Services Agency said…
Drama as ex-convict escapes from courtroom before bagging 3 years jail term
Bello escaped when the magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji, stepped briefly into her chamber to write her judgment and it took…
Ibadan: Fire razes shops at Moniya garage
Akinyinka said that the agency received a distress call about the fire incident from one Mr Adelola around 12:27 a.m.,…
Commuters escape death as petrol tanker explodes in Ibadan
Eyewitness, Biodun Ayoola, explained that ongoing construction of a pedestrian bridge at Ajia Junction had resulted in the closure of…
Man abducted from home in Ibadan
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped one Benedick Akika in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. It was gathered that Akika was…
Protest: Soldiers, police, DSS, others in joint show of force in Ibadan
The show of force, which began from the Police Command headquarters, Eleyele, took the security personnel to Mokola roundabout, Oyo…
36 plead guilty to internet fraud in Ibadan, jailed
Thirty-six internet fraudsters have bagged various terms of imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on obtaining…
Gov. Makinde shuts mining facility, arrests 4 operators
The governor explained that the factory and its operators had contravened Executive Order 001 of 2024 on the safe handling…
NIGHT OF HORROR*
In the evening hours of January 16, 2024, there was a massive explosion caused by loads of dynamite piled up…
NIGHT OF HORROR*
In the evening hours of January 16, 2024, there was a massive explosion caused by loads of dynamite piled up…
Breaking: 10 VIPs escape death as private Jet crash-lands in Ibadan
Firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria have been deployed to the scene, according to The…
What Aiyedatiwa said during visit to Akeredolu’s Ibadan residence
Aiyedatiwa said this during a visit to the Jericho, Ibadan residence home of Akeredolu who died in Germany on Thursday.
Ibadan twin brothers, 5 others arrested for internet fraud
EFCC also revealed in the statement that the Oyo State Police Command handed over three suspected internet fraudsters to its…
2023 Yoruba Day: Full list of awardees
Saturday, 23 September 2023 was another anniversary of the World Yoruba National Day held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital…
Date fixed for Yoruba National Day celebration
According to the organisers, in a statement signed by Comrade Awa Bamiji, the event will take place inside Mapo Hall…
What Ibadan taught me – VP Shettima
“I’m privileged to not only draw from this intellectual oasis of the University of Ibadan but also to identify as…
Minor escapes lynching after being accused of stealing plastic materials
A resident, Silas Oresanya, said he was quietly sitting at a hidden place in his house when he sighted the…
Oyo CP meets stakeholders as cult clashes resurface in tertiary institutions
He said the meeting was borne out of the immediate urgency to review the security architecture around tertiary institutions in…
Heavy security in Ibadan as voters troop to polling centres
Officials of INEC, corps members and unarmed policemen were also seen moving in various chartered buses to various polling units…
JUST IN: APC postpones Tinubu’s presidential campaign rally in Oyo indefinitely
The party expressed regret that current cash crunch and its effect on the populace, fuel scarcity and hike in the pump…
Peter Obi in trouble as Ibadan stands still for Tinubu (Video, photos)
The march is coming a day after the Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi's supporters staged a two-million-man march in…
1 dead, 2 injured in Ibadan multiple accidents
Adekanye said the police took the dead to a mortuary, while the injured were taken to Ibadan Central Hospital by…
Ibadan herb seller smashed for killing septuagenarian creditor
Williams told newsmen that the suspected murderer killed the septuagenarian, Olayinwola, in order not to pay back the money the…
Makinde, Adebayo launch new ride-hailing service in Ibadan
Codenamed: 'AFRICAR', the ride-hailing service was launched at a well-attended ceremony with over 115 vehicles in Ibadan
Ajimobi sues for peace in Ibadan
He reacted to Sunday’s clash between the Hausa and Yoruba people in the Ibadan South West Local Government Area of…
Man jailed 3 years for trafficking marijuana, codeine
The defendant was arrested on July 5, 2021, along Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway while transporting 1.29kg of India hemp and 3.91kg of…
Gridlock in Ibadan as fuel scarcity worsens
Commenting, Alhaji Bukola Mutiu, the Chairman Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Oyo State Chapter, related the queues to…