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Bank customers stranded at ATM points in Ibadan
A NAN correspondent who visited some banks at Challenge, Ring Road, Dugbe, Bodija and Iwo Road areas, observed that virtually…
Traders, buyers lament high cost of food in Ibadan
Many attributed the situation to the high cost of transporting food items from the North, high inflation rate and insecurity,…
Makinde: My government will turn Ibadan into 21st century city
Makinde said this on Saturday at the inauguration of 2021/2023 Executive Council of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII),…
Police confirm killing of former Commissioner’s wife
Oyo Police Command has confirmed the killing of Mrs Olayemi Odetomi, wife of a former Commissioner for Local Government and…
Gunmen kidnap village head, wife in Ibadan
The Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan Chief Tafa Apanpa and his wife, have been abducted by some suspected kidnappers.
Ibadan indigenes honour Sunday Dare with merit award
A socio-cultural organisation, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), on Sunday honoured the Minister of Youth and Sports Development,…
Customs raid Ibadan market, cart away truckloads of rice
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Saturday invaded the Oja Oba market in Ibadan carting away eight truckloads…
Gunmen storm Ibadan quarry site, abduct three workers
Daredevil gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted three workers at Megabolex Quarry site, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Ibadan man, Saka burns ex-lover, 2 children to death
A man, identified as Ahmed Saka, has killed his ex-lover, Mutiat Oladele and her two children by setting her room…
No human casualty as fire guts Ibadan auto spare parts market
Oyo state Chief Fire Officer, Mr Moshood Adewuyi said there was no human casualty in the fire that destroyed Ibadan…
One dead as traders clash in Ibadan market
One person was confirmed dead on Friday as a result of a misunderstanding between a cobbler and a cart pusher…
Oyo records 23 new coronavirus infections
As Oyo State records 23 new COVID-19 infections, the state’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has urged people waiting for their…
Data Scientists to transform Ibadan to Data Economic Hub in Southwest Nigeria
A newly released report has placed the largest city in the South West and the third most populous city in…
One killed, 5 injured as hoodlums clash in Ibadan
One person was killed while five others were injured on Tuesday when hoodlums unleashed terror on residents of Wesley College…
We want strike: 2 Ibadan groups protest against NLC, TUC, FG
The Joint Action Front (JAF) and Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), Oyo State branch, on Monday, staged a…
How I killed another person upon escape – Ibadan serial killer, Shodipe
Suspected Ibadan serial killer, Sunday Shodipe has confessed to have killed another person upon his escape from police detention.
Ibadan experiences first rain in 2020
The residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday recorded the first rain in 2020 at Oke-Itunu/Leventis and Mokola areas of…
EFCC arrests Ibadan landlord for housing 10 cyber fraudsters
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, arrested a 33-year-old…
Massive crackdown: EFCC raids Ibadan club, arrests 89 ‘Yahoo-Boys’
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at the…
EFCC releases list of 8 Internet fraudsters arrested in Ibadan
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the weekend arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters…
Oyo begins evacuation of illegal motor parks
In its bid to actualize its commitment to free flow traffic and reduce accidents at the Ojoo Interchange in Ibadan,…
Six cheat death, as taxi cab runs into roadside ditch
Tragedy was averted on Friday, when a fuel tanker and a taxi cab narrowly escaped a head-on collision along the…
Ibadan’s turn: 200 found in illegal rehab centre, operators arrested
Illegal rehabilitation centres may be a national phenomenon as the police busted another one at Olore Central Mosque in Ojo…
My husband wants to use me for money ritual: Divorce-seeking policewoman
A policewoman, Sgt. Wuraola Babalola, has had her marriage of 14 years to Oladimeji dissolved, over allegations that he attempted…
Fire guts NNPC Depot in Ibadan
A raging inferno has consumed a section of the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian…
South West govs working on new security architecture – Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo has assured citizens of the state that governors in the six Southwest states were already…
Ibadan Poly graduate jailed for impersonation
A graduate of Insurance from the Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyaremi Olalekan Olabode, was on Monday convicted of criminal impersonation and sentenced…
Africa’s stolen assets in Western world worth $50bn – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Thursday disclosed that stolen assets of African continent in Western world worth…
Two Internet Fraudsters Jailed In Ibadan
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday 18 June, 2019 secured…
EFCC Nabs 3 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ibadan
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, arrested three suspected…