Tag: 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…
Oyo Gov. alarmed at state of sanitation in Ibadan
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has raised alarm at the poor approach to environmental sanitation in Ibadan metropolis, and…
Two suspected fraudsters arraigned in Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office has arraigned two persons for allegedly defrauding one Akinbuluma Mobolade Dele,…
Ibadan, Mama Ope, “Inastrait,” My Mechanic and Sundry Matters…
I am incurably attached to Ibadan. I was born and bred in that city and I’m always so nostalgic about…
Easter Cracker As GOtv Boxing Night 18 Holds In Ibadan
The 18th edition of GOtv Boxing Night (GOtv Boxing Night 18) will hold at the Indoor Sports Hall of the…
Why Obasanjo was in Ibadan on Saturday
Nigeria's former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was spotted in Ibadan, Oyo State on Saturday for an important assignment.
STI golf tournament kicks off March 22 in Ibadan
Soveriegn Trust Insurance (STI) says it is passionate about the development of sports in the country. The company said in…
Two jailed in Ibadan over internet fraud
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Justice P.I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan on Friday sentenced two serial internet fraudsters, Paul Damilola…
Indian Hemp peddler in Ibadan to spend 5 years in jail
Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court Ibadan, on Monday sentenced one Saheed Mudashiru to five years in prison…
2 remanded over alleged murder in Ibadan
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded two men, Niyi Olusola and John Adeyemo, in prison for…
Buhari departs for Ibadan for APC `Next Level’ message
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday departed Abuja for Ibadan, Oyo State, to resume his re-election campaign after a day break…
Police arrest 11 suspects for allegedly burning shops, houses in Ibadan
The Police Command in Oyo State said on Sunday that it had arrested 11 suspects in connection with the burning…
Parents sue International School, Ibadan over hijab
Parents of some female Muslim students of International School, Ibadan (ISI) have sued its authority for disallowing their children from…
Man accuses wife of sleeping with ex-lover in his house
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Monday, dissolved a two-year marriage between one Barakat Adeniyi and Abdulrazak Adeniyi over…
14-year-old marriage dissolved over spiritual attacks
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between Bunmi Adewuyi and Adegbite Adewuyi over spiritual…
Strike: Federal, State Secretariats, banks, shut in Ibadan
Workers deserted both the Federal and State Secretariats in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday in compliance with the seven-day warning…
Man allegedly stabs friend’s eye with broken bottle
A 21-year-old man, Kehinde Shittu, was on Wednesday brought before a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo for allegedly stabbing…
Divorce-seeking wife threatens to poison husband
An Ibadan-based housewife and mother of three, Ronke Olanrewaju, on Wednesday asked an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court to dissolve her union.
Herdsman allegedly kills mate over N2,000
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of a herdsman, Jaye Mohammadu, in Agodi Prisons…
Marketers express fear over looming fuel scarcity
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Thursday expressed worries over the looming fuel scarcity in Ibadan due…
GOtv Boxing Night 15 Holds Today
All is set for the 15th edition of GOtv Boxing Night, which holds today at the at the Indoor Sports…
Ibadan Agog For GOtv Boxing Night 15
Boxing fans in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, have expressed excitement over GOtv Boxing Night 15 holding on Sunday at…