Tag: oyo state
Ajimobi: I was under pressure in selecting aides
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of Oyo today reflected on happenings after the dissolution of…
Tunde Sanni, ThisDay reporter dies
The Oyo State Correspondent of ThisDay newspaper, Mr Tunde Sanni, is dead. The 49 year-old journalist died today at Ijebu…
Pension scam accused remanded in prison
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Justice Bolaji Yusuf of the Nigerian High Court, in Ibadan, Oyo state today ordered that the former Head…
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…
Why I Was Arrested In UK –Atiba
Alhaji Yisa Ayinde Atiba, also called Melody, a Fuji musician based in Oyo town, Oyo State, has debunked the recent…
N1.7b Pension Scam: EFCC Docks Ex-Boss Of Scheme, 11 Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday arraigned 12 former officials of the Oyo State Local Government Pensions Board…
Ajimobi unveils commissioners; Gbadegesin, 4 others return
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has submitted a list of 12 names for confirmation as…
Nigeria: Suicide On The Rise
For various reasons, several youths in Oyo State terminate their own lives The increasing frequency of suicides in Oyo has…
Police foil robbery attempt in Iseyin
The Nigerian police on Saturday foiled a robbery attack on a commercial bank on Oluwole road in Iseyin, in the…
3SC Star, Ogaga Dies
A player of Shooting Stars of Sports Club, 3SC, of Ibadan, Oyo State, Moses Ogaga has died. The skillful midfielder…
Oyo PDP taunts Ajimobi over cabinet dissolution
The Oyo State chapter of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the dissolution of the Oyo state cabinet by…
Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced a 65-year-old man, Ganiyu Akindele, to death by hanging…
Oyo state bans Boko Haram-like Islamic sect
The government of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has proscribed the Arsuna Islamic Sect over its alleged involvement in…
APC rebels vow to fight Governor Ajimobi
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The crisis in the newly formed All Progressive Party (APC) in Oyo State has taken a new dimension…
Man Buries Brother’s Son Alive
A man and two other accomplices have been arrested and charged to court for burying his 3-year old brother’s son…
Ex-senator’s driver shot dead
A driver to former Nigerian Senator Ayo Arise, a governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mr. Nasir Saliu, was on Thursday…
Court affirms dethronement of monarch
The Nigerian Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the Eleruwa of…
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…
Tinubu commissions Mokola Flyover Bridge, 2 others
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The sprawling city of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, literally stood still on Tuesday, as dignitaries trooped in…
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…
Former Champion Wins Ibadan Scrabble Open
Former African scrabble champion, Dennis Ikekeregor has emerged the winner of the 2013 Ibadan Open scrabble championship which was concluded…
Governor Ajimobi appoints six judges
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has approved the appointment of six new judges…
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…
Fury Of Fire
After an inferno ravaged an area in Ibadan, most of the affected victims are now homeless Monday, 22 April 2013,…
3SC Coaches Face Sack
Coaches of 3SC of Ibadan, Oyo State could be the first major casualties in the Nigeria league after the Ibadan…
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…
Ajimobi launches free bus service for workers, students
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the wetsren Nigerian state of Oyo has launched a free bus service for civil…
Adesina elected president Nigeria Guild of Editors
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Deputy Editor-in-Chief/Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers, Mr. Femi Adesina, was today elected in Premier Hotel,…
Another set of pension fund thieves charged
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Nigerian police have charged ten persons accused of stealing N1.6 billion(about $10million) pension fund, belonging to the…