An upcoming soccer star, Oyekunle Baaki, has been confirmed dead after he slumped while playing football in Okeho, Kajola local government area of Oyo State. 27-year-old Baaki, who is popularly known as Smart, was a player with United FC Okeho.…
24-year-old arraigned for allegedly possessing gun
A 24-year-old man, Toheeb Oyedepo, was on Thursday arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly possessing a single barrel gun. Oyedepo, whose address was not provided, was charged with unlawful possession of a single barrel gun, to which…
Police arraign 4 hoodlums for alleged breach of peace, unlawful assembly
The police in Oyo State on Tuesday arraigned four suspected hoodlums before a Mapo Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan for alleged breach of public peace and unlawful assembly. Those arraigned are Sodik Adekola, 30; Bolaji Qudri, 20; Nurani Abdulkarim, 31…
Man docked for allegedly stealing cocoa, maize worth N492k
A 28-year old man, Toheeb Alabi, was on Thursday, arraigned before an Ona-Ara Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing cocoa and maize worth N492,000. Alabi, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of forceful entering and stealing.…
Oyo govt vows to prosecute sexual offenders
The Oyo state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Mrs. Toyin Balogun has vowed that the state government will not shy away from prosecuting perpetrators of Sexual and Gender- Based Violence (SGBV). The Commissioner made this known during a…
Mother, son, docked for allegedly stealing patient’s phone at UCH
A 41-year-old mother, Mrs Oluwalani Akintola, and her son, Mofeoluwa Olutayo, 23, on Monday, appeared before a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing a patient’s phone. The duo, whose addresses were not provided, are being tried for alleged…
LG election: Makinde urges residents to take outcome of election in good faith
Gov. Seyi Makinde has urged the residents of Oyo State to take the outcome of the ongoing local government election in good faith. Makinde stated this on Saturday shortly after voting at exactly 10.21 a.m. at Polling Unit 1, Ward…
1 feared killed, others injured in LAUTECH students’ clash
One person has been feared killed in a fight that broke out among students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) at a nightclub in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on Monday night. The development was owing to a misunderstanding which…
Agitation for Yoruba Nation laughable -DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has described the recent agitation for the Yoruba Nation as laughable. The DHQ also raised the alarm that terrorists and their sympathisers were planning to blackmail the military following its onslaught on the insurgents. Some agitators of…
Attackers of Oyo Secretariat are miscreants on cheap drugs — Makinde’s aide
Fatai Owoseni, Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security Matters, has described as miscreants, some persons who attacked the state secretariat in the Agodi area of Oyo State on Saturday. Owoseni, a former commissioner of police, was a guest…