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…
Makinde assents to establishment of Rule of Law Enforcement Authority
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has signed into law the Executive Bill for establishment of the State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority. Makinde, while signing the bill into law on Friday in Ibadan, said that the establishment of such…
Man arrested for stealing motorcycle in Oyo
A man simply identified as Sope Modupe, 45, was apprehended on Monday by a group of people for allegedly stealing a motorbike in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The incident happened at the hockey pitch during the ongoing athletics competition…
2 docked for allegedly cutting off dead body’s head
Two men, Salami Abdullahi, 35, and Adebisi Aliu, 30, were, on Thursday, arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for allegedly cutting off a dead body’s head after exhuming it for ritual purposes. The defendants, Abdullahi and Aliu, of undisclosed addresses,…
Hardship: Makinde joins labour protest in Oyo, says there’s hunger, anger in the land
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, joined Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC protesters in the state in raising agitation about the deteriorating economic situation in the country. The governor said hardship and poverty have reached alarming levels, with many unable…
Salesman docked for allegedly stealing cell phone
The Police on Friday brought a 23-year old salesman, Success Nwali, before a Mapo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a customer’s cell phone valued N187,000. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nwali, of unknown address, was charged…
Kidnapped PDP boss, Aivoji, regains freedom
The Lagos State spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Hakeem Amode, has confirmed the release of the kidnapped state party chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji. Amode, the Lagos State PDP Publicity Secretary in a message on Monday, told the…
10 escape death as private jet overshoots runway at Ibadan airport
No fewer than 10 persons, on Friday, escaped death as a private jet from Abuja the overshot the runway while landing at Ibadan Airport. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the private jet, with 10 persons onboard, skidded off…
FG orders investigation into Ibadan explosion
The Federal Government has direct investigations into the explosion that rocked Ibadan Oyo State on Tuesday, which resulted in the loss of lives and destruction of property. It also describes the explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State, as a sad and…