By Bushrah Adeshina, Ibadan Residents of Ibadan, Oyo State have taken to the streets in a peaceful march from various areas as Mokola, Iwo Road, and Sango towards UI and the State Secretariat at Agodi, NewsDirect can authoritatively report. The…
Angry youths in Oyo State have hit the street to protest the high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship in the country. NEWSMEN observed they were also chanting songs to show their grievances. The youths…
By Fatai Kasali A Mapo Chief Magistrates Court in Ibadan in Thursday has arraigned a 28-year-old man, Sikiru Morufu, for allegedly stealing N3,000 from a commercial sex worker. Chief Magistrate O.O Latunji who was the presiding Chief Magistrate had admitted…
A 42-year-old man, Victor Adenegan was on Wednesday docked in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, for allegedly sodomising two men. It was gathered that the defendant, Adenegan who resides in Moniya area in Ibadan.charged with sodomy and attempted…
A 39-year-old man, Louis Kogu, was on Monday arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing a tricycle worth N1,500,000. Kogu, whose address was not provided, is charged with theft. The Prosecutor, Insp. Femi Omilana, told the…
Oyo State Government has established a Situation Hub for victims of Tuesday’s blast. The situation hub is located within the premises of the State Housing Corporation, near Bodija Islamic Centre, Ibadan. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters,…
The Oyo State Government Tuesday evening confirmed what it described as “an uncommon explosion” which rocked some parts of Ibadan around 8 p.m. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, gave the confirmation in a statement. He…
By Matthew Denis Pandemonium as people have been feared dead and several houses destroyed following a suspected bomb explosion in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened just before 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday when a very…
NDLEA raided a “Skuchies’’ factory operated by a 28-year-old at Moniya area of Ibadan on Jan. 11. Skuchies is a Chapman drink laced with hard drugs. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that 76.6kg of Indian…
A Family Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one Michael Ayinde, 51 and his son, Abiola, 19, for allegedly raping his daughter and the latter, his sister. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, who did not take…
