Motorists and commuters in Ibadan are having a hard time as gridlocks caused by fuel queues hinder free vehicular movement in the Oyo State capital. Speaking with the newsmen on Tuesday, Mr Sanni Olatunde, an employee of a private company,…
A 39-year-old artisan, Soliu Oladejo , was on Tuesday docked in an Oyo State Family Court sitting in Iyaganku, for allegedly stealing a two-year-baby. The police charged Oladejo with conspiracy and child stealing. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Folake Ewe, told…
By Ridwan Adekunle The Oyo State wing of the Southwest Security Network (Amotekun Corps) has recovered AK-47 rifles, military camouflage and other items hidden in a forest in the state by suspected kidnappers. Commandant of the corps in Oyo State,…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, on Friday, ordered the remand of one Ajibola Akinpelu, 48, at the Correctional Centre, Ibadan, for alleged armed robbery and murder. Akinpelu, whose residential address was not provided, is being tried on five-count charges bordering…
By Anu Oyeleye The Oyo State government has announced that it has zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), gender-based violence and other harmful discriminatory practices against women within the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Kafilat…
By Anu Oyeleye The Oyo State government has announced that it has zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), gender based violence and other harmful discriminatory practices against women within the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion,…
A 47-year-old man, Olanrewaju Alonge, was on Monday docked in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates Court in Ibadan for allegedly stealing an ATM card and withdrawing N36 million. The police charged Alonge, whose address was not given, with theft. The defendant,…
Famous Nollywood actress, Bose Akinola, has emerged as the new governor of the Oyo State Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN). Akinola, who won the election for a term of four years with 113 votes, would…
The Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde has appointed Alhaji Yekini Abass, popularly known as Y.K Abass, as President- General of all markets in the state. This is contained in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan by the Commissioner for…
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, has declared that nobody died in the robbery attack that occured around Bodija Railway Junction axis on Friday afternoon. He said this to clear the air on the report that the victim…
