Workers of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have deplored working in darkness and appealed to well meaning Nigerians and government at all levels to come to their aid. They said this on Wednesday during a congress organised by Joint Action Committee (JAC), the umbrella body of all...
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The late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan, was on Friday in Ibadan buried at his Aliiwo ancestral home according to Islamic rites. The burial ceremony which involved the two-rakat Janazat prayer, the Islamic prayer for the deceased, was led by the Chief Imam of Ibadan, Shelkh Abdul Ganiyu...
The Police on Thursday arraigned 41 persons at a Federal High Court in Ibadan over alleged illegal mining. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants were arraigned before Justice U.N. Agomoh on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and illegal mining. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 46 suspected internet fraudsters in Bauchi and Ibadan. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, explained that 27 of the suspects were arrested in Bauchi, while 19 were arrested in Ibadan. According...
The mass protest, scheduled for Ibadan on Monday witnessed low turnout as members of the public went about their lawful activities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a peaceful protest, tagged: “End Hardship Nigeria” had been scheduled to hold at the popular Mokola Roundabout in the...
A 28 year-old man Sikuru Morufu was on Thursday arraigned before a Mapo Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan for allegedly stealing N3,000 from a commercial sex worker. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji had admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000 with two reliable...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Oyo State Government has sealed a branch of a place of worship (name withheld) situated at Golden Estate, Oluyole, Ibadan, over noise pollution. The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said in a statement on Friday that government took the action...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State has confirmed a fire incident at its Ibadan South East Local Government Area Office. The Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Adeniran Tella, whi confirmed the incident in statement made available to newsmen, said...
A 42-year old man, Victor Adenegan was on Wednesday docked in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, for allegedly sodomising two men. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant, Adenegan who resides in Moniya area in Ibadan charged with sodomy and attempted sodomy. The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport has recovered 30,000 packs of tramadol 225mg consisting 300,000 pills. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, said...
An Ibadan Family Court sitting at Iyaganku remanded a fake doctor, Olarewaju Oludele (50), at the Agodi Correctional Centre on Thursday for allegedly causing the death of a baby boy. He allegedly drowned the baby in a canal. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi who did not take...
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 the pleas of the defendants, ordered their remand...
R The city of Ibadan, Oyo state in the early hours of Thursday witnessed the first rain in the year 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heavy rain which started at about 3.40 a.m. lasted for about 40 minutes, stopping at about 4; 20 a.m....
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Saturday in Ibadan stated that Nigeria’s private sector has a very big role to play in the country’s development. Shettima stated this at an event at the University of Ibadan to honour a former governor of Oyo State, the late Sen. Abiola Ajimobi. The...
The Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Most Rev. Emmanuel Badejo on Friday in Ibadan urged Christian faithful not to make merry during Christmas without helping indigent people. Badejo gave the advice in his Christmas message entitled: No real Christmas in conflict and on empty stomachs.’’ Badejo stated that the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested twin brothers, Taiwo and kehinde Adio alongside five others over alleged internet fraudulent activities in Ibadan, Oyo State. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to...
“My wife bullies and blackmails me,’’ a divorce-seeking man, Mr Kazeem Yekini told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday. He pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage between him and his estranged wife, Opeyemi, saying the marriage had ruined his life. He said...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday in Ibadan inaugurated the popular Adogba Mosque, known as the Organisation of Tadamul Muslimeen Mosque. Abubakar, who was accompanied by the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, in his address urged Nigerians, irrespective of their religious affiliation, to live...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, paid visit to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) and the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) in Ilorin Kwara State. Governor Zulum’s visit...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday visited the operational headquarters of Niji Group of Companies in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Niji Group (trade name of Niji Agro Services) “is a value-driven conglomerate with about three decades of successes in...