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...
Ibadan
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...
The Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command, says it has arrested a 45-year-old Islamic cleric over alleged possession of fresh human parts. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Adewale Osifeso, made the disclosure when he paraded the suspect among other suspected criminals at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced investigation into an accident involving an HS 125 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-AMM, belonging to Flint Aero. Director of NSIB Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr James Odaudu, said in a statement...
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU), Ile-Ife, on Wednesday, stormed the Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan to protest the arrest of their colleagues by operatives of the anti-graft agency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the students, who came...
The Oyo State Government will fully support the annual celebration of the Iyemoja Festival in Ibadan and ensure it attracts the attention of UNESCO. The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, gave this assurance at the end of the celebration of the 2023 Iyemoja Festival. The News...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Civil Rights group, Accountable Leadership for Better Nigeria (ALBNI) has advised the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against toeing the path of injustice and jeopardy against the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Professor Jesse...
The collaboration between the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu, and the immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba has excited top management staff members of the ministry. The Ministry had, consequent upon the approval of the...
Nigeria will host the 12th General Assembly of All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) in November, the Chairman, Local Organizing Committee (LOC), Dr Israel Akanji, has said. Akanji told journalists on Wednesday in Abuja that the event would be used to mark the 64th anniversary of the organisation...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested no fewer than 20 suspects for alleged internet fraud in Ibadan. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren made this known in a statement on Monday in...
The Yoruba Council of Elders has described as untrue and fake the purported report of the re-launch of the Council on Thursday. The council’s General Secretary, Chief Oladipo Oyewole said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. It would be recalled that...