Oyo State Police Command has intensified security measures in Ikoyi-Ile following the discovery of a handwritten note allegedly from bandits threatening the community. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the note, reportedly written in both Yoruba and English, was found in front of a residential building in Ikoyi-Ile, Orire Local Government...
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A couple has been arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, over allegations that they threatened to kill pastors and members of a church. The defendants, Olamide Abraham, 45, and his wife, Abidemi Abraham, 32, were brought before the court by the police on Wednesday. Their...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, on Tuesday in Abuja swore in Prof. Rahmon Tella as the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Oyo State. The ceremony was conducted with “solemnity and purpose,” in line with Amupitan’s drive to entrench discipline, integrity, and punctuality within...
High Court in Ibadan has handed down the ultimate sentence to five men found guilty of killing a taxi driver during a violent confrontation in 2024. Justice Oyeyemi Ajayi of the Oyo State High Court, delivering judgment on Monday, ruled that Segun Taiwo (36), Kehinde Ademola (46), Yahaya Adeniyi...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart Samuel Anyanwu has dismissed the party’s recent convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, describing the entire exercise as a “jamboree” and insisting it lacked legitimacy. Speaking in an exclusive chat with Channels Television—just hours after the PDP announced his suspension alongside several other party figures—Anyanwu...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chosen former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), as its new National Chairman. Turaki’s victory was sealed at the party’s national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, where delegates from 17 states gathered to elect fresh national officers. Voting took...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the expulsion of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, the factional secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu, Austine Nwachukwu and Dan Orbit over alleged misconduct and indiscipline. The motion for their expulsion was read by the former BoT Chairman,...
Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has categorically dissociated and distanced itself from the purported report of the BoT reconciliation committee being circulated in some section of the media. Chairman of PDP BoT, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, disclosed this in a statement issued by the party...
The ancient city of Ibadan, long regarded as the political heartbeat of Southwestern Nigeria, has thrown its gates wide open as it prepares to host what many are already describing as one of the most consequential gatherings in the party’s recent history—the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Elective Convention,...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has drawn a firm line in the sand, declaring that its 2025 Elective National Convention will hold exactly as scheduled—November 15 and 16, 2025 in Ibadan—regardless of what it describes as “persistent judicial distractions.” This resolution emerged from an emergency stakeholders’ meeting that ran late...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed that the suspension of three top national officers — Senator Samuel Anyanwu (National Secretary), Hon. Umar Bature (National Organising Secretary), and Barr. Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN), National Legal Adviser — remains in full effect. The party also dismissed claims by North Central Vice Chairman,...
In a strong show of unity and purpose, the Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State Chairmen has thrown its full weight behind the party’s National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagun, and the National Working Committee (NWC), as preparations heighten for the PDP National Elective Convention scheduled for November 15–16,...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – A group of armed robbers on Monday morning attacked a bank customer near the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, carting away an undisclosed sum of money and leaving a police officer seriously injured. The Oyo State Police Command spokesperson, CSP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed...
The KAP Film & Television Academy marked a landmark moment with its Graduation Ceremony for the Filmmaking Residency Program made possible via partnership with the Oyo State Government The event held on Wednesday at the picturesque KAP Film Village & Resort in Igbojaye, Oyo State, showcasing exceptional creativity of...
Tensions are rising within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a Northern-based support group has accused loyalists of Minister Nyesom Wike of actively working to sabotage the party’s upcoming national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo State. Speaking through a press statement on Wednesday, the...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has issued a strong warning to elements within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) allegedly plotting to disrupt the party’s upcoming National Convention. Speaking in Abuja after the inaugural meeting of the PDP National Convention Transportation Sub-committee, which he chairs, Makinde urged aggrieved members to...
A wave of jubilation has swept across Ibadan as the city eagerly awaits the formal installation of Oba Rashidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, scheduled for Friday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the week-long festivities marking the monarch’s ascension will culminate in a grand...
As preparations reach their peak for the installation of Oba Rasidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, the Oyo State Police Command has unveiled a robust security framework to ensure a smooth and incident-free ceremony on Friday. In a statement issued on Thursday in Ibadan, the Command’s Public...
Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has committed to attending all home matches of the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) at Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan to show his support. Ladoja made this pledge during a courtesy visit by the club’s Chairman, Mr. Taiwo Lekan-Salami, alongside players and management staff, to...