The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said no fewer than one million people in Oyo State are involved in illicit drug consumption. The NDLEA State Commander, Olayinka Joe-Fadile, disclosed this on Wednesday during a campaign rally against drug abuse in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Police Command in Oyo State has arrested 59 students of Government Technical College, Orita-Aperin, for attacking and destroying property at Ibadan Christ Apostolic Grammar School (CAC). The state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Adenola, confirmed this on Monday in Ibadan during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Command Headquarters. The...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Police Command has arrested 2 suspects over alleged exhumation of corpses and sale of their parts to ritualists. The Command’s spokesman, Adewale Osifeso made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan. He said that the arrest...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Japanese fibre giant Kanekalon has vowed to continue to improve in its collaboration effort in fostering growth within the hairstyling industry during the NBHA collaboration workshop held on March 20th 2025 at the Genesis Hotel & Suite Hall, Challenge Molete Road, Beside Fire...
Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, struck out the charges against former Queen Naomi Ogunwusi, a radio presenter, Oriyomi Hamzat and the Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Ibadan, Abdullahi Fasasi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akintola also ordered the release...
An Oyo State Family Court, Iyaganku, on Tuesday remanded a 29 -year-old man, Hamzat Abdullahi at Agodi Correctional facility, Ibadan, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with three male minors. The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Serifat Adesina, did not take the plea of the suspect due to lack in jurisdiction. Adesina...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Government has commenced the payment of bursary awards to indigene students of the state studying Law, Medicine, and Aviation. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan Olanrewaju said the bursary...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Japanese fibre giant, Kanekalon continues in its streak to setting new standards in the hair business in Nigeria as the collaboration workshop with The National Association of Hair & Beauty Practitioners of Nigeria (NBHA), on Monday this week took the capital city of...
Wife of the former Ondo State Governor, Dr Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has called for greater female representation in Nigeria’s state and national assemblies to promote gender equality. Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the founder of the BEMORE Empowered Girls Foundation, made the call in Ibadan on Saturday during an event organised by the foundation...
The official flag-off of public primary school pupils health insurance scheme, held at Ibadan Civil Centre in the Oyo State capital on Thursday. From left, Executive Secretary, Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA), Dr Sola Akande; Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran; representative of UNICEF,...
Property worth millions of Naira were destroyed on Sunday in Ibadan during a fire incident which ravaged a one-storey building with 10 rooms and three shops. The inferno destroyed household goods worth millions of Naira, while equipment in the shops were also completely ruined. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday affirmed the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso. Recall that Justice K. A. Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso had, on Oct. 25, 2023, nullified the selection and installation of...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced one Olayiwola Oguntade to prison for fraud. Oguntade, a former staff member of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has declared that the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to back Mr Sunday Ude-Okoye as the party’s National Secretary remained valid. Governor Lawal stated this on Sunday in Ibadan, when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Seyi Makinde, over the demise...
The Oyo State Fire Service on Sunday said it recovered the body of a 45-year old man from a well at First Women Estate in Akala area of Ibadan. The General Manager of the Fire Service, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen...
The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Isaa-Onilu, has delivered a cheque of N30 million naira to the family of late Nigerian flag designer, Pa Taiwo Akinkumi more than a year after his demise. The NOA DG made this known during a working visit to the Oyo...
Justice Kamorudeen Olawoyin of an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday adjourned ruling on bail application to Monday in the trial over the stampede in Ibadan in December. Ex-Queen Naomi Silekunola, a broadcaster, Oriyomi Hazmat and a school Principal, Abiodun Fasasi are being prosecuted by the...
The Oyo State Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Chairman, Dr Happy Adedapo, has appealed to governments to give more incentives to health workers and doctors to reduce ‘japa’ syndrome in Nigeria. Adedapo made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan. He...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Sunday in Ibadan said God’s intervention helped the government and people of Oyo State to go through turbulent times in the year 2024. “2024 had been really turbulent, but God has given us the strength to keep pushing,” he said in his remarks...
A fire incident has claimed the lives of a husband, his wife and their grandson which affected a storey building at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday. General Manager Oyo State Fire...