A survivor of the explosion which occurred in Ibadan, on Tuesday, Mr Abiola AbduIsalam, said he jumped from a storey building on Dejo Oyelese Street, Adeyi Avenue, Ibadan, where the explosion happened, to save his life. AbduIsalam spoke with Sunday PUNCH at one of the wards of the University College Hospital where he was receiving treatment. Recounting his experience, he said, “If …

The Operations Manager of BON Hotel Nest Ibadan, Tunde Solomon, has passed away due to a heart attack linked to an explosion near the hotel in Bodija. It was reported the explosion, which rocked the Adeyi area at Old Bodija, Ibadan on Tuesday night. According to reports, the explosion claimed 5 lives and inflicted serious injuries on 77 residents of …

The identity of the alleged miner behind the explosion that rocked Ibadan on Tuesday has been revealed. He is Sawani Yusuf, a foreigner. The Oyo State House of Assembly disclosed this during its plenary on Thursday. Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Sanjo Adedoyin, disclosed the identity of the foreigner as the one whose property allegedly housed the explosives that …

The Oyo State Government has reported that the death toll resulting from the Tuesday explosion in Ibadan, the state capital has increased to five. The explosion caused extensive damage to numerous houses within a 14-kilometre radius. On Tuesday night, Governor Seyi Makinde provided an update, stating that two deaths occurred on the day of the incident, with an additional victim …

The Federal Government has ordered investigations into the explosion that rocked Ibadan Oyo State on Tuesday, claiming three lives and injuring 80 persons. In a statement on Wednesday, the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Dele Alake said that officers from the ministry will work and collaborate with the Oyo State Government to know the actual cause. The statement read: “I …

President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the devastating explosion that occurred on Tuesday night in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu also sympathised with his Oyo State counterpart, Engr. Seyi Makinde and the government of the state over the explosion that led to the death of two persons and injured 80 people. The explosion …

A former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Barrister Iyiola Oladokun has cried out that he and his family has been rendered homeless after the explosion that rocked Ibadan on Tuesday night. Oladokun spoke in an interview with newsmen today. The explosion occurred at Dejo Oyelese Close, Bodija Housing Estate in Ibadan Newsmen reports that Oladokun’s residence was among the houses …

Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde has hinted that illegal miners operating in the state were responsible for Tuesday night’s explosion in Ibadan. According to reports gathered, many persons were hospitalised following the explosion that affected a section of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Oyo State House of Assembly, the residence of the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, …

A former deputy governor of Oyo State, Chief Iyiola Oladokun, is among those currently displaced from their residences due to an explosion that occurred on Tuesday in a section of Ibadan, the state’s capital city. The Oke-Ogun politician deputised the late Governor Lam Ona-Olapo Adesina from 1999–2003 under the Alliance for Democracy Party. According to a local news platform, it …