The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Oyo State has confirmed a fire incident at its Ibadan South East Local Government Area Office. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Adeniran Rahmon Tella, confirmed the incident in a short statement made available to Newsmen on Friday, where he noted that the outbreak occurred at around 10:30 am. While disclosing …

Residents of Desalu Street, Odo-Ona, in the Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State, were thrown into confusion on Friday afternoon as a sick woman identified as Blessing Ayeni was dropped at the frontage of her husband’s shop by officials of an undisclosed hospital. According to an eyewitness, Remilekun Tawose, officials of the hospital claimed that Blessing had been …

Some residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, said there was an explosion in parts of the state capital. There were also videos online that showed a dusty cloud and burning houses and cars. A University of Ibadan student, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone said, “It is true. We all heard the sound and it was very …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) raided a “skuchies’’ factory operated by a 28-year-old at Moniya. Chapman drink laced with hard drugs is known as “skuchies”. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, made this disclosure on Sunday in Abuja, saying that 76.6kg of Indian hemp, 134gm of tramadol, 93gm of Rophynol and 50 litres of skuchies were recovered from the …

The Police in Oyo State, on Friday, paraded a 45-year-old suspected ritualist simply identified as Hassan Kolawole with a fresh human head in Ibadan, the state capital. Kolawole was paraded at the Command Headquarters at Eleyele in Ibadan North-West Local Government Area of the state, alongside nine others who were arrested for various crimes at different locations within the state. …

Flight operations resumed today at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, Oyo State after they were suspended to allow for commencement of investigations into a private jet accident that occurred on Friday. The aircraft, which crash-landed close to the runway, disrupted flight activities, as accident investigators were immediately deployed to the scene. On board the flight were the Minister …

Four Governors of South-West states in Nigeria on Tuesday met with their ailing Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, in his private residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. According to a statement by Akeredolu’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Richard Olatunde, the governors who were Engr. Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Prince Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); and Mr. Biodun Oyebanji …

Family members of a 34-year-old groom-to-be in Ibadan, Oyo state, identified as Bosun, are currently mourning the loss of their son, who died on the eve of his wedding. The groom, Bosun, and his best man were killed along Idi-Ape Road when they were returning from his bachelor’s eve party. Two other people, including the groom’s friends, were also killed …

A family court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker, Mr. Maruf Abdullahi (well known as Trinity) be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year-old girl. The magistrate, P. O. Adetuyibi ordered Abdullahi, 31, and the parents of the child – Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat Ahmed, 29 – to continue …

A Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku in Ibadan on Monday ordered that a nursing mother, Damilola Opeyemi be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo Town for allegedly stabbing her husband to death over dinner. Magistrate P. O . Adetuyibi said the remand is pending legal advice from the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). She adjourned the matter until …