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Following the Arrest of the Oyo state Accountant General, Alhaji Gafar Bello over the weekend by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and his subsequent release on Monday, the Oyo state government through…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has unveiled former Golden Eaglets star Dimeji Lawal as the acting General Manager (GM) of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) while pledging his administration support to the club…
An elephant reportedly from Benin Republic has been spotted in Saki area of Oyo state. A facebook user, Adesope Habeeb, who shared the pictures of the elephant on his page on Thursday said the animal came some miles…
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, claims that it is certain he would come out victorious in the 2023 election with the strong backing of the people. The former Lagos governor said on January…
The family of the immediate-past governor of the state, late Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, also mourned the passing of Otunba Alao-Akala. A statement signed personally by Ajimobi’s first child, Idris Abolaji Ajimobi, sympathised…
The Ibadan high chiefs on Wednesday announced Lekan Balogun as the Olubadan designate. At a meeting which was held in Mapo hall, Ibadan, Oyo state capital, the 10 high chiefs said there is no court case stopping them…
The Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town in Oyo State was on Friday invaded by gunmen. According to PUNCH, the gunmen attacked the facility with explosives around 10.30 pm and set the inmates free. A search by…
A counsel of the Yoruba nation, Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN) has confirmed the health condition of its leader, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) as critical. Alliyu expressed that the embattled agitator’s health was…
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, has been reportedly diagnosed with possible kidney or lungs illness. One of his lawyers, Yomi Aliyyu, made this known in an interview with BBC Yoruba, noting that the rights…
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has hinted at the possibility of the governors of Bauchi, Enugu and Oyo States defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has nominated the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, as the state’s ambassador for the Western Nigeria Security Network better known as Amotekun. The governor also presented a…
Popular campaigner of the Yoruba Nation, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic by security operatives in the West African country. Igboho was arrested Monday night…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has confirmed the clash between some of its officers and residents of Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. There are reports that no more than three people lost their lives…
The Governor of Oyo State, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, has reportedly earmarked the Muslim ‘Id praying ground situated at Bodija, Ibadan, for the construction of a recreation centre. However, an Islamic human rights…
Giwa Nurudeen, a 24-year-old final year student of the University of Ilorin, on Thursday, July 8, bagged three years jail term having been found guilty of offences bordering on N35m internet fraud. Nurudeen was…
The Department of State Services (DSS) claims men suspected to be guards of Sunday Igboho engaged operatives of the agency in a gun battle during a raid on the home of the Yoruba Nation agitator in Ibadan on Thursday…
The wife of popular Yoruba Nation Activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as ‘Sunday Igboho’ has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen who attacked his residence in the early hours of Thursday 1st July 2021. The…
Funmilayo Oluwadara, a farmer’s wife, has given birth to a set of quintuplets in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State. On Thursday, March 4, the 38-year-old woman gave birth to four girls and a boy at Ayoka…
A young Nigerian Cab driver identified as Michael Oluwatosin Lawal has been found guilty of the fraud charges labeled against him and bagged a jail term. Justice M. A. Odegbola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in…
Two pairs of brothers have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office for suspected cybercrimes in Ibadan earlier today. The Siblings with name Ayoola Timilehin, Olusola…
