No fewer than six rooms in a private residential building were in the early hours of Tuesday gutted by fire at Akinsoji Zone, Ogbere Moradeyo, Oremeji Area of Ibadan. The Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Maroof Akinwande confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. Akinwande…
Filling stations across Ibadan were partly shuttered on Monday after unions in Nigeria’s oil distribution sector launched an indefinite strike, raising fears of fuel shortages in the coming days. The industrial action was declared by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). The…
An Ibadan magistrates’ court has granted bail to five men accused of stealing industrial equipment worth ₦11.2 million from a company in the city. The accused — identified as Thomas Akaachir (24), Suleiman Musa (20), Yunusa Mustafa (19), Anas Mohammed (23), and AbdulRahman (22) — are facing charges of conspiracy, breaking in and theft. Inspector…
A Nigerian scavenger has appeared in court accused of vandalising and stealing parts of a railway track in Ibadan, amid growing concerns over infrastructure theft in the country. The defendant, 32-year-old Alimi Saheed, was brought before the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, charged with stealing E-clips from a railway line belonging to the Nigerian…
Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, said that his intervention in he Ibadan traditional institution in 2019 had made the institution solid. Makinde said this on Tuesday at the residence of the late Olubadan during a condolence visit to the family over the recent demise of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. The News Agency of…
Students of The Polytechnic Ibadan took to the streets on Tuesday, marching to the Governor’s Office to protest the renaming of the institution after the late Dr Omololu Olunloyo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protest, which began at about 6.00 a.m., led to the closing of the institution’s gates, thus paralysing…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo Sector Command, has confirmed the death of five people in Tuesday’s multiple crash of seven vehicles at Soka area of the Ibadan-Lagos expressway. The corps’ spokesperson, Mayowa Odewo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that the victims included a male child, one male and three…
The Oyo State Government says Ladoke Akintola International Airport, Alakia, Ibadan, will begin international flight operations by June 2026. The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday in Ibadan. Oyelade said the international terminal, currently at 15 per cent completion, is expected to be ready…
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday, sentenced a 36 year-old woman, Omolara Atoyebi to one year imprisonment for dealing in 895gm of Cannabis Sativa. Delivering judgment, Justice Nkeonye Maha held that she convicted and sentenced Atoyebi based on the evidence tendered against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as well…
A fire incident in the early hours of Monday razed a four-bedroom flat located at No. 1 Happiness Close, Akufo Estate, Elebu area of Ibadan. Mr Yemi Akinyinka, the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, disclosed this in Ibadan on Monday. Akinyinka said the agency promptly deployed a team to the scene…
