Tag: Oyo State
Alao Akala, former Oyo State governor dies in his sleep
A former Oyo State governor, Christopher Adebayo Alao Akala has passed on.
A former police officer, Akala who tried to return to Oyo State governme [...]
Gunmen attack Sunday Igboho’s house kill two, abduct wife
Barely 72 hours to the planned Lagos Yoruba rally, unknown assailants attacked the residence of popular South-West activist, Sunday Adeyemo alias [...]
Oyo State youngest commissioner, Seun Fakorede leaves single club
The youngest member of the Oyo State executive council, Seun Fakorede, ditched the bachelor’s club on Saturday May 22nd to marry his long time fia [...]
One beheaded in Ibadan as gunmen kill commissioner’s brother
45-year-old, Isaac Orisadeyi Adedokun, younger brother to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in Oyo state, Mrs Funmilayo Or [...]
Army arrest Soldiers for flogging woman, shaving youths in Oyo
The Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Seun Fakorede, says the Nigerian Army has arrested soldiers who flogged a woman f [...]
Policemen now wear plain clothes to hide identities in Oyo
No fewer than five policemen have been killed so far since violence erupted in Ibadan Oyo state in the wake of the #Endsars protests. The Commissioner [...]
Two nabbed for kidnapping businesswoman, killing her fiancé
Two persons, Abubakar Mohammed and Ayankunle Ayaleye, have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for kidnapping a businesswoman, Modupeoluwa O [...]
Recovered COVID-19 patient goes home with man she met at Oyo isolation centre, ignores her dad
There was mild drama at the Oyo State isolation centre Saturday, August 8, when a recovered COVID-19 patient refused to go home with her father, choos [...]
Ajimobi’s family knew I was around – Oyo dep gov reveals
The Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, has said the family of the late Governor Abiola Ajimobi was aware of his presence at their Ibadan reside [...]
Oyo deputy gov blocked from Ajimobi’s Fidau prayer as family deny knowledge of his presence
Rauf Olaniyan, deputy governor of Oyo state, was earlier today denied access to the Fidau, a prayer for the deceased who was a Muslim till death, of A [...]