Residents of Omikunle, Yemetu, in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, were thrown into panic on Sunday after a suspected petroleum product was discovered in several household wells. Eyewitnesses said the incident was unprecedented in the community, where some of the wells have been in use for over two decades. “This is the…
The General Overseer of the Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry, Onitsha, Prophet Chukwuemeka Cyril Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, has once again sparked nationwide debate with a bold prophecy about his departure from the earth. Speaking during a recent church service, the controversial preacher told his congregation that his time on earth…
A lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Dr. Ayo Eluyemi, has backed the Osun State government’s newly introduced borehole drilling permit, describing it as a policy that will sanitize the water drilling sector and protect residents from quack practices. Speaking in an interview in Ile-Ife, Dr. Eluyemi, a geophysicist and researcher at the Centre…
Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has joined family, friends and political associates in celebrating a distinguished leader and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Ogunesan, on her 61st birthday. This is contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. Senator Alli described Ogunesan as an exemplary woman…
Activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed that social media giant X (formerly Twitter) turned down a request by Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) to delete one of his posts critical of President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Sunday, Sowore said the platform officially notified him about the request, which…
The Elerinmo of Erinmo-Ijesa Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr) Michael Adeyobiojo Odunayo Adeagbo Ajayi Arowotawaya II, on Saturday paid a congratulatory visit to the Olubadan-Designate, Oba (Senator) Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, at his residence on Ondo Street, Bodija, Ibadan. Welcoming Oba Ajayi and his entourage, Oba Ladoja expressed deep gratitude to the monarch and the…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has criticised the programme for the week-long coronation ceremony of the Olubadan-elect, former Oyo State governor, Senator Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, over what it described as the “total alienation” of the Muslim Friday prayer. According to the schedule released by the coronation planning committee, the ceremonies will begin on Monday, September…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has paraded three young women involved in the violent assault and public humiliation of their peer, Nancy Wilfred, over an alleged affair with a man. Nancy was stripped naked, beaten mercilessly, and stomped on by her friend, identified as Kadi, alongside two accomplices, Miracle and Becky. The attack left her…
As Muslims around the world commemorate the birth of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC–Oyo South) has urged the faithful to embrace the noble virtues of the Prophet in their daily lives while also extending condolences to the family of Prof. Adeolu Akande, former Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),…
The Oyo State Government has disbursed N200 million as compensation to another batch of property owners affected by the ongoing construction of the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road. The Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Williams Akin-Funmilayo, presented the cheques to the latest group of beneficiaries on Thursday at the ministry’s headquarters in…
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