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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has declared that his lingering conflict with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, can never be resolved, accusing the Ife monarch of betrayal and alleged attempts to destroy him. Speaking on the controversy surrounding his strained relationship with the Ooni, the Oluwo alleged that despite playing…

Barely 24 hours after presenting a brand-new Rolls-Royce Phantom to the newly crowned Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja (Arusa I), Ibadan-born billionaire and Chairman of Shoreline Energy International, Kola Karim, has taken delivery of another exotic vehicle for himself. This was made known by his cousin, Engr. Abduljelyl Adekunle Karheem MCIArb, MCIOB, МСАВЕ,…

The heartbreaking final words of Kehinde Adeoye, one of the six United Capital Plc staff who perished in last week’s devastating fire at Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos Island, have been revealed. Adeoye, 36, a mother of two who had only just returned from three months of maternity leave, reportedly called her husband frantically…

A tragic incident has struck the University of Lagos community as Damilola Balogun, a newly elected president of the Nigerian University Education Students Association (NUESA), drowned while celebrating his victory. Balogun and some of his colleagues had visited Eleko Beach on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, to mark the handover of leadership from the outgoing executive…

A 14-year-old girl (name withheld) who was allegedly impregnated by her 43-year-old father, Kayode Oluwaseyifunmi, in Ibadan, has given birth to a baby girl at the University College Hospital (UCH). The girl was said to have gone into premature labour at the orphanage home that gave her shelter after Radio Nigeria brought the case to…

In what many are calling one of the most shocking clips of the year, a CCTV recording has allegedly captured the ghost of late Mr. Emmanuel Eze, a 47-year-old businessman from Anambra State, appearing at his own funeral. The eerie footage, filmed outside his family compound during the burial, shows a faint, shadow-like figure resembling…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a senior member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Shamsideen Adio, for allegedly beating a dispatch rider to de@th on Tapa Street, Lagos Island. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred on Wednesday after a minor clash between Adio and the victim, who was accused of…

A tragic hit-and-run accident on Saturday claimed the life of a teenage girl, believed to be about 15 years old, at the Muslim Under Bridge area along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Ibadan. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred in the afternoon while the girl attempted to cross the expressway from one side of the bridge…

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…

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…