The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has received with sadness news of the fire incident at Aperin market, in Ibadan the state capital. The Governor, in a statement made a available to newsmen by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, commiserated with the victims of the fire incident, saying that his government…
Segun Showunmi in Ibadan. After a couple of weeks of a fire incident that happened at Onipepeye bridge, along Lagos/Ibadan express way, where some people were burnt to death, another fire incident also broke up on Friday midnight in Orita-Aperin Market, Ibadan, destroying goods worth millions of naira. The Babaloja of Orita-Aperin market, Abiodun Hammed…
A senior lecturer at Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has been caught pants down while allegedly attempting to have carnal knowledge of one his students. The lecturer identified as Dr. O.O Aduwo was seen nude in a 29-second video clip which has gone viral on social media. It was gathered that Aduwo is a lecturer at…
Not fewer that eight persons, including an infant, were reportedly dead, while 12 persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in accidents involving many vehicles, which occurred at the Sagamu interchange area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State on Wednesday. The accidents, which occurred around 7.56pm, reportedly involved 43 persons made up of 38 males…
The Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has frowned on the poor approach to environmental sanitation in Ibadan metropolis, appealing to residents of the state to properly dispose their waste. He maintained that he had directed the agencies in charge to ensure strict compliance with environmental sanitation measures, stating that his government will not hesitate…
Another student from Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, has committed suicide for what he described as his ‘financial misfortune’. The 29 year-old student, whose name was given as Solomon Benedict, was said have mixed insecticide with yogurt and drank it. One of his friends, who spoke to our correspondent said “We noticed he was…
A public servant in Osun State, Mr. Adenipekun Ademiju, was shot dead on Wednesday by gunmen on Ife-Ibadan expressway. The gunmen suspected to be herdsmen were said to have attempted to rob motorists at Ikire when the victim’s vehicle ran into them. Ademiju aka Okere, a staff of Atakunmosa West Local Government, reportedly boarded a…
Adewuyi Adegoke (pictured left), a pastor at Methodist Church, Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state, has been arrested by the police for allegedly organising his own kidnap. TheCable gathered that Adegoke had arranged with one Oluwadare Sunday to demand N3 million ransom from his congregation. He reportedly went into hiding on Sunday evening while there were…
A 35-year old man has reportedly committed suicide on Saturday night, a day after a tipper lorry crushed his younger brother to death close to their family house along Agulu – Ekwulobia road. The man who is identified as Elochukwu Ogboo, committed suicide in Amaezike village, Agulu in Anaocha local government area of Anambra state….
A Nigerian on Twitter has alerted the public and authorities on the atrocities committed by a stepmother against her husband’s 10-year-old son at Owode Onirin in the suburb of Lagos. In one of the multiple posts on Sunday, Opomulero Eleniyan, who tweets as @Opomulero_007: wrote: This is Ezekiel Kuti, he stays with his dad and…
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