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Grandson of Billionaire owner of Doyin Group of Companies, Samuel Adedoyin, commits suicide

The popular Billionaire business mogul and Chairman of Doyin Group of Companies, Prince Samuel Adedoyin’s grandson commits suicide. The grandson, Subomi Olabayo, commits suicide on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Subomi is the son of Lola Olabayo, a daughter of Prince Adedoyin and Managing Director of Royals Fast Food in Ilorin. According to First Weekly, the body…

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Drama as policemen run for their lives in Osun as soldiers invade station to free detained colleagues

There was a palpable tension at Obelawo area of Osogbo on Tuesday night when three soldiers invaded a police post in the area to free their colleague detained by policemen. The Nation reports that residents scampered for safety as gunshots rented the atmosphere. A source close to the police post, who pleaded not to be…

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Governor Oyetola charges engineers on nation building at 19th investiture of NSE

From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan The Governor of Osun State, Alh. Gboyega Oyetola has charged members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to always uphold standards by ensuring her members offer quality service while executing projects in the State. Governor Oyetola stated this known over the weekend while delivering his speech at the investiture of…

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Yoruba Nation: Akintoye enjoins Nigerians to sign NINAS petition on Referendum to actualize Yoruba independence       

•Says “the petition is the first step that may make or mar the actualisation of Yoruba Nation” The leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, has endorsed the ongoing petition being pushed by the Nigerian Indigenous for Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) for referendum. Akintoye, in…

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Iwo Road mayhem: Family of slain Rahmon alleges threat to life, cries for help

Members of the family of Ramon Azeez, the 36-year-old man killed during the attack on the Iwo Road Shopping Complex, Ibadan, have cried out over what they called ‘threats to their lives’. The elder brother of the deceased, Ahmed Azeez, on Tuesday, told our correspondent in Ibadan that those who killed his brother were still…

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3 people crushed to death by Coca Cola truck in Ibadan (PHOTOS)

Three people on Wednesday morning crushed to death by a truck loaded with Coca-Cola products at the Total Garden area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that victims of the accident were a commercial motorcyclist and his two passengers. A witness, Mr Joel Idowu, told NAN that the  fully-loaded truck killed the victims in front of the Bovas Filling Station while the cyclist…

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#EndSARS: 18 year-old lady who gave birth in prison regains freedom (PHOTOS)

The Ondo State High Court, Sitting in Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure, has granted bail to Kemisola Ogunniyi, the EndSARS protester who delivered in prison custody. The 18-year-old Ogunniyi and three others were arrested and standing trial at the High Court for allegedly vandalising a property during the EndSARS protest which took place in Akure, the…

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Iskilu Wakili: Detained OPC members regained freedom

Three members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) who were detained for allegedly arresting suspected Fulani warlord Iskilu Wakili has been released. The three OPC men who were arrested, charged to court and subsequent detained were released on Tuesday by an Iyaganku Magistrate Court. The trio are Dauda Kazeem, Awodele Adedigba and Ramon Hassan. They…

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Ekiti 2022: Don’t sell your votes, use it to end APC govt, APGA tells Ekiti electorate

…promises youths party’s platform to excel The Chairman of the All Progressives’ Grand Alliance (APGA) party in Ekiti State, Hon. Rufus Alabi, has urged the good people of the state not to sell their votes in July, 2022 as many did during the last poll in 2018. He said the electorate in Ekiti ought have…

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Police parades 3 suspected killers of Abdul-Rahmon Azeez in Iwo Road (PHOTO)

Suspects who cause mayhem that claimed death of phone seller in Iwo-Road, Abdul-Rahmon Azeez have have arrested and paraded by police. The Oyo State Police Command paraded the three suspects for allegedly being involved in the Iwo road incident, which resulted in the deaths of two people. The state’s Commissioner of Police Ngozi Onadeko, made…

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