Nine killed in Oyo kidnap victims’ rescue operation — DSS DG
IBADAN — Nine people, comprising four civilians and five security personnel, were killed during an operation to rescue victims abducted by suspected members of an international terrorist organisation in Oyo State, Director-General of the Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi, has disclosed. Ajayi made the disclosure in an interview published by Premium Times, explaining that […]
Again, another woman hacked to death in Ibadan
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan THE killing spree in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State is yet to abate as another victim was hacked down by yet-to-be-identified bloodthirsty hoodlums Wednesday. The latest victim, which brings the casualty figure of victims to five in the last three weeks, is also a woman. The 42-year-old woman, Olusayo Fagbemi […]
Court remands two cousins over alleged rape, murder of Maersk MD’s wife
By Onozure Dania – Lagos A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, has remanded, two cousins Olamilekan (Goke) Oke, 33, and Akande Adeyinka, 27, at the Ikoyi correctional centre, over alleged rape and murder of one Bernadette Tohouo-Tohouo, 44, the Hungarian wife of a Cameroonian, Gildas Tohouo-Tohouo, the managing director of Maersk Nigeria Limited. The […]
Teenage boy swept away by flood buried near Surulere canal
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), says the remains of the 19-year-old teenager who was swept away by flood on June 22, near Surulere Low-Cost Housing Estate has been recovered and buried beside the Canal at Onilegogoro. LASEMA Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Videos of flooded Oshodi-Apapa Expressway
Sights, sounds and videos of flood, accidents and traffic jams on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, after a downpour, yesterday.
Another death in Ibadan as unknown assailants machete 5-yr old boy to death
By Adeola Badru RESIDENTS of Tose in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Monday, woke up to the news of a five-year-old boy, Mujeeb who was macheted to death by yet-to-be-identified assailants. Vanguard gathered that just after Monday morning’s rainfall, Mujeeb had gone to the back of their house to defecate only to […]
