Police arrest officer who shot WAEC student dead in Ibadan
The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested one of its personnel who accidentally shot dead a 14-year-old secondary school student, Kehinde Alade, in Ibadan on Tuesday. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday. He said the officer responsible for the discharge of the […]
3 killed as Reps member escapes assassination in Ibadan
Few days to the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Oyo State, a councillor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Sulimon Ariyibi, from ward 10, Ibadan South East Local Government of the state, has been shot dead by gunmen.
Tears as rain wreaks havoc in Ibadan
By Ademola Adegbite, Ibadan Residents of Wire and Cable/Ita Faaji/Oganla/Agbofieti as well as Tioya on Amuloko road in Ido and Ona-Ara Local Government Areas of Oyo State, yesterday, were seen in groups discussing the calamity that befell them as their homes and roads were washed away by heavy rainfall. The rain, which was supposed to […]
Ibadan residents decry worsening power supply, fuel scarcity
A cross-section of Ibadan residents has decried the worsening power supply and fuel scarcity as extra burdens, having serious adverse effects on their livelihood. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Friday, the residents agreed on the need for the government to speed up actions in addressing the two challenges. Mr […]
Customers lament failure of ATMs to dispense cash in Ibadan
Many bank customers in Ibadan were, on Tuesday, stranded at various automated teller machine (ATM) points in Ibadan. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited some banks at Challenge, Ring Road, Dugbe, Bodija and Iwo Road areas, observed that virtually all banks did not dispense cash. Also, most banks at Ring […]
Truck crushes student, tricycle rider in Ibadan
A tricycle rider, simply identified as Kayode, was on Thursday crushed to death in a road accident involving an articulated truck and three commercial tricycles around the Airport Junction area Alakia, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
