Tag: oyo
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Breaking: Gunmen invade Oyo community, kidnap 2
Breaking: Gunmen invade Oyo community, kidnap 2 Two residents of Otu, Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, have been kidnapped on Saturday. The kidnappers invaded the community in the early hour of the day. A resident and leader in the community, Mr. Johnson Kehinde revealed that the whereabouts of the kidnapped victims is yet…
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Police apprehend 207 robbery suspects, recover 50 vehicles in Oyo
Police apprehend 207 robbery suspects, recover 50 vehicles in Oyo The Police Command in Oyo State arrested no fewer than 207 armed robbery suspects and recovered 50 vehicles from January to December. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Adewale Osifeso, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele,…
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69-year-old retired Oyo perm sec murdered at her Ibadan residence
69-year-old retired Oyo perm sec murdered at her Ibadan residence Sixty-nine-year-old woman, Ms Olaitan Gbenle, who retired as a Permanent Secretary with the Oyo State Government, was gruesomely murdered in her house along All Saints College Road, Idi Ishin, off NIHORT area of Ibadan between Thursday and Friday last week. A source intimated to the…
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Oyo Muslim community dissociates itself from Clerics arrested with human skull
Oyo Muslim community dissociates itself from Clerics arrested with human skull The Muslim Community of Oyo State on Saturday dissociated itself from the three men allegedly found with human skull around the Agbarigo area of Eleiyele in Ibadan. Its Chairman, Is’haq Sanni, while speaking during a press conference in Ibadan said Islam remained a monotheistic…
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8 escape death as two-storey building collapses in Oyo
8 escape death as two-storey building collapses in Oyo Fear gripped residents of Inalende and its environs in Oyo town of Oyo State after a two-storey collapsed as a result of a heavy downpour in the early hours of Monday. No fewer than eight people were rescued from the rubble. Though no life was lost,…
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EFCC arrests 49 Internet fraud suspects in Ekiti, Oyo
EFCC arrests 49 Internet fraud suspects in Ekiti, Oyo Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 47 (forty-seven) suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were arrested on June 23, 2023, at Ikere Road and Iworoko areas of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State following intelligence on their alleged cyber fraud…
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How suspected vigilantes killed 11 herders, women, children in Oyo community
How suspected vigilantes killed 11 herders, women, children in Oyo community Fulani leaders in Iganna community, Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State, have cried over the murder of 11 of their people by people suspected to be members of a vigilante group and hunters in the community. Among the victims are three pregnant women,…
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Many trapped as building collapses in Oyo police barracks
A block of flats in the Sango Police Barracks in Oyo State collapsed on Saturday evening. A video with the caption, “This block just collapsed at Sango police Barracks, Ibadan, Oyo State,” posted on Twitter by one Miss Urie Keshia, revealed that the collapsed structure was in front of a residential three-storey building. READ ALSO:…
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Father defiles 7-year-old daughter In Oyo
Father defiles 7-year-old daughter In Oyo The Oyo State Family Court 2 sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 50-year-old man, Gboyega Lasisi, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his seven-year-old daughter. The magistrate, P.O. Adetuyibi, who did not take the defendant’s plea due to want of jurisdiction, ordered his remand…
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Just in: Makinde clears 15 LGs in Oyo so far (See results)
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde is on the verge of winning a re-election as governor for another term of four years. Already, the governor, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Saturday’s governorship election, is coasting home to victory, having been declared winner in 15 out of the 16 local governments announced so…