One person was reportedly murdered while five others sustained an injury on Tuesday when hoodlums unleashed terror on residents of Wesley College area of Ibadan.

To ensure that Nigeria’s fighter, Ridwan ‘Scorpion’ Oyekola emerges unscathed from his World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Super Featherweight title bout against Spain’s Jose Ramos Tornado Savin on December 27 in Ibadan, fans of the homeboy have unveiled plans to support him to victory. A group of boxing enthusiasts under the auspices of ‘Ridwan Scorpion…

A commercial bus was, in the early hours of yesterday, set ablaze by some angry youths after the driver had allegedly killed a motorcyclist in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The accident occurred at Idi-Ape area of the city.   According to eyewitnesses, the bus driver, who escaped being lynched, was accused of driving against traffic…

Last Tuesday, the Nigerian state enacted another infamy in its annals for which reason it is still in the thick of global news, and the jury is still all out. Protesting youth was shot at by elements seen in military camouflage. The protest is a consequence of its internal contradictions, put differently, due to its…

Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has directed that public and private schools in Ibadan should be shut. Makinde gave the directive on Tuesday evening, in his statewide broadcast

Business activities, vehicular and human movement in Ibadan were on Monday paralysed as the youth continued with the EndSARS protest. Reports from correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) across the city revealed that major roads, including link roads were blocked as early as 5 a.m. With the blockade, many road users, who had…

• Oyo warns club-goers against illegal parking, impounds ten vehicles The Oyo State government, on Sunday, reiterated its warning against reckless driving and illegal parking at clubs as well as fun spots at night as the state’s Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA) impounded 10 vehicles at the weekend. The chairman of OYRTMA, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi,…

Justice Kamorudeen Olawoyin of Oyo State High Court, Ibadan has restrained the family of late member of House of Representatives, Honourable Temitope Issac Anthony Sugar, from intermeddling, selling and dealing with his properties.   The court also ordered the late Sugar’s family, their agents, privies, servants, employees, and workmen from ejecting, selling offering for sale or…

Tragedy occurred, yesterday, in Ibadan, as four persons were confirmed dead while others sustained various forms of injuries in an auto-crash at Iwo road axis of Ibadan, the state capital.

The precarious situation in our health institutions continues to be a source of worry to all. Before now, stakeholders in the health sector have cried out over the deplorable conditions

A human rights group, the Joint Action Front (JAF), Oyo State chapter, yesterday, protested in Ibadan against the recent hike in the pump price of petrol, electricity tariff, Value Added Tax (VAT) and other policies of the current Federal Government. It urged mass action against the decision by the Federal Government. The JAF, a coalition…

The management of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) recently expressed its regrets and reservations over the rejection of the station’s promotional jingles and adverts by two private radio stations in Ibadan, Splash 105.5 and Fresh 105.9 FM stations. This was contained in separate letters sent to the management of the two radio stations…