Following repeated reports of kidnappings along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State Command, Ngozi Onadeko, has said her command has…
Oyo State
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A 42-year-old suspected ritualist, Abideen Raheem, has been arrested by men of the Oyo state police command. While being paraded, Raheem confessed that he exhumed a…
Oyo Commissioner of Education debunks rumours of pupils turned into yam tubers at an Ibadan school
The Commissioner for Education in Oyo state, AbdulRahman Abdu-Raheem, has debunked claims that some students in the state were turned into tubers of yam by a man…
Youth corpers in Oyo state jubilate as Gov Makinde increases their allowance from N5000 to N15000
Youth corpers in Oyo state were beyond excited as the state governor, Seyi Makinde, announced the increment of their state allowances from N5000 to N15, 000. The…
Oyo state police dismisses reports claiming armed robbers stormed Ibadan estate with POS machines to rob residents
The Oyo state police command has denied reports claiming armed robbers raided the residents of Alafia estate in the Ojo area of Ibadan with POS machines, withdrawing…
Unknown gunmen over the weekend stormed Agbo Hotel at Ajaawa community, Ogo Oluwa Local Government Area of Oyo State, kidnapping the owner of the hotel, Olukunle…
A farmer identified as Rasaq Jamiu, and his four children have been abducted by suspected herdsmen in Maami village in the Ibaraoa North Local Government Area of Oyo…
A retired school principal cum farmer, Modede Ojedokun, is reportedly lying in a critical state in the hospital after he was matcheted by suspected herdsmen who…
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, March 15, convicted and sentenced one Ajibola Hammed, to three-months in…
Suspected kidnap kingpin who escaped arrest in Oyo state after killing his victim apprehended in Ogun (photo)
A notorious kidnap kingpin, Usman Hassan, who escaped from Oyo State after killing one of his victims has been apprehended by operatives of Ogun State police command. A…
A 65-year-old farmer Alfa Sikiru Akinlotan has been found dead on his farm. Akintola was found dead after his cocoa plantation in Igangan community in Ibarapa area of…
Farmers/Herdsmen crisis: NSCDC’s agro-rangers display how they will tackle criminals in Oyo state (video)
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has concluded plans to send some of its personnel to Oyo State to protect farmers and herders. The security agency…
Operatives of the Oyo State chapter of the Western Nigeria Security Network popularly known as Amotekun, have intercepted a truck loaded with gunmen suspected to be…
''I am not scared''- Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, reacts to plans by the police to get him arrested over his eviction notice to Fulanis in Oyo (video)
Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, has said he is not scared of the police arresting him over the eviction notice he gave to the Fulanis in Oyo state. In an interview with…
Armed men numbering about six and dressed in military camouflage have abducted a farm owner, Oluwole Agbolla, on his piggery/fish farm located at Nagbede village via…
The Lebanese national, Hassan Mill, kidnapped at the entrance of Panarama farm Mekun, Oke Alaro in Oyo state on Saturday, December 12, has regained his freedom…
The Oyo State Police Command says a soldier and a civilian have been killed during an effort to rescue one Hassan Mills, a foreigner who was kidnapped by gunmen at…
An Oyo state-based politician, Fatai Aborode, has died after he was allegedly shot dead by unknown gunmen on Friday, December 11. Aborode who ran for the seat of the…
"Worked all night and came back with nothing" Lady says as she shares photo of her bruised body after she was attacked by robbers on her way home in Oyo
A Nigerian lady has shared a photo of her bruised body after she was attacked by robbers while on her way home in Oyo state. The lady identified as Olasumbo who is a…
No fewer than 11 persons have been reported dead and five others currently hospitalized following the outbreak of a strange sickness in the Lagelu Local Government Area…
The soldiers who were seen in viral videos assaulting some residents of Beere in Ibadan, Oyo state on Sunday, November 1, have been arrested. A soldier was filmed…
There’s been no case of disruption of #EndSARS peaceful protest in Oyo state - Governor, Seyi Makinde reveals as he deploys Operation Burst to continue to protect genuine protesters
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has addressed the current situation surrounding the ongoing #EndSARS protests as thugs and hoodlums have taken to the streets to…
An #EndSARS protest has just kicked off in the city of Ibadan in Oyo state, with some Nigerian soldiers pictured marching with the protesters to ensure the…
No fewer than ten suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to a statement released by the…