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Mob Sets Ablaze Suspected Kidnapper Posing As Lunatic In Ibadan, Recovers SIM Cards, ATM Cards, NIN, Driver’s License (VIDEOS)
Tension gripped Obasa/Sango area of Ibadan, Oyo State on Wednesday night after an angry mob set ablaze a suspected kidnapper, who had been posing as a mentally unstable person in the community. Eyewitnesses said the suspect had long roamed the area pretending to be a lunatic, drawing little attention from residents. Suspicion grew on Wednesday…
Convention: PDP Dissolves Party Structures In Imo, Abia, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Rivers
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at its national convention in Ibadan, has dissolved the entire party structures in Imo, Abia, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers states. The decision was confirmed as host governor Seyi Makinde moved a motion to ratify and approve elected executive committees of the PDP at various levels in states and zones…
BREAKING: PDP Expels Wike, Fayose, Anyanwu, Others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike; Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State; Samuel Anyanwu, former secretary of the party. Chief Olabode George, former National Vice Chairman of the party (South) moved the motion for the expulsion at the ongoing convention in Ibadan, Oyo State capital….
Residents Block Roads, Protest Over Extension Of Ibadan Circular Road
Thousands of residents of Ibadan, in Oyo State, today protested over alleged plans by the state government to acquire more lands for Ibadan circular road corridor. The residents have blocked some major roads in the ancient city. The idea of Ibadan circular road was conceived when the current Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja…
BREAKING: Acting PDP Chairman, Mohammed Cancels Ibadan National Convention
The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abdulrahman Mohammed, has cancelled the proposed national convention scheduled for Ibadan, Oyo State. Mohammed suspended the convention alongside the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu and some members of the National Working Committee, NWC, in a press briefing on Wednesday. He said the PDP had received…
PHOTO: Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja Crowned 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland
History was made in Ibadan today, as former Oyo State Governor, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, ascended the revered throne as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. The star-studded coronation drew together traditional rulers from across Nigeria, top government officials led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, state governors, and thousands of indigenes who thronged the ancient city to…
Impeachment To Revered Throne: The Making Of Ladoja As Olubadan
Ibadan, the sprawling city of brown rooftops, red earth, and rolling hills, and the land of my ancestors, has always carried with it the echoes of greatness. Once the nerve centre of the old Oyo Empire’s warriors, it is today a city of paradoxes — modern yet traditional, chaotic yet ordered, humble yet proud. To…
Shooting Stars Assistant Coach, Olowokere, Slumps, Dies During Training
The new Assistant Coach of Shooting Stars Sports Club, Ibadan, Oyo State, Akin Olowokere, on Monday morning, slumped and died. He was one of the recently appointed coaches 3SC. As of press time, there were no official reports on what led to his death. However, eyewitnesses told Hifox News in Ibadan, the state capital, that…
Olubadan: Ladoja Awaits Makinde’s Nod After Council Nomination
Former Oyo State governor, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on Monday, emerged as the Olubadan-designate, following a unanimous nomination by the Olubadan-in-Council. The endorsement, which was held at the Olubadan Palace in Oke-Aremo, in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, marked a significant step in the traditional succession process. The formal confirmation of his…
UPDATED: Protest In Ibadan As Police Stray Bullet Kills Student Going For WAEC (VIDEO)
Some youths in Ibadan on Tuesday protested at Oyo State Government Secretariat over the killing of a student by a stray bullet allegedly fired by a policeman. The student, said to be writing the ongoing West African Examinations Council (WAEC) was hit by the stay bullet around Gbagi market road in the early hours of…
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