An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan and presided over by Justice K. B. Olawoyin on Monday granted the bail applications filed by Olori Naomi Silekunola, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat and Abdulahi Fasasi. Hamzat is the founder of popular Ibadan-based radio station, Agidigbo FM, while Fasasi is the principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan…
Abuja-based gospel singer and fitness enthusiast, Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, has been arrested after being caught with the severed head of his girlfriend. Timileyin, who is known as a multi-talented gospel singer, prolific songwriter, vocalist, and recording and performing artiste, was apprehended on Sunday near a church in the Orozo area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)….
Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country. Can other nations learn from it? For more than 75 years Oslo-based car dealership Harald A Møller has been importing Volkswagens, but early in 2024…
The Osun State Police Command has arrested the driver of a truck heading to a quarry in Obaagun Community in Osun State, who crushed to death a boy said to be running errands for his father. A resident of Obaagun, who was close to the scene when the accident happened, but preferred anonymity for security…
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa over multiple fraudulent allegations. Multiple sources confirmed that Obasa was removed by the lawmakers during a plenary on Monday. Details surrounding the speaker’s removal are still sketchy as of press time. However, the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mojisola Meranda, has replaced…
Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has described as “fake news from the pit of hell” statement by the Osun State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that the state governor has made several attempts to join the opposition party, calling it “a dillusionary report which is a product of troubled opposition…
The Alaafin of Oyo-elect, Oba Abimbola Owoade, is set to commence a 21-day traditional rites as the new monarch of the town. The state governor, Seyi Makinde, announced Owoade as the new monarch of the ancient Yoruba community on Friday. On Monday, he presented him with the staff of office. He succeeded the late Alaafin,…
The Oyo State Government has filed eight counts, bordering on murder and manslaughter against the ex-queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, the proprietor of an Ibadan-based radio station, Oriyomi Hamzat, and the Principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Abdulahi Fasasi, over the December 18, 2024 funfair stampede, during which 35 children died….
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has presented the staff of office to the newly appointed Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Akeem Owoade. The governor, according to a post on X, presented the official instrument legitimising the reign of a king to the new monarch on Monday morning at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office in…
