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Alleged cannibalism: Court grants bail to pregnant woman, 4 others

    The Police on Friday re-arraigned five persons before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court  in Ibadan for alleged unlawful possession and receipt of...

We’re investing $1bn on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, two others – FG

    The Federal Government on Thursday said it was investing $1bn on the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, and...

Pregnant woman, two others die in multiple accidents on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway

    Three people including a pregnant woman reportedly lost their lives on Thursday, in a multiple accidents at the Ogun State axis of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway....

One dead, vehicles vandalised as robbers attack motorists on Long Bridge

    One person was alleged to have died, while some vehicles were vandalised as traffic robbers attacked motorists on the Long Bridge, Ogun State end of the...

Oyo officially begins payment of land use charge

    Oyo State Government has flagged-off the payment of the Land Use Charge, with a call to residents of the state to key into the government’s move to...

Kwara, Sokoto courts jail corper, Facebook fraudster for love scams

    A member of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Ibadan, Oyo State, Caleb Oyeyemi, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for Internet love...

Estate agent docked for allegedly duping client of N220,000

    An Estate Agent, Olugbenga Awoyemi on Monday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly obtaining N220,000 from his client by...

How Oyo Police nabbed suspected armed robber terrorising Apete residents

    The Oyo State Police Command has said that its dragnet apprehended one Adenipekun Opeyemi (male), 22 years of age, who in connivance with his accomplice...

Murder so cruel: How popular Ibadan thug, Auxiliary’s gang killed 36-year-old father of newborn twins

    Thirty-six-year-old Rahmon Azeez was full of life on Wednesday and nothing suggested that death loomed. Nationnewslead learnt that he just got a visa to...

Ibadan crisis: OPC confirms death of three members

    Following the bloody clash between members of the Oodua Peoples Congress and a notorious gang identified as Herald gang within Ibadan metropolis which...

Pandemonium in Ibadan as 2 killed during alleged OPC, rival gang clash

    Pandemonium again broke out in Ibadan at the Opoyiosa area, as members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, allegedly clashed with a rival gang (name of the...

Two dead, many injured in Ibadan

    Two people were confirmed killed yesterday when men of the Oyo State Park Management System under the leadership of Mr Mukaila Lamidi (also known as...

Tension in Ibadan as ‘Auxiliary boys’ allegedly stab one person to death during clash

    Violence and unrest gripped the Iwo-Road axis of Oyo State, as boys of chairman of the Park Management System, PMS, Alh. Lamidi Mukaila, aka Auxiliary,...

Two dead as ‘hoodlums’ hijack masquerade festival in Ibadan

    The National President of Soludero Hunters Association, Oba Nureni Ajijola Anabi has said “hoodlums” at Oja Igbo area of Ibadan have hijacked the...

Hoodlums return to Lagos-Ibadan Long Bridge, residents raise the alarm

    Respite is not in sight for motorists and commuters plying the Long Bridge, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as hoodlums have continued to...

Robbers kill Ibadan Polytechnic final year student due to wed next Saturday

    A final year student of the Department of Music, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Ebenezer Ayeni, has been killed by armed robbers. The promising student who was...

50 suspected Yahoo boys held in Ibadan

    The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 50 suspected internet fraudsters, also called Yahoo boys, in...

EFCC nabs 50 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ibadan has arrested 50 suspected internet fraudsters. A statement by EFCC Head, Media and Publicity,...

Ibadan chiefs petition Makinde over chieftaincy crisis, seek gov’s intervention

    Kingmakers, members of two ruling houses of Emiolu, Oshunbiyi and prominent indigenes of Iresa-Adu in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State, have...

Amotekun Arrests Human Parts Dealer In Ibadan. See Items Recovered (Photo)

  Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun have arrested a suspected human parts merchant, Mutiu Abdul-Rasheed. Abdul-Rasheed, 40, was...