Worried by the recent attack on the governor of Ondo State , Rotimi Akeredolu by the Federal Government over a statement credited to him on the regulation of the Fulani herdsmen movement in Ondo State, The Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) new era has called on the Federal Government to allow …
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PHOTOS: 20 cows roasted alive as angry mob set truck ablaze after killing a boy in Saki
A truck carrying about twenty cows has been set ablaze by angry mob at Saki town of Oyo state. The truck was set ablaze after reportedly killing a boy, identified as Ayuba Raji, at Challenge Junction area of the ancient town on Monday evening. The ill-fated truck was conveying the …
Read More »Minimum Wage: Ibadan Poly workers begin indefinite strike
Workers’ unions of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, have started an indefinite strike to press for the implementation of the new national minimum wage introduced by the Federal Government in 2019. The unions, which comprise of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics announced the industrial …
Read More »Covid-19: ASUU says it’s unsafe to reopen universities now
Different branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. The chapters of the union, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, commented on the directive of the National Universities Commission that universities could resume …
Read More »Our men didn’t clash with Fulani herdsmen, we only raided forests to flush out criminal elements – Amotekun
The Commandant of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju(rtd) has said that there were no clashes between his men and Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa land and Oke Ogun axes of Oyo state. The Commandant, who addressed newsmen in Ibadan said that his men launched six …
Read More »Seven feared dead as Amotekun, herdsmen clashed in Oyo
Seven persons were feared dead as men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Operation Amotekun and some herdsmen reportedly engaged in a clash at Aiyete in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state, on Saturday. The Punch reports that the cause of the clash, …
Read More »Former guard breaks into church premises, carts away offering box in Ogun
A former church security guard, Mr. Mela Samaila, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command, for allegedly breaking into the church auditorium, located at Ojodu Abiodun in the Ifo Local Government Area of the State. After breaking into the church premises, Samaila reportedly stole the offering …
Read More »One person dies, three injured as Cocoa House elevator crashed
One person died while three others were injured after an elevator conveying people at Cocoa House crashed on Wednesday, Oyo insight.com reports. Details about the occurrence were still sketchy at the time of writing this report but an eye witness claims the elevator was faulty and has been repaired before it …
Read More »Two Oyo officials arranged for stealing 40 bags of sugar Covid-19 palliatives
The Police, on Tuesday, arraigned two officials of Oyo State government before an Iwo-Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing and selling 40 bags of sugar from the state’s COVID-19 palliatives.The defendants are a 50-year-old driver, Adebiyi Azeez, and Sunday Akinleye, a 43-year-old Assistant Protocol Officer in charge of …
Read More »Insecurity: Olubadan summons all Mojaagis to meeting, condemns violent clashes among hoodlums in Ibadan communities
To address the problem of incessant violent clashes among hoodlums in some parts of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has summoned all Heads of Family Compounds in Ibadan (Mojaagis) to a meeting. The meeting,which will hold at the Popoyemoja, Ibadan Palace of the …
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