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The sad news about the demise of veteran actress, Folake Aremu, popularly known as Orisabunmi was broken this morning.The cause of death is not known yet. The veteran actress who hailed from Olla in Kwara State died at 60 in her residence in Ibadan, Oyo State. She is a Yoruba Nollywood veteran. She was well known from the 80s for her roles as a priestess, pacifist or the good witch in movies The news of her demise has been broken by the President of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, TAMPAN, Bolaji Amusan, popularly called Baba…

Authorities of the University of Ibadan, on Tuesday, cleared Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State of alleged forgery of degree certificate brought against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of its chieftains, Williams Edobor. The degree certificate was confirmed to have been issued Obaseki by the University in 1979 after his formal graduation. The Deputy Chief Registrar, Legal of the University, Mr Abayomi Samuel Ajayi, the second defend witness (DW2) who testified on subpoena told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the governor graduated from the University. Led in evidence by Obaseki’s counsel, Ken Mozia (SAN),…

Former military head of state, Yakubu Gowon, has confirmed the paternity of a 48-year-old man recently deported from the United States. Gowon in a statement released on Wednesday noted that a DNA test had proven Musa Jack Ngodadi is his biological son. Musa Gowon, who had been in jail in the U.S. for 22 years, was pardoned by President Barrack Obama in 2015, cutting short the 40-year prison term he was to serve for alleged drug related crime of which he was found guilty on November 18, 1992. The son of the former head of state, returned to Nigeria on…

….” Says I never said hoodlums are linked to Makinde’s aide The Commander of the Oyo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd) has put a lie to a news story currently in circulation, which claimed that he [Olayanju] accused some aides of the Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, of being behind the unrest in Ibadan, the state capital. Olayanju maintained that it was equally untrue that he accused some aides of the governor of having links with arrested hoodlums, stating that mischief makers had only twisted his words to suit their evil intentions.…

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 palliatives at the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants were charged alongside a trader, one Kafayat Babalola, for allegedly receiving and buying the stolen items. The defendants are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and receiving stolen…

As cases of insecurity continue to grow across Oyo state, the State Police Command has raised an alarm over the possession of firearms by hoodlums. This alarm was raised in a statement on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Oyo State Command, CSP. Fadeyi Olugbenga on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu. The statement read, “It has come to the attention of the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, psc the rate at which firearms are being owned and used at liberty without license or authorization by…

The Commander of Oyo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju, (retd), have revealed that top aids of the governor have been over time aiding the civil unrest in several areas of oyo state. The Amotekun commander disclosed this on Tuesday while fielding questions on a radio station, Fresh FM in Ibadan. It is no a new that in recent time, the security architecture of oyo state have been hugely punctured by counts of violent attack that have put residence in a state of mental chaos and constant fear for fear of being attacked. Just about…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has appended to an over 50%hike in electricity tariff payable by customers of the 11 Distribution Companies, DisCos.,  The Chairman of The NERC, Sanusi Garba have signed a revised Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) on December 30, 2020, and sighted Tuesday, the new tariff increase took effect on January 1, 2021, and supersedes the previous Order NERC/2028/2020. In the new Order NERC/225/2020, the commission said it considered the 14.9% inflation rate rise in November 2020, foreign exchange of N379.4/$1 as of December 29, 2020, available generation capacity, US inflation rate of 1.22% and the…

By Bashorun Industreet When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood.Alèkúsó is a fantastic area in Ibadan, it situated within two prominent local government in Oyo State; Ibadan South West Local Government and Ibadan North West Local Government. During the Ibadan war with Ijaye, the warlords were the main culprits and the then Ibadan warlord was taken captive. The Ibadan soldiers returned home to regroup, and this time they returned to Ibadan. They completely defeated Ijaye. Then assigned their troops to the main road leading to Ibadan,…

Suspected gunmen on Monday kidnapped one Mr. Monsuru Aderoju, at Oke Agbede area of Igangan, a town in Ibarapa geo-political zone of the state. According to DailyPost, the kidnap of Aderoju, who is a cassava farmer is coming less than three weeks after the abduction of a farmer along the old Ibadan/ Oyo Road in Ibadan. The abduction of Aderoju is coming two days after the killing of Mr. Sherifat Adisa, a petroleum dealer who owns Subawah petroleum and two children as well as the kidnap of a medical doctor in Ibarapa North Local Government Area. In the last three…