An 80-year-old retired lecturer, Prof. Muritala Haroon on Thursday told a customary court sitting in Mapo, Oyo State that his wife, Afsat, still denies him sex. On Thursday, at the resumed hearing in the suit, Mr Haroon said,” My wife did not abide by the advice given to her by this court to allow peace
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No fewer than four people were fear dead on Wednesday in a lone accident involving a trailer along Oyo – Ogbomoso road in Oyo state.Also in the accident, 38 people sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident which according to eye witness occurred early in the day. It was gathered that the driver of
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A fire outbreak at a trailer park in Akinyele community in Ibadan, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, destroyed properties and other articles of trade. The fire reportedly broke out in the early hours of Wednesday and gutted shops containing many valuables. The Director of Operations, Oyo State Fire and Safety Services, Mr Adeleke
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At least three persons were confirmed dead while two others were injured in a clash involving men of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps and suspected herdsmen in Ayete community, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. Unconfirmed sources said about seven houses were also razed in the clash whose cause could not be ascertained
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No fewer than five suspects were on Monday arrested by the Oyo State Police Command, in connection to the attacks on some residents of Ibadan, the state capital on Sunday. It was learnt that on Sunday, some residents of Aremo and other communities were attacked by some hoodlums. It was also gathered that some of
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No fewer than two residents of Asaka area in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital were killed by the newly inaugurated South-West security outfit, codenamed Amotekun. The incident happened at Ike-Olu junction, Asaka area of Ibadan on Thursday. Eyewitnesses told SaharaReporters that one Afeez Lotto and Akin Owoaga were shot dead by a member of Odua
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A tanker loaded with a petroleum product exploded at Iyagankun area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday. Several shops and a car were razed in the incident. The incident occurred when the tanker which was trying to maneuver in the area, fell into a ditch and leaked its content into a nearby river. The tanker
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Oyo State has on Friday assumed full ownership of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. The National Universities Commission (NUC) announced this development on Friday in Abuja as governments of Oyo and Osun states came to an agreement to sever their joint ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). Also affected is the Ladoke
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The Oyo State Government has shut a tertiary institution in the state over the discovery of a positive COVID-19 case at the institution. The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force also threatened to shut down any school, religious centre or workplace that violates the protocols on the use of closed space. In a statement issued on
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Ibadan Zonal headquarters , on Friday , arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters . The suspects are Isaac Ogundayo ; David Ayodele; Etiowe Kelvin ; Seun Afolabi ; Saheed Olalekan ; Oluwatobi Damilola ; Sukanmi Odofin ; Ademola Okunola ; Joseph Damilare and Abass Sodiq . They were said
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A moderately aged bike rider, distinguished as Biola, is dead in the wake of being beaten by policemen in the Bornphoto zone of Ibadan, Oyo State. It was assembled that the deceased was heading to the hospital to pick his wife,, yesterday, August 26th,2020, when he was stoped by bribe-seeking police officers. “The officials requested
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Oba Rafiu Mustapha, the Onjo of Okeho, a town in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State has blamed “bad boys” for the looting of a vehicle containing sacks of money stolen by armed robbers from a bank in the town. The traditional ruler spoke in reaction to the looting of the bullet-ridden get-away car
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An officer of the Nigerian Customs reportedly shot an executive member of the proscribed National Union of Road Transport Workers , Lateef Aboki , in the chest on Friday at Iseyin -Moniya park in Iseyin , Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State . The Customs officer ( name withheld ) , among three others
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…The fact that there were weevils in some of the bags of rice did not mean that the whole bags of rice were not good for consumption – Customs The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigerian Customs Services, on Saturday described as untrue the claim by the Oyo State
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The Oyo State Government has indicated that it may return about 1,800 bags of rice which was reportedly donated to the state by the Federal Government as part of the COVID19 palliative. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the state government may consider return of the three trailer loads of rice on the grounds that the
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