Tag: IBADAN
Gunmen kidnap two foreigners in Ibadan
Police in Oyo say they are trailing two foreigners who were kidnapped by suspected hoodlums.
The two foreigners (names not given) were reportedly kidnapped in...
Harry Akande is the second Ibadan billionaire to die in 2020...
Publisher of Ovation Magazine Dele Momodu on Saturday said the businessman Harry Akande is the second Ibadan billionaire to die in 2020.
Mr Momodu tweeted...
Billionaire businessman Harry Akande is dead
Billionaire businessman and Agba Oye of Ibadanland Harry Akande is dead.
Born on March 3, 1943, Mr. Akande died in the early hours of Saturday,...
Okada riders clash with prison officials in Ibadan
Commercial motorcyclists known locally as Okada riders on Tuesday clashed with officials of the Agodi Correctional Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
It was gathered that...
Fire engulfs Ajimobi’s wife’s store in Ibadan
Fire broke out on Sunday at the Bodija outlet of Grandez Supermarket a chain store owned and operated by Florence Ajimobi wife of the...
Ngige probes death of UI student in Ibadan soap factory
Following the death of a 300-level student of the University of Ibadan (UI) at a soap factory in Ibadan, the Federal Government has set...
UI student crushed to death in Ibadan soap factory
A student of the University of Ibadan (UI) Gbadebo Richard has died after slipping into a soap-making machine at a factory owned by Henkel...
We didn’t kill ‘One Million Boys’ leader in Ibadan – Police
Police in Oyo have denied culpability in the death of Biola also known as Ebila the alleged gang leader of the ‘One Million Boys’...
Leader of ‘One Million Boys’ killed in Ibadan – Police
Police in Oyo say the leader of the “One Million Boys” gang and the most wanted Ibadan suspect, Biola Ebila, has been killed.
The gang...
I sold undergarments in Ibadan for two years – Lola Shoneyin
Poet and author, Lola Shoneyin, has revealed that she sold undergarments in Ibadan, Oyo State from 2002 to 2004.
The founder of Aké Arts and...