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Continue ReadingSupreme Court of Nigeria (SCN) on Thursday, invalidated the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 and 16, 2025, deepening the leadership crisis rocking Nigeria’s main opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a split judgment delivered by a five-member panel of the apex court, […]
Continue Reading“Where you have a warrior culture, you have heroes.” That is how the unusual character of Ibadan is explained on page 856 of Professor Toyin Falola’s 1,012-page history of the city. My eyes caught the line as I watched Saturday’s opposition political summit in the city. Opposition politics in Nigeria is post-apocalyptic, its script reads […]
Continue ReadingOpposition parties across Nigeria have declared their determination to challenge the dominance of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), warning of threats to democratic governance ahead of the 2027 general elections. The declaration was made in a communiqué issued after a national summit held in Ibadan on Saturday, where key opposition figures, including Atiku Abubakar, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party’s national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision delivered by a three-member panel led by Justice Uchechukwu […]
Continue ReadingThe 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has commended the students of Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State, for returning his phone after he inadvertently left it behind during a visit to the institution. In a text he posted on his verified X handle on Monday, Obi said the experience renewed his hope […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Oyo State has granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) approval to proceed with its elective National Convention scheduled for November 15–16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to attend and monitor the exercise, Channels reports. In the ruling delivered by Justice […]
Continue ReadingThe Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, has joined his ancestors. He died in the early hours of Monday at the age of 90. Olakulehin died during the ongoing 90th birthday and first anniversary coronation celebrations. He succeeded the late Oba Lekan Balogun. A source close to the Olubadan-In-Council confided in newsmen in Ibadan, Oyo […]
Continue ReadingIn a communique, the Governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, known as the PDP Governors Forum, on Monday dismissed speculations of a possible merger of parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. They also lamented the alarming worsening security situation in Nigeria as evidenced in parts of the country, especially in Borno, […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, 10 persons have been confirmed killed, while seven others were injured in a building collapse in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Nigeria, on Thursday morning. The statement from the Oyo State Fire Services Agency (OSFSA) disclosed that the incident happened at 2:00 am at Jegeda Oluloyo area in Ibadan in Ona Ara […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian lady identified as Sonia, has been declared missing by her friend, chrollo @tobi_adew. Taking to her X handle to announce her missing friend, @tobi_adew wrote: “My friend Sonia is missing. She boarded a bus from Lead City University going home to Lagos. She was last heard from by 1pm and said she was […]
Continue ReadingIbadan, the capital of Oyo State and the political headquarters of the Southwest zone of Nigeria, wakes up to a new dawn on Friday, as a new monarch mounts the prestigious throne of Olubadan. Nearly 40 years after he was installed as the Mogaji, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin fulfils his destiny today as the 43rd Olubadan. […]
Continue ReadingOn Saturday, April 13, a group of 18 masked persons dressed in army camouflage, armed with rifles, charms and Oodua Nation flags attempted to take over the Oyo State House of Assembly and Government Secretariat to proclaim the emergence of a Yoruba Nation. They caused some commotion as they insisted on hoisting a flag, but […]
Continue ReadingNational Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) South West Zonal Office, has shared photos showing the damaged building in the Ibadan explosion incident that occurred last night, January 16. NEMA said that Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) are responsible for the explosion that rocked Adeyi Estate in Bodija Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday night, January 16. The Southwest […]
Continue Reading“When you go home, tell them of us and sayFor your tomorrow, we gave you our today” This evocative epithet is enshrined on the Kohima World Memorial in Nagaland, built to commemorate Soldiers, who laid down their lives to repel Japanese assault in 1944 during World War II. Yet successive Indian Governments since 1947 haven’t […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested five suspected Oodua Nation Agitators who hijacked Amuludun 99.1 FM in Moniya area of Ibadan, the state capital. The radio station, owned by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), was hijacked by the separatists around 6 am on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The suspects invaded […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Wednesday, graced the Labour Party’s presidential rally in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The party’s presidential candidate and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, were also present at the event. Chief Adebanjo, who addressed the crowd […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, Yinka Ogundaisi, has been buried in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Nigeria. Ogundaisi, one of the Village Headmaster actors, who died on Wednesday morning at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, was buried on the evening of the same day in Ibadan. The death of the seasoned actor was confirmed by a […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, Oyo State, Nigeria, on Tuesday October 12, arraigned one Toluwalade John Olateru Olagbegi before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on one count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense to the tune of Thirty-Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand […]
Continue ReadingFollowers of the Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest last Thursday’s midnight invasion by the Department of State Services (DSS) of the residence of the Yoruba nation activist. Placard-carrying protesters gathered in front of Igboho’s […]
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