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For more than a year, a conscientious, cosmopolitan retired senior military officer from the North has told me that his worst fear for Nigeria is the prospect of terrorists and bandits from the North extending their bloodstained tentacles into Yorubaland. He said it would provoke the sort of communal convulsion that would take on a […]
Continue ReadingOne of the kidnapped teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Michael Oyedokun, has been gruesomely killed. As shown in a graphic new video allegedly released by bandits on Sunday, Oyedokun has been beheaded. The video obtained by Punch on Telegram on Monday showed that the teacher was […]
Continue ReadingBandits have attacked the National Park Service (NPS) office in Oloka, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State and killed five persons, injured many others. The attack occurred at about 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. Preliminary information indicates that at least five NPS personnel were killed during the assault. As of the time […]
Continue Reading“The ides of March are come,” Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar says in utter derision and dismissal of a life-and-death warning. And the soothsayer replies “Ay, Caesar; but not gone.” And truly, they were not gone. The 2023 elections should be over by now but they are not. There are people everywhere mocking poets and prophets. Clouds […]
Continue ReadingOyo State Police Command, Nigeria, has arrested two suspected ritualists, Ismaila Wasiu and Mutairu Shittu who allegedly murdered a woman identified simply as Mujidat. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Adewale Osifeso, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, October 27, said the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence received from residents of Ayekale, Saki Area […]
Continue ReadingIkubabayeye, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, has welcomed his third set of twins in 8 months. He got the latest twins from his wife Olori Aanu. Photo: Biyi Adeleke Photography
Continue ReadingTungba gospel music exponent, Mr. Yinka Ayefele has dragged the Oyo State Government to court over the planned demolition of his Music House, the building which houses his radio station, Fresh FM Ibadan. Oyo state government had marked the structure located on the Challenge-Toll Gate Road for demolition for allegedly contravening the state’s planning laws. But, the […]
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