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  • SHOCK! How corpse of popular female vendor found in Ibadan hotel

    SHOCK! How corpse of popular female vendor found in Ibadan hotel

    Sad! Popular vendor in Ibadan, Adeshina Olayinka, popularly known as khadi is dead. She was found dead in a wetland hotel in Akobo, Oyo state.

    It was gathered that Khadi had told her friend that she want to go and meet with someone in Wetland hotel in Akobo on wednesday night.

    On thursday morning, the man tried checking out of the hotel, the receptionist delayed him and put a call to the room where he lodged with Khadi, she was said to have picked up the call and gave permission they should allow him leave.

    She told the receptionist she was just resting and no cause for alarm, and she too will log out soon.

    Later, one of the receptionist who said she borrowed Olayinka a power bank went to the room for her power bank and knocked the door, but no response.
    Panicked mode activated. The hotel manager used the extra card to open the door and she was found dead.

  • Pastor allegedly absconds with 52 phones, money after crusade in Ibadan

    Pastor allegedly absconds with 52 phones, money after crusade in Ibadan

    Residents of Aponrin in Agbowo area of Ibadan are now on the trail of pastor who allegedly absconded with 52 android and iphones, money and other valuables after a three-day crusade.

    The pastor was said to have told his victims that he was led by God to come to Ibadan from Gambia for the crusade.

    It was learnt that the cleric, on the last day of the crusade, claimed that Holy Spirit directed him to tell those in attendance to submit their phones, money and other valuables.

    He was, however, said to have absconded with those items.

    The victims said that the pastor, who lured them into three days of fasting and prayer, was nowhere to be found on the last day of the crusade, as all efforts to locate his whereabouts proved abortive.

    A victim, Mrs Grace Akintola, said that many widows had gone to the crusade because the pastor promised to give each of them a bag of rice and money.

    Akintola, who is a widow, said that the ‘man of God’ also promised to empower students who attended the crusade with scholarship awards.

    “The pastor approached an Igbo lady in our area to assist him to gather widows and students and that he wanted to help us.

    “Someone in my area invited me for the crusade. The crusader put on priest’s regalia. He even said he would buy a fully-furnished house for one of us.

    “The pastor equally promised some of those who attended the crusade money, the kind of money that even politicians could not give.

    “The last day of the crusade, he (pastor) sold a bottle of water for us at the rate of N4,800; he said that the water had been mixed with perfume and many people paid for it,” she said.

    Another victim, a student of University of Ibadan, who pleaded anonymity, said that the pastor ordered them to fast for three days.

    He said that he collected their phones so as to keep them away from them and allow them focus on prayers, unknown to them that it was a trick to get rid of their belongings.

    “He said no phone should ring during the programme and that was why he collected all of them.

    “In fact, he snapped at a lady who stood up and wanted to take his photograph and seized the phone from her,” he said..

    He further stated that on the last day of the crusade, the pastor said he wanted to go and rest at the hotel where he had lodged.

    “He (pastor) later said he wanted to go and eat inside the University of Ibadan after which we didn’t know how he escaped with our belongings.

    “As a man of God that he claimed to be, we respected him a lot. We didn’t know that he wanted to use the name of God to dupe us,” he said.

    Meanwhile, the pastor has been declared wanted by residents of the area, as posters bearing his name and pictures have been circulated within the area to track him.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident.

    Osifeso said that investigation had commenced on the matter and that updates would be provided.

    NAN

  • Court remands 4 students for allegedly gang raping colleague

    Court remands 4 students for allegedly gang raping colleague

    A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku on Tuesday ordered that four students of Eleyele Secondary School, Eleyele, Ibadan in Oyo State be remanded for allegedly raping a female colleague, who was mentally challenged.

    NAN reports that the defendants are minors.

    The police charged them with conspiracy and unlawful sexual intercourse.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Sumbo Adetuyibi, did not take their plea due to lack of jurisdiction.

    Adetuyibi ordered that they should be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility if the juvenile correctional facility at Ijokodo, Ibadan, does not accept them.

    She adjourned the matter until May 11, for mention.

    Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp Folake Ewe told the court that the students allegedly conspired together to commit the offence.

    Ewe said the minors, between January and March 15, defiled a 16-year-old female colleague, who was mentally challenged.

    She said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 516 of the Criminal Code and section 34 of the Oyo State Child Rights Law 2006.

  • Election: Heavy security presence in Ibadan as voters troop to polling centres

    Election: Heavy security presence in Ibadan as voters troop to polling centres

    There was heavy security presence within Ibadan metropolis on Saturday, as voters trooped to the polling centres to exercise their franchise.

    A correspondent visited some areas within the city, including Eleyele, Ososami, Oke-Ado, Ring Road and Iyaganku, among others, to observe the turn out and compliance by the electorate.

    NAN observed that as at 8.00 a.m, electoral officials had been at their duty posts, arranging their materials and awaiting the arrival of the voters.

    Similarly, heavy presence of security personnel were also seen around the city, with mostly soldiers mounting road blocks and enforcing restriction of vehicular movements.

    The soldiers also mounted road blocks around Mobil roundabout, Akinyemi area and in front of the police headquarters at Eleyele, stopping vehicles who were not on election duties and forcing them out of their vehicles to sit down and observe the goings-on.

    Officials of INEC, corps members and unarmed policemen were also seen moving in various chartered buses to various polling units as early as 6.55 a.m.

    Some of the voters, who spoke with NAN, said that they had to walk to their polling units since there was a restriction on vehicular movement.

    One of the voters, simply identified as Mrs Lawson, said she was going to exercise her civic right, stressing “it will be unfair not to partake in the electoral process.”

    Another voter, Mrs Tosin Adeleye, who said she had to trek more than 40 minutes to her polling unit, however, expressed her dissatisfaction with the treatment by security personnel.

    “Although when I showed them my voter card, they allowed me to pass, nevertheless, they have to take it easy with people so that they don’t feel intimidated.

    “But, for now, the situation is good and I pray it is maintained so we can cast our votes and go back home in peace,” she said.

    At New Adeoyo road, a voter, Alhaji Mohammed AbdulAzeez, commended the security situation around the area, attributing it to the tension recorded in the build-up to the election.

    “We can all see the tension on Thursday when political parties attacked and killed their supporters. So I think the mobilisation of security is a welcome development and I want to believe this will encouraged the electorate to come out to cast their votes and return home safely.

  • Naira Scarcity: How criminals robbed residents, traders with POS machines in Ibadan

    Naira Scarcity: How criminals robbed residents, traders with POS machines in Ibadan

     

    The Eleshin area, Olomo community in Apete, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State was thrown into panic mood on midnight, Saturday March 12 as some persons suspected to be armed robbers stormed the area to rob unsuspecting residents and traders with Point of Sales machines (POS)

    It was gathered that the suspects, stormed the area at about 1 am and  armed with a Point of Sale machine which they allegedly used to transfer money from the bank accounts of their victims.

    The POS  robbery operation has thrown the entire community into panic mood for fear of being attacked again after a successful operation on Saturday.

    One of the residents, who did not want his name in print, for security reasons, said, “The armed robbers got to the area at the midnight around 1am. They operated freely. They came with a POS machine and transferred some amount of money, which cannot be specified at the moment, from one of their victim’s accounts. They also transferred an undisclosed amount of money from his wife’s account and left.

    “They also went away with two phones, iPhone 11 Pro Max and XS Max.”

    The case was said to have been reported at the Apete Divisional Police Headquarters.

    Oyo state  state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso is yet to comment on the roberry incident.

  • Wike lauds Nigerians for returning power to south

    Wike lauds Nigerians for returning power to south

    Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State has lauded Nigerians for voting in support of the power shift to the south during last Saturday’s presidential election.

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain insisted that the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the best for the country at this crucial time.

    Wike also said all political deal and alliances with any other political parties in the country had ended with the presidential election. He charged members of the party to remain focused and vote for the umbrella party in the forthcoming governorship elections.

    Wike gave the charge on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital when he joined his Oyo State counterpart, Governor Seyi Makinde in the commissioning of Aviation Fuel Depot and Dr. Omololu Olunloyo 3.2km airport road dualisation.

    Speaking, the Rivers State governor who did not state in clear terms whatever arrangement that might have existed between his PDP co-governors christened the Integrity Governors, with either the APC or Labour Party, charged the voters in the state not to think anything other than the umbrella party across all positions in the March 11, governorship elections. He commended Makinde alongside other Nigerians for standing right for what is right in the defence of the unity of the country.

    “You can only belong to G5, stand your feet on the ground because you know what they are doing. It is only those who are afraid, who have nothing to offer that cannot stand firm, be bold and take a decision and say we must put things right no matter who is involved.
    “Your governor (Makinde) has shown that he is a man you can depend on; he has shown that he is a man that will not tolerate complete slavery. I am happy he is one of those that have made history by making sure power shifts to the South,” he said.

    Speaking on the project and lauding Makinde for the effort, Wike said: “You cannot be spending state money on Federal Government project and still allow the FG to give direction or instruction. Tell the FG to refund the monies he has been spending on the airport or he hands off and hand over the airport to them. And that is what we are talking about, true federalism. Restructuring, that is the way. This is historic as in it is the first day that aircraft can load fuel here and continue their journey.

    “One good turn deserves another. If he can perform this way in his first term, what then do you think he will do in his second term, he will over perform than us. He will over perform and that is what we told him, as the youth leader of the G5 and we are looking forward to handing over power to him, as we are retiring and the only way he can do that is to do better for Oyo people and I can guarantee that he will do well. Better than what he has done before,” he said.

    He enjoined the people of Oyo State to reciprocate Makinde’s good gesture by re-electing him to power during the governorship election, come 11th of March. “On the 11th of March, close your eyes, don’t ask, everything you press must be umbrella,” Wike said. Earlier in his remarks, the host governor, Makinde assured that his administration, if re-elected will sustain the good works and ensure that the people are better for it.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the highlight of the event include, commissioning of 500,000 litre capacity Aviation Fuel Depot, 3.2km dual carriage, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo Airport road dualisation, and flag off construction of Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo Park. Other dignitaries at the event include a former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, traditional rulers, community leaders, party leaderships among others.

  • Police arrest 11 suspects with human parts in Ibadan

    Police arrest 11 suspects with human parts in Ibadan

    The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested 11 suspects in possession of nine dry human skulls, one fresh human head, intestines and other vital body parts.

    SP Adewae Osifeso, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this on Thursday in Ibadan, while briefing journalists.

    Osifeso who disclosed that the suspects were arrested in their hideout at Orita-Aperin area of Ibadan, added that 16 others were arrested in connection with alleged kidnapping and armed robbery.

    He explained that discreet intelligence gathering carried out on Feb. 22 by a police monitoring unit uncovered the criminal activities of the suspects.

    He said that the suspects specialised in selling human skulls and other organs for ritual purposes.

    The PPRO said that the 11 members of the criminal gang had all confessed to the crime upon interrogations.

    He said that the suspects confessed that the dry human skulls were harvested from corpses at burial grounds.

    He said they also confessed that the fresh human head and other body organs were harvested from persons after being killed by their kingpin, simply identified as Amuludun who is now at large.

    Osifeso said that investigation was now in progress to arrest the fleeing suspects, adding that further developments would be communicated to the public later.

    Meanwhile one of the suspects and wife of the principal suspect now at large, said she knew her husband as an Islamic cleric and was suprised when the human skulls were found in his office.

    She said that she went to her husband’s office to collect money for foodstuffs when the police came and searched the office where the skulls were found.

    The command’s spokesman also said that seven suspected armed robbers who invaded Felele community, Ibadan with guns and some other dangerous weapons were arrested.

    Osifeso said the victims raised alarm when the armed robbers were fleeing, adding that the alarm attracted a police monitoring unit who arrested the suspects.

  • 2023 election: Confusion as INEC changes RACs in Ibadan

    2023 election: Confusion as INEC changes RACs in Ibadan

    As the Presidential and National Assembly elections started across Nigeria on Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made a sudden change in the Registration Area Centres (RACs) where electoral materials were being distributed and electoral officers dispatched to various polling units within Ibadan metropolis.

    This development resulted in confusion for security agencies who had gone to wrong RAC points for election duties.

    In one of the new centres at Methodist Primary School, Ekotedo/Onireke in Ibadan North-West Local Government Area of Ibadan, distribution of electoral officials and materials were ongoing as at 7.00 a.m.

    As at 7.40 a.m., scores of electorate were seeing gathering at Community Grammar School, Oluyole, waiting for the arrival of electoral officials.

    The electoral officials had commenced the sorting out of materials at Ansar-ud Deen RAC, Liberty Road, as at were observed sorting out their materials.

    At the RAC in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Agodi, distribution of both sensitive and non-sensitive materials were observed being sorted out.

    At the RAC situated inside Ikolaba High School, Ikolaba, some ad hoc staffers, mainly youth corps members, were seen collecting election materials, such as ballot papers, ink/pads, ballot boxes/tables and other items meant for the conduct of the elections.

    Meanwhile, the Iwo-Road-Challenge area of Lagos-Ibadan expressway was free enough for joggers to do their morning exercise.

    Adequate security was also observed to have been provided at some polling units around Iyaganku, Dugbe and Mokola areas of Ibadan.

    Accreditation had started at some of the polling units with people coming out to exercise their franchise, while voters’ registers were just being pasted in some polling units.

    At Sango axis, the streets were deserted and there was a lull in activities, with some youths playing football on the streets. Also, the Ojoo bus terminal was converted to a football field during due to the ongoing election.

  • Protests rock Ibadan over naira, fuel scarcity

    Protests rock Ibadan over naira, fuel scarcity

    Protesters, in their thousands, on Wednesday, blocked major roads within Ibadan metropolis over the scarcity of fuel, new naira notes and the rejection of the old notes by commercial banks and commercial outlets.

    The protests, which were still spreading, affected some areas like Iwo Road, Bodija, Mokola, Eleyele/Eruwa Road, Gbopa, Ologuneru, Apete, Challenge and Orita roads.

    According to reports, the protests resulted in traffic gridlocks in the affected areas, forcing commuters to take to their legs and drivers seeking alternative roads to their destinations.

    The protesters, who were mostly youths, were seen burning tyres on the roads, while motorists were hurriedly making u-turns to avoid being caught up in the protest.

    Most of the motorists plying the roads in the affected areas were seen displaying leaves conspicuously in front of their vehicles as a show of solidarity with the protesters.

    At Iwo road, some suspected hoodlums were seen harassing motorists, tricycle and motorcycle riders as well as passers-by, while traders hurriedly closed their shops to prevent looting.

    Sources said that the protests around Eleyele/Ologuneru axis of the capital city were led by transporters.

    Witnesses at the scenes said that the transporters were obstructing free flow of vehicular and pedestrian movements around the axis.

    Some of the transporters said that they were out to protest the non-availability of cash as well as the rejection of the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes by passengers and filling stations.

    The protesters called on the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently address the situation, as they could no longer stand watching their livelihood being threatened.

    However, men of the Nigeria Police Force, Amotekun and other security agencies were seen stationed at different strategic locations of the metropolis to prevent breakdown of law and order.

    NAN

  • Fuel/Naira Scarcity: One Casualty, another injured as soldiers reportedly shoot at Ibadan protesters

    Fuel/Naira Scarcity: One Casualty, another injured as soldiers reportedly shoot at Ibadan protesters

    One casualty recorded, one injured as soldiers reportedly shot a motorcyclist amidst the protest against fuel and naira notes scarcity at the Apata area in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    The protests which happened across the major cities of the state grounded activities and had youths carrying placards expressing their grievances on the situation since Friday.

    According to an eyewitness account as reported by Nigerian Tribune, the shooting incident happened in the early hours of Saturday after men of the Nigerian Army were deployed on the street to douse the tension in the state.

    “We saw soldiers’ vehicles pass through Brent, and all we heard were gunshots.

    “Everyone ran for their lives; some lay on the floor to prevent stray bullets,” the eyewitness was quoted to have said.

    The eyewitness added that there was also a female casualty in the shootout who is currently receiving treatment at the Lafia Hospital in the NNPC area.

    All efforts to reach the state command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Adewale Osifeso, for comments on the alleged shootout proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.

    Details later…