Tag: Ibadan
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FG committed to free, compulsory basic education – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government towards free and compulsory education of the first nine years of a child school life across the country. Osinbajo gave the commitment in Ibadan while speaking at the Divine Proclamation Service of the Dominion University, The Vice President recalled that…
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FG suspends 2019 teachers professional qualifying exam in Ibadan
The Federal Government has suspended the 2019 Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) for teachers at the Ibadan CBT centre following alleged unruly behaviour of the candidates. Mr Sonny Echono, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, disclosed this in an interview with journalists after monitoring the Computer Based Test (CBT) process in Abuja on Saturday. Echono…
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Sad! Comedian dies weeks before completion of NYSC
Adeshina Damilola a.k.a Ibadan, an Architecture graduate of the Lagos State Polytechnic is dead. The talented budding comedian lost his life in an accident on Thursday, at Total filling station Odoguyan Ikorodu ,after a trailer hit a bike he was commuting on. The Batch C stream 2 corps member was getting set for the completion…
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Many trapped, one missing as flood wrecks havoc in Ibadan
A middle-aged man whose identity was still unknown was washed away on Thursday night by flood at Oluyole, in Ibadan South West Local Government area of Oyo state following a torrential downpour in the city. Many areas of the city were flooded, while scores of people were said to have been trapped when bridges and…
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Xenophobia [Video]: Angry Nigerians set MTN office on fire in Ibadan
Angry Nigerians set office of telecommunication giant, MTN on fire in the Bodija area of Ibadan, Oyo state capital. Recall that TheNewsGuru, TNG had earlier on Tuesday reported that MTN’s office had earlier been shut nationwide over attacks on South African companies in the country. See video: MTN office bodija, Ibadan NIGERIA. They don buy…
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I beat my wife due to infidelity, deception – man tells court
An Ibadan based commercial bus driver, Hakeem Yusuf, on Thursday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, that he often beats his wife, Ronke, because of her alleged infidelity and deceptiveness. Hakeem’s testimony was in response to his wife’s allegation of constant battery before Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of the court. Hakeem, who consented…
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EFCC Ibadan Zone secures 83 convictions in 6 months – Official
Mr Friday Ebelo, the Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zone on Monday said the commission secured 83 convictions out 107 cases filed in courts in six months. Ebelo told newsmen on Monday in Ibadan that the zone received 481 petitions out of which 117 were rejected based on jurisdiction…
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Eight injured in another Ibadan building collapse
A two-storey building under construction on Tuesday collapsed in Ibadan, injuring eight persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the building located on Eleyele road in Jericho area of Ibadan collapsed at about 4.pm. Speaking with NAN, one of the bricklayers at the site, Mr Kazeem Adebayo, said concrete casting on a portion…
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Man jumps to death from bank’s mast in Ibadan
A man suspected to be mentally unstable on Saturday jumped to his death from a bank’s network mast in Sango area of Ibadan. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Oyo State Police Public Relation officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the naked victim came to the Wema Bank branch in Sango and…
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EFCC arrests 6 Yahoo boys, recovers exotic cars
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office have arrested six `Yahoo’ boys and recovered five different models of exotic cars, laptops. The Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. He said other items recovered…