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  • Amotekun Arrests 16 Hausa Men With 18 Rifles Heading For Oyo Town (PHOTOS)

    . Amotekun Arrests 16 Hausa Men With 18 Rifles Heading For Oyo Town (PHOTOS)

     The operatives of the Western Security Network, also known as Amotekun, have rounded up 16 armed Hausa gunmen. The gunmen were nabbed in the Ori Awo area of Oyo town in Oyo State, by the Amotekun operatives who recovered 18 rifles from the gang.It was learnt that the Amotekun operatives apprehended the gunmen on Monday, and when they were quizzed,
  • Police Arrest OPC Members Who Arrested Wakili The Notorious Herdsman In Oyo

    . Police Arrest OPC Members Who Arrested Wakili The Notorious Herdsman In Oyo

     The Oyo State Police command has declared that it has arrested some members of the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) in connection with the earlier arrest of Isikilu Wakili.Recall that Wakili, a Fulani herdsman was accused of terrorising residents of Ibarapa geo-political zone of the state.Our correspondent gathered that after a series of alleged attack
  • BREAKING! Notorious Herdsmen, Iskilu Wakili Arrested In Ibarapa, Oyo State (Video)

    .. BREAKING! Notorious Herdsmen, Iskilu Wakili Arrested In Ibarapa, Oyo State (Video)

     The notorious herdsman terrorising communities in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas of Oyo State, Iskilu Wakili, has been arrested.According to the Nation Newspaper, he was arrested on Sunday morning in Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government.Wakili had been alleged to have masterminded the killings and abductions in the communities.He was arrested by
  • BREAKING: Oyo State Gov. Makinde Orders Demolition Of Oyo State House In Abuja (Photos)

    . BREAKING: Oyo State Gov. Makinde Orders Demolition Of Oyo State House In Abuja (Photos)

     Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has ordered the demolition of the Oyo State lodge in Abuja.It was gathered that the Oyo House is located in the Asokoro area of Abuja.The demolition was effected on Thursday afternoon.The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa when contacted revealed that the house was undergoing remodelling, expl
  • 2 Persons Died As Fulani and Yoruba Engaged In Bloody Fight In Oyo State

    . 2 Persons Died As Fulani and Yoruba Engaged In Bloody Fight In Oyo State

     Fulani herdsmen and members of the Oyo state security outfit named Amotekun have gotten into a messy fight that left two persons dead in Oyo state. According to Punch, the incident happened at Aba Abugudu Market in the Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State. Also, two members of the Oyo State Security Network Agency known as Amotekun and a vigi
  • Property Worth Millions Of Naira Razed As Fire Breaks In Oyo Market

    . Property Worth Millions Of Naira Razed As Fire Breaks In Oyo Market

     Goods worth millions of naira have been burnt as a result of a fire incident that occurred at Sabo Market in Oyo town.It was reported that the fire, which started around 10 pm on Tuesday, destroyed some shops and property.Sabo Market is the biggest farmers’ market in Oyo town.Fire fighters from Oyo State fire service were called immediately the
  • "Fish Out Operatives Who Allegedly Attacked Sunday Igboho" -Groups Call Out FG, Oyo Govt

    . "Fish Out Operatives Who Allegedly Attacked Sunday Igboho" -Groups Call Out FG, Oyo Govt

     A civil rights organization, Save Lagos Group (SLG) has asked the Federal and Oyo State Governments to fish out the security operatives over a “physical fresh attack and attempt” on Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho on Friday.It advised the DSS to stop denying the foiled attempt to arrest Sunday Igboho on Friday as widely reporte
  • "They Begged For Water Before Attacking Us" -Oyo Women Assaulted By Herdsmen Recount Ordeal

    . "They Begged For Water Before Attacking Us" -Oyo Women Assaulted By Herdsmen Recount Ordeal

     According to a report, some r*pe victims in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, have recounted their ordeals at the hands of herders in the area.Sola, an eighteen-year-old victim who was raped on her father’s farm, said she had gone alongside her siblings to the farm to assist her parents as it was harvest season. “Aroun
  • PHOTOS: Oyo State Legislator, Odidiomo Empowers His Constituents With Goats

    . PHOTOS: Oyo State Legislator, Odidiomo Empowers His Constituents With Goats

     This right here, is one of the reasons why many politicians try to keep Nigerians in disarray with lack of enlightenment and education.One of the federal legislators from Oyo state actually had the cheek to engage his constituents with goats as a form of 'empowerment'. Given that the constituents were majorly old population but yet, how
  • "I Have No Godfather" – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Declares

    . "I Have No Godfather" – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Declares

     Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Saturday said that he has no godfather.Makinde made this declaration while speaking in Ibadan, the state capital.DAILY POST recalls that Makinde in 2019 won the gubernatorial election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The election was won after a coalition was formed with some political par
  • "Fulani Herdsmen Not Responsible For Ex Rep, Fatai Aborode’s Killing" – Oyo Gov, Seyi Makinde

    . "Fulani Herdsmen Not Responsible For Ex Rep, Fatai Aborode’s Killing" – Oyo Gov, Seyi Makinde

     Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Saturday declared that herdsmen were not responsible for the killing of Dr. Fatai Aborode.Aborode, a former House of Representatives candidate, was last year killed in Iganga, a town in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state by yet to be identified persons.The killing and other killings, kidnapping a
  • SPN Fires OYSIEC Over Imposition Of N250,000 Nomination Fee For Candidates In Oyo LG Election

    . SPN Fires OYSIEC Over Imposition Of N250,000 Nomination Fee For Candidates In Oyo LG Election

     Oyo State chapter of Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), on Wednesday, described the N250,000 nomination fee to be paid by contestants for the position of local government chairmen in the state as illegal.Recall that Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) a few days ago announced that it will conduct the local government election on May
  • Photos: Oyo State Gov. Makinde Hosts Northern Governors Over Shasha Market Crisis

    . Photos: Oyo State Gov. Makinde Hosts Northern Governors Over Shasha Market Crisis

     Following the crisis at the Shasha market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Governor Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), on Monday, led Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Abubakar Bello (Niger) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) into a meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde at Oyo State Government House, Ibadan.The governors, who arrived at 7.03 p.m., were subsequen
  • Couple Bags 40 Years Jail Term For N53M Fraud In Oyo State

    . Couple Bags 40 Years Jail Term For N53M Fraud In Oyo State

     A couple has been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each. Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle were sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today, February 15, 2021. They were found guilty on all four counts of conspiracy and obtaining by
  • Not Less Than 11 Persons Reportedly Buried Following Clash Between Yoruba & Hausa In Oyo

    . Not Less Than 11 Persons Reportedly Buried Following Clash Between Yoruba & Hausa In Oyo

     No fewer than 11 persons were reportedly buried on Sunday in the aftermath of the clash between Yoruba and Hausa residents of Shasa Market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.chaos broke out in the State on Thursday when a Hausa man and a Yoruba trader clashed, leading to the death of many residents.It was gathered that about 5,000 Haus
  • Valentine’s Day Didn’t Influence Viral ‘Lori Iro’ Sermon - Oyo Based Preacher, Gbadamosi Ismail

    . Valentine’s Day Didn’t Influence Viral ‘Lori Iro’ Sermon - Oyo Based Preacher, Gbadamosi Ismail

     Ibadan, Oyo State-based preacher, Gbadamosi Ismail, usually goes around town preaching the gospel to all who care to listen. When he was preaching recently about lies that lovers tell to one another, little did he know that it would make him an Internet sensation. Shortly after the video surfaced online, it became popular with people repeating ‘
  • Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Shuts Shasha Market Indefinitely, Imposes Curfew

    . Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Shuts Shasha Market Indefinitely, Imposes Curfew

     Oyo state government has imposed 24-hour curfew on Shasha market. The market has also been ordered shut down indefinitely.The decision, according to Governor Seyi Makinde, follows the continued killings and destruction of property in the market.The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Taiwo Adisa confirmed the development on Saturday.The cla
  • Amotekun Operative Shot For Arresting Fulani Herdsmen Who Destroyed Farm By Police DPO In Oyo

    . Amotekun Operative Shot For Arresting Fulani Herdsmen Who Destroyed Farm By Police DPO In Oyo

     An operative of Amotekun, Job Adewale, has reportedly been shot by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ile-Igbon Division, Surulere Local Government Area of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Adepoju Ayodeji.According to SaharaReporters, Adewale was shot on Friday at close range on by the police DPO for arresting Fulani herdsmen who allegedly destroyed
  • Oyo State Former Governor, Rasheed Ladoja Sets To Join APC With His Loyalists

    . Oyo State Former Governor, Rasheed Ladoja Sets To Join APC With His Loyalists

     A former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Ladoja, and his supporters in Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) on Friday initiated merger talks with the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general elections.The meeting, which was held at the Premier Hotel, Mokola, Ibadan, was reportedly approved by Ladoja.It will be recalled that ZLP, under
  • Ibarapa Land Now Safe - Oyo Amotekun Commandant, Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju Declared

    . Ibarapa Land Now Safe - Oyo Amotekun Commandant, Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju Declared

     The Commandant of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, has declared that Ibarapaland is safe and free of killers and kidnappers.The Oyo State Government had deployed 200 operatives of the Amotekun in Ibarapa Local Government Area of the state to checkmate the crisis between Ibarapa indigen
  • Save Us From Fulani Herdsmen- Residents Of Oyo Community Cry Out To Sunday Igboho

    . Save Us From Fulani Herdsmen- Residents Of Oyo Community Cry Out To Sunday Igboho

     Resident of Kajola village via Ayete in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State have called on Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho to come to their rescue from a group of armed herdsmen headed by one Iskilu Wakil.One of the farmers in the village, Peter David, alleged in an interview with Punch on
  • Photos: Check Out Moment Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi Storms Oniru Of Iruland's Palace

    . Photos: Check Out Moment Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi Storms Oniru Of Iruland's Palace

     This is the moment Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo stormed Oniru of Iruland Oba Gbolahan Lawal's palace.It was fun and pageantry. More photos from his visitation below...
  • BREAKING: Amotekun Leader, Salaudeen Dies In Autocrash In Oyo

    . BREAKING: Amotekun Leader, Salaudeen Dies In Autocrash In Oyo

     Tajudeen Salaudeen, a leader of  the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State, is dead.The man reportedly died in an accident.He was said to have crashed his motorcycle when trying to avoid a pothole on Thursday at Sawmill area, on Ilero road.Saturday Vanguard gathered that the deceased
  • Cashew Farm Burnt, Four Farmers Shot By Fulani For Complaining About Their Criminal Activities In Oyo

    . Cashew Farm Burnt, Four Farmers Shot By Fulani For Complaining About Their Criminal Activities In Oyo

     According to SaharaReporters, the farm belonging to a 90-year-old Yoruba man, Chief Oyewole, was burnt because the nonagenarian was one of those who had complained about the criminal activities of Fulani herdsmen in his village.It was gathered that seven youths on Wednesday went to the Fulani settlement to inform Wakili, the Fulani leader in the a
  • JUST IN: Oyo Civil Servants Declare Indefinite Strike Over Unpaid 6 Months Deduction By Makinde

    . JUST IN: Oyo Civil Servants Declare Indefinite Strike Over Unpaid 6 Months Deduction By Makinde

     Some civil servants in Oyo State on Thursday declared an indefinite strike.Our correspondent learned that the workers declared the indefinite strike over allegations of unpaid deductions by the Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration.activities at some ministries and agencies at Oyo State Secretariat were paralyzed by the protesting workers on Th
  • Makinde’s Aide Tells Sunday Dare, APC To Stop Playing Politics With Oyo Crisis, Blame Buhari

    . Makinde’s Aide Tells Sunday Dare, APC To Stop Playing Politics With Oyo Crisis, Blame Buhari

     Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, warned Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, and others in opposition to stop playing 2023 politics with the situation in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun.Taiwo accused them of missing the point due to pettiness, contempt and attempt to play to the gallery.The CPS said the opposition
  • BREAKING: Photo Of Suspected 13 Yahoo Boys Apprehended By EFCC In Oyo State

    . BREAKING: Photo Of Suspected 13 Yahoo Boys Apprehended By EFCC In Oyo State

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Monday, January 25, 2021, arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.Others are: Bakare Omolayo, Adesuntola Adebayo, Ridwan Gbolahan, Abdulfatai Waliu, Olayiwola Olamilekan, Raji Wasiu, Olawale Ibrahim and Tajudeen Mojeed.Four cars, Phones,
  • BREAKING: Yoruba Activist, Sunday Igboho's House Set On Fire In Ibadan, Oyo (Vid/Pics)

    .. BREAKING: Yoruba Activist, Sunday Igboho's House Set On Fire In Ibadan, Oyo (Vid/Pics)

     A property owned by Sunday Igboho was set ablaze early Tuesday morning. The building is his Soka residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capitalA source discloses the incident, He said the attackers gained access into the compound from the rear wing. “We have it on good authority that the main target is Igboho’s main home in Ibadan. But it is hard
  • Olubadan Of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji Speaks On Tension In Oyo State Over Insecurity

    . Olubadan Of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji Speaks On Tension In Oyo State Over Insecurity

     The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has aired his opinion on the tension in Oyo State.The monarch appealed to farmers and herders in Ibarapa and Nigeria, in general, to live in peace.He spoke on Saturday at the Royal Festival of Praise organised by the Holy Ghost Royal House of Restoration Church in Ibadan.Olubadan was represented by M
  • 'Nothing Must Happen To Sunday Igboho' – Nnamdi Kanu Warns Oyo CP, Onadeko

    . 'Nothing Must Happen To Sunday Igboho' – Nnamdi Kanu Warns Oyo CP, Onadeko

     The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned the new Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko to resign now rather than arrest Sunday Igboho.Kanu made the call in response to the arrest of Igboho over his quit notice to herdsmen.The IPOB leader, in a statement, warned Onadeko to ensure nothing happens to Igb

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