Mob Sets 2 Ablaze In Ibadan Over Alleged Robbery

Mob A mob on Monday set two persons ablaze over alleged robbery at Molete and Oke-Ado areas of Ibadan, Eko hot blog gathered. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the incident in a statement in Ibadan. Fadeyi said that the incident occurred in the morning. Read Also: Davido Makes … Read more

Makinde Inaugurates Oyo’s Anti-corruption Agency

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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday inaugurated the state’s anti-corruption commission, declaring that his administration’s zero tolerance for corruption remains unshakable. The governor, who was speaking inside the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan, said that with the inauguration, Oyo State as Pacesetter State, will become a worthy reference for other … Read more

Ibadan Residents Set Suspected Robbers Ablaze

A yet to be identified man as at the time of filing this report, alongside his accomplice, have been set ablaze by a mob in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, Eko Hot Blog has gathered. The duo were killed after they allegedly robbed a 27-year-old man on Wednesday. It was gathered that the duo snatched … Read more

Police Working To Free Indians Kidnapped In Ibadan – Oyo PPRO

Tragedy As Family Of 10 Dies After Consuming Herbal Mixture In Kwara

The Oyo State Police Command said its officers are working to free two Indians kidnapped by gunmen along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. “They were kidnapped along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday and our men are working assiduously to reunite them with their families,” Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olugbenga Fadeyi, told The PUNCH. … Read more

One dead, Others Injured As Hoodlums Unleash Terror In Oyo

About 700 hoodlums have reportedly unleashed terror on residents of Wesley College area of Ibadan leaving one dead and others injured. This was disclosed by the National President of Soludero Hunters Association, Oba Wahab Ajijola Anabi when speaking with newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday. He said the hoodlums have taken over Labo, Orita Aperin, Elekuro, … Read more

BREAKING: Two Dead As Prison Officials, Motorcyclists Clash In Ibadan

Two persons have been reportedly killed in a clash between officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) and commercial motorcyclists operating in Agodi-Gate area of Ibadan, the state capital city. Trouble was said to have started when the officials of the correctional service insisted that the commercial motorcyclists who plies Iwo-Road-Bashorun-Akobo axis would not be … Read more

BREAKING: OPC Raises Alarm As Herdsmen ‘Invade’ Ibadan Community

Residents of the Maje, Soka area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital are in disarray over alleged invasion of the area by about 300 suspected herdsmen. The Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Oyo State, Mr Rotimi Olumo, disclosed that residents of the area alerted him, said he went to the area and … Read more

BREAKING: #EndSARS Protesters Ground Ibadan Again

Octer 15, 2020. Thousands of youths trooped out again in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Thursday in continuation of the #EndSARS protest. Armed with placards with various inscriptions, the protesting youths gathered at Trans, along the UI-Bodija road chanting EndSARS; NoSAWAT as they marched on the streets. Another group of youths gathered in front … Read more

Another Suspected Kidnappers’ Den Discovered In Ibadan

Another Suspected Kidnappers’ Den Discovered In Ibadan Ekohotblog, September 30, 2020 Another suspected kidnappers’ den has been discovered in Ibadan, Oyo state. The new den was discovered  on Tuesday morning on the popular Liberty Road in the Ibadan Southwest local government of Oyo State. Sources told our reporter that they found the place after they tried … Read more

FRSC Impounds 150 Vehicles, Arraigns 47 For Traffic Violation In Oyo

FRSC Approves Promotion Of 64 Assitant Corps Commanders

The officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Oyo State Command, have disclosed that it has impounded 150 vehicles and prosecuted 47 traffic violators during a special patrol in August codenamed Operation Scorpion II. The special nationwide patrol by the corps, which was to stop the movement of unlatched containers on articulated trucks, was held … Read more

IG To Oyo CP, Operatives: No More Complacency On Ibadan Serial Killer

Insecurity: IGP Flags Off Operation Puff Adder II

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has commended operatives of the Oyo State Police Command and their Commissioner, Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, over their rearrest of suspected 19-year-old serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, who escaped from police custody. Shodipe, who escaped from custody on August 11, 2020, was rearrested on Sunday (today). A statement by the … Read more

I Beat My Husband Because He Orders Me About, Ibadan Woman Tells Court

I Married A Debtor, She Runs Out Every Morning To Evade Creditors- Man Tells Court

A trader, Damilola Osilulu, on Tuesday told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan that she beats her husband because he orders her around on how she should live her life. Testifying before Chief Henry Agbaje, the President of the court, Damilola countered her husband’s accusation, claiming that her husband complains a lot and also makes … Read more

Ministers Inspect Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project

The Ministers of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi have embarked on inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail projects. The Lagos-Ibadan rail project is the first double-track standard gauge modern railway in West Africa. The project, the second leg of the Lagos-Kano Railway Modernisation Project is being constructed by … Read more

Soap Factory Suspends Operation Over UI Student’s Death

– The soap factory where the UI student died has been shut down – This was announced in a statement released by the Human Resources Manager of the company, Aliyu Jubril, on Friday – The company in the statement also expressed their sincere regret concerning the incident  The management of Expand Global Industries Limited has … Read more