News as it breaks
Gunmen have launched a deadly, commando-style attack on Aqua Triton Company in Ogunmakin, near Ibadan, Oyo State, killing a police officer and abducting an Indian expatriate. The Oyo State Police Command confirmed the incident on Saturday, describing it as a coordinated assault on the company’s premises. According to the Police…
A fire outbreak in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, destroyed properties worth millions of naira at a residential building in the Ile-Gbogi, Papa area of Surulere. Confirming the incident, the Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande, said the blaze affected one of six rooms in the private building. According…
Three traditional rulers from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been confirmed dead in an auto crash in the state on Friday. Nine other persons were also said to have been injured in a separate accident on the same day. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Online that the affected monarchs…
The funds, according to court filings, are to settle the outstanding balance of N3,374,889,425.60 from the judgment debt owed some former local government chairpersons and councillors sacked on 29 May 29 2019 before the end of their tenure by Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde.
