Tag Archives: Ibadan

Amid deepening tensions within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former presidential candidate and founding member of the party, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has urged immediate reconciliation and a return to the party’s original principles, warning that Nigeria’s democracy is at stake. Hashim issued the statement on Sunday as a faction of the PDP proceeded with a controversial National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo …

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Revival Promotion Partners (RPP) has concluded an impactful outreach across Ibadan and Ilesha, bringing together hundreds of ministers, church workers, and believers from Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Edo, Ekiti and Kwara States. The seminars, held from November 10–13, 2025, were led by Pastor Simeon Afolabi, Serving Overseer of First Love Assembly and other ministers of the gospel, focused on the …

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The Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, has passed on at the age of 90. According to Tribune Online, the revered monarch died in the early hours of Monday, July 7, 2025, just two days after marking his 90th birthday. Oba Olakulehin ascended the throne in July 2024 and received the staff of office from Oyo State …

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The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Ọlálékan Balogun, aged 81, passed away on Thursday evening after a brief hospitalization at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo State, as confirmed by Oladele Ogunsola, the Media Aide of the late monarch. According to Ogunsola, “Olubadan bowed out gracefully this evening at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan after a brief illness,” …

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In response to the tragic explosion that shook parts of Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Tuesday night, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has taken swift action by establishing an investigative panel to scrutinize the handling of explosives and identify any legal violations. During a meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, informed State …

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Oyo State government and the Nigerian Police have reacted to the explosions that shook parts of Ibadan, the state capital around 8 p.m. on Tuesday. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, termed it an “uncommon explosion” and assured the public that the state government is fully in control of the situation. Security measures have been swiftly implemented, …

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In an unexpected twist of weather phenomena, the city of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, has welcomed its initial rainfall of the year, as detailed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The unforeseen downpour graced the early hours of Thursday, January 4th, marking a momentous meteorological occurrence for the region. Defying earlier forecasts of lightning, heavy winds, …

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Worried by the increasing volume of non-oil export in the informal sector, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr. Olusegun Awolowo has enjoined players in the informal export trade to embrace formal export which would be beneficial to the national economy and bring development to border communities. Awolowo, made this appeal at the Stakeholders’ sensitisation …

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A two-storey building has collapsed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday evening with many site workers fared trapped. The incident occurred at Sogoye, along the Idi Arere- Molete Road, at 5:50pm and three persons have so far been pulled out of the debris with serious injuries. According to an eyewitness, the property was being developed for commercial purpose …

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The Federal government has approved N64.108 billion for additional work on 43 kilometres’ part of section one of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, who spoke with reporters after about six hours’ FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said it was part of the N68.6 billion approved for roads …

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