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    Politics God Warns Us About Corruption In The Bible, It Is Destroying Nigeria - Obasanjo

    Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has again reiterated the damage done by corruption to developing countries and to the children and future of Africa. According to Channels TV, Obasanjo made the statement at a public lecture to mark the 14th anniversary of the Dorcas Oke Hope...
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    Metro [Video] Man Released By Ritualists After 2 Years In Ibadan Because He Wasn't Useful

    A Nigerian man who reportedly spent 2 years in ritualists' den, has been released by his captors because he wasn't useful. He was reportedly dropped along BCJ road, Apata area of Ibadan. ConnectIbadan shard a video of him on Instagram; "A Good Samaritan, Miss Opeyemi was passing by along BCJ...
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    Metro Nigeria: IART Professor Sentenced to 40 Years in Jail For Diverting Workers Salary

    A professor of Agriculture, Benjamen Ogunmodede, along with two others have been sentenced to 40 years in prison by a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan. The other two are Zacheus Tejumola and Adenekan Clement. Prof. Ogunmodede, who is also a Reverend with the Anglican Church, is the former...
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    Politics Buhari's Return Has Brought Stability, Happiness And Joy To Nigerians - Shittu

    The Minister of Communications, Barrister Abdul-Raheem Adebayo Shittu has declared that the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from his medical vacation in London has brought stability, happiness and joy to Nigerians. Shittu, who spoke with journalists after he observed Eid-Kabir prayers in...
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    Metro In Ibadan: Wife Divorces Husband Because He Couldn't Satisfy Her Sexually

    The 10-year-old marriage between Iyabo Adedayo and her husband, Babatunde, on Tuesday was dissolved because Babatunde couldn't satisfy his wife sexually. President of the court, Mr Ademola Odunade, said that the marriage was dissolved due to irreconcilable differences. “Iyabo shall take...
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    Metro LAUTECH Students Celebrate Death Of Living Vice Chancellor, Display Obituary Posters [PHOTOS]

    In what looks rather strange, the students of Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Oyo State on Wednesday took to the entrance of the institution to celebrate the death of their ''living'' Vice Chancellor, Sulaimon Gbadegesin. In photos that have been making rounds online, the students were...
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    Metro Prophet In Possession Of Human Skull Arraigned In Ibadan

    Self-acclaimed 55-year-old prophet was on Tuesday arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for being in possession of a human skull. According to the charge sheet, with number, Mi/1731c/2017, the accused, Isaiah Alimi, who claimed to be a prophet, was arraigned on...
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    Metro 2017 UTME Candidates Blocked From Entering LAUTECH

    Candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination‎, UTME, at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State have been denied to enter the premises of the institution. The entrance to the institution‎ is said to agog with students, parents and staff of the...
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    Metro Oyo: Iyaloja of Ibadan Sues Olubadan for Stripping Her of Chieftaincy Title

    Chief Labake Lawal, the Iyaloja of Ibadan has dragged the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan-in-Council and Chief Iswat Ameringun to court for stripping her of her title. In March, Lawal was stripped of her title and Chief Ameringun was installed as the Iyaloja. In the suit...
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    Metro Police Officers Storm Wedding, Arrest Groom, Pack Cakes

    Some men of the Nigeria Police Force last weekend bumped into a wedding celebration, and rounded up the groom. The incident, according to DailyPost, reportedly happened in Amuloko area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The arrested groom, popularly called in the area as ‘Togo’, was suspected to be a member...
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    Politics Buhari's Minister, Shittu: I Want To Be Oyo Governor Because Two of My Wives Are From Ibadan

    Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has reaffirmed his desire to contest for the governor of Oyo state at the next elections. Shittu, while featuring on a TV programme explained that he is more of an Ibadan man though he hails from Saki ‎area of Oke-ogun of Oyo State...
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    Metro UCH Mortuary Attendant Cuts off Corpse's Head, Tries to Run Away With It

    A mortuary attendant at the University College Hospital, (UCH) Ibadan has been remanded in prison for stealing the head of a corpse and trying to make away with it. 57-year-old Muritala Raimi allegedly decapitated an unidentified dead man and concealed it in a bag. But while attempting to...
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    Metro N8bn Mutilated Currency Theft: CBN Staff, Ex Banker Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

    A staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria staff, Philip Togun, and Esther Afolabi, a former staff of WEMA Bank have been sentenced to 18 years in prison by a Federal High Court in Ibadan. They were arraigned for conspiracy, conversion, forgery, re-circulation of mutilated currencies and stealing...
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    Metro Lead City University Student 'Moshood Owolabi' Sentenced To Death By Hanging

    Moshood Owolabi, a 200-level student of Lead City University, Ibadan has been sentenced to death by hanging for stabbing his fellow student, Seun Kolawole to death. NAN reports that Owolabi stabbed Kolawole to death with a bottle two years ago. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice...
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    Politics Bola Tinubu, Orji Kalu Get Chieftaincy Titles From Olubadan

    The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji will be honour All Progressives Congress, APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Yobe State, Alhaji Bukar Ibrahim with chieftaincy titles as part of activities marking the first...
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    Business Nigeria: Construction of Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail Line Begins Next Month

    The federal government will start laying infrastructure for the construction of a standard gauge rail line to run between Lagos and Ibadan next month, Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okheria, has announced. The rail would span 156.65km and would be a double rail...
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    Metro Olubadan Boils, Reveals What Will Happen To Anyone Who Fights Over Chieftaincy

    The Olubadan-in-Council, the highest decision-making organ on Ibadan chieftaincy matters, has frowned at the use of violence during chieftaincy disputes, saying henceforth, erring parties would face sanctions. The council, at its emergency meeting at the Popoyemoja palace of the Olubadan of...
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    Metro Nigeria: Woman Stabs Husband to Death in Ibadan

    Doris Kanung, a 35 year old woman, has been remanded in prison for stabbing her husband to death in Ibadan, Oyo state. She was on Monday arraigned Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan. Sgt. Femi Omilana, the prosecutor said she committed the act on Aug. 3, at about 11.30p.m. According...
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    Metro Oyo Lawmaker Tracked Down and Murdered in Ibadan

    A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Gideon Aremu, was on Friday assassinated by gunmen in Ibadan. Mr. Aremu represents Orelope State Constituency of the state. According to a Punch report, the gunmen followed him using a motorcycle on his way home. They gunned him down in front of...
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    Metro SarakiVsCCT: Guru Maharaj Ji Sends Powerful Message to the NASS

    The spiritual leader and founder of One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji has said with shocking revelations emerging from the on-going trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Bureau, any truly distinguished senator that is worth his name and accolade should avoid...
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