Three suspected “one chance” robbers have been arrested in Akure, the state capital. The Ondo State Police Command made this known in a statement on Sunday The suspects were identified as Akin David, 36; Kayode Akinlosolu, 42; and Adekunle Blessing, 32. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Funmilayo Odunlami explained that on April 16,…
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has made clarifications about the burial of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. A statement by spokesman Kehinde Aderemi noted that the transition and burial rites of the monarch were “purely traditional and not religious”. Adams said before the announcement of death, the Isoro and the…
A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Musa Darazo, has donated his monthly allowances as his contribution to the Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s presidential project. The Corps member who is serving in Gombe State, made this known on Friday, saying that the gesture was his own little way of contributing to Bola Ahmed…
One of the estranged wives of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Queen Dami has been disgraced out of the palace after she showed up yesterday with mourners to claim her inheritance from the late ruler’s wealth. GIOTV recalls that Queen Damilola was once locked up in a cell after allegedly going against a palace rule,…
A farmer identified as Unaha Enesi, has been murdered in Ago Panu, Upenmen-Owo, along Owo/Ikare road, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that some unknown assailants beheaded the farmer while he was working on his farm on Wednesday April 20, and went away with his head. Enesi, who hailed from…
‘Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor, has urged fresh graduates of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, to be resilient so as to able to overcome challenges in life. The governor said he was resilient and determined to succeed, adding that this was why he helped him to win after several failures recorded in…
Civil society group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over the failure to unblock the phone lines of over 72 million telecommunication subscribers barred from making calls on their SIMs.” Joined in the suit as Respondents are Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), Minister of Justice and the…
Ugwueze Ezekiel, an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, has tortured and brutalised his 19-year-old sister, Amarachi Ugwueze, a microbiology student of University of Abuja, for refusing to surrender her mobile phone to him after accusing her of having a boyfriend. The incident, which occurred at Aviation Estate in Kuje Area Council…
Julius Osahon, a freelance journalist who is based in Bayelsa and who recently regained freedom from kidnappers’ den, tells ADEYINKA ADEDIPE about the scary experience What are the events that led to your kidnap? I must say that I had no premonition that such could happen to me. But when the kidnap happened, it all…
The 18 wives of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, may now be available to suitors without undergoing cleansing rituals after the demise of the renowned monarch. Oba Adeyemi, 83, passed on late Friday after receiving treatments at the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti and is expected to be buried according to Islamic…