The Oloko of Oko Ile, Oba Gabriel Adepoju, has passed on.
The Oyo monarch died on Sunday, Jan. 30, at the age of 85.
Oba Adepoju ascended the throne in 1997.
His death comes on the heels of the deaths of at least three prominent monarchs in Oyo state.
Police in Lagos on Sunday said they arrested 185 suspected cultists terrorizing Ikorodu and environs. Spokesman Bala Elkana said eight locally-made pistols were recovered from the suspects within the last two weeks during raids of Ikorodu, Ipakodo, Igbogbo, Ibeshe, Shagamu Road, Agbowa and others. Elkana said the raids followed a directive from the Commissioner of…
Abdulsalam Ajibola, a 42-year-old man, has been arrested. He was nabbed by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kwara State for allegedly defrauding two admission seekers. Ajibola was said to have presented himself as a soldier and promised to help his victims secure admission into Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. The spokesperson…
The naira suffered a further setback at the parallel market and Investors and Exporters forex window on Tuesday. According to figures obtained from Bureau De Change operators, the naira exchanged to the dollar for 473/$ at the parallel market. It had earlier gained in recent times after it closed the year 2020 at 467/$. At…
Justice Samuel Ilori, the ninth chief judge of Lagos State has died at the age of 87. A brief statement on Wednesday signed by his daughter Olukemi Ilori on behalf of the family said the former chief judge died on Tuesday in Lagos. “He was well and just passed peacefully on that day,” the statement…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu paid a condolence visit to the Senior Pastor of Trinity House, Ituah ighodalo, over the death of his wife, Ibidunni Ighodalo. Information Nigeria recalls Ibidunni died on Sunday in her hotel room in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Taking to Twitter, the Governor wrote; “I was shocked when I received the…
Soldiers have killed unknown hoodlums wearing black attires during an encounter in Aba. High-level army personnel, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the event happened Tuesday evening. According to the source, the army got information that “the hoodlums were going to attack one of our locations. “We placed our men on red alert and…