Tag: OYO
Jailbreak in Oyo Abolongo prison, inmates missing
Gunmen broke into the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town on Friday night, freeing several inmates at the facility.
Spokesman for the Nigeria Correctional Service,...
Makinde to engage Man O’ War to secure Oyo primary, secondary...
Governor Seyi Makinde on Thursday said his administration plans to engage Man O’ War Nigeria to assist in providing security and surveillance for primary...
Widow of late Oyo commissioner Kehinde Ayoola dies
Prof. Oluwakemi Ayoola, widow of the late Oyo commissioner for environment and natural resources Kehinde Ayoola, has died barely 10 months after the death...
Oyo government approves N319m to procure 20 pick-up vans to boost...
The Oyo state government has approved the sum of N319 million for the procurement of 20 units of pick-up vans as part of measures...
Amotekun arrests Naira Marley fans in Oyo secondary school
The Western Security Network, also known as Amotekun, has arrested some secondary school students identified as fans of singer Naira Marley in Oyo State.
A...
Two feared dead, property destroyed as Sunday Igboho’s supporters, herdsmen clash...
Two persons have been suspected killed after supporters of a Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho stormed Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government...
Oyo officials charged with stealing, selling COVID-19 palliatives
The police have arraigned two officials of Oyo State Government before an Iwo-Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for allegedly stealing and selling 40 bags...
Amotekun operative shoots policeman in Oyo
An operative of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, has been arrested for allegedly shooting a policeman.
The incident occurred over the weekend...
Oyo lifts curfew to allow cross-over services
Oyo State Government has lifted the Federal Government-imposed 12 am to 4 am curfew to allow cross-over services in the state on December 31.
The...
Trafficking victim reunites with family after 14 years
Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday reunited a trafficking victim Khadijat Barugu with her family in Benin Republic after...