Tag: Ibadan
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Fire disaster hits four shops in agbeni market, Ibadan
No fewer than four shops with goods worth several millions of naira has been destroyed in a fire disaster at Jamoje Compound, Agbeni, Ibadan. According to Our correspondent, The inferno started in the early hours of today,(Monday), and efforts by residents and shop owners within the vicinity to put out the fire was to no…
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I escaped while the officer was talking – Ibadan Serial Killer Reveals
The man suspected to be behind series of killings and rape of women in Akinyele area of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Sunday Shodipe, has revealed to police how he escaped from their custody after his initial arrest. Shodipe, who was arrested on July 17, said he decided to escape when he realised the…
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UCH Ibadan Chief Medical Director tests positive for coronavirus
The Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, has said that he tested positive for coronavirus. He made this known in a statement personally signed by him on Sunday morning. The statement read, “Unfortunately, my result returned positive on Saturday afternoon and I remain in isolation as I am not symptomatic. All…
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Hoodlums Attack Atiku’s Wife In Ibadan
Wife of a former Vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Titi, was on Friday evening attacked by suspected political thugs at Sarkin Sasa house in Ojoo area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Mrs. Abubakar had arrived in the city two days ago to solicit support for her husband’s presidential bid.…