Less than 24 hours after the news filtered out about the death of a popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, another popular actor of Yoruba movies, Murphy Afolabi, has died on Sunday. No details yet about the circumstances surrounding Afolabi’s death, however, a colleague of the deceased in the Yoruba subsector…
Popular Agbeni market in Ibadan, Oyo State, has gone up in flames. The PUNCH Metro reliably gathered that the market gutted fire at about 04:30am, on Sunday. When contacted on phone, the state General Manager of Fire Services, Yemi Akinyemi, confirmed the incident to Punch. Akinyemi said, “The agency…
The Executive Governor of Oyo state, H.E Seyi Makinde inspected the newly constructed bridge at the 34.85 km Oyo-Iseyin Road. He noted that the bridge is now open for use. However, the Governor urged the contractor to increase the pace of work to ensure that the road reconstruction is completed before the end of…
The Oyo State Police Command announced on Friday that it has apprehended the suspected killers of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who served at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Iyaganku, Ogunleye Daniel. Police said that the suspects, Oyetumbi Ademola, Michael Adeniyi, Gabriel…
Hon. Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources Oyo State, Seun Ashamu on Fresh F.M situation room with Mayor Isaac Brown on Thursday, 11th of May, 2023. Seun Ashamu speaks on the state of things in the ministry concerning the light up Oyo project, Gas availability, Independent Power plant (IPP),…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, declared on Thursday, that his administration will revive the Police Swift Response Squad (SRS) in the first 100 days of his second term in office, adding that such a step will help deal with criminal elements in the state. The governor stated this while hosting the new…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has clarified that the Bank Verification Number, BVN, has no expiry date. CBN’s spokesman, Dr. Isa AbdulMumin, made the clarification in a statement last night. He was reacting to media reports that the BVN expires after 10 years. He said: “The attention of the CBN has been…
The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to Thursday, May 18th, 2023, the continuation of the pre-hearing of the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressive Congress. In the petition…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has on Wednesday wrote to the Senate, asking the honorable house to approve a new loan request of $800million. In a letter read by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, President Buhari who noted that the loan would be utilized to scale up the National Social Safety Net…
Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, on Wednesday announced a series of new features for the social platform. He revealed that Twitter, in its latest version, will come with support for direct message replies, voice/video chats, and encrypted DM 1.0. Musk made this known on his Twitter page. He wrote,…