Tag: Oyo

  • NDLEA prosecutes 23 drug offenders in Oyo State

    NDLEA prosecutes 23 drug offenders in Oyo State

    The Oyo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has prosecuted no fewer than 23 drug offenders from January 2022 to date. The State Commander of the agency, Abdullahi Saeed, said this in Ibadan on Friday while addressing newsmen against the backdrop of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit…

  • Insecurity: Gunmen Abduct Anglican Bishop, Wife, Driver In Oyo

    Insecurity: Gunmen Abduct Anglican Bishop, Wife, Driver In Oyo

    Gunmen have abducted an Anglican Bishop, Reverend Oluwaseun Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State his wife, and driver. The victims were abducted on Sunday along the new Oyo/Ogbomoso  Expressway in Oyo State. The Police Public Relations of the command, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident in a statement. He explained that one Reverend Adekunle Adeluwa reported…

  • 15 Quick Facts About Oba Lamidi Adeyemi

    15 Quick Facts About Oba Lamidi Adeyemi

    Here are some 17 quick facts about Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who passed on Friday night in Ado Ekiti. 1. Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III the late Alaafin of Oyo was born 15 October 1938 in the Alowolodu Royal House. 2. He died on 22 April 2022 at the Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti. 3.…

  • Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi joins his ancestors

    Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi joins his ancestors

    Reports reaching yanstv.ng from Oyo town in Oyo State have it that the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Atanda Olayiwola Adeyemi has joined his ancestors. yanstv.ng gathered that the monarch died on Friday. Sources said he died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, late Friday. The remains of the monarch have been…