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The owner of Agidigbo FM, a prominent private radio station, Mr Oriyomi Hamzat is currently at the hospital, sources at the media house told SaharaReporters on Thursday. Inside sources from Agidigbo FM told  TEERY A NEWS that Mr Hamzat expressed shock after he witnessed the deaths of some of the children during the ill-fated festive […] More

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has finally broken his silence about the stampede that claimed the lives of children at the funfair organised by his ex-wife, Queen Silekunola Naomi. On Thursday, December 19, 2024, the Yoruba monarch’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, issued a statement in which he stated that the Ooni expressed his […] More

The Oyo State Police Command has disclosed the arrest of the ex-queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; the Principal of Islamic High School, Ibadan, Fasasi Abdulahi; and six others in connection to the death of some children during a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday. The ex-queen was […] More

Thirty two children and adults feared dead as stampede occured at a children funfair organized by former wife of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola in Ibadan. The stampede according to witnesses occured at the frontgate of the venue of the event,Islamic High School, Bashorun Ibadan. The woman philanthropist who had promised to put smiles on […] More

The Oyo State Government has mourned the tragic loss of lives at a children’s carnival in Ibadan. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, a stampede occurred at the private children’s fun fair held at Basorun Islamic High School, leading to loss of lives, mostly children, with some others […] More

Popular Nollywood stars, Funke Akindele and Faithia Williams have unfollowed each other on Instagram. Faithia Williams and Funke Akindele were known as close colleagues who occasionally supported each other’s craft. It was learnt that the feud all started after Faithia failed to show up at Akindele’s recent movie premiere but attended that of Mercy Aigbe. […] More

Oyo State Fire Service has rescued a 12-year-old boy from a river in Ibadan, the state capital. It was gathered that the boy fell into the Renascent River located at Adekanbi Street, Ajibola Area in Aremo, Ibadan. The incident occured on Tuesday. Our correspondent learnt that the fire agency was informed immediately the incident occurred. […] More

The Oyo State Government, on Monday, vowed to prosecute a reckless driver found culpable in the death of an officer of the State Traffic Management Authority, Kehinde Fabunmi, at Agbowo in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of the state. Fabunmi, a Level four officer of the OYRTMA, was killed on Saturday, by a driver […] More

A 16-year-old boy in New Mexico is in custody following an alleged quadruple homicide involving his family, police confirmed on Sunday, December 15. The Valencia County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call early Saturday, December 14, from a male minor who reportedly told the dispatcher, “he had k!lled his family,” according to a statement by […] More

Commuters along the Inisa/Okuku/Offa highway were seized by fear Saturday evening, as a truck carrying petroleum reportedly caught fire while travelling on the interstate road. It could not be immediately ascertained when the fire started, but footage obtained from the scene around 5:30 pm revealed a raging fire on the truck, left in the middle […] More

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that it will slam a fine of N150m per branch on Deposit Money Banks found guilty of facilitating the illegal flow of mint naira notes to currency hawkers and unscrupulous agents. The apex bank disclosed this in a circular issued on Friday, December 13, 2024, signed by the […] More

A devastating fire engulfed a parish of the Christ Apostolic Church in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday night, reportedly trapping several worshippers inside. The incident occurred at about 9:30 pm at Wisdom Estate, Road 1G, Olohunda Road, in the Lagelu Local Government Area, sources confirmed to newsmen on Saturday morning. Eyewitness accounts revealed that the […] More