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GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won in 31 out of the 33 local government areas in the state The gubernatorial election was held in all 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Newsextra24 reports that three major candidates contested the election. They included Makinde, who is …

SOLDIERS have reportedly shot one of the youths protesting the fuel and naira notes scarcity in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The protests which happened across the major cities of the state grounded activities and had youths carrying placards expressing their grievances on the situation since Friday.

A midnight fire incident has destroyed goods worth millions of naira in at least 10 shops at popular Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Newsextra24 gathered that the incident occurred around 2am on Saturday as a result of the burning of refuse. One of the spare …

A mentally unstable woman who identified herself as Lara has given birth to a baby boy at Ayileka Street, Odo-Ona Apata in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State.   The lady, whose age is said to be between 25 and 30 years, delivered the baby in an uncompleted building …

The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday removed the three mutilated bodies of youths who were murdered by yet-to-be-identified persons in Ibadan, the state capital.   NEWSEXTRA24 learnt that the victims were killed in the early hours of Monday around Office Bus Stop, after World Oil Petrol Station, New Ibadan-Oyo …

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested ten suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate terrorising Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, NEWSEXTRA24 reports.   Commuters have been kidnapped and attacked several times along the busy highway.   Prof. Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice-chancellor (academics) of the University of Ibadan (UI), two students of …

Oyo State Government on Monday sought the assistance of the United States to tackle insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the state. The state deputy governor, Adebayo Lawal, asked for the assistance on behalf of Governor Seyi Makinde while receiving the new US Consul-General, Williams Stevens, at the Executive Council Chamber …

Barely 250 metres to the destination point, the journey of 120km embarked upon by 14 passengers including a 64 year’s old man, Oluwagbemiga, who was on his way to attend the burial planning  meeting of his late dad who died on Tuesday from the commercial nerve centre of the country, …

OVER 20 passengers were reportedly burnt to death while two others injured in a road accident at Lanlate, Maya junction in Ibarapa East Local Government area of Oyo State. The accident which involved a commercial bus and a Sienna car occured on Friday evening. Witnesses said the incident was as …

A five-storey building under construction in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has collapsed. Newsextra24 gathered that the building, which is said to be a hotel, caved in the early hours of Thursday. The building is located at the Awosika area of Ibadan. The area is within Ibadan North Local Government …