No fewer than three persons responsible for the Bodija blast have been identified, the Oyo State Government has said. The Informant247 reports that Seyi Makinde-led Oyo State Government, on Monday, directed all the 33 local government chairmen in the state, as well as traditional rulers and chiefs, to flush out illegal miners, bandits and land…
A federal high court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday voided a money laundering charge preferred against Adesola Amosu, a former chief of air staff, and two others. It would be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had, in 2018, re-arraigned the defendants on an amended 13-count charge bordering on money laundering to…
Seyi Makinde-led Oyo State Government, on Monday, directed all the 33 local government chairmen in the state, as well as traditional rulers and chiefs, to flush out illegal miners, bandits and land grabbers in their respective council areas. The Informant247 reports that an explosion rocked Adeyi Avenue at Old Bodija in Ibadan on Tuesday, January…
Dr Olaide Adelami, the former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, on Thursday sworn in as the Ondo State Deputy Governor. The Informant247 reports that Olayide Owolabi Adelami, an ex-deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, was last Tuesday nominated as the new Deputy Governor of Ondo State. Adelami’s nomination is coming shortly after Governor Lucky…
N100m ransom has been demanded by the abductors of Ekiti pupils and teachers from the Apostolic school in Emure-Ekiti for the release of the victims. The Informant247 gathered that a group of gunmen on Monday seized a school bus from the Apostolic school in Emure, kidnapping several pupils, their head teacher and a driver while…
No fewer than four persons on Tuesday were killed, while 10 others sustained degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to reports, the incident, which involved a white Toyota bus with number plate ZUR87ZY, occurred around 5:57 am around Sandcrate along the expressway. Florence Okpe, the spokesperson for the…
A 37-year-old woman, Bilikisu Kazeem, on Friday killed during a gun battle between operatives and kidnappers, Ogun State Police Command has disclosed. According to reports, the incident, which occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, said nine hostages were rescued from the kidnappers during the encounter. Omolola Odutola, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, while…
Mr Philip Aivoji, the chairman, Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to sources, the chairman was abducted along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway around 6 p.m on Thursday. Hon. Hakeem Amode, the state publicity secretary of the party, while confirming the abduction, stated that the chairman was returning from a stakeholders’ meeting in…
Feyiropo Daniels, the Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, Lagos on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for raping his 23-year-old assistant while also jailed 3 years for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old member of the church. The Informant247 gathered that Justice Rahman Oshodi, while stating that the…
….as gov set to unveil Red Line rail February Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State Governor, on Thursday, announced that the construction of the long-awaited Fourth Mainland Bridge would begin in the first quarter of this year “by the end of March or April.” The governor, while disclosing this in his keynote address during the Lagos…
Olayide Owolabi Adelami, an ex-deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, has been nominated as the new Deputy Governor of Ondo State. Adelami’s nomination is coming shortly after Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa announced the dissolution of members of the State Executive Council in the cabinet who worked under the late governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. Chief Press Secretary to…
The Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Wednesday, approved the dissolution of the State Executive Council with immediate effect while also ordering the cabinet members to hand over all official property with them to the Permanent Secretaries or most senior administrative officers. This dissolution was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by the…
Following N2.5billion corruption charges bothering the alleged diversion of the assembly’s fund, Olakunle Oluomo, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, has been impeached. According to a report, Oluomo, representing the Ifo I constituency, was impeached by 18 out of 26 assembly members. In his stead, Elemide Oludaisi, a loyalist of former Governor…
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, upheld the election of the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun. The Informant247 reports that the appellants, Ladi Adebutu and the Peoples Democratic Party prayed the apex court to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct fresh elections in the 99 polling units where elections were…
Governor Seyi Makinde-led Oyo State government on Wednesday said it has identified the company that stored the explosives caused Tuesday night’s explosion on Dejo Oyelese Street, Adeyi Avenue, Old Bodija, Ibadan. Makinde, while addressing the newsmen at the briefing room of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, promised to bring the culprits to justice. “Those…
….as FEC sets up committee to review laws on explosives Following the unfortunate incident caused by the explosives of the illegal miners, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, vowed to arrest the perpetrators of the illegal miners in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Informant247 reports that no fewer than two people have been confirmed dead, while…
No fewer than two people have been confirmed dead, while 77 others were injured on Tuesday night in the explosion that occurred in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, confirmed this during his visit to the explosion scene, adding that the blast occurred at Adeyi Avenue, Bodija. However, it was…
No fewer than five persons have been killed, while eight others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving two vehicles at Fidiwo on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday. Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command, while confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, explained that…
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, in the March 18, 2023 election, while affirming the election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of Lagos State. Rhodes-Vivour, in the main issue…
The remains of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, the late former Governor of Ondo State, has arrived in Nigeria. The Informant247 reports that the ailing Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu was reported dead after a prolonged battle with Leukemia and prostate cancer. Akeredolu died at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday at a German hospital where…
