Anuoluwa Ogunyinka

Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the request of the executive arm to obtain N10 billion loan to improve infrastructure in the state. The lawmakers approved the loan, which will be obtained from First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), United Bank Africa (UBA) and Unity Bank, during plenary yesterday. ICYMI: 2019 Hajj: Oyo pilgrim recovers

Bandits on Tuesday evening blocked the Ajebo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and kidnapped three persons. The Chief Medical Director of the Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr. Oladipupo Sule, in an interview with The PUNCH on Wednesday said his son, Kayode and two members of staff of the hospital were kidnapped during the

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday revealed why the Federal Government has refused to release the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzakky, despite court order ordering his release. Adesina said the government refused to obey the Justice Gabriel Kolawole’s ruling because it appealed

The United States (U.S.) Department has imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians who were involved in trying to or undermined democracy in the concluded 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term in office in February in an election characterized by logistical problems, violence and killings. ICYMI:

Rashida Tijani, a female pilgrim from Oyo State, who lost her purse containing $800 and other valuables, was saved from the trauma of the loss when a review of hotels CCTV footage identified where she left it. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tijani, who is lodging at Elyas Silver Hotel, Madinah with her

The Nigerian Army, on Monday, handed over 151 repentant Boko Haram members to the Borno State Government for rehabilitation and re-integration into the society. Their release was said to have followed their rehabilitation in Gombe State at a centre established for the purpose. The exercise was part of the ‘Operation Safe Corridor’ in the North-East.

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) are currently on the streets of Abuja. The IMN members, who are demanding the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, their leader, clashed with the police on Monday. Read here At least 15 people were killed in the violence while properties, including two vehicles of the National Emergency Management