General Evangelist of Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Worldwide, Prophet SK Abiara, has been taken to hospital barely 10 days after his wife died. It was reported that the man of God was rushed to the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State, over the weekend. Reports further said Prophet Abiara was precisely taken to UCH…
The royal palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan, His Majesty, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji was a beehive of activities on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 as the leadership of Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, invaded the ancient city of Ibadan for the Stakeholder’s Forum scheduled to hold in the state on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at…
J.P. Clark’s poem “Ibadan” may be due for a rewrite as the city is certainly not “running splash of rust…” anymore. Visited by thousands of vacationers each year, Ibadan is easily one of the most charming places in Western Nigeria. There’s no doubt that Ibadan is a huge city, with a population bigger than all…
Members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and that of Road Transport Employers of Nigeria, RTEAN, engaged in a free-for-all on Friday, July 8, 2016, in Ibadan, Oyo State. The fight between the two rival transport groups erupted over the daily fees charged by the drivers’ unions. According to reports, the clash…
Owner of popular D’Rovans Hotel, which is now known as Walan Hotel in Ibadan, Francis Aiyegbeni, is dead. The boxing enthusiast was said to have breathed his last on Saturday afternoon at the Intensive Care Unitof the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan. According to reports, the Edo State-born former boxer was rushed to the hospital…
Sixteen members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have now found refuge in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, following alleged plots by the police to arrest them. The congressmen on Wednesday addressed the media at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, council office in Ibadan, stressing that nothing will make them impeach Governor Ayodele…
The accused persons Justice Ayo Emmanuel of a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has remanded the Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan, Professor Benjamin Adefemi Ogunbodede, and three others in Agodi prison in Ibadan. The quartet were arraigned on Thursday, October 30, 2014 by the Economic and Financial…
Barely 10 days after the Oyo State commissioned the newly completed pedestrian bridge in Apete, Ibadan, Aproko247 can report that the facility has collapsed. The bridge, built to ease movement of people from Apete town through The Polytechnic Ibadan, crumbled on Tuesday night, according to information gathered by our reporter. At the commissioning of the…
Several residents of Ibadan trooped out in their numbers to see the remains of Ibadan business mogul, Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao, who died on Wednesday in London, England. The body of the late Deputy President General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland touched down in Ibadan on Friday morning and was…