A mysterious Ibadan man whose name is yet unknown had confessed to killing over 70 women for ritual purposes in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The man popularly called ‘Mistina Orobo’ born in the Foko area of Ibadan who claimed to have now become a pastor said the number is not part of the…
A 33-year-old housewife, Comfort Tinubu, has been accused of fatally stabbing her 39-year-old husband, Olusegun Tinubu, during a dispute in Ibadan, according to police reports. The incident occurred late Wednesday night around 10:00 p.m. in their residence at Gbeyi in the Adegbayi area of Ibadan. The couple, who had been married for three years and…
The owner of the collapsed building in Ibadan, the Oyo State, Pa Bibire Lamidi, lost five of his children and grand children in the incident. Some of the patients of the Octogenarian as also died when the building collapsed. The one-storey building located at Jegede, Olunloyo, Ona Ara Local Government Area collapsed around 2am on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that no fewer than 10 persons have reportedly lost their lives while seven other victims were rescued in a building collapse incident at Jegede Olorunsogo in Ona Ara local government area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital. According to Tribune Online, the sad incident occured at 2 am on Thursday. Confirming the incident,…
No fewer than six persons died and several injured in an accident involving a trailer conveying tiles and a lorry loaded with soft drinks on Monday at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko along Akanran Road, Ibadan. Among the injured was a pupil whose mother reportedly died in the crash. Four of the injured who were conveyed to…
Five worshippers have been confirmed dead, while others are on admission at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, after they took part in a feast known in Yoruba parlance as ipese organised by an Ibadan-based white-garment church. However, as of the time of filing this report on Saturday, about 50 of…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday remanded a woman, Olayinka Akinware, 35, and Tunji Adesina, 29, for allegedly unleashing four dogs on police to stop officers from arresting a suspect. The Magistrate, Mr. M. Mudashiru who did not take the plea of the suspects for want in jurisdiction ordered that they…
A middle-aged man, simply identified as Alfa Ahmed, has reportedly slaughtered his grandfather and uncle in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for an alleged money ritual. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that the incident happened at the back of a popular market in Apete, in the Ido Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday…
The two suspects found with a human head exhumed from a grave at Amuloko Area in Ibadan, Oyo State, and arrested by the personnel of the state command of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), codenamed Amotekun, have said that they used to get N5,000 as payment for the job done. The suspects were identified…
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The state’s commissioner of police, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Mr Sonubi said the command swung into action after it got information about the act of…