An official of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Alade Mutador, on Wednesday prayed the Customary Court in Lagelu, Iyana-offa, Ibadan, Oyo State, to dissolve the 11-year-old marriage between him and his wife, Bukola Mutador, for alleged ritual practice, infidelity, dishonesty and blackmail.
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The Chairman, Board of Nigeria Railway Corporation, Alhaji Usman Abubakar, says construction of Lagos-Ibadan standard rail gauge will be completed in December 2018 and start operation in January 2019. Abubakar said this during his official visit to the Nigeria Railway Corporation Western District, Ibadan on Tuesday. The chairman said the project will not be abandoned this time around as the […]
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The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a former Federal Road Safety Corps member, who killed an official of the FRSC in Oyo town. The suspect, Nurudeen Alin (32), and his accomplice, Mohammed Garba (26), went to the residence of their victim, Yahuza Fakai, at College Road, Amejiogbe area of Oyo town and stabbed him with a knife several times. […]
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Four persons were killed in Oja Oba Market in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday after the driver of a truck with number plate, AGL 883 XQ, lost control of the truck and rammed into vehicles and the victims. Several other people were said to have sustained varying degrees of injury in the accident. An unidentified woman and her two children […]
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Ten people have been confirmed dead while nine others sustained injuries in a motor accident that occurred along Ibadan-Oyo Road on Saturday evening. Eyewitness said the accident, which happened at Itose village along the road, involved a Toyota Hiace commuter bus with number plate LSD 191 XK that was travelling from Sango-Ota in Ogun State to Ilorin, Kwara State.
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The Oyo State office of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria says it has seized about 2000 used imported tyres from traders in Ibadan. The seizure was made during one of the major operations designed to check the importation of used tyres popularly referred to as Tokunbo tyres into the country, the organisation said.
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The Oyo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps said it recorded 107 deaths in 137 road accidents within the first quarter of 2015. The Sector Commander, Mr. Yusuf Salami, added that 688 persons sustained injuries within the period.
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