The Oyo State Police Command has announced the arrest of a serving police corporal and eight other suspects over alleged involvement in cultism and kidnapping, recovering four firearms and rescuing an abducted man in Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
November 9, 2026
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed a suspected criminal, recovered an AK-47 rifle and destroyed makeshift shelters during a fresh operation to flush out criminal elements from the Old Oyo National Park. The operation, Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
November 1, 2026
A suspected serial burglar has been arrested in Ibadan with house cables and other stolen valuables estimated at ₦3 million, following reports of repeated break-ins in the Ejiooku/Iyana Offa area of the city. The suspect, Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
October 27, 2026
The Oyo State Police Command has released an updated directory of telephone numbers for Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), Area Commanders and Tactical Commanders across the state to make it easier for residents to contact Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
October 27, 2026
A couple in Oyo State have appealed to security agencies and members of the public to help locate their six-month-old son, Faaiz, who reportedly disappeared from their home in Erunmu, Egbeda Local Government Area. The Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
October 25, 2026
A 15-year-old boy abducted from the Onidundun community of Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State has been rescued by the police after a gun duel with suspected kidnappers along the Awe-Iwo Road Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
October 14, 2026
Three employees of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in Ibadan, Oyo State, have been released by their abductors, six days after they were kidnapped while working on a farm within the institute’Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
October 11, 2026
Police operatives have arrested three suspected armed robbers accused of attacking residents and dispossessing members of the public of their belongings in Oyo State. The suspects were apprehended following a police response to reports of Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
October 10, 2026
The abductors of three people, including two staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, have reportedly demanded ₦120 million for their release. The kidnappers were said to have contacted the victims’ Read More
Kehinde Ayanboade
October 9, 2026
The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in Ibadan, saying efforts are underway to rescue them and arrest the perpetrators. The Read More
