Grief hung over Ilaro, Ogun State, on Monday as veteran Nollywood actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, was laid to rest. His remains, wrapped in white cloth in accordance with Islamic rites, were received by family, friends, and colleagues, including fellow industry veterans such as Yinka Quadri, Jide Kosoko, and Ireti Osayemi, as an Islamic cleric led prayers for the departed. Ogogo passed away on Sunday, August 23, at […]

About 300 shops were reportedly destroyed by an early Monday morning fire at the popular Oranya Market in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area of Oyo State. The fire, which started around midnight, affected shops occupied by traders dealing in gold, furniture, second-hand clothes and other goods. The Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Fire Reforms and State Chairman of Fire Services, Morof Akinwande, confirmed the incident but said the […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has introduced an online system allowing 2026 UTME candidates to verify and upload their O’Level results from home. The new system, which initially covers results issued by the West African Examinations Council, is aimed at reducing candidates’ dependence on Computer-Based Test centres for result uploads. JAMB said the new process will also help prevent errors, fraudulent results and problems associated with manual uploads. Under […]

Seven people have died and two others injured in a multiple road crash involving three vehicles around Kara on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Sector Command, said the crash occurred at about 12:03 am on Monday and involved a white HOWO truck, a white MACK trailer and a Mitsubishi Canter. According to the FRSC, all nine victims were male. Seven died in the crash while […]