LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension has gripped the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) community following the disappearance of Dorcas Oseghale, a 300-level student from the Department of Chemistry. In a statement issued by the Great Ife Students’ Union on Friday, signed by the President, Adelani David, as well as the Secretary General, Habeeb Oke, Dorcas has been…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two construction workers were on Thursday reported dead after attempting to pick a fetcher that fell into a well at a site in Ile-Ife. It was gathered the incident occurred along Ife-Ilesa road opposite Ilesa motor park in the afternoon. An eye witness, Usman Olawale disclosed that the two were at the…
LAGOS FEBRUAR 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragic incident occurred at the Celestial Church of Christ in Omitoto, Ile-Ife, Osun State, when an assistant priest, Lekan Ogundipe, murdered the presiding pastor, Morris Fadehan (64). According to reports, tensions had been building between Ogundipe and Fadehan over behavioral issues. The final straw was an altercation last week between Ogundipe…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), located in Ile-Ife, Osun State, is reeling from a devastating loss following the tragic death of Mr. Olabode Olawuyi, a Veterinary Technologist who served as the caretaker of the Zoological garden for over a decade. According to a press release issued by the University’s Public Relations Officer,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 52-year-old lecturer at Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr Ayo Ojediran, on Thursday slumped and died in his office. The university was thrown into mourning as Ojediran’s colleagues and students said his death was devastating. The Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, said…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Tuesday visited the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi in Ile Ife, Osun State. Obi was received with cheers as he entered the palace with the Ooni. The moment was captured on camera. The former governor of Anambra State has been meeting with…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Owners of Hilton Hotel and Resort Centre, Ile-Ife, Rahmon Adedoyin, and six other staff of the hotel were on Thursday remanded in Ilesha correctional centre by the Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, in connection with the mysterious death of Timothy Adegoke, a Masters degree student of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force is set to re-arraign the proprietor of Hilton Hotel, Rahmon Adedoyin, and six others over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife Osun State. This comes after Justice Module Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, struck out the…