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Osun student electrocuted with plugged phone

A 100-level student of University of Ilesa, Osun State, Gbolahan Ojolo, has reportedly died of electrocution triggered by lightning strike in his hall of residence in Ilesa, the Nation reports. Ojolo, a student in the Department of Business Administration, was said to be charging his phone and playing a game on it at the same time when thunder struck. Confirming the incident in a statement on Saturday, the Registrar of the University, Funso Ojo, said the incident happened on Friday. Ojo’s statement partly read, “The Management of the University of Ilesa, Osun State, deeply regrets to announce the tragic and untimely death of one of its students, Gbolahan Ojolo, a 100 Level student of the Department of Business Administration. “The unfortunate incident occurred in the evening of Friday, April 18, 2025. Gbolahan was electrocuted while playing a game on his mobile phone, which was being charged in his room at a private hostel located near the Prototype Engineering Development Institute ju...
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Fire razes 8 shops in Oyo

...Properties worth millions of Naira destroyed in the inferno

Property worth millions of naira has been destroyed as a result of a fire incident that ravaged no fewer than eight shops in Oyo town.

According to report, the incident occurred at Oke Asamu, Kosobo area of Oyo town in the early hours of Tuesday. It was learned that no fewer than eight shops were affected as properties worth millions of naira was destroyed as a result of the fire.

The General Manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Mr. Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed the development to on Tuesday.

Akinyinka, while reacting, confirmed that eight shops were affected. He said, “At the early hour on Tuesday, 18th February, 2025, Oyo State Fire Services’ Control Room Center received a distress call.

“The fire personnel, led by ACFS Oyedeji, were promptly deployed to the scene of the incident and arrived at the scene on time.

“The fire affected eight shops out of eighteen rows of multiple shops.”

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