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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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Oyo Govt Declares State of Emergency on Waste Disposal in Markets, Public Places

  


The Oyo State government has declared a state of emergency on inappropriate waste disposal, in all markets and public places.

The Honourable Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Architect Abdulmojeed Olawale Mogbojubola, made this known, during a scheduled meeting with heads of markets across the State in the Ministry's Conference room. 

The Honourable Commissioner stated that the government had commenced the distribution of skip bins, to major markets in the State, affirming that the waste disposal containers would put an end to the era of indiscriminate refuse dump on road medians and unauthorized places.

He assured that the skip bins would be evenly distributed across all markets and public places. 

Mogbonjubola however charged the market executives, the "Baba and Iya Lojas" to ensure proactiveness and cleanliness in the  markets, to avoid preventable cases of market closure.

While narrating the efforts of the Ministry at promptly evacuating wastes, which he personally  supervised, Mogbonjubola reiterated the commitment of government to end indiscriminate refuse dumps in all markets and public places.

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