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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...

Oyo ex-governor, Olunloyo dies at 89

A former governor of Oyo State, Victor Omololu Olunloyo is dead.

According to reports, Olunloyo, the first Ibadan indigene to rule Oyo State as governor, died in the early hours of Sunday.

He died about three months to his 90th birthday.


Olunloyo ruled the old Oyo State between October and December 1983.

Sources close to the family noted that he has been battling with old age related ailments for the last few weeks.


The source close to the family noted that the family will soon announce the burial plans

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