By Nafiu Busari The University of Ibadan has been thrown into mourning following the alleged gruesome killing of Professor Opeyemi Ajewole by suspected armed robbers. Radio Nigeria gathered that Professor Ajewole was killed Monday night while returning home. According to Dr Oladoyin Adebowale, Continue Reading
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The Zone D of the Federal Operations Unit, Nigeria Customs Service, Bauchi State, has seized contraband Pangolin scales with a Duty Paid Value of N432 million. Mr. Umar Abdullahi, Public Relations Officer of the Zone, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Bauchi. He said the Pangolin scales weighed about 216 kilogrammes, adding […]Continue Reading
By Wale Oluokun Political thugs have invaded the premises of the Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal at Isabo, Abeokuta unleashing mayhem on political opponents within the vicinity. The invasion on tribunal venue was on the day the court commenced the hearing of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr. Ladi […]Continue Reading
The Zamfara State Police Command has disclosed it rescued nine children abducted by bandits from the Gora-Namaye Community in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday. He said, “On 3rd June, 2023, at about 2014hrs information […]Continue Reading
The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced to death three women who kidnapped three children in Uyo and sold them off in Aba, Abia State for N1.1m. The convicts – one Enobong Nsikak Sunday, 38; Getrude Thompson Akpan, 48; and Mary Okon James, 49 years old, were sentenced to death by […]Continue Reading
The sacked chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Park Management System, PMS, in Oyo State, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, has said the police cannot declare him wanted. Better known as Auxiliary, Lamidi who has been declared wanted by the police for alleged gun-running, said Govrnor ‘Seyi Makinde, governor remains his destiny helper. He added that […]Continue Reading
By Kayode Oguntona That the Nigeria National Park Service is really committed to fighting criminal activities especially poaching in its various parks should not be taken for granted following the recent arrest of two foreign nationals inside the Old Oyo National Park. The two suspects who claimed to be Chinese simply identified themselves as Ju […]Continue Reading
By Rasheedah Makinde Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command has declared Lamidi Mukaila, also known as Auxiliary, wanted. This is contained in a statement e-signed by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer SP Osifeso Adewale. The statement urges anyone with useful information that will lead to the arrest of Auxiliary to contact the state’s Police Command. […]Continue Reading
By Kayode Oguntona Less than a week after a similar incident, suspected kidnappers have struck again in the Oke Ogun area of Oyo State. It occurred Wednesday evening at a farm settlement located along Iseyin – Ipapo Road where two farm workers and the owner of a poultry farm were reportedly abducted. However, following a […]Continue Reading
The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday announced the dismissal of Sgt. Ekpo Shimuyere, who was attached to the Sogunle Division, for extorting a young man of N98,000. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told journalists that the command’s Provost Department had already disrobed the […]Continue Reading
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has dismissed a Deputy Director and four other officers for various offences. The spokesperson for the agency, Vincent Adekoye, made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday. Adekoye explained that the offences range from corruption to demanding and receiving bribes […]Continue Reading
By Adenitan Akinola No fewer than seven petrol attendants were apprehended by the operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun State over alleged hoarding of petroleum products In some of the fuel stations visited by the NSCDC operatives, many motorists were seen queuing to buy fuel (Premium Motor Spirit) while the […]Continue Reading
The receptionist on duty at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on the day an ex Masters student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, arrived at the facility, Adedeji Adesola, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment. Adesola’s sentence was pronounced at the sitting of the court on Wednesday by Osun State Chief Judge, […]Continue Reading
By Rasheedah Makinde Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command has foiled an attempt by members of the recently dissolved park management system, PMS, to cause mayhem in the state. In the process, seventy eight suspects were arrested and paraded while cache of firearms, charms and over Three million naira were recovered from the arrested suspects. […]Continue Reading
By Adenitan Akinola An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced to death by hanging owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Chief Rahmon Adedoyin guilty of the offences of conspiracy and murder of Timothy Adegoke, postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her judgement on […]Continue Reading
By Olaolu Fawole National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA operatives have intercepted a consignment of 32 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, being taken to bandits camp in Niger state. With this development, Chairman of the Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has since ordered the immediate transfer of a suspect, Musa Muhammadu caught with […]Continue Reading
By Opeyemi Olugbenga, Olaolu Fawole Suspected agitators of Oodua Nation, at the early hours of Sunday, hijacked Radio Nigeria Amuludun FM, Moniya, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Report says the suspected agitators, who were about twenty, stormed the station with loads of charms at half past five and hijacked the live studio, while a sponsored programme […]Continue Reading
A four-man armed robbery gang on Friday afternoon ‘successfully’ escaped with a whopping sum of $11 million at the Oke-Sokori of Abeokuta, in Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun State. The four-man robbery gang, all clad in black T-shirts and jean trousers, wore black facemasks, and brandished riffles in an operation that lasted about […]Continue Reading
By Olusegun Folarin A 28 year old man, Adeyemi Babatunde has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 5 year old biological daughter The suspect was arrested after the mother of the victim reported at Ijebu Mushin divisional headquarters that her daughter had been having difficulty […]Continue Reading
A student of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, Samuel Adegoke, has reportedly killed himself by drinking a substance suspected to be an insecticide after allegedly losing his school fees and that of his friend to an online betting. Adegoke, who was a National Diploma II student of Electrical Electronic Engineering, reportedly killed himself on […]Continue Reading
By Olusegun Folarin Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested four farmers for allegedly killing and dismembering the body of a herder identified as Umaru Aliyu, at Ijagunre village in Imeko-Afon local government area of Ogun state. The suspects, Akinyele Adebayo, Gbalo Idosu, Abiala Segun and Kareem Fagbemi Lana were arrested after one Umaru […]Continue Reading
By Olusegun Folarin The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps also known as So-Safe Corps has arrested a suspect during a naming ceremony for allegedly possessing arms and live ammunition. The suspect, Segun Oke popularly referred to as Bouncing was arrested after the residents of Ilukosi Olorunda town, Iro in Obafemi Owode Local […]Continue Reading
By Rasheeda Makinde The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Osun State Command, has advised students, particularly females, to always expose anybody that abuses them. The Zonal Commander in charge of Zone J, Assistant Commandant General, Fasiu Adeyinka, gave the advice in Osogbo at the first anniversary of the Special Female Squad of NSCDC. Represented Continue Reading
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a large consignment of methamphetamine concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Continue Reading
By Abisola Oluremi A 15-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted by her sixty-five-year-old stepfather and his sixty-year-old younger brother at Olude, Apata area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital The incident took several days before the investigation was completed and the case was eventually reported to the police. The teenager (name withheld) was gathered to have Continue Reading