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Gunmen Murder University Don

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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Customs Impounds Pangolin Scales Worth N432m

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
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Police Rescue 9 Zamfara Kidnapped Children

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
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Park Rangers Nab Foreigners over Illegal Mining

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
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BREAKING: Police Declare Auxiliary Wanted

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
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NAPTIP Axes Five for Corruption, Leaking Information

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
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NSCDC Arrests Seven over Alleged Fuel Hoarding

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
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Timothy Adegoke: Adedoyin Gets Death Sentence

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
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NDLEA Intercepts Explosives Enroute Niger

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
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Poly Student Commits Suicide after Gambling Loss

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
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Man Arrested for Alleged Arms Possession

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
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Report Incident of Abuse, NSCDC Tells Children

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
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NDLEA Intercepts N.5bn Worth of Meth Enroute UK

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