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LAWMA Officials Retrieve Day-Old-Baby from Dumpster

Web News 30 September 2022 103 0

The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) officials have retrieved a day-old baby from a dumpster while evacuating waste in a street in Ikoyi, Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on his verified Twitter handle Continue Reading

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Iganna Attack: Oyo CP Orders Full Investigations

Web News 28 September 2022 179 0

Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Adebowale Williams has ordered full investigations into the killing of personnel in Iganna, Iwajowa Local Government Area of the state.  Mr Williams stated this while reacting to the unfortunate incident that led to the loss of lives of an officer and a male civilian with two others seriously injured […]Continue Reading

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Recruitment Scam: OYACA Investigates Civil Servant, Refers Case to AG

Web News 28 September 2022 122 0

The Oyo State Anti Corruption Agency, OYACA, acting in respect of petitions written by eleven residents of the state has intervened in a recruitment racket case where a senior civil servant at the State Hospital Management Board was accused of extorting monies from job seekers. In a press release signed by the OYACA Chairman, Honourable […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Courts Send 66 Internet Fraudsters to Jail

Web News 27 September 2022 142 2

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced sixty-six, 66, internet fraudsters to various jail terms, ranging from two weeks, four months, and six months of community service to ten months imprisonment. The convicts were prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and arraigned […]Continue Reading

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Osun Government Suspends Teacher for Fraud

Web News 27 September 2022 108 0

Osun State Government has suspended a teacher, Abimbola Olowookere for allegedly defrauding some recently recruited teachers to the tune of N30,000 claiming to influence their posting. Reports got to the Osun State Ministry of Education that said Mr Olowookere has been collecting the money from the teachers in Osun East Education District so as to […]Continue Reading

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Man Dies at Party after Allegedly Mixing Hard Drugs

Web News 25 September 2022 111 0

A 21-year-old Micheal Arigbabuwo has reportedly lost his life at a birthday party after allegedly mixing two hard drugs for maximum effect. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the incident happened on Friday in the Ikorodu area of […]Continue Reading

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Octogenarian Defiles Minor in Ogun State

Web News 24 September 2022 129 0

Ogun State Police Command has arrested an 84 years old man, Stephen Jack for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl. In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect who resides in the Okunowa area of Ijebu Ode was arrested following a report lodged at Obalende divisional headquarters by the […]Continue Reading

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SO SAFE Corps Nabs Five for Siphoning Diesel

Web News 24 September 2022 115 0

Operatives of Ogun State-owned security outfit, SO SAFE Corps, have arrested five men for allegedly stealing Automotive Gas Oil known as Diesel. The suspects, Abdullah Mohamed, Lambo Lack, Joel Dawab,  Wellplus Masua, and Seidu Ibrahim were arrested at a Road Construction Company site in  Siun in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.  The State Commander […]Continue Reading

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Abducted Police Officer, Two others Regain Freedom

Web News 24 September 2022 107 0

The Ogun State police command says only one Policeman was among the three persons abducted by suspected kidnappers at Wasinmi in Ewekoro local government area of the state, contrary to reports that the three victims were officers of the force.  The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who made this known in […]Continue Reading

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Gunmen Abduct Policemen in Ogun

Web News 23 September 2022 104 0

Gunmen have kidnapped three policemen in Ogun State Command in broad daylight. Newsmen gathered that the police officers were abducted on Thursday at Wasinmi, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. Findings have shown that the kidnapped cops arrived in Ogun State from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State, for an investigation. They were said […]Continue Reading

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Court Remands POS Operator for Alleged Fraud

Web News 22 September 2022 128 0

An Osogbo Magistrate Court has remanded 22-year-old Kareem Hammed in Ilesa correctional centre over an alleged N.2 million fraud. The State Police Command had arraigned the suspect on a four-count charge bordering on fraud and theft. Police prosecutor, ASP Mustapha Tajudeen told the court that the defendant, who worked as a POS agent at Olori […]Continue Reading

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20-Year-Old in Police Net Over Rape, Murder of Minor

Web News 20 September 2022 146 0

Police in Oyo State has paraded a twenty-year-old Tosin Kolade who allegedly raped and killed a seventeen-year-old Ifeoluwa in a Bible Home at Olodo Area of Ibadan.  Kolade was paraded alongside other twenty-two suspects for various offences.  Confessing to the crime, Kolade said he took the key of the Bible Home from his mum’s bag, […]Continue Reading

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Two Gang-rape, Set Ablaze Minor in India

Web News 20 September 2022 109 0

A minor was allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men has died in hospital, Police told AFP Tuesday. The 16-year-old girl belonged to Dalit, the lowest rung in the Hindu caste system who suffer disproportionately high levels of sexual violence in a country with high rates of crime against women. Her death on […]Continue Reading

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Police Apprehend Two Suspected Kidnappers

Web News 20 September 2022 86 0

The Police in collaboration with a local vigilance group has arrested two suspected kidnappers in Taura Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in an interview with newsmen in Dutse. Shiisu said the suspects, aged between 35 and 40, were arrested on Sunday following reliable […]Continue Reading

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Teacher Faces Imprisonment for Sexual Assault

Web News 20 September 2022 113 0

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a 31-year-old teacher, Idowu Daniel, to seven years imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 16-year-old student within school premises. Delivering the Judgement, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo held that the prosecution failed to establish the charge of defilement against the convict, as the victim failed to show up in court to […]Continue Reading

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Evans Bags 21-year Imprisonment

Web News 19 September 2022 70 0

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street, Amuwo […]Continue Reading

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Herbalist Caught with Fresh Woman Head, Intestines

Web News 19 September 2022 188 0

A 28-year-old man, Ismail Adewuyi is cooling his feet in police custody in Osun State for daring to disrupt the peace of the dead. Adewuyi, a herbalist, was alleged to have decapitated a fresh corpse at Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, in Ede, Osun State, severing the head and intestines of the woman. The suspect was […]Continue Reading

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‘Killer-Mother’ Arrested in South Korea

Web News 15 September 2022 146 0

South Korean police say they have arrested a woman accused of murdering her two children who were found in suitcases in New Zealand last month. In a case that shocked the country, the bodies were discovered by strangers who had bought abandoned suitcases from a storage unit in Auckland. Korean police said, the bodies of […]Continue Reading

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Customs Intercept 80,055 Litres of Adulterated Diesel

Web News 14 September 2022 151 0

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operation Unit, Zone A has intercepted two tankers laden with 80,055 litres of adulterated diesel in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Speaking, the acting Comptroller of the Unit, Hussein Ejibunu, said the drivers of the trucks flee upon sighting the customs officers on patrol and that the […]Continue Reading

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Police Rescue 13-month-old Baby from Kidnappers

Web News 14 September 2022 98 0

The operatives of the Edo State Police Command have killed three out of a six-man kidnapping gang who abducted a 13-month-old baby in Achigbor Community along Benin-Auchi road in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Wednesday by the state deputy Spokesperson, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, said the police got a tip-off from […]Continue Reading

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Sponsors of Agosasa mayhem will be dealt with – Gov. Abiodun

Web News 14 September 2022 99 0

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has directed the relevant security agencies to ensure that sponsors and perpetrators of the mayhem over chieftaincy issues in Agosasa town, Ipokia Local Government Area of the state are punished. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Somorin, Governor Abiodun condemned the violence and declared that anyone […]Continue Reading

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Local Hunters Arrest Killers of NSCDC Officer in Ekiti

Web News 13 September 2022 261 0

Gunmen who recently killed a Civil Defense officer and abducted three members of the deceased immediate family have been arrested by local hunters. The deceased Segun Ayebulu was shot dead on September 3,2022 in the presence of hus children and brother. while travelling to his hometown at Ogbe,Yagba West Local Government area of Kogi State […]Continue Reading

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Violence Rocks Community Over Chieftancy Tussle

Web News 13 September 2022 115 0

There are conflicting reports on the number of persons affected as three residents have been reportedly killed and properties razed in the outbreak of violence over the enthronement of a new king in Agọṣaṣa, a town in Ipokia local government area of Ogun State. The lingering tussle over the installation of a new monarch followed […]Continue Reading

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DSS Gets Permission to Extend Tukur Mamu’s Detention

Web News 13 September 2022 89 0

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a prayer by the Department of State Services, DSS, to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as prayed. The security […]Continue Reading

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GBV: Mrs Makinde Reiterates Unflinching Support for Victims

Web News 13 September 2022 135 0

The wife of Oyo state governor, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde has promised victims of gender-based Violence of her unflinching support. Mrs Makinde made the promise after a stakeholder’s meeting with two under-aged abused victims in her office  Mrs Makinde who maintained that abusers must not go unpunished called for an end to the stigmatization of victims. […]Continue Reading