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Police Arrest Two for Exhuming, Selling Human Parts
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Ridwan Bello, and Fatai Adeleke, for their involvement in exhuming and selling human parts for ritual purposes. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, detectives from the Iyaganku Divisional Police Headquarters conducted a search at Bello’s residence in Olomi Academy area of Ibadan ,…
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Gov. Adeleke Imposes Dusk-to-Dawn Curfew as Ilobu-Ifon Crisis Resurfaces
By Funmi Ojo Following a resurgence of the crisis between the warring communities of Ilobu and Ifon, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has announced a new curfew time frame from 6pm to 6am daily until lasting peace is restored. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Orientation, Chief Kolapo Alimi, Governor Adeleke…
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Police Nab Five Suspected Kidnappers
By Leke Adegbite The Ondo State Police Command has arrested five suspected kidnappers and two okada riders aiding them in terrorising parts of the state in the last few weeksThe Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olutokunbo Afolabi announced this while parading the suspects in Akure.The Commissioner said the suspected kidnappers are; Abdullahi Mallam…
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Police Arrest Man for Attempted Murder
By Moji Oladele Osun State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged man, Segun Ogunfunmilayo, for allegedly attempting to kill a shop owner in the Bihari/Ishola Area of Ede, Osun State. The suspect was said to have visited a shop in the area to purchase an energy drink worth ₦500. He then requested an additional ₦400…
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Farmer Crushed to Death by Palm Tree
A 40-year-old farmer, Abdullahi Rasaki, has died after a palm tree fell on him in Bogije Village, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State. According to the Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, the incident occurred around 3:30 pm on Sunday but was reported to the police later that evening by one Gbamila Sunday. In a statement…
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Oyo CJ Pardons 32 Inmates
By Jeffrey Ahonmisi In a bid to decongest custodial facilities, the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Yerima has pardoned thirty two inmates of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Agodi Custodial Centre, Ibadan. Some of the inmates were granted pardon on health and humanitarian grounds. Justice Yerima represented by Justice Akinniyi Akintola noted that the…
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Police Launch Manhunt for Attackers of Ogun Community
By Olatunji Idowu The Ogun State Police Command has condemned a brutal attack on Osuke village, Ota, by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Ogunlowo made this known in a statement through the Police Public Relations Officer, Ms Omolola Odutola. “On February 27, 2025, at about 2:20 pm, one resident of Iju…
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Businessman Excretes 120 Pellets of Cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Abuba, for attempting to traffic cocaine to Istanbul, Turkey. Abuba, a native of Zaire Province in Angola, was intercepted on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, while trying to board an Egypt Air flight MS…
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Osun Gov. Orders Investigation over Unrest in Egbedi Town
By Funmi Ojo Following reports of alleged attacks in Egbedi town, Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed immediate investigation into the incident, assuring the people of Egbedi of protection of lives and properties. The Governor in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, frowned at the unwholesome incident and directed the Commissioner for Local Government…
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Police Arrest Man for Kicking Son in Viral Video
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Ogun State Police Command has announced the arrest of Kunle Odukaye, a father who brutally assaulted his son at Otta area of Ogun state, in a disturbing viral video and will appear in court on Monday. Odukaye’s arrest followed a manhunt launched by the Ogun State Police Command after a Facebook…
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Fake Sergeant Arrested in Ogun
By Francisca Irekpita Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 52 Year-old man, Harry Collins, for allegedly impersonating a police officer. The suspect was apprehended during a reconnaissance patrol led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, at Mangoro area of the state. According to the state police spokesperson, Ms Omolola Odutola,…
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Police Declare Portable Wanted
By Olatunji Idowu The Ogun State Police Command has declared Mr Habeeb Olalomi, popularly known as “Portable”, wanted for his involvement in a violent attack on government officials carrying out their lawful duties. The Police Public Relations office, Miss Omolola Odutola who made this known in a statement in Abeokuta said, officials from the Ogun State Ministry…
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Amotekun Kills One, Arrests Two in Gun Duel
The Ogun State Security Network, otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps on Sunday engaged a gang of robbers in a gun duel near Southwestern University along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway, killing one suspect while arresting two others. One of the arrested gang members, Amechi Okoro, reportedly confessed that he had just been released from the…
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Ogun CP Intercepts Foreign Entities with Weapons
By Adebola Ajayi/Adebukola Aluko The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Police Command, Mr Lanre Ogunlowo has intercepted a group of twenty young individuals of unknown origin, alighting from a truck near the Ogun/Oyo boundary. In a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola shows that the interception occurred during the Mr Ogunlowo’s routine weekend patrol…
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Police Unravel Mystery Behind Teenger’s Death
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Ogun State Police Command says it has commenced an investigation to unravel the circumstances that surround the death of a 19-year-old boy identified as Sunday Moses in Afio village, Odeda Local Government Area of the state. Sunday Moses whose lifeless body was hanging from a tree in a secluded rocky area of…
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Amotekun Apprehends 16 Commercial Sex Workers
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Ogun State Security Network Agency, code-named Amotekun Corps has apprehended 16 commercial sex workers, including underaged persons suspected to be victims of sexual exploitation. The State commandant of the Corps, Mr Alade Adedigba, told journalists in Abeokuta that the female youths between the ages of 12 and 29 years were rounded…
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Speak Out, NASFAT Tells Victims of GBV
By Fasilat Lawal Victims of Gender Based Violence have been told to voice out their ordeal to get justice. Zonal Chairman, Local Organizing Committee of the 30th Anniversary of Nasrul-Lahi-L-Fatih-Society, NAFSAT Oyo Zone 1, Mr Mohammed Akanbi stated this during a fitness walk to Bodija market to sensitize people as parts of activities commemorating the anniversary…
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Police Arraign Nine Associates of Portable
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Nine associates of Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, have been arraigned before the Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on charges of assault, obstruction, and armed violence. The suspects, aged between 19 and 28 are facing multiple charges including felony, assault, obstruction, armed violence with cutlasses and guns, conduct likely to cause a…
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Customs Service Nets Seven Billion Naira from Seized Goods
By Abisola Oluremi The Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has achieved a remarkable feat, generating over seven billion naira for the Federal Government in the first month of the year This success is attributed to the command’s efforts in countering smuggling, which poses a significant threat to national security and hinders the growth of local…
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Kidnapped Anambra Lawmaker Found Dead near Niger Bridge
The lifeless body of Justice Azuka, the member representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, has been found by security operatives near the Second Niger Bridge. Azuka was reportedly kidnapped on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas. He was abducted at…
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Assault: Abiodun Suspends Olorile of Orile-Ifo, Police Investigates
By Olatunji Idowu The Ogun State Government has suspended Oba Abdulsemiu Adewale Ogunjobi, the Olorile of Orile-Ifo for six months over his uncivil conduct not befitting the status of an Oba. The suspension was approved by Governor Dapo Abiodun after the Kabiyesi and his victim were invited by the Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy…
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Adeleke Directs Arrest of Masterminds behind Ido-Ayegunle Violence
By Funmi Ojo Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of those behind the deadly attacks on the Ido-Ayegunle community, noting that this must happen regardless of their social status. Governor Adeleke expressed shock at the attacks, which caused loss of lives and properties and praised security agencies for capturing…
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3 Sentenced To Death for Jan 1st Murder Of Couple, Son
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State has sentenced three individuals to death for the murder of a couple, the Fatinoyes and their son, which occurred January 1, 2023, at Government Reservation Area, GRA, Ibara, Abeokuta. Delivering a judgement, Justice Basirat Adebowale found the trio guilty of a nine-count charge,…
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Oodua Nation: Court Adjourns Trial of Suspects to April 22
By Jeffrey Ahonmisi The trial of seven suspected Oodua nation agitators who invaded Radio Nigeria Amuludun FM in May 2023 has begun at the Oyo State High Court, Ringroad, Ibadan. The seven defendants, Noah Atoyebi, Adeleke Gbenga, Abdulganiyu Mustapha, Bashiru kehinde, Ifagbola Elijah, Oladapo Ajani and Rasheed Jimoh are facing three counts of conspiracy and…
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Communal Tension: Osun Govt Sues for Peace
By Mojisola Oladele Osun State Government has appealed to the Residents and indigenes of Ifon, ilobu and Erin –Osun Communities to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign. The State Deputy Governor, Prince Kola Adewusi, made the appeal during the swearing-in of the 100-member resolution committee on Ifon/Ilobu, held at the Local Government Service…
