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‘Tescom’ Shot Dead in Suspected Ogun Cult Killing

Web News 1 April 2024 1337 0

A suspected cult clash that occurred in the Ijeun Titun area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State has left one person, identified as ‘Tescom’, dead. It was gathered that the incident happened around 8 pm on Sunday. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the nature Continue Reading

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Police Talk Tough as Hoodlums Attack, Set Station Ablaze

Web News 31 March 2024 603 0

Some hoodlums on Saturday attacked and set ablaze one of the out-stations of the Oyo State Police Command along the new Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway in the Atiba Local Government Area of the state. Reacting, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the state, SP Adewale Osifeso, said the command would vehemently resist any kind of dehumanization […]Continue Reading

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Father, Son Beat Woman to Death in Ogun

Web News 30 March 2024 289 0

By Olusegun Folarin Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 54 year old man Chizoke Obiadada and his 17 year old son, Micheal Obiadada for allegedly beating a woman, Tope Owoade to death over a “worktable”. The suspects were arrested after the husband of the deceased, Isiaka Owoade had reported the incident at […]Continue Reading

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Man in Police Net for Defiling 14-Year-Old Girl

Web News 30 March 2024 247 0

By Bolanle Adesida Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Gadafi Bala, for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ogijo,  Sagamu Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola who made this known in a statement, said that the incident happened in Ifesowapo Otitoloju CDA in Ilara Ogijo.  […]Continue Reading

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Ogun Police Nab Two Men over Robbery

Web News 29 March 2024 267 0

By Olusegun Folarin Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested two men for allegedly dispossessing a woman of her belongings in a taxi along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The suspects, 35-year-old Aliu Oyetola and 40-year-old Seyi Afolabi were arrested after the victim reported the incident at Sango Division. The victim told the policemen that she […]Continue Reading

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48 Youths Renounce Cult Membership, Surrender Weapons

Web News 27 March 2024 482 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Forty-eight youths belonging to different cult groups have renounced their membership in the Sagamu local government area of Ogun state. The weapons surrendered included one pump action gun, four double barrels, seven single barrels, two English pistols, four locally made pistols and 35 cartridges. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Continue Reading

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Officer in charge of Binance’s Nadeem Anjarwalla detainment arrested – ONSA

Web News 25 March 2024 789 0

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has confirmed the escape of the Binance regional manager for Africa, Nadeem Anjarwalla. According to ONSA, Anjarwalla escaped by using a smuggled passport, adding that the officer in charge of his detainment has been arrested. ONSA Head of Strategic Communication, Zakari Mijinyawa, said in a statement, “Preliminary […]Continue Reading

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Update: FG Files Tax Evasion Charges against Binance

Web News 25 March 2024 299 0

The Federal Government on Monday initiated proceedings against Binance, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange platform over tax evasion. The charges were filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Federal Inland Revenue Service. In the suit with number: FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, FIRS implicated Binance with four tax evasion accusations adding that it was a decisive move […]Continue Reading

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Binance Executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, Escapes from Custody

Web News 25 March 2024 205 0

One of the two Binance executives detained in Nigeria for alleged tax evasion and other offences, Nadeem Anjarwalla, has reportedly escaped from custody. In February, the Federal Government detained the two senior executives of Binance. The arrest came amidst efforts by the government to rein in speculation on the naira by cracking down on cryptocurrency […]Continue Reading

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Robinho Arrested, to Serve Rape Sentence in Brazil

Web News 22 March 2024 511 0

Former Brazil international football player Robinho has been arrested to serve a nine-year prison sentence for rape. He was convicted two years ago in Italy for his part in the gang rape of an Albanian woman at a nightclub in Milan in 2013. Robinho, 40, was arrested at his flat in his home city of […]Continue Reading

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Killers of soldiers in Delta must be punished – Tinubu

Web News 18 March 2024 890 0

By Oluwaseyi Ajibade President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the brutal killing of military personnel in Delta State, describing the act as cowardly. In a statement on Sunday, the President said he stood in solidarity with all well-meaning Nigerians and the brave men and women of the armed forces in mourning the unnecessary loss of […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Arrests Stylist, Dispatch Rider for Selling Drugged Chin-chin to Students

Web News 17 March 2024 423 0

By Olaolu Fawole A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. NDLEA officers on patrol around Opolo area of Yenagoa […]Continue Reading

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Man Shot Dead in Suspected Cultist Attack

Web News 16 March 2024 509 0

A yet-to-be-identified man was on Thursday night shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists along the Nanka/Lumumba Diobu axis between Mile 2 and Mile 3 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that about three gunmen had trailed the deceased to a location where he went to buy noodles and shot him in […]Continue Reading

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Newly Employed Househelp Stabs Boss

Web News 14 March 2024 584 0

Tragedy struck in the Gbagada area of Lagos after a yet-to-be-identified woman was stabbed to death by her house help, in her apartment on 29, Kiniun-Ifa Street, Sawmill. It was not clear when the fleeing house help, identified simply as Peter, allegedly committed the murder. But the lifeless body of the woman, according to information […]Continue Reading

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Lady Murdered, Heart Allegedly Missing

Web News 14 March 2024 209 0

A baker, Tina Ileogben, has been killed and her heart reportedly ripped out of her chest and stolen at her residence on Olowo Street, in the Alhaja Shifiwa area of Dopemu, Agege, Lagos State. It was gathered that the victim, who was said to be working at a bakery, did not report for duty on […]Continue Reading

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Police Hammer Two ASPs over Alleged Extortion

Web News 10 March 2024 673 0

Two Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, have been suspended by the Rivers State Command for Alleged extortion in the course of duty. The suspended ASP Doubara Edonyabo and ASP Talent Mungo were Alleged to have been involved in an untoward act. The suspension of the two officers, as well the stoppage of their salaries were […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Swoops on Skuchies Factories, Arrests 26-Year-Old Lady

Web News 10 March 2024 214 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have nabbed a 26-year-old lady, Obasanmi Esther Iyanu, who produces and distributes skuchies during a raid on her hideout in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. At least, 16.5 litres of the illicit substance and different quantities of molly and cannabis were recovered from her during the […]Continue Reading

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Bizzare: Woman Poisons Daughter

Web News 9 March 2024 291 0

A woman simply identified as Rukayat is now in police custody for allegedly poisoning her one-year-old daughter with an insecticide in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday. A police source told newsmen that the infant had epilepsy and that the mother poisoned her because she was […]Continue Reading

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Octogenarian in NSCDC Net

Web News 9 March 2024 211 0

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, Kano command have arrested an 85-year-old suspected kidnapper, Ibrahim Usman, at Yar’adua quarters, Rimin Kebe, Ungogo LGA. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, who made this known in a statement, said the suspect abducted a 3-year-old boy in his neighbourhood. He said […]Continue Reading

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Gov. Sani in Kuriga, Pledges Rescue of Abducted Students

Web News 8 March 2024 331 0

Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State has pledged to get back all the students abducted by bandits in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday. The governor pledged, when he visited the community, to commiserate with them over the incident. He, however, said that the total number of those kidnapped has not […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Intercepts Vietnam-bound Bizman with Cocaine

Web News 3 March 2024 805 0

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage while attempting to board an Ethiopia Airlines flight number 950 to Vietnam via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. Ejike was Continue Reading

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OYACA Seeks Amendment of Law for Legal Autonomy to Prosecute

Web News 1 March 2024 430 0

By Oluwakayode Banjo Chairman, Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency, OYACA, Retired Justice Eni Esan has disclosed that legislative and legal processes are ongoing to enable the agency to prosecute offenders. She said this while responding to questions from journalists after a sensitization and advocacy programme for the 2024 Batch A, Stream One of the National Youths […]Continue Reading

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1 Dead, Many Wounded in FUTO Cult Clash

Web News 1 March 2024 202 0

By Tijjani Ibrahim A student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Owerri is said to have been killed and several others injured in a clash suspected to be linked to cult activities. The unfortunate incident unfolded on Friday morning when a faction of students from Imo State University (IMSU) allegedly infiltrated the FUTO […]Continue Reading

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Customs Intercepts Fake Pharmaceutical Drugs

Web News 1 March 2024 204 0

By Abisola Oluremi The Oyo-Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted fake pharmaceutical drugs worth one billion seven hundred and thirty-nine million naira at Bakatari area of  Oyo State. The drugs include seven sacks of 625 mg augmentin tablets, twenty-two sacks of ampiclox and twenty-four sacks of 500 mg amoxicillin capsules. The Area […]Continue Reading

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NSCDC Parades Man for Defiling His Granddaughter

Web News 27 February 2024 575 0

By Rasheedah Makinde Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has paraded a sixty-four-year-old man for allegedly raping his sixteen years old granddaughter.  The suspect was paraded alongside six other suspected criminals arrested for child trafficking at the NSCDC headquarters, Agodi Ibadan. Speaking with journalists, the sixteen-year-old rape victim said he Continue Reading