Crime

Police, Hunters Rescue 13 Travelers from Kidnappers in Osun

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Thirteen Ilesha-bound travellers have been rescued from kidnappers in Osun State by police and hunters. The passengers were abducted on Sunday by gunmen posing as passengers. Speaking with newsmen, one of the passengers, who did not want her name mentioned said midway into the journey, three Continue Reading

Security

Reactions Trail Osogbo Shooting

Web News 15 February 2022 344 0

Security operatives in Osun State have given different accounts to the incident of sporadic gunshots by security aides attached to the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola. The Police said the Minister was moving around MDS/Orisunbare road in company of armed NSCDC, Correctional Service, Immigration officers and some suspected political thugs. A statement by the […]Continue Reading

Crime

4 Prisoners Allegedly Shot Dead In Foiled Ile-Ife Jailbreak

Web News 5 January 2022 576 0

An attempt by some inmates at Ile-Ife Correctional Center to escape has been foiled by security men at the facility. The incident, which reportedly occurred around 9:00 am at Kosere Correctional Centre, Ile Ife led to the alleged killing of four of the inmates. A source told our correspondent that the first inmate that attempted […]Continue Reading

Crime

Osun Police Arrest 5 Suspected Killers in Ife North

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Osun State Police Command has paraded five persons suspected to be the killers of some farmers murdered on their way to farm in a village close to Modakeke, in Ife North Local Government sometimes in May this year. The suspects, Akingbala Olakunle aka ‘All Stand,’ Owoniyi Segun aka ‘Agbede,’ Daramola Muideen aka ‘Ede,’ Shina Adeyemi […]Continue Reading

Crime

Chaos As Policeman Shoots Okada Man In Osogbo

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There was tension in Osogbo capital of Osun State on Tuesday evening as a mobile police officer allegedly shot a commercial motorcyclist identified as Saheed Olabomi.  According to sources, the incident happened around 5:10PM along Old Oba road via Oke-Onitea Junction, Ring Road Osogbo.  It was learnt that there was gridlock around the area and […]Continue Reading

Yoruba

Ileese Olopa Ipinle Osun Ni Ko Si Ooto Ninu Oro Pe Awako Ta Awon Ero Fun Ajinigbe

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Ileese olopa nipinle Osun ti so pe ko si ooto oro ninu iroyin to fie sun kan awako kan pe oji ero mejidinlofun ninu oko re lo, fun awon ajinigbe nipinle Ekiti. Agbenuso ileese ohun, nipinle Osun Yemisi Opalola, ninu atejade to fisita, so pe kosi enikeni to wa fi ejo naa to ileese olopa […]Continue Reading

Crime

There’s No Reported Case Of Driver Selling Passengers To Kidnappers – Osun Police

Web News 21 July 2021 414 0

Osun State Police Command has debunked the media report about a driver who allegedly sold eighteen passengers to kidnappers in Ekiti state. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Yemisi Opalola indicates that there was no such case reported in Ijamo, nor any other Police Station in Osun State describing […]Continue Reading

Crime

Osun Police Nab 3 Kidnappers, Rescue 2 Victims

Web News 7 March 2021 373 0

Two travelers were again abducted by gunmen on Ife/Ibadan Expressway at Wasinmi Area of Ayedire Local Government Area of Osun State on Saturday evening. It was gathered that the two travelers were accosted while they were on their way from Ile-Ife to Ibadan by gunmen who took them to the nearby bush. A security source […]Continue Reading

Crime

Suspected Robber Set Ablaze In Ile Ife

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A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man suspected to be an armed robber has been killed and set ablaze in Ile-Ife, Osun State. This is coming barely ten days after two suspected bike snatchers were killed and set ablaze at Lagere Area, Ile-Ife on December 4, 2020. Radio Nigeria gathered that the incident happened on Sunday around 10:30 […]Continue Reading

Crime

50-Year-Old Docked over Attempted Rape in Osogbo

Web News 1 July 2020 494 0

The Osun State Police Command has dragged a 50-year-old man, Aina Taiwo before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for alleged attempt to rape a school teacher.  The defendant was arraigned on two counts of attempted rape and assault.  The prosecutor, Mr Abiodun Fagboyinbo said the defendant committed the offence on Saturday at about 10:55 […]Continue Reading