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Police Take Proactive Measures to Address School Clashes
By Abisola Oluremi The Oyo State Police Command has launched a series of initiatives to tackle the recurring clashes in secondary schools in Ibadan. This move follows a stakeholders meeting held at the command’s headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan. Speaking, the Commissioner of Police, Joseph Adenola said, the police will conduct regular visits to schools to…
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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 Investigate Teen’s Drowning at Abandoned Quarry
By Francisca Irekpita The Ogun state Police command has launched an investigation and search operation into the tragic drowning of a Year-old Oluwaferanmi Olasupo, at an abandoned quarry pool near Eseke Village, in Odeda local government area. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Omolola Odutola, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta,…
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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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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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Be Vigilant, Ogun CP tells Motorists
By Olatunji Idowu Residents of Ogun state particularly motorists have been encouraged to take advantage of the window provided by the Police to regularize their vehicle documents to avoid sanctions. The Commissioner of Police, Mrpolice, Lanre Ogunlowo, made the call in a statement in Abeokuta through the command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola. Mr Ogunlowo noted that…
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No room for inter-state crime incursion – Osun CP
By Mojisola Oladele The Osun State Police Command has assured residents of its readiness to maintain law and order. The State Police Commissioner, CP Muhammed Abba, gave the assurance in reaction to rumours of hoodlums infiltrating the state and the Southwest region from the North. CP Abba noted that his men had been stationed at strategic…
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Police Arrest Two for Alleged Fake Bank Transfer
By Olusegun Folarin Ogun State Police Command has arrested two young persons for allegedly purchasing clothes worth 220 thousand naira using fake bank transfers from one Christopher Chukwuma of Ijebu North Local Government Area. The suspects, Opeyemi Ibrahim and Dimeji Bakare, were apprehended after the victim had detected and raised alarm. The Police Public Relations…
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Woman in Police Net for Inflicting Injury on Teen
By Olatunji Idowu Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested Odeale Fatimah for allegedly inflicting injury on a ten-year Olasunkanmi Oluwadamilara over six hundred naira in the Obada Oko area of Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations Officer, Miss Omolola Odutola confirmed the arrest of the woman in a statement in Abeokuta. Miss Odutola explained…
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Police Refute Mysterious Deaths Rumour
By Abisola Oluremi The Oyo State Police Command has refuted rumours making the rounds of social media that fifty persons have died in mysterious circumstances The rumour also said the tale had led to the declaration of a State of Emergency The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, in a release made available to Radio Nigeria, said the…
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Police Investigate Alleged Exhumation of Corpse by Deceased’s Son
By Adenitan Akinola In Osogbo, the Police have begun an investigation into the alleged exhumation of the remains of a community leader, Pa Azeez Rauf from the grave in his house and the sale of the house by one of his sons, identified as Mutiu Rauf Okunola. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Osun…
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Ogun Police Alert Public on Increasing Spate of Missing Persons
By Francisca Irekpita The Ogun State Police Command has alerted the public over an unprecedented increase in reports of missing individuals across all age groups in the state. In a statement in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Ms Omolola Odutola, regretted that only a small fraction of the missing individuals were located,…
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Normalcy Returns to Owo as Police Arrest 19 Suspects, Confirm 4 Casualties
By: Leke Adegbite The new Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Olutokunbo Afolabi, has assumed office. He confirmed the arrests of 19 suspects and the killing of four persons in Monday’s cult clashes in Owo. Addressing newsmen in Akure, Mr Afolabi said he had paid an on-the-spot assessment to Owo Township to get firsthand…
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Aiyedatiwa Receives New Commissioner of Police, Briefed on Owo Crisis
By Bukola Bardi The new Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Wilfred Afolabi, paid his first official visit to the State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday. Governor Aiyedatiwa received the Police Commissioner at the Presidential Lodge of the Government House in Akure. During the visit, the immediate past Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr.…
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Police Confirm Killing of Four Persons in Ondo
By Bukola Bardi The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed that four persons were killed in a clash involving some suspected cult groups in Owo town, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Police Public Relations Officer Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya disclosed this while confirming the incident to Newsmen in Akure, the Ondo state…
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Police Apprehend Suspected Kidnappers, Rescue 2yr-old, 4 others
The Kano State Police Command has successfully arrested a 25-year-old suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Musa, from Rijiyar Lemo Quarters, Kano. The suspect was apprehended for kidnapping a two-year-old child, Al’amin Ahmad Garba, and demanding a ransom of N50 million for the victim’s release. A statement on Saturday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna,…
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Oyo Police Parade 153 Suspected Armed Robbers
By Rasheedah Makinde From June to December this year, the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, arrested and paraded 153 suspected armed robbers. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Ayodele Sonubi made this known while parading 53 suspected criminals who were arrested for various offences ranging from armed robbery, hijacking, kidnapping, Cultism and…
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Police Nab Man with Fresh Human Head
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke A 45- year-old suspected ritualist, Taiwo Yemitan, has been arrested by the operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for alleged possession of a fresh human head and dismembered body parts of a female victim in the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Miss Omolola Odutola, who made this to Newsmen…
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Police Launch Investigation into Ibadan Yuletide Tragedy
By Rasheedah Makinde The Oyo state police command says it has begun investigations into the circumstances surrounding the alleged death of thirty-two children during a stampede at a fun fair in Ibadan yesterday. The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Ayodele Sonubi stated this in an interview with journalists in Ibadan. Mr Sonubi said…
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Ogun Police Confirm Two Deaths in Separate Incidents
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the deaths of a 60-year-old air conditioner and refrigeration technician and a young man in separate incidents last Friday. Speaking on the incidents, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ms Omolola Odutola said the technician, identified as Najeem, fell and died instantly at Ifo local government area…
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Father in Court for Defiling 8-Year-Old Daughter
The Ondo State Police Command has dragged a 35-year-old herb seller, Taiwo Mufutau, before an Akure family Magistrate court, for allegedly, defiling his 8-year-old biological daughter. Mufutau was arraigned on a single charge of rape, a violation of Section 25(a) of the Ondo State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law of 2021. The police prosecutor, Martins…
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Home Tutor Defiles 13-Year-Old Girl in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Femi Onayemi, for defiling a 13-year-old girl (name withheld) in the Obada-Oko area of the state. The suspect had earlier been hired by the girl’s parents to tutor her at their home in the community in 2023. Parents of the victim were shocked when the suspect scaled the…
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Ritual: Police Go after Father for Allegedly Smashing Daughter to Death
The Police Command in Delta has launched a manhunt for a fleeing father who allegedly murdered his six-year-old daughter at Agbarho Community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Warri identified the suspect as Stanley Ovemureye. Edafe said…
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Police Investigate Death of Lovers inside Ondo Apartment
The Ondo State Police Command says it has commenced investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a man and his girlfriend in the state. A middle-aged man identified as Eric and his yet-to-be-identified girlfriend were reportedly found dead at a new apartment located in the Ayeyemi area of Ondo town, Ondo State,…
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Proactive policing, key to curtailing criminals – DIG Alabi
By Rasheeda Makinde Nigeria Police Force, NPF, says proactive policing will optimally work as an early warning signal at preventing crime and criminality before it escalates into crises. Deputy Inspector General of Police in Charge of Southwest Zone, Mr Abiodun Alabi stated this during a courtesy visit to the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele Ibadan.…
