The Ondo State Security Agency Network, the Amotekun, on Wednesday, said it had arrested some persons in connection with the killing of the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi. According to the Commander of the Ondo Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, the suspects were arrested by a combined team
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Four Lagos-based suspected cultists and two others have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command in Odogbolu. The suspects were arrested while allegedly making arrangements to purchase a locally-made pistol for an operation. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement. Oyeyemi
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The suburb of Ofada, Mowe, in the Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun state, were on shock as police command in the state busted a hidden baby factory and rescued 10 pregnant girls and babies. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this on Wednesday, December 2, saying the operator of the
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Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan received a suspended sentence of several months on Monday for defamation. The 89-year-old former dictator was charged in May 2018 on charges of defaming Catholic priest and former democracy activist Cho Chul Hyun, who died in 2016 and wrongly calling him a liar in his memoirs published in 2017.
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Former Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi, was Monday convicted by a military court martial sitting in Abuja. The tribunal on Monday found Adeniyi guilty of violating military social media guidelines and ordered his demotion by at least three years. Adeniyi’s aide, Private Tokunbo Obanla, who was prosecuted alongside the general,
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Armed robbers have attacked the Christ Apostolic Church in the Gudugbe Alagbon area of Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. The hoodlums reportedly beat up several worshippers as they robbed them and abducted one worshipper and escaped into the dark. Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the attack yesterday, saying the hoodlums invaded
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Police operatives in Lagos have arrested seven suspected members of Eiye Confraternity in the Ikorodu area of the state. The spokesman of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspects attacked some local vigilante members in the area. The suspects are – Abolaji Adebayo (21), Josiah Offem (37),
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Police in Rivers State has on Sunday said three persons connected with the local church explosion in Port Harcourt, the state capital has been arrested. The command’s spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the development to journalists in Port Harcourt, said the suspects allegedly detonated dynamite on the church premises on Saturday night. He, however, said
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A Nigerian man, Ridwan Oyewunmi, has called on Nigerians on social media to help him get justice after a school teacher who is currently on the run, allegedly beat his younger brother, Boluwatife Omelaja, to death at a school in Ikorodu, Lagos state on Thursday, November 26. In a Twitter thread, the distraught brother said
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A Magistrate Court in Wuse, Zone 6, has sentenced a member of the House of Representatives, Victor Mela, to one month imprisonment. The lawmaker who represents Billiri/Balanga federal constituency was, however, given an option of fine. it was reported on November 10 that a magistrate court found the lawmaker guilty of lying under oath while
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A Federal High sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Commanding Officer, Nigerian Navy Pathfinder, Rumuolumeni, Commodore Sam Bora, following his disobedience not to the follow the order given to him in order to release a suspect from custody as well as his failure
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A middle-aged man has reportedly abandoned a bag of ammunition and fled following interception by the police along Owerri road by Obodoukwu junction, Anambra state. The suspect was said to be carrying a Ghana-must-go bag containing 17 rounds of 7.25×61mm live ammunition, a pump action gun and a magazine when he was confronted. Similarly, a
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Police in Ondo State have arraigned one Olayiwola Taofik before a Magistrate’s Court in Akure for allegedly defrauding one Godwin Olayeni the sum of N25m. Taofik was said to have fraudulently obtained the sum of N24, 750 million from one Olayemi Godwin under the pretence of procurement of visa documents for his wife and two
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A 55-year-old man, Yesiru Salisu has been arrested by Men of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police for being in possession of human parts consisting of four skulls, two hands and three jaws in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. According to the Ogun State Police Command, Salisu allegedly severed the human parts from a Christian
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The Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday sentenced two persons, Adekunle Osho and Chinedu Ugwu to death by hanging for armed robbery. In his judgment, Justice Adekunle Adeleye, said the accused were actively involved in armed robbery and linked with a recovered stolen vehicle. “In the consideration of the above, the accused are
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