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Oba Musliu Ademola Eletu-Asorota, the new Onitele of Itele-Ota in Ogun State’s Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, has revealed that people causing havoc in the town are non-indigenes. According to him, those who oppose communal harmony are out to milk the people and deprive them of their birth rights. Oba Eletu-Asorota, in an interview with newsmen,…
The United States sought the forfeiture of more than $600,000 proceeds of fraud after the suspended Ogun State governor’s aide, Abidemi Rufai, pleaded guilty to the wire fraud charges. Premium Times The US government has petitioned the District Court in Tacoma to order the seizure of Abidemi Rufai’s $604,260 in interest from his wire fraud…
The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested four suspects in connection with the abduction and gruesome killing of the late Mrs Nneka Kalu who was earlier reported missing and later found dead in a cassava farm on 29th August, 2021 in Ngugworo Community in Nguzu Edda in Afikpo South, Ebonyi State.…
Biodun Adebiyi, 32, was detained by the Ogun State Police Command for reportedly beating a 30-year-old cigarette seller, Mukaila Adamu, to death over a N50 balance. In a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest of the Suspect. Mr. Oyeyemi stated that the suspect was apprehended after the…
A file photo of a police van. One Kehinde Wasiu, 32, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for reportedly setting on fire her husband’s 23-year-old mistress, Tosin Olugbade. This is according to a statement signed by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson for the Ogun Police Command. “The suspect was arrested following a report…
…Invites youths for Peace Walk to herald ‘healing of Lagos’ Lagos State deserves true healing after the disturbances that trailed last year’s protests against police brutality, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday. He said only sustenance of harmony can guarantee the realisation of aspirations of all residents. Sanwo-Olu spoke in a live broadcast held at the…
Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State, has broken his silence on the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the shooting incident that occurred at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2021. In a speech Tuesday morning, the governor said it is regrettable that the panel’s work and the leakage of an…
Security has been beefed up in border communities across the Southwest states, following an alleged plot by suspected terrorists to attack military formations in the areas, it was learnt yesterday. Government sources said there is increased surveillance in Yewa, Ogun State border towns and Badagry-Seme borders in Lagos and Oke-Ogun, Oyo State to ward off…
Chidinma Ojukwu, a 21-year-old University of Lagos undergraduate, has described how she stabbed Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, to death in the Lekki suburb of Lagos State. After being paraded as a suspect by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, she spoke at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Chidinma, 21, for reportedly murdering Michael Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, in Lekki region. According to the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, Chidinma is a University of Lagos undergraduate and confessed to the crime. Read Also: Two suspected robbers caught in Ogun with…
