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The Ogun State police command, Ijebu Ode division, has arrested a 47-year-old woman, Olanshile , for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. According to the spokesperson of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the woman attacked her husband when she discovered he had impregnated another woman. Jimoh Nasirudeen, the deceased, 51, is said to be a co-butcher…
More bandits were heard yesterday attacking educational institutions to disrupt education. According to the United States, the school environment must be supportive and those that are raiding the institution must be held accountable for their actions. The US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said America would help Nigeria protect children in…
A United States federal magistrate court in New York ruled Wednesday that Ogun State Governor’s Special Assistant, Abidemi Rufai, charged in last year’s $650 million unemployment fraud in Washington state cannot be released before his trial. The special aide to the Ogun State Governor, arrested Friday in New York as he attempted to leave the US, had asked a federal court to release…
Nigerian government has recovered over $700 million stolen funds hid in foreign countries for the past four years, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. He said the recoveries were made possible through “proactive and collaborative” efforts from foreign nations such as the United States, the United Kingdom,…
The Ogun and Lagos police commands have strengthen security in different parts of their states to avert any possible attack by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network. This was contained in a statement by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, during a security summit chaired by Governor…
The 42-year-old political aide, who was appointed by the governor in August 2020, was arrested by the FBI on Friday at JFK Airport in New York. The senior special assistant, Abidemi Rufai has been scheduled for a detention hearing on Wednesday. As reported by The Cable Tuesday, Kunle Somorin, the governor’s spokesperson, in a statement…
The United States Secret Service has received reporting of a well-organized Nigerian fraud ring exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to commit large-scale fraud against state unemployment insurance programs DoJ Abidemi Rufai, a senior special assistant to Ogun State governor on housing has been arrested in the United State for Covid-19 pandemic related wire fraud, the US…
Two Members of a robbery gang have been arrested by Ogun state Police command who allegedly specialised in snatching motorcycles in Sango-Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The press statement relaseased on Thursday by the Police Public Relation Officcier, DSP, Abimbola Oyeyemi. Abiodun Ogundele, 23, and Opeyemi Olatubosun, 22 are the names of…
The Ogun State Police Command has rescued 22 teenage girls who were lured all the way from Akwa Ibom State to Ogun State for prostitution. The state’s Police PRO, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said this in a press statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital. DSPOyeyemi said, “in an operation, coordinated by the Area Commander Ota,…
Suspected kidnappers have abducted four travelers in Olubo Village, along the Abeokuta-Imala-Ayetoro Road in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The people in question, three traders and a driver were kidnapped on Tuesday night while getting back from Ilara market in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state. Olubo town is a similar…
