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Oyo Police Command on Tuesday, confirmed the kidnapping of three persons at Onipe village, on Ijebu Ode-Ibadan Road in Oluyole Local Government Area of the State. According to the Vanguard, “journalists gathered that gunmen had at about 8:20 a.m. on Monday, emerged from the bush around Onipe community, shot sporadically into the air before taking…
Unknown Gunmen have abducted a yet-to-be-identified man in Ondo State, south-west Nigeria. The incident happened on Thursday while the kidnapped person was travelling along the Ise/Isua – Akoko Road with his driver. The spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, Tee-Leo Ikoro, confirmed the incident on Friday. He disclosed that while the victim has yet…
Ogun State Governor has suspended the Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, from office for alleged sexual harassment of a teenage girl. Ogun government said the suspension will last pending the conclusion of an independent investigation into the scandalous allegation. The Commissioner was alleged to have sexually harassed 16-year-old Barakat Melojuekun. According to a statement issued…
A teenager, 16-year-old Barakat Mayowa of Ita Otu, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State has accused the Ogun State Commissioner of Environment, Honourable Abiodun Abdul-Balogun, of sexual harassment. Barakat recounted her ordeal in the hands of the commissioner. According to the teenager, the sexual harassment occurred in the commissioner’s apartment on Thursday, December…
Police in Ibadan Oyo State capital have confirmed the murder of Alhaji Fatai Aborode, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, by unknown gunmen. Alhaji Aborode, a farmer was allegedly killed in his farm along Apodun road, Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo state on Friday evening. The…
Reports coming from Ogun State say the state’s police have arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of four policemen at Aba Tuntun village, Ijebu-Igbo. According to the reports, some hoodlums had reportedly waylaid a team of policemen in the village on Thursday, abducted four of them and shot a Divisional Police Officer who…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, affirm the conviction and death sentence that was handed to Maryam Sanda, daughter-inlaw to a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Mohammed Bello Haliru. The appellate court, in a unanimous judgement by a three-man panel of Justices led by Justice Stephen Adah, said it…
Justice Okon Abang has ordered the remand of Abdulrasheed Maina at Kuje Correctional Centre pending the conclusion of his trial. More details shortly.
Police officers in Ogun State have discovered a baby factory at Ofada-Mowe in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the State. Ten victims including four pregnant girls and four children were rescued. The rescued girls are between the ages of 13 to 24 and are from the southern states of the country. One of the victims,…
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday has confirmed that the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, was arrested in the Niger Republic on Monday and will soon be extradited to Nigeria. Maina was arrested in the Niger Republic on Monday after jumping bail and declared wanted by an Abuja…
