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The administration of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife has stated that it is in discussions with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in response to the apprehension of 69 individuals suspected of engaging in internet fraud. A significant number of these suspects are reportedly students of the university. Subsequently, 58 of the detained students…
The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, have officially confirmed the release of some of the university’s students who were apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives at their hostels on Wednesday. Abiodun Olanrewaju, the university’s Public Relations Officer, provided this information when speaking to the press on Wednesday…
Chijioke Ihunwo, the Chairman of the Rivers State Chapter of the National Youth Council, was apprehended on Tuesday, October 31, following an assault on the residence of Martins Amaewhule, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, as reported by the Rivers State Police Command. As stated in a press release from police spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko…
A seven-man robbery gang recently committed a heinous crime in the Abapawa community, targeting hostels where students from Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ogun State reside. The incident occurred overnight, spanning from Monday into Tuesday, and it involved the sexual abuse of four female students along with theft. Read also : IReV not…
“Three police officers serving with Ogun State Police Command” are set to undergo an “orderly room trial” due to alleged “professional misconduct.” The officers, identified as Inspectors Ikhanorba Lucky, Paul Sunday, and Edwin Ekeogu, were found engaging in professional misconduct while carrying out visibility policing duties at Maawu Bus stop in the Agbado area of…
The Ogun State Police Command has detained a “credit officer of a microfinance bank,” Esther Hamidu, who allegedly “fled with customers’ contributions” amounting to “N1.97m.” According to PUNCH Metro, Hamidu disappeared with the daily contributions made by the bank’s customers, which “spanned between March and December 2023.” A branch manager in Abeokuta, the state capital,…
On the 16th of October 2023, a pastor from the Christ Liberty Evangelism Church in Rosco, Iyana Iyesi, Ota, named Oyenekan Oluwaseyi, along with three other individuals, were apprehended in possession of a human skull in the Saje Area of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria. According to PUNCH Metro, Oluwaseyi and the three…
The Ogun State Police command reported on Saturday that its officers have apprehended three individuals, namely Amusa Kazeem, Oke Oladipupo, and Johnson Oluwole, for their involvement in the theft of the royal crown and staff of office that belonged to the late Olu of Ogunmakin, Oba Olugbenga Shodiya, who passed away approximately two months ago.…
Suspected members of a rival cult gang brutally murdered three individuals in the Ijoko community, located in the Ota area of Ogun State, leaving their lifeless bodies within an abandoned building. This shocking incident transpired on a Saturday and was widely perceived by residents as the grim aftermath of renewed clashes between rival cult groups.…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested two girls, Adama Joseph and Oreoluwa Davies, in connection with the robbery and murder of a Kwara socialite, Adeniyi Ojo. The suspects were apprehended for their alleged involvement in the crime. The suspects reportedly lured the victim into engaging in a threesome and BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism)…
