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The Labour Party candidate said the Presidential Election Petitions Court erred in law. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has submitted 51 reasons to the Supreme Court, aiming to overturn the Presidential Election Petition court’s decision and President Bola Tinubu’s election. Obi claims the Election Petitions Court made a legal mistake when dismissing his…
In Ogun State, eight suspects—among them a couple—are now detailing to the police how they lured, killed, slaughtered, and sold a female friend’s body for her organs and parts. After killing her, they chopped off her head, legs, and two hands, which they then sold to willing bidders, they said to the police. “We sold…
Ganiyu Shina, 49, of Oguji Street, Obantoko, Abeokuta, was arrested by men from the Ogun State Police Command for bathing in blood at a community river in the Kotopo area of Odeda Local Government. He claimed he was instructed to do so by a herbalist. Members of the community spotted the suspect at the River…
The Governor of Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun has advised the Personnel of the Nigeria customs service to be civil in thier operations so as to stop loss of lives that usually arise during clashes between the agency and the people at the border areas of the state. Governor Abiodun made the plea on Thursday…
The Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun this Saturday assured that construction work would commence on the Illisan- Ago-Iwoye road by the first quarter of next year, 2022. Governor Dapo Abiodun who gave the promise at the 35th edition of Akesan Day celebration held at the Kessington Adebutu Civic Centre, Iperu-remo in Ikenne Local Government…
A suspected serial killer and man-eater, Tongai Jindu, 27, has confessed to the Bulawayo High Court in Zimbabwe that he ate his victims’ raw livers and cooked the brains before consuming them. The suspect, Jindu, also said that he was influenced by the devil to kill two of his victims. Initially, Jindu pleaded not guilty…
Buhari’s U.S. visit already yielding positive results: the U.S. to repatriate $500m among many others. The visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to U.S. President Donald Trump has yielded the finalisation of negotiations to repatriate more than 500 million dollars (about 190 billion Naira) of Nigeria’s looted money traced to the U.S. Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister…
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arrested an Islamic cleric, Alfa Kayode Abdul-Fatai in Alakuko area of the State for being in illegal possession of human parts including a female private organ. The suspect, who was arrested at No. 4, Okedumola Street, Off Obadare area of Alakuko, was said to have also been caught…
Undergraduate beheads mother. The Police Command in Osun on Monday said it had arrested one Joseph Mark, a 25-year-old undergraduate of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo, who beheaded his mother on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Folashade Odoro, told newsmen in Osogbo that the incident happened at about 6:30 am, at…
A 29-year-old man, Kehinde Ariyo, has been arrested by the Osun Police Command for allegedly raping an 85-year-old woman to coma at Ilesa town in the state. The police commissioner in the state, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Osogbo. Adeoye said the incident happened at Ogudu area in Ilesa, where…
