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The murderers of Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, according to the governor of Ogun State, will not escape justice The state’s police commissioner, Lanre Bankole, has been given specific instructions by the governor, according to the governor, to guarantee that the criminals are apprehended. Kehinde and Bukola were discovered dead at their home in the state…
Ogun declares war on kidnappers. The state government assured residents and travelers passing through the state of adequate security before, during, and after the Yuletide season. The government also stated that it would step up efforts to rid the Ogun State corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway of kidnappers and other armed gangs by providing more…
The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohamed Buba Marwa, has sought collaboration with other African countries to combat illicit drug trafficking and abuse. According to Marwa, effective intelligence sharing and increased cooperation among African nations will help the continent overcome the daunting problem of illicit drug trafficking and abuse. This was…
The United Kingdom has issued fresh security advice to its citizens in Nigeria or who may be considering traveling to the country. The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in its updated foreign advisory asked its citizens to avoid at least 12 states in Nigeria, while saying some other states should be visited only if…
Following the threat of an attack by suspected bandits, residents of Ogere and Isara in Ikenne and Remo-North Local Government Areas of Ogun have been paralyzed. Our correspondent learned that a message purportedly written by bandits planning to attack the communities of Ishara and Ogere was being circulated. “I was in a prayer group yesterday…
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,…
Happiness Odeh, a student at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta, was purportedly killed by her kidnappers. According to reports, Odeh won the Miss MAPOLY beauty pageant on August 3, 2022. On Tuesday evening, the ND2 Mass Communication student was kidnapped on her route to Ipara Remo. The beauty queen was kidnapped along Iperu…
Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun State Governor has said that residents in the border areas in the state always live in fear as a result of people who move into the country, perpetuate crimes and cross back to their countries. The governor, therefore, called on officers and men of the Nigeria Immigration Service to collaborate…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has annouced those behind the Owo attacks have been arrested. Some gunmen had stormed St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, killing no fewer than 40 worshippers during a Sunday service in June. The Federal Government, however, said earlier when the incident happened that the Islamic States…
General Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff, has reassured Nigerians that the general elections in 2023 will go place despite the country’s growing insecurity. Nigerians are gravely concerned about whether the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will hold the elections nationwide since terrorists and bandits continue to have a field day despite repeated promises…
