Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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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…
A member of Ogun State’s Assembly, Hon. Damilare Bello Mohammed, got arrested for his alleged role in a weekend clash between cults in Sagamu. Five suspects, linked to the incident that began on Wednesday and lasted until Sunday, causing multiple deaths, also got apprehended. The lawmaker, representing Sagamu State Constituency (1), is accused of providing…
The Ogun State Police Command, in collaboration with the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, has apprehended seven suspected cultists and recovered firearms, three live cartridges, and criminal charms in Shagamu, Ogun State, following a cult clash between two rival groups known as Aiye and Eiye, which resulted in the death of four individuals in the Ewu…
The Ogun State Police Command announced on Friday that it had apprehended two suspected cult members who were in the process of causing disruption in the Fadahunsi area of Agbado in the state. According to the Police Spokesperson for the state, SP Omolola Odutola, the arrests were made on September 4 following a tip-off regarding…
A 43-year-old man, Abiodun Oladapo, living in Mowe, Ogun state has been arrested for reportedly impregnating his biological daughter. Adedapo was arrested on Friday following a complaint lodged at the Mowe police division by one Oluwatoyin Idowu, who said her son Michael Idowu, had been wrongly accused as the one who impregnated the said 19-year-old…
Four young men who are alleged members of a robbery gang based in Lagos have been arrested by the police in Ogun State. The suspects were accused of terrorizing the people of Ode-Remo in the Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State. On March 13, the suspects were apprehended by the police following a…
Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday on charges of money laundering amounting to N5 billion. Ojerinde was arraigned with his three sons and daughter-in-law before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court…
According to a report by the UK Guardian, Ike Ekweremadu, a former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, his wife, and a doctor have been found guilty of organ trafficking by a UK court, in what is described as the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. They were convicted of facilitating…
According to reports, suspected thieves broke into the newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, just a month after commissioning. The hospital was commissioned on February 1, 2023, by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The thieves made away with electronic equipment worth millions of naira,…
Ifeoma Ossai, a 33-year-old unmarried woman, has been apprehended for murdering her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Surulere Oladele. This occurred due to a minor disagreement over the electricity bill, which left Ossai in a state of rage. She allegedly inserted both hands into her landlord’s genital area and seized his manhood, using it to pull him…
