Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Granting Rufai bail is dangerous If he does escape to Nigeria, extradition will be extraordinarily difficult or impossible because of his ties to the Nigerian government The U.S Department of Justice (DoJ) has written a letter to the United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of New York, Ramon Reyes, on why it is…
The Ogun State police command, Ijebu Ode division, has arrested a 47-year-old woman, Olanshile , for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. According to the spokesperson of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the woman attacked her husband when she discovered he had impregnated another woman. Jimoh Nasirudeen, the deceased, 51, is said to be a co-butcher…
A United States federal magistrate court in New York ruled Wednesday that Ogun State Governor’s Special Assistant, Abidemi Rufai, charged in last year’s $650 million unemployment fraud in Washington state cannot be released before his trial. The special aide to the Ogun State Governor, arrested Friday in New York as he attempted to leave the US, had asked a federal court to release…
The 42-year-old political aide, who was appointed by the governor in August 2020, was arrested by the FBI on Friday at JFK Airport in New York. The senior special assistant, Abidemi Rufai has been scheduled for a detention hearing on Wednesday. As reported by The Cable Tuesday, Kunle Somorin, the governor’s spokesperson, in a statement…
The United States Secret Service has received reporting of a well-organized Nigerian fraud ring exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to commit large-scale fraud against state unemployment insurance programs DoJ Abidemi Rufai, a senior special assistant to Ogun State governor on housing has been arrested in the United State for Covid-19 pandemic related wire fraud, the US…
A 55-year-old man, Yesiru Salisu, has been arrested in Ogun State by the police for beign in pocession of human body parts. The body parts found on him included four skulls, three jaws and two hands, police said. The suspect, Yesiru was seen with a bag slung over his left shoulder in Ago-Iwoye area of…
Police authority in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have arrested a robbery suspect, Monday Alo. Monday, an indigene of Ebonyi State was arrested after his gang of armed robbers snatched a Toyota Camry from a victim. Monday was arrested at the weekend on the Sagamu/Ikene Road while the gang operated. The police team that arrested was led…
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…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC Acting Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Samin Amaddin, confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday. Mr Amaddin said the former SGF is cooperating with investigators and has been making…
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…
