Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has accepted a family request to lead their legal team in the case of the alleged murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State, reportedly killed in a hotel. “We have accepted the instructions of the bereaved Adegoke Family. We shall […]
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The testimony of the father of late Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), a pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, who died under controversial circumstances, has been adjourned till February 14 following the failure of the prosecution to serve the documents sought to be tendered as evidence in the inquest. Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri adjourned proceedings following an […]
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A house help, Joel Sunday, has been hospitalised after his boss tortured him with a razor blade and a knife at their residence on Adebowale Street, in the Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that a resident, who saw the injured victim writhing in pain, queried the suspect over the […]
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Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 30-year-old housewife for allegedly stabbing an 18-year-old nephew of her husband to death over a disagreement. The suspect, who resides in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state was arrested on Saturday by policemen. Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a […]
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Sofiat Kehinde. Photo Credit: Newstrends Saturday, January 29, 2022, is a day residents of Oke-Aregba, Itoko-Tuntun, Idi-Ape and Isoka in Abeokuta, Ogun State, will always remember. It was the day a 20-year-old lady, Sofiat Kehinde, was gruesomely murdered and her head severed for money ritual by four teenagers. There have been killings in the state […]
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An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting at Isabo, Ogun State, on Thursday, ordered that four teenagers who allegedly murdered a 20-year -old girl, Sofiat Kehinde, be remanded in prison for two months. The defendants, Balogun Mustaqeem, 20; Majekodunmi Soliudeen,18; Abdulgafar Lukman,19; and Waris Oladeinde,18; were arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and murder. The boys, according […]
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The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, has arrested 150 persons for their alleged involvement in various criminal activities in the state. One of the suspects, Timothy Odeniyi, was allegedly arrested with human parts. The 35-year-old was reportedly arrested on Sunday in Ondo town, Ondo West Local Government Area of the […]
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The teenager, Soliu Majekodunmi, who allegedly slaughtered his girlfriend, Sofiyah, for suspected money ritual purposes has explained that he learnt the practice through Facebook. Majekodunmi said he typed ‘how to make money ritual’ on Facebook and got the detail, adding that the link instructed him to behead and burn a female skull in a local […]
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Hanifa, a five-year-old pupil of Nobel Kids School at Kwanar Dakata in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State, was recently allegedly kidnapped and killed by the proprietor of the school and two others. In this interview with Ted Odogwu, the father of the victim, Abubakar Abdulsalam, narrates the ordeal and trauma the family […]
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Suspect to be paraded today- Police The body of 35-year-old missing mother of two, Mercy Henry, has been found mutilated and buried in different sacks behind a building belonging to the prime suspect, Mayowa Timothy Bamidele. It was last week Monday, January 17, 2022 reported that Mercy had told her family she was going to […]
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