Abducted Ibadan farmer found dead after N2m ransom

The remains of an abducted farmer, Mr Wole Agboola, have been recovered from the bush in Aba-Odo, a few miles from where he was abducted. Sources hinted Agboola was killed after his family allegedly paid about N2million ransom to his abductors. A family source said they were expecting the release of Agboola four days after […]

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Three docked in Akure for kidnapping children for alleged rituals

Three men, Loto Temitayo aged 34, Olabode Omoboye aged 54 and Ogunbamila Erioluwa aged 52, have been arraigned before an Akure Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly kidnapping three minors for the purpose of using them for money rituals. They were arraigned on three count charges of conspiracy, abduction, and deprivation of liberty, misdemeanors and others. […]

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Ijaw youth leader killed, congress kicks

Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has called on security agencies and the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, to fish out the killers of an Ijaw youth leader, Enebraye Zuokemefa Peter. Zuokemefa, who hails from Sagbama and lectures at the Bayelsa College of Education was gruesomely murdered in cold blood in Yenagoa at the weekend […]

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Amotekun arrest suspected killers of Ondo monarch

The Ondo State Security Agency Network, the Amotekun, on Wednesday, said it had arrested some persons in connection with the killing of the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi. Oba Adeusi was shot dead by gunmen at Elegbeka on the Akure-Owo-Benin Expressway in the Ose Local Government Area of the state last Thursday. The monarch […]

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Suspected kidnapper beaten to death in Ekiti

Some residents of Omuo Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti East Local Government area of Ekiti State, have allegedly beaten to death, a middle-aged man accused of attempting to kidnap a boy in the area. The police command in the state has since confirmed the incident, warning residents of the state against taking laws into their hands […]

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Again, suspected Fulani herdsmen attack Falae’s farm

By Banji Ayoola Again, suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday night invaded the farm of Afenifere chieftain, a former Chairman of Social Democratic Party, SDP, a former Presidential candidate and ex Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Olu Falae. This was conveyed in a terse message today by his Personal Assistant, Capt Moshood Adekunle Raji, who wrote […]

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Scanty police presence, spike in Lagos crime rate trigger fear among residents

Hoodlums vandalise 20 cars, loot 50 shops in Mushin The Guardian staff robbed in front of office Former IGP Balogun urges officers to return to work A month after the #EndSARS protests turned violent across the country with widespread brigandage and burning of police, public and private facilities, there is apprehension among many Lagos residents […]

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Three abducted at Kaduna poly as Katsina police arrest 15 bandits

Gunmen, at the weekend, abducted Head of Department (HOD), Computer Engineering of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State, Bello Atiku, and two children. The school’s rector, Kabir Abdullahi, said the hoodlums stormed the institution around 9:00p.m. on the said day. He said: “I was in Kaduna when the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the college […]

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Makeup artist found dead after visiting client

A makeup artist based in Enugu, Ijeoma Nweke, has been found dead, her face reportedly bathed with acid six days after she went missing. The deceased, with Instagram handle @wake_n_makeup, was last seen on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, after she left home for a job. She was reportedly booked for work at an undisclosed location […]

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