An Ondo State based pastor, Kolawole Samson, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing one Ayo Olaniyi at a village near Okeigbo area of the state. The late Olaniyi was said to have in March 2016, gone to hunt frogs alongside three others at a fish pond owned by Pastor Kolawole. Pastor Kolawole […]
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A 19-year-old, Margaret Ikumu, whose family raised the alarm over her supposed death and secret burial, has told the police that she faked it to escape financial pressures from her mother. Ikumu, who works as a domestic help in Ajah, Lagos, created controversy a fortnight ago after news of her death and authorisation to her […]
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The Oyo State Police command on Monday paraded suspected kidnappers of the twins of the popular Ibadan Islamic cleric, Mr Taofek Azeez Akewugbagold. Commissioner of Police Shina Olukolu, while parading the suspects in Ibadan, said a substantial part of the ransom they collected, a gun, two vehicles and one motorcycle were also recovered from the […]
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The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, has said that the police are still searching for Michael Okhide, the boy who allegedly stabbed his father and mother to death in Ejigbo area of Lagos State. The suspect had been declared wanted by the police since the incident occurred. Elkana told newsmen […]
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Accuses victim of dating her best friend Says she poisoned his meal and watched him die painfully He lived dangerously – Victim’s uncle An eight-year-old marriage has ended on a tragic note in Zumbagwe, a remote community in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. Thirty-three-year-old Janet Ekpe poisoned her husband for allegedly dating her best […]
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Gunmen have kidnapped four persons, including a captain of the Nigerian Army, D. Gana, along the Kabba-Auga-Akoko expressway in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The army captain and others, abducted on Tuesday, were said to be travelling from Abuja when they ran into the ambush laid by the kidnappers. Spokesman of the […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN Uneasy calm is now reigning in five Ala Communities of Ondo State following a clash between herders and leaders of the communities. Already a high powered peace team has been sent to the embattled communities to broker peace among the warring groups in the area. The Senior Special Assistant […]
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The police say that the suspected killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, a daughter of Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, have been arrested. A statement by Force Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, confirmed the arrest. The statement was titled: “Killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Chief Reuben Fasoranti, nabbed”. It said: “Police Operatives have arrested the […]
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The Police in Lagos have arrested three suspects alleged to have been responsible for the removal of a human skull from a cemetery for ritual purposes. A statement issued by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos State on Sunday, said policemen from Area ‘E’ Command, Festac arrested the suspects. Elkana […]
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The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Ile Oluji, Fedpolel, Ondo State, Prof Adedayo Fasakin, has called on the police to strengthen security around Ile Oluji in view of the recent armed robbery attack on First Bank and Polaris Bank branches in the town. In a statement signed by him and entitled “Need for calm on […]
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