Missing Ondo director found dead

Ondo State Police Commissioner, Oyeyemi Oyediran A missing Director in the Ondo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mr Gbenga Olofinmoyegun, has been found dead, according to the police. Confirming the incident to NAN in Akure, the state capital, on Sunday, the state police command spokeswoman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, said that the mutilated corpse of the […]

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Otto Ilogbo: Lagos slum where parents lament children’s mysterious disappearances

In the following touching story, Olamide Famuwagun captures the anguish of parents in a Lagos slum over the unknown whereabouts of their children: Hot tears rolled down the distraught face of 57-year-old tyre repairer, Oriyomi Onikoyi, while recounting the agony of his four-year-old daughter, Alimot’s disappearance in the Otto Ilogbo community in Ebute Metta, Lagos. […]

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Man blames alcohol after raping friend’s wife in Lagos

The police in Lagos have arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly raping his friend’s wife in their bedroom in Surulere, Lagos. The incident happened at about 2:00 a.m. on 22 August. It was gathered that the suspect allegedly burgled the apartment of the victim and unlawfully had sexual intercourse with her. The victim said that […]

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Mummified corpses: Edo police command reveals investigation details

Edo State Police Command has said that the building where mummified bodies were found can not pass for a morgue, as the principal suspect has no approval to operate such, noting that a severed body at the facility showed there was more happening at the place than claimed. At a press conference on Monday, the […]

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Youths lynch widows accused of witchcraft in C’River

Police Inspector General, Alkali Baba Usman Two widows alleged to be witches have been lynched in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. The victims identified as Mrs Martina Osom and Mrs Rose Akon, were on Saturday, August 27, allegedly tortured to death by youths. It was gathered that the incident happened in Ebbaken […]

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Three women ‘kill mother of twins, sell babies for N3m’

Police Inspector General Enugu State Police Command has arraigned three women for alleged conspiracy, trafficking of newborn twins and subsequent killing of their mother. This was contained in a statement by the command’s spokesman Daniel Ndukwe. The statement noted that the suspects who are aged 25, 39 and 56 respectively were remanded in the Enugu […]

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