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Family, lawmaker, lawyers seek justice over pregnant woman’s murder
Praise Necherem
The family of Chief Nze Hyginus Nwagboso of Umueze Village, in Amorka town, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, has demanded justice…
Pastor with alleged rapist pastor’s same name with remanded alleged rapist cries out
By Demola Atobaba, Ado-Ekiti
The minister-in-charge and senior pastor of the First Baptist Church (Miracle Cathedral), Okeyinmi Street in Ado-Ekiti, Rev. Dr Olukayode Olujide…
Man arrested over military officer’s attempted kidnap, robbery
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
The police in Ogun state have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Waliu Oloyede, for allegedly conniving with others to abduct a military officer and dispossess…
Police arrest 4 cultists during supremacy battle in Ogun
By Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Police in Ogun State have arrested four members of a dreaded cult group during a supremacy battle between Aye and Eiye confraternity…
Man killed, dismembered by suspected ritualists in Kwara
By Oluseyi Dasilva, Ilorin
A man has been reportedly found dead and body dismembered by unknown people suspected to be ritualists.
The deceased, Usman Audu, suspected to be a Fulani…
Lecturer, 55, remanded by Ekiti court for raping a minor
By Demola Atobaba, Ado-Ekiti
An Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, has ordered one Dr Kayode Samuel Ayinde (55) to be remanded in the correctional centre, Ado-Ekiti,…
NSCDC arrests cattle thief, 52, foils underage boy’s abduction
By Oluseyi Dasilva, Ilorin
A 52-year-old man, Rauf Babatunde, of Dogo Village, lgbeti, Oyo State, has been nabbed by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),…
Police shot dead armed robber on Shagamu/Ijebu-Ode Expressway
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Police in Ogun State have shot dead a member of an armed robbery syndicate caught in the act while dispossessing people of their belongings along…
Ekiti UBEC Staff, EKSU graduate jailed in Kwara over cybercrime
By Oluseyi Dasilva, ilorin
A Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, sentenced a staff of Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, Olubola Olusola Sunday and one…
Ekiti court remands father for own daughter’s rape
By Demola Atobaba, Ado-Ekiti
An Ekiti State Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, remanded 37-year-old Musa Nurudeen at the Correction Centre in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly raping his…
Onitsha murder; journalist testifies
By Phil Okose OnitshaAs accelerated hearing continues in a case of murder prefered against four defendants in a case of murder of one late Akachukwu Ezebuilo inOnitsha, Anambra state, a…
Gunmen kill 2 soldiers in Enugu
By Uzoh Ugwueze, Enugu
Two persons were feared killed as unknown gunmen launched an attack on a military location in Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu state.
The…
Decomposing 75-year-old’s body on Abeokuta street irks residents
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Residents of Oke-Ilewo in Abeokuta South local government area of Ogun state have raised the alarm over the decomposing corpse of a 75-year-old man whose family…
NDLEA uncovers interstate drug cartels in Kogi, Nasarawa, Benue
… Recovers 843kg Cocaine, Skunk
By Sunday Elom N.
Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have uncovered three interstate drug cartels in Kogi, Nasarawa and Benue…
Police Officer Confesses involvement in rape, murder of Unilorin undergraduate
By Oluseyi Dasilva, Ilorin
It was a case of unbelief and disappointment when a serving police officer, Sgt. Adewale Adeshola confessed his involvement in the ongoing rape and…