Crime
Three suspects arraigned for banishing Anambra widow with masquerade
Three suspects arraigned for banishing Anambra widow with masquerade Three suspects, Lazarus Uzor, Anozie Uzor and Valentine Okwuosa, have been arraigned before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Magistrate Court in Awka, Anambra State, for allegedly using a masquerade to force a widow, Nneka Uzor, out of a community in the Ogbaru Local Government Area […]
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Man arraigned for forcing widow to drink water used to bath brother-in-law’s corpse TIMOTHY AGBOR The Anambra State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned a 75-year-old, Albert Eligbue, for allegedly forcing a widow, Patricia Eligbue, to drink water used to bathe brother-in-law’s corpse. Eligbue, from Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state, was arraigned in the […]
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OAU final year student mobbed to death inside hostel, VC reacts
OAU final year student mobbed to death inside hostel, VC reacts TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO The administration of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has condemned, in strong terms, the incidence that led to the death of a part 5 student of the institution. A release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, […]
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Police, NSCDC renew synergy against crimes in Osun, warn personnel against rivalry
Police, NSCDC renew synergy against crimes in Osun, warn personnel against rivalry TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO Authorities of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) and Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Osun State have renewed synergy and collaboration to tackle crimes and criminalities in the nooks and crannies of the state. They also warned their […]
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Court frees Nnamdi Kanu, says IPOB leader’s abduction to Nigeria unlawful
Court frees Nnamdi Kanu, says IPOB leader’s abduction to Nigeria unlawful TIMOTHY AGBOR The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday declared as unlawful the abduction of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed the entire terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. The Appellate […]
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Unpaid salaries: We’re losing our wives to Okada riders, protesting Osun policemen cry out
Unpaid salaries: We’re losing our wives to Okada riders, protesting Osun policemen cry out TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO Some police special constabularies on Wednesday stormed the streets of Osogbo, Osun State capital to protest non-payment of their stipends for eighteen months. The police constabularies, numbering about 500, gathered at Oke-Fia roundabout in the morning, moved through […]
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Oyetola’s aide condemns attack on Osun First Lady’s convoy
Oyetola’s aide condemns attack on Osun First Lady’s convoy By Timothy Agbor, Osogbo The Osun State Focal Person on National Social Investment Programme-NSIP, Lukman Abimbola Bello has condemned the attack on the convoy of the first lady of the state, Alhaja Kafayat Oyetola by hoodlums. Bello made this known on Saturday in a press statement […]
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Youths on rampage as suspected cultists kill Osun monarch’s son
Youths on rampage as suspected cultists kill Osun monarch’s son TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO A son of Oba Abdulahi Okunloye the Olofa of Ofatedo, Yinusa Okunloye has been killed by a suspected cult group. A 43-year-old Okunloye was murdered in the wee hours of Saturday at his residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government area of Osun […]
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Wife flees after reportedly burning hubby over extra-marital affair
Wife flees after reportedly burning hubby over extra-marital affair FAITH ARINZE A housewife identified as Ife has allegedly been on the run after setting her husband ablaze and killing him over reported extra-marital affair. The victim identified as Teebam, was said to have returned to Osogbo, capital of Osun State from Cairo, Egypt, to surprise his […]
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NSCDC nabs secondary school student for raping two girls same time
NSCDC nabs secondary school student for raping two girls same time TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Ekiti State Command has arrested a student of Are/Afao Comprehensive College in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state for allegedly raping two girls at a time. According to reports, the male student […]
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