Crime
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Twelve suspected members of unlawful society groups in Osun State have been arrested by the State Police Command. In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Ojelabi, the command through the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Gotan explained that the suspects were arrested during an onslaught launched as part of its efforts […]
Management of Obafemi Awolowo University has described armed robbery attacks on students living in Oreoluwa Hostel in Moremi Estate ,an off- campus student accommodation in Ile-Ife as unfortunate and unacceptable. This is contained in a statement by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju. On Monday night,the students were dispossessed of their valuables and […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has arraigned four suspects purportedly involved in the killing of the late Irewole local government area chairman Mr. Remi Abass The suspects including Abubakar Kabiru 38, Tajudeen Opeyemi 30, Akeem Agbomojo 28, and Akintoye Olayemi 40 all from Ikire and Apomu in Osun State, appeared before Justice Joyce […]
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned former Chairman, Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Mrs Ngozi Olejeme, before Federal High Court, Abuja. The arraignment was in connection of One Billion Naira fraud allegedly linked to her. According to a statement released by the spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale, […]
The Police Commissioner in Osun State Mr. Mohammed Gotta has directed a holistic investigation into the Akilalu community fracas which led to the death of three people . This is contained in a statement by the spokesman,Mr. Abiodun Ojelabi. According to the statement, the police received a report alleging operatives of the Western Nigeria Security […]
Three people have reportedly been confirmed dead after operatives of the Osun State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun were attacked by suspected armed hoodlums in Akinlalu, a community in the Ile-Ife axis of the State. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, happened while four operatives the corps were responding to a distress call from residents […]
A special court sitting in Coimbatore in India has convicted one Nigerian, Samson Chukwunonso to 10 years imprisonment over drug trafficking.. The agency reports that the case dated back to July 2012 when operatives of the Narcotics Control Bureau , Chennai unit intercepted three parcels at a courier office and discovered 1.195kg of heroin and […]
The Nigeria Police Force,Ogun Police Command has arrested Fatai Quadri ,a man who was captured assaulting his wife, Rukayat Quadri in a viral video. Fatai was seen in the video hitting his wife,leaving her with wounds . A statement by the PPRO ,Omolola Odutola notes that arguments over allegations of infidelity led to the fracas. […]
The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, has arrested a driver with several illegal items, including two locally-made single barrel firearms, two brand new short stainless steel machetes, and twenty live cartridges. The command also disclosed that on Wednesday, other successful operations led to the recovery of a white Toyota Camry (registration number LSD 957 […]
The Osun State Police Command has apprehended six cultists suspected to have caused chaos at a tertiary institution in Osun state. The State police command image maker Mr. Abiodun Ojelabi in a statement made available to press men in Osogbo on Thursday, said the suspects included Oluwadamilare Temitope, Ayodeji John, Adepoju Adesoji, Yusuf Abeeb, Fatai […]
