The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested a soldier serving at 81 Battalion, Mokola, Ibadan, for allegedly hijacking a fuel-laden truck along Akobo-Iwo road. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abiodun Odunde, made the disclosure in Ibadan while presenting the suspects to newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Odunde […]
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L-R: Brigade Commander, 9 brigade, Ikeja Army Cantonment, Brigadier General Etsu Ndagi; Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso; Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi; Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft, Apapa, Commodore Ibrahim Aliyu and Commander, 651 Base Services […]
Akeredolu The unease over the lawless escapades of Fulani herdsmen across the country reached a turning point Tuesday morning when a gang of them took over the secretariat of the Akure South Local Government of Ondo State, sending the entire staff scampering out of their offices in the process. Akure is the seat of power […]
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Suspected herdsmen kill 2 in Kaduna
Nomadic Herdsmen are one of the victims of climate change No fewer than two persons have been killed in an attack by suspected herdsmen in the early hours of Tuesday at Ninte village in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Chairman, Interim Management Committee of the council, Mr Bege Katukah, told newsmen that […]
By Michael Adesanya An armed robbery suspect was in the early hour of Monday shot dead during a gun duel between his gang and the police at Ikenne town. The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who made this known on Tuesday, said in the course of the crossfire, other gang members […]
Jumoke Akindele, the suspended Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday said she did not misappropriate N15 million as alleged by some of her colleagues. Akindele, who was reportedly suspended on Friday by 14 lawmakers, said in a statement in Akure that although she was a signatory to the House schedule, she was […]
Law school An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday in Lagos remanded four friends in prison for allegedly robbing five people including an ex-judge at gunpoint of property valued at N1.3 million. The accused are Tade Esomojuwon, 23; Ramon Olatunbosun, 23; Ebuka Amechi, 19; and Oladipupo Adebayo,22 – all unemployed, are residing at Ajegunle area […]
By Peterson Ibi A middle-aged man, Okehelem Oyenma, on Monday narrated how a suspected internet fraudster, otherwise known as Yahoo Boy, Destiny Obiyan, raped his six- year-old daughter, (names withheld), after luring her with rice and egg. The incident allegedly occurred at Edobor Street, off Uwelu quarters, Egor local government area of the state. Oyenma […]
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode (middle), signing the Year 2018 Budget, Consolidated Transport Sector and State Teaching Service Commission bills into Law in his Office at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Monday, February 26, 2018. With him are Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade (left); Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh […]
Osoba delivering a welcome address at Terres de Hommes event By Bankole Shakirudeen Adeshina CHILD Rights advocacy group, Terre Des Homme Foundation, has lauded Yaba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State for leading other LCDAs in the push to domesticate the state’s legal and regulatory frameworks for the protection of the fundamental human rights […]