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27-year-old arrested for defiling minor in Ogun

5 months ago1083 min

A 27-year-old man, Damilola Orelaja, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in the Omu Ijebu area of Ogun State. The command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest to our correspondent via a WhatsApp message on Thursday. According to her, the suspect allegedly lured the survivor into his apartment on Araromi Street, Ọmu-Ijebu, at around 8:00 pm on July 22, 2024, while the survivor was returning from...

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France denounces rail line sabotage ahead Olympics opening ceremony

5 months ago1101 min

A “massive attack” against France’s high-speed TGV rail network was an “outrageous criminal act”, Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete said Friday, hours ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. There would be “very serious consequences” for rail traffic throughout the weekend with connections towards northern, eastern and northwestern France halved, Vergriete said, while rail operator SNCF chief executive Jean-Pierre Farandou said 800,000 passengers were affected. Details later AFP All rights reserved. This material, and other digital...

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Eight Kogi schoolchildren escape death in auto crash

5 months ago885 min

There was a great relief on Thursday when eight schoolchildren returning from an end-of-term party escaped death as a truck loaded with tractors fell on the two cars they were travelling in. The accident occurred in the Lokongoma market along the Okene-Kabba Road in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the accident reports that all eight schoolchildren were successfully rescued from the two crushed vehicles, one Mitsubishi with registration...

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Two farmers killed in Nasarawa community land dispute

5 months ago10411 min

Two Tiv farmers have been reportedly killed in a recent attack in the Obosidima community over a land dispute in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. PUNCH Metro had reported that a crisis broke out around the Nasarawa-Benue border communities housing the indigenous Alago and Tiv farmers in the area, leaving four dead and several others injured. In a press statement in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Thursday, the President of the...

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NGOs condemn delay in probe of suspected cop

5 months ago1116 min

Some Non Governmental Organisations have condemned what they describe as a lengthy investigation of a police officer accused of raping a 17-year-old girl inside a police station in Lagos. PUNCH Metro reported that the suspect, who was believed to be attached with the Ogudu Area H Command, allegedly raped the teenager after she went to the station to report a stolen phone. Despite assurances from the state police command and the Lagos State Domestic and...

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Lagos demolishes shanties around schools

5 months ago885 min

The Lagos State Government has continued its ongoing removal of illegal structures around school premises with the exercise extended to the Ikotun area on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro learnt that the operatives from the Enforcement Unit of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the Environmental Taskforce Team stormed the Community Senior Grammar School in the morning, and ordered the traders occupying the structures to vacate them. This was followed by an...

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Man arraigned for stealing N700,000 motorcycle in Ekiti

5 months ago934 min

A 23-year-old man, Ajayi Sunday, was arraigned by the Ekiti State Police Command before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. The police prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, alleged on Thursday that the defendant stole one red Bajaj motorcycle valued at N700,000 belonging to one Adeniyi Segun. He said, “The defendant committed the offence on July 13, 2024, at about 07.30p.m in Ido-Ekiti. The offence committed contravenes Section 302(1)(a) of the Criminal Law...

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Man arrested for impregnating sister-in-law, 16, in Anambra

5 months ago874 min

A 41-year-old man, identified as Nwalobi Fredrick, has been arrested for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old sister-in-law(name withheld) in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Nwalobi, an artisan who hails from Ebonyi State, was arrested by security operatives on Thursday, after the family of the girl reported the incident at the office of the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare in Awka. The suspect, who was said to be newly remarried in...

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Kidnapper killed, two injured as abducted Edo pastor regains freedom

5 months ago1073 min

The Edo State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the rescue of the abducted pastor, Solomon Ativiel, in Benin, the state capital. The command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed this to our correspondent, said that one suspected kidnapper was killed while two others were injured during the rescue operation which was carried out on Tuesday. Nwabuzor also said the suspects were transferred to the state police command headquarters on Wednesday. “I can confirm to you that...

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Gunmen attack Okada rider, chop off hand

5 months ago1123 min

Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked a 50-year-old Okada rider, Sikiru Muritala, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in an attempt to snatch the machine, and chopped off his hand. Investigations by PUNCH Metro revealed that the incident happened at Saribi in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state around 9 pm, and all efforts by the men of the underworld to snatch the bike were unsuccessful. Speaking with our correspondent on his hospital bed at...

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