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Police arrest four with guns in Edo

5 months ago6574 min

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested four suspects for their alleged involvement in cultism and having guns in Benin, the state capital. The suspects, Isioma Unwogo, 21; Godstime Imareigbe, 32; Apeleokha Raymond, 28; and Mutar Igie, 30, were arrested at Ahor community along the Benin-Lagos Bypass and Benin-Auchi Road respectively. The command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, who stated this on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested by the police during a stop-and-search duty...

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Police launch manhunt for randy robbers who raped Ogun female students

5 months ago856 min

The Ogun State Police Command has announced that a manhunt has begun for the robbers who allegedly raped two 100-level female students of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ìjèbú-Ode, after invading their rooms in a residential area on Monday. The command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, announced the manhunt during a telephone conversation with our correspondent on Tuesday. The incident, which occurred around 12:30 am on Monday, followed the recent death of Fabiyi Ayinla, a final-year student...

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Landlord’s son paraded for raping A’Ibom corps member

5 months ago865 min

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested 44-year-old Paul Samuel Edu for allegedly raping a member of the National Youth Service Corps in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Waheed Ayilara, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo. He said the suspect, a son of the landlord to the NYSC member, was arrested on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at the Ukana Iba village, Essien Udim...

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Rivers vigilantes uncover dead newborn dumped in manhole

5 months ago1025 min

Members of a vigilante group on Tuesday morning discovered the lifeless remains of a newborn baby dumped in a manhole along Ikwerre Road by Ekwe axis of Mile 3 Diobu in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The Chief Security Officer of Nkpolu-Orowurokwo attached to the Diobu vigilantes, Godstime Ihunwo, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Ihunwo said the baby was discovered while he and his men were on patrol...

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Mohbad’s family conducts fresh autopsy, awaits result

5 months ago3336 min

The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has conducted a fresh autopsy seeking to determine the cause of his death. PUNCH Metro reported that the Magistrate of the Coroner Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, T.A. Shotobi, on June 26, granted an order to the father of the deceased, Mr. Joseph Aloba, to engage a licensed and certified pathologist for a completely independent autopsy on the late singer. The...

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Man jailed 14 years for sexually assaulting minor in Ekiti

5 months ago2894 min

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division on Tuesday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sunday Asere, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. Asere was arraigned on March 22, 2022, on one count of rape. The charge read, “The defendant sometime in January 2020 at Moferere in Ado Ekiti, did rape a six-year-old girl. “The offence is contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State...

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Protesting FCE students incited by disgruntled employees – Provost

5 months ago6517 min

The Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical), in Akoka, Lagos State, Dr Wahab Azeez, has said that protesting students of the college are being instigated by staff members eyeing his position. The students had on Monday and Tuesday stormed roads in Akoka and environs protesting poor conditions and dilapidating infrastructure on their campus. PUNCH Metro gathered that the students of the college which is affiliated to the University of Benin, Edo State, had...

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Edo bizman bags seven years for N12.5m fraud

5 months ago6464 min

The Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced an investor and businessman, Olabinjor Ajobor, to seven years imprisonment for duping one George Ezomo of N12.5m. The Edo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement, obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday. According to the EFCC, Ajobor was jailed on Tuesday with an option to pay the sum of N500,000 as an option of fine. Ajobor...

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Disaster management is everybody’s business – NEMA

5 months ago6566 min

The Head of Operations, National Emergency Management Agency, Minna Operations Office, Zainab Suleiman-Saidu, says disaster management is everybody’s business and not just the business of Federal Government agencies. Suleiman-Saidu said this on Tuesday at a one-day stakeholders’ workshop on Sustainable Waste Management and Flood Preparedness held at Kwara State Library, Ilorin, the state capital. According to her, flood preparedness and waste management require a collaborative effort from governments, private sector and local communities to build...

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EFCC arrests Kano banker, three others for mutilating naira notes

5 months ago904 min

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a banker, Kamaluddeen Lawal, and three businessmen for recycling and manipulating the contents of the naira notes. Lawal was arrested alongside Ismail Ilu, Lamido Bala and Abba Mohammed at Unity Road, Kantin Kwari Market in Kano State. A statement on Tuesday by the EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the suspects were arrested following an intelligence on their activities. He said, “Operatives of...

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