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BREAKING: Police Release Detained Journalist Ayoola Babalola, Arrested At Abuja #EndBadGovernance Protest

5 months ago743 min

Ayoola Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday. A journalist, Ayoola Babalola who was arrested by policemen during the nationwide #EndBadGovernence protests against poor governance in Abuja has been released. Ayoola Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday. “Yes, I have been released. I was released around 3 pm on today (Sunday). The detention lasted for over 24 hours, but I’m home now,” he told SaharaReporters. “I am grateful to...

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BREAKING: 11 Protesters Arrested In Yobe From Their Homes As Nigerian Police Clamp Down On #EndBadGovernance

5 months ago944 min

SaharaReporters learnt that the arrested youths were forcefully taken at their places of residence in Damaturu, Potiskum and Gashua areas of Yobe State. No fewer than 11 youths and residents In Yobe State were arrested on Saturday morning as operatives of the Nigeria Police Force began clamping down on the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest. SaharaReporters learnt that the arrested youths were forcefully taken at their places of residence in Damaturu, Potiskum and Gashua areas of Yobe...

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Team Of 28 Lawyers On Standby To Represent #EndBadGovernance Protesters Arrested By Security Operatives, Says Inibehe Effiong

5 months ago1112 min

Ahead of the kick-off, Effiong in a post on his X account on Wednesday night, said, “We have a team of 28 lawyers in Lagos State cutting across different parts of the State. Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, says a team of 28 lawyers in Lagos State is on standby to offer legal assistance to anyone arrested or prosecuted over #EndBadGovernance protest. The 10-day nationwide protest against hardship, worsening poverty, poor governance among others...

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32 arrested for attacking FG inspection team in FCE

5 months ago6679 min

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 32 suspects for allegedly attacking a Federal Government team that came on an inspection to the Federal College of Education (Technical) in the Akoka area of the state. The crisis on the campus deepened as some students who had been protesting poor welfare on the campus for about a week were seen in videos fleeing from teargas reportedly fired by police officers on Monday....

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Armed robber killed, three arrested in Ebonyi community

5 months ago824 min

Soldiers attached to the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, on Monday, killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege area of the Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. They also arrested three people said to have links with the hoodlums who allegedly terrorised motorists in the area. PUNCH Metro reports that the suspects were part of a gang that had been causing mayhem and terrorising the axis. The Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in Ebonyi State...

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One killed, three arrested as soldiers battle robbers in Ebonyi

5 months ago1003 min

Soldiers attached to the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, on Monday, killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege axis of the Afikpo/Abakaliki highway in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. They also arrested three people said to have links with hoodlums allegedly terrorising motorists in the area. PUNCH Metro reports the suspects were part of a gang that has been reportedly causing mayhem and terrorising the axis. The Afikpo/Abakaliki highway in Ebonyi is the easiest...

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20 arrested as police, Ogun youths clash over traditional festival

5 months ago806 min

The Ikenne township in the Ikenne Local Government area of Ogun State was for a better part of Saturday engulfed in a crisis as some youth insisted on celebrating the annual Oro festival despite the government’s ban. PUNCH Metro gathered that the crisis had been building for some days now with the youths holding protests in the town and telling whoever cared that they would celebrate the annual festival with or without the government’s approval....

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Woman arrested for attempting to sell off three-year-old daughter

5 months ago2553 min

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman, identified as Yetunde Gbadebo, for attempting to sell her three-year-old daughter on Aladiye Street in Sagamu. Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that the incident occurred at about 10:00 on July 25, 2024. PUNCH Metro learnt from a police source at the command that the suspect was caught while negotiating a N700,000 price for the toddler with a 38-year-old man identified as Sunday None. A team...

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27-year-old arrested for defiling minor in Ogun

5 months ago1113 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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Man arrested for impregnating sister-in-law, 16, in Anambra

5 months ago904 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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