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Seven-man kidnap gang terrorising Ogun community arrested

5 months ago959 min

Ogun State Police Command on Friday said that it has arrested a seven-man gang that specialised in kidnapping and killing their victims after collecting ransom from their loved ones. This group operates within Ijebu-Igbo and environs in Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state. Two members of the gang, Chukwuma Bathlomew aged 40 and Igwe Sunday aged 42 were reportedly arrested and paraded last month while 31-year-old Ifeanyi Mathias, Anayo Simeon aged 28 and...

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Man, 27, dies in Ogun fire incident

5 months ago634 min

A 27-year-old man, identified as Tolu Falansa, was found dead in his apartment following a midnight fire incident in the Owode-Yewa community, located in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt from a police source familiar with the incident on Saturday, who wished to remain anonymous due to a lack of authority to speak for the command, that the incident occurred at about 5:00 am on July 28, 2024. Falansa,...

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Police arrest suspected cultists for robbing Ogun hotel

5 months ago925 min

The Ogun State Police Command has detained two suspected Aiye Confraternity members, known as Adisa Abiodun and Rasheed Makinde, who allegedly participated in the robbery attack on the Hommies Hotel in the Ijoko community of the Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspects were nabbed by police officers on Tuesday in the Ntabo community of Ijoko, following tips from residents of the area. Our correspondent learnt that the suspects...

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Passengers shun Lagos, Ogun motor parks over protest

5 months ago854 min

As Nigerians observed the nationwide protest on Thursday, PUNCH Metro reports that passengers abandoned numerous motor parks in Lagos and Ogun states. Our correspondent, who visited motor parks in Akute, Alagbole, and Ojodu-Berger, reports that commercial buses were in large numbers while drivers anxiously waited for passengers to arrive. “It was yesterday that I heard that there would be a protest today. I cannot cancel my appointment for it,” a motorist identified only as Sola...

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Two killed, nine injured in Ogun multiple crash

5 months ago1016 min

A truck driver and his assistant reportedly fled the scene of an accident after ramming into a bus, killing one and injuring nine others along the Sagamu Express junction of Ogun State on Sunday. This is just as a motor assistant lost his life when a containerised truck crashed along the Odo-Gomez area of the same expressway on Sunday. The first accident, according to a Sunday statement by the spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and...

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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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Man jailed for N3.1m visa fraud in Ogun

5 months ago10343 min

A Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Friday, sentenced a 33-year-old man, Olawale Abiodun, to three years imprisonment for N3.1m visa fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Abiodun, whose address was not provided, was found guilty of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence, fraud, and stealing. The Magistrate, Mr S. S. Shotayo, said that the prosecutor, Insp. Evelyn Motim proved the charges preferred against the convict beyond a reasonable doubt. He sentenced Abiodun...

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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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Police launch manhunt for randy robbers who raped Ogun female students

5 months ago836 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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Ogun communities seek Abiodun’s help over deplorable roads

5 months ago915 min

The residents of the Pakuro and Ajumoni communities in Ogun State have expressed their dismay over the deteriorating roads in their areas. The leaders of the affected communities in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday lamented the deteriorating conditions of several roads in their environs and made an urgent appeal to Governor Dapo Abiodun to address these issues. The residents, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Monday, lamented that they were tired of constantly...

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