The Ogun State Police Command is searching for a suspect identified simply as Amosun, who allegedly stabbed one 37-year-old Tunde Majekodunmi to death during a birthday party in the Arinu area of Iju-Ota on Friday night. The incident occurred just days after an 80-year-old woman, Ladan Bature, was fatally stabbed during an argument at the…
Angry youths in Naka, Benue State, on Tuesday, set fire to the palace of Ter Nagi, Chief Daniel Abomtse, and parts of the Gwer West Local Government Secretariat while protesting the killing of three people. The violence erupted after suspected armed herders reportedly killed three operatives of the Benue Civil Protection Guards at Garuwa community…
The Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Technical and Vocational Education, Hon. Dapo Ademola-Adeshina has called on Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative to support to Technical and Vocational Education in Osun State. He made the call during a courtesy call paid on the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ASR Africa, Dr. Ubon…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have nabbed a couple identified as Emmanuel and Mmesoma Okafor for allegedly kidnapping an online vendor who had gone to deliver a product in the Iyana Ishashi area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this during a press briefing on Monday. According to him, the…
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Gabriel Emmanuel, to life imprisonment for kidnapping. Emmanuel, who was arraigned on March 8, 2023, on a three-count charge bordering on murder, kidnapping, and demanding property with menace with intent to steal, committed the offences in 2020 and 2021. The charge…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Ilorin on Friday, March 7, 2025, convicted and sentenced two Chinese nationals, Yang Chao and Wu Shan Chuan, to prison for engaging in illegal mining of solid minerals in Kwara State. A Monday statement signed by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity at the Economic…
The National Headquarters of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has announced the appointment of Alhaji Kazeem Oyewale as the Caretaker Chairman of the NURTW FCT-Abuja Council. Oyewale, who is the Gbobaniyi of Osogboland, was formerly the Osun State Chairman of the union. According to information made available to the general public, his…
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have detained a 42-year-old Victor Okoh for the alleged murder of his wife, Victoria Okoh, 38, at their residence in Oron local government area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Timfon John on Monday explained to Journalists in Uyo, the State capital, that the…
All efforts by detractors to distract our government from continuous delivery of good governance to Osun people have failed, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has told members of the State Executive Council. Addressing the State Executive council meeting today at Osogbo, the Governor recalled recent unfortunate events in the state and vowed that he would…
These days, have you noticed that you wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat? That’s because Nigeria is currently experiencing an intense heat wave. With temperatures soaring as high as 42°C in some regions, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a Heat Stress Watch, warning that high temperatures and humidity…
