An headless and armless corpse of a woman was on Tuesday found behind shops opposite Osogbo Local Government Secretariat in Okebaale, area of Osogbo, Osun State capital. Findings by SAHEL STANDARD revealed that the woman was an homeless person and had been in the area for months. A few residents of the area, who spoke…
A Kano-based High Court on Tuesday pronounced a death sentence by hanging on Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, who stabbed his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, to death. A resident at Kano Railway quarters, Geng-Quangrong, was convicted on one count charge bordering on culpable homicide. While delivering judgment, Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, upheld that the prosecution…
Britain’s head of state, King Charles III, will attend an Easter Sunday church service, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, in his most high-profile engagement since revealing a cancer diagnosis. Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, will attend the Easter Mattins Service at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle — a long-standing annual tradition of Britain’s royal…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has vowed to revive the abandoned upgrading project for the nine technical colleges in Osun state, requesting the consultant to mobilise to the state for the completion of the project. “We cannot afford to abandon such a lofty project. We need technical colleges more than ever before to address the increasing joblessness…
The Executive governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has laid the foundation of the Osun state Muslims PilgirmsHajj Camp in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. Sahel Standard had reported that the governor on Sunday, during a Ramadan lecture has made promised to the Muslim community in the state to provide a conducive Hajj camp…
The UN Security Council has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position. It also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. It is the first time the council has called for a ceasefire since the war began in…
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps, known as So-Safe Corps, has arrested four men accused of vandalising and stealing N5m cables from a building inside OPIC Estate, Agbara, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. Those arrested are Mubarak Sheu, Usman Umar, Naura Abubakar, and Aba Rabiu. This was disclosed in…
Ten people including a teenage girl were wounded Monday after Ukrainian air defence systems downed two Russian missiles over the capital, sending metal debris crashing to the ground. Authorities in the eastern Kharkiv region also announced a 65-year-old man had died in the courtyard of his home during a bout of Russian shelling. AFP journalists…
The Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja. Idris said Gumi is not above the law, noting that…
A man identified as Usman Abubakar reportedly died during a fight that occurred at Isale Koko, Ojagboro area, Ilorin in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident, which happened last Wednesday and claimed the life of the deceased, was a result of the combat between him (the deceased) and another man identified…
