A 45-year-old Alimot Haruna has been taken into custody by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly smuggling 42 northern children into Lagos without their parents’ consent. SAHEL STANDARD learnt that Alimot intended to compel all 42 children into child labour and trafficking. It was also learnt that the incident occurred on January 25 at…
Olanike, the wife of a car dealer, Ayodeji Soetan, has been hospitalised after their landlady, Juliet Akano, allegedly vandalised and broke into his apartment at Tijani Bello in the Ojodu area of Lagos State. The incident happened at about 11 am on Wednesday, January 24. Speaking with our correspondent on Sunday, Soetan said Akano stormed…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Sen. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has commissioned Cesel-Concerto JV Mini-Grid for sustainable and reliable electricity supply to over 1200 households in Ife South Local Government, Osun State. The official commissioning which was performed by the Governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Rev. Bunmi Jenyo…
A 24-year-old student of Mass Communication at Federal Polytechnic Mubi in Adamawa State, Jemima Shetima-Balami, has allegedly committed suicide after her boyfriend ended their relationship. She was said to be a second-year National Diploma student in industrial attachment with Adamawa State Television, Yola. Report revealed that she drank a substance suspected to be rat poison…
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has extended the ultimatum earlier issued to the Federal Government to address all pending issues by six more weeks. MDCAN made this known in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Sunday. The communique which…
Manchester City will travel to Luton in the FA Cup fifth round, while non-league giant-killers Maidstone face Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry in the FA Cup draw. Treble winners City won 1-0 at Tottenham in the fourth round thanks to Nathan Ake’s late goal on Friday. Pep Guardiola’s side now head to Kenilworth Road to take…
Police in Osun on Sunday confirmed Saturday’s killing of one Dr Richard Adeoriokin, a United States of America-based Nigerian lecturer at Ejigbo. Spokesperson of the police in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated in Osogbo that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the murder. “Police in Osun is aware of the shooting that occurred…
The Osun State Police Command has reacted to the fatal shooting incident, which occurred in Ejigbo town, leading to the death of a United States-based Prof. Richard Idowu (Ade Ori Okin), saying one person has been arrested in connection to the incident. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yemisi Opalola, on…
The Wife of Osun State Governor, Titilola Adeleke has congratulated her darling husband, Senator Ademola Adeleke on his installation as Baba Oba of Joga Land, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State by the Abepa of Joga Orile Land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Adeyemi Adekeye. Mrs Adeleke in her congratulatory message described her hubby’s…
The lawmaker representing Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo federal constituency of Osun State, Representative Bamidele Salam has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the untimely demise of Dr. Richard Idowu Ade Ori Okin. Dr. Richard Ade ori Okin was one of the leaders of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Ejigbo Local Government and a vibrant politician…
