Crime

Man bags three-month jail term for snatching handbag

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday sentenced a 40-year-old  man, Akinola Obisesan, to three months imprisonment for snatching a handbag containing N100,000 and other valuables. The Police charged Akinola, whose address was not provided, with two-count charge of…

Court remands man, 32, over alleged rape

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday remanded 32-year-old Oladele Ifatoki accused of rape at the Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo town. Newsmen report that Ifatoki of Alemuloke area, Sango, Ibadan, is facing a two-count charge of…

Police arrest 22 alleged cultists in Ogun

By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command said that its special squad, set up last week in the wake of deadly cult clashes in Abeokuta and Sagamu leading to loss of about 15 people, has in the last 48…