By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo The Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, RT. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has asked the Commissioner of Police in Osun, Olawale Olokode to investigate a audio recording circulating on social media alleging his involvement in the cover-up of…
A Magistrates’ Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan on Friday ordered that three men be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly setting 11 houses ablaze. The police charged Isa Omotayo, 25; Isau Adebayo, 45 and Isah Usman, 30 with conspiracy, attempt…
The troops of Operation Desert Sanity have killed scores of Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province, ISWAP insurgents in Borno State. The development followed the ongoing offensives against the terrorists in the State, particularly in the Sambisa forest.…
A 37-year-old businessman, Yusuf Mufutau, was on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for allegedly assaulting his father, Bolaji. Mufutau, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with causing grievous harm. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Philip Amusan,…
The Enugu State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service on Friday debunked a report that its officers were smuggling Indian hemp and alcohol into its custodial centres. Its Public Relations Officer, DSC Monday Chukwuemeka, stated in Enugu that the false…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Men of Ogun state police command said that they have arrested two men, Seun Orokunle aged 38 and 28-year-old Sarumi Sodiq who gang raped a 22-year-old girl (name withheld) at Eleweran area of Abeokuta. The two suspects,…
The Defence Headquarters has revealed that the troops of Operation Delta Safe, have discovered and destroyed 49 illegal refineries in the past two weeks in the Niger Delta. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this while giving…
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 21-year-old man, Paul Aboh, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl. The defendant, who resides at Ajegunle, is being tried for conspiracy and defilement.…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Department of Research and Planning, DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, has warned officers and men of the command not to allow anybody to lure them into an action that is mutinous under…
The police on Thursday arraigned a 20-year-old man, David Adekunle, before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly stabbing his neighbour. The defendant, who resides on Olatunji Street, Ojota, Lagos State, is being tried for alleged assault. The prosecutor,…
