Crime

Man lands in Osun court for perverting justice

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 30-year-old man, John Babarinde, over alleged perversion of justice. It was gathered that the accused person committed the offence on November 30, 2020 around 9:00 a.m. within the Osun High…

Police arrests  10 suspected cultists in Osun

The Police Command in Osun says it has arrested 10 suspected cultists in a hotel in Ikire. In a statement by Osun Police Spokesperson Yemisi Opalola, the police said that the arrest was made on Monday after officers received a…

Man in court over alleged N4.3m fraud

A businessman, Akinwumiju Abayomi, 40, was on Monday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding a man of N4.3 million on the pretext of supplying him logs of wood. Abayomi, a resident of Yaba area of…

Court jails man 15 years for N16m oil fraud in Lagos

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Office, has secured the conviction and sentencing of a businessman, Charles Ihenetu, to 15 years imprisonment before Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court sitting at the Lagos State High Court,…

3 killed as cultists clash in Osun

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo Three suspected cultists have been reportedly killed on Sunday morning in a fresh cult clash in Osogbo. It was gathered that the attack took place at Kolawole, Allie and Obate areas in Osogbo where it was learnt…