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Ondo Police arrests 2 for allegedly stealing 18 months old baby
….nabs buyer The Ondo Police Command has arrested two suspects, one Lukman Isiaka and one Abosede Olanipekun for allegedly stealing a baby boy of 18 months form his mother. The Command made this known in a post on its X handle. It wrote ” Mr Lukman Isiaka and Abosede Olanipekun stole a boy of 18 months from the mother after…
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Fani-Kayode reflects on narrow escape during 1966 coup
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has recounted his family’s harrowing experience during Nigeria’s first military coup on January 15, 1966. Reflecting on the event, he revealed how mutinous soldiers stormed his father’s residence in their attempt to seize political leaders. Fani-Kayode recalled how the mutineers nearly killed him and his siblings while abducting his father, Chief Remilekun Adetokunbo…
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NDLEA arrests India-bound nursing student, others in possession of cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled an attempt by 26-year-old Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, a nursing student at Noida International University, India, to smuggle cocaine. Esther was apprehended on January 16, 2025, at Royal Park Hotel, Kano, hours before her scheduled flight to India via Qatar Airways. NDLEA operatives intercepted 31-year-old Cosmas Okorie on the Okene-Lokoja highway, uncovering…
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Lagos Fire Service contains inferno at Ikoyi hotel
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has contained a fire at the Bogobiri House, located in the Ikoyi area of the state. This was confirmed in a statement signed and posted by the agency’s director, Margaret Adeseye, on X.com on Saturday. Adeseye stated, “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has extinguished the fire that erupted at Bogobiri House,…
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NNPC mourns victims of Suleja tanker explosion, urges public caution
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has expressed deep condolences to the victims of the tragic petrol tanker explosion at Dikko-Maje Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Road in Suleja Local Government Area, Niger State. The company’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, signed the condolence message on behalf of NNPC Ltd. The incident, which occurred on Saturday, resulted in…
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Ogun police nabs husband for allegedly pouring hot oil on wife
The Egba Division of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Kazeem Sholola for allegedly pouring hot oil on his wife, Mutiat Sholola, and stabbing her in the head during a domestic dispute. Sholola, a resident of the Ring Road Community in Owode Egba, Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area, reportedly carried out the assault in a fit of anger following…
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Court jails six for internet fraud in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Justices Haleema Saleeman and Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, have convicted and sentenced six individuals to jail for internet fraud. The convicts are Akingbehin Temitope Oluwaseyi, Ajayi Elijah Olaoluwa, Samson Babatunde Ilesanmi, Quadri Olamilekan Lamidi, Kolawole Kehinde Moses, and Olatunji Elijah Olabisi. They were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate…
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Gunmen kidnap ex-AIG Odumosu’s wife in Ogun
Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen have abducted the wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu, from her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun State. The command disclosed that the incident occurred at about 9:55pm on Thursday, 16 January, 2025 when the woman was about to enter her home when the masked men…
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Salome Adaidu: Police arraign murder suspect Timilehin Ajayi
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arraigned gospel singer, Timilehin Ajayi, in court for murder. Ajayi was accused of dismembering his purported girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, when she visited him at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. He arrived at the Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia, the Nasarawa State…
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Illegal Weapons Manufacturing: Police arrest 2, recover arms, ammunition in sting operations
The Nigeria Police Force have raided an illegal weapons manufacturing factory on 11th of January, 2025 at Tse Akamabe Area of Kwande LGA, Benue State, leading to the arrest of two suspects namely Friday Aduduakambe ‘m’ and Iorwashima Iornyume ‘m’ aka “AK” aged 35yrs. A statement issued on Friday (Today) by the Spokesman for the Force, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said…
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