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December 7, 2023
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Four youths get 24 strokes for escaping from police custody

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, yesterday sentenced four youths, Adeleke Azeez (20), Isola Segun (18), Odewale Maliq (18) and Ayoola Pelumi (15), to five years imprisonment for escaping from police custody. However,…

Traditional ruler, five villagers killed in Plateau

Traditional ruler, five villagers killed in Plateau

Again, gunmen on Monday night killed a traditional ruler, Da Chung Gyang Mwadkon, and five other people at Wereng village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. A week ago, another traditional ruler, the…

SARS can’t detain suspects again –Odumosu

SARS can’t detain suspects again –Odumosu

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would no longer have the authority to detain suspects.   Odumosu, who spoke on a television station yesterday, said the…

Abiodun names Laycon Ogun youth ambassador

Abiodun names Laycon Ogun youth ambassador

… gives BBN winner house, N5m   Governor Dapo Abiodun yesterday appointed the winner of the Big Brother Naija (BBN) show, Olamilekan Moshood Agbelesebioba, popularly known as Laycon, as the Youth Ambassador of Ogun State.…

Troops rescue five kidnapped expatriates in Rivers

Troops rescue five kidnapped expatriates in Rivers

    Military yesterday said five expatriates earlier kidnapped by suspected militants within the Yellow Island general area in Rivers State had been rescued. The foreign nationals were abducted on May 9 onboard MT RIO…

Captain Hosa: It’s ungodly to gloat over my health

Captain Hosa: It’s ungodly to gloat over my health

Renowned international businessman and philanthropist, Captain Hosa Wells Okunbo, said it was ungodly to link his health condition to the outcome of the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State.   Okunbo had publicly…

Herbalist defrauds manager of N3.6m

Lateef Dada Osogbo A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, was told yesterday how a 32-year-old herbalist, Adeyemi Semiu, duped a manager of N3.6 million.   The…

Pay our salary arrears, ASPs beg IGP

Policemen promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 2017 have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Inspector- General of Police (IG), Muhammad Adamu, to pay their promotion salary arrears.…

Missing Child: Court sentences Prophet, 5 other to life imprisonment

Policemen promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 2017 have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Inspector- General of Police (IG), Muhammad Adamu, to pay their promotion salary arrears.…

Hushpuppi’s US trial suspended till 2021

Hushpuppi’s US trial suspended till 2021

    The trial of Nigerian Internet celebrity Hushpuppi, earlier scheduled to commence this month, has been suspended as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension is contained in the orders of a district…