A coroner’s inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jumoke Oyeleke, a lady reportedly killed by a stray bullet during a Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos State on July 3, 2021, has returned a verdict indicting the police. The coroner, Magistrate Mukaila Fadeyi, who sat at the magistrate court …
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There was tension in Temu, a community in the Ikosi-Ejinrin Local Council Development Area, Epe, Lagos State, on Wednesday, following the death of a 20-year-old student, Nureni Kekereowo. The Senior Secondary School 3 student was said to have died on October 12 after he indicated that his friends, whom he …
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The Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Ahmed Yusuf, who was abducted on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, has been rescued. Ahmed Yusuf of the IGP monitoring team attached to the Kwara State police command, was rescued on Sunday at about 0230hiurs at a border between Kwara and Oyo State. …
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Wife and daughter of the late Mogaji Soliu Abdulsalami of the Araoyo family of Omoda community, Ilorin, Kwara State, Funmi Soliu-Abdulsalami, and Taiwo, narrate to EMMANUEL OJO how the police allegedly killed Mogaji and falsely tagged him a kidnapper Can you briefly introduce yourself? My name is Funmilayo Soliu-Abdulsalami. I am the …
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A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced a 31-year-old student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Bashiru Azeez, to six months imprisonment over $9,891 fraud. Justice Adebayo Yusuf handed down the sentence while ruling on a fraud case instituted by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the …
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A suspected drug addict, Abdulafeez Shorinmade, has been arrested by men of the Osun State Police Command in Iwo, after stabbing to death one Rofiyat Rasaki at Kajola area of the town. Abdulafeez, who was said to have fled the scene after committing the crime, also allegedly stabbed and injured …
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The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested one Alice Mulak for stabbing her boyfriend to death in the Karu Local Government Area of the state. The disclosure was made in aPolice statement to City Round in Lafia on Friday by the state police spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel. The statement indicated, …
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Some gunmen have invaded Obeagu community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, kidnapping undisclosed number of people on Thursday night. The PUNCH reports that suspected herdsmen on March 29, 2021, invaded the community and killed 17 persons. However, despite recovering the phone of one the invaders, no one …
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A Federal High Court in Dutse, Jigawa State, has discharged and acquitted Senator Saminu Turaki, former governor of the state of the N8.3bn corruption charges preferred against him by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former governor and three other companies had been standing trial since May 4, 2007, …
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The Niger State Police Command has stated that it had arrested 326 suspects for various offences. This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas, during his retirement pull-out parade at the Police Training School in Minna, on Thursday. Kuryas stated that 284 of the arrested suspects had been …
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