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‘Kidnappers should leave Osun, Ekiti, Ondo now’
For Adesina (not real name), his experience towards the end of Ramadan sends him into shivers each time he remembers his narrow escape from kidnappers on Ife-Ibadan Highway. As a Muslim who was observing his fast, he had looked forward to…
Police arrest 69 suspected cultists, others in Anambra
THE Anambra State police command said it has arrested a total of 69 suspected cultists and two other notorious criminals in various parts of the State.The police spokesperson, SP Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement on…
My husband is fetish, kept my undies in his room full of charms, woman tells court
A woman, Yetunde Adewole, has sought for the divorce of her husband, Taiwo Adewole, whom she got married to 10 years ago, at the Idi Ape Grade C Customary Court, Ibadan North East, Oyo State.Yetunde in her suit claimed that her …
Court dissolves hairdresser’s 10-year-old marriage
An Ekiti Customary Court sitting in Ikole Ekiti, Ekiti State, has dissolved a 10-year-old marriage between one Mrs Odunayo Agbetuyi, and her husband, Alabi Ijarotimi, for constant assault.According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),…
Troops repel armed herdsmen in Benue State
THE force commander of Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General Adeyemi Yekini said that troops of Operation Whirl Stroke on Monday repelled armed herdsmen at Tomatar village in Guma Local Government area of Benue State.Yekini who spoke…
Pandemonium: gunshots rock Warri, Effurun
THERE was pandemonium for the better part of Monday at Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State as sporadic gunshots rocked the area for several hours.The gunshots were heard around Jakpa Road, Warri Sapele Road, Sokoh…
Benue police kill three criminals parades 17 suspects
BENUE state commissioner of police, Omololu Bishi has said that his men killed three criminals within the state.Bishi who paraded seventeen suspected criminals yesterday said that the suspects were apprehended for violent crimes ranging…
Police parades 19-year-old student for stealing female pants in Anambra
A nineteen-year-old boy, Chinonye Okorie has been paraded by the Anambra State Police Command over alleged stealing of a female pant for ritual purposes.The suspect, a Senior Secondary School student is a native of Ogbaku in Imo State…
I no longer love my 70-yr-old husband, 40-yr-old woman tells court
A 40- year-old house wife, Larai Adamu has urged a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State, to dissolve her eight months old marriage to her 70-year-old husband, Muhammed Jibril, over alleged lack of care.According to the…
Gunmen attack Jos metropolis, wipe out family of 9
UNIDENTIFIED gunmen have allegedly killed a family of nine in Rukuba road community of Jos North Local Government Area, a development that sparked up tension in the community and other parts of Jos metropolis.A resident of the area, who…