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Late NURTW Chairman’s Son, one other killed in reprisal attack by rival cult groups in Ibadan

Two people have been reportedly killed on Saturday at Sango area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital during clash between Eiye and Ake confraternity members. The victims were gathered are ex-students of The Polytechnic Ibadan. One of the victims said to be the son of late NURTW Chairman Alhaji Tawa, Ibrahim Adekola popularly known as…

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“I didn’t discharge inside her” says 30-year-old man who r@ped 7-year-old girl

A 30-year-old man accused of raping a 7-year-old girl and leaving her severely damaged has tried to defend himself by stating that he didn’t discharge inside his victim. The 30-year-old alleged pedophile is accused of raping the 7-year-old girl on December 14, 2019, in Anambra state. The injured girl was taken for a medical checkup…

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PHOTOS: EFCC arrests eight suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, at the weekend, arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The suspects, whose ages range between 17 and 30 years, were apprehended at different locations across the ancient city. They are Abdulrahman Qozeem, Umoru Ibrahim, Umoru Abdulahi Gregory, Famous Ose Itahma, Umoru Shaibu…

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Land racketeer sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in Ibadan over N700,000 fraud

Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court has sentenced a land racketeer, Joseph Adebayo, to seven years in prison for defrauding one Ikemefune Sunny of N700,000 (Seven Hundred Thousand Naira). Adebayo was on Friday, January 10, 2020 pronounced guilty of a one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence preferred against him by…

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Medical doctors remanded for allegedly causing death of 28-year-old patient

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan on Thursday, ordered that a medical doctor, Emmanuel Olorunfemi and two others, who allegedly caused the death of a female patient, be remanded in Agodi Correctional Centre, pending legal advice. The police charged Olorunfemi 51, who works at the Passionate Medical Centre, Mokola, Ibadan, Akinwumi and Ibiwande with…

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PHOTO: Mechanic man defiles teenage girl after tricking her mother into sexual affair

When a Lagos-based auto mechanic, Monsuru Adesiyan a.k.a. Oba Idan told Olanike Ali, a widow, that he could help her avert another calamity barely one month after her husband died, the 39-year-old widow had no inkling of the sacrilegious sexual desire he harboured. The 35-year-old subsequently lured the widow into a sexual affair and then…

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Judge escaped death as gunmen shot him kidnapped driver in Kogi

A judge of Sharia Court of Appeal identified as Khadi Bala Muhammed has narrowly escaped death on Sunday evening after he was shot by some unknown gunmen along Okene-Lokoja road, Kogi State. His driver has however been taken away by the attackers into the bush. Khadi Muhammed was said to be on his way to…

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Mpape robbery: Staff explains role in failed Abuja bank robbery (watch video)

Following the failed Abuja First Bank robbery, the Customer Service Officer of the bank at Mpape, Abuja, where the robbery attempt was foiled by policemen and soldiers last Saturday on Tuesday gave details about how the robbers gained access to the banking hall through him. The suspect, whose name was given as Larry, who was…

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Ekiti student arrested for gang raping two female schoolmates

A 23-year-old student of the Crown Polytechnic, Odo, Ado-Ekiti, Joseph Emmanuel has been arrested by the police in Ekiti State for allegedly raping two female students at gunpoint. Emmanuel was arrested after he was reported to the police as an accomplice to one, Alabi Doyin who is still on the run, with the aid of…

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First Bank branch manager was our informant – Mpape robbers confessed to police during parade (Photos)

The notorious robbers who were trapped and captured yesterday in a First Bank branch in Mpape, Abuja have confessed that the bank’s branch manager was their informant. The robbers who were trapped in the bank for hours before security operatives arrived, said the bank manager was the insider who abet them to perpetuate the crime….

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