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Gunmen shot dead Catholic priest, set him and car ablaze in Taraba

Barely 24 hours after gunman raided villages in Taraba State killing two people, some bandits have ambushed and killed a Catholic priest at Kufai Amadu in Takum local government area of the state. The cleric was on his way to Takum for a peace meeting with his fellow clergymen on how to resolve the lingering…

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COZA Gate: FCID detectives seize Pst. Fatoyinbo’s Int’l passport search his residence over alleged rape

The residence and office of the embattled senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo has been searched on Wednesday by detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja over the alleged rape, Daily Sun, exclusively gathered. It was also that the Police have seized the international passport of Fatoyinbo, as part…

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Oyo police allays fear of residents over return of killer ‘Badoo boys’, releases control room number

The Oyo State Police Command, on Tuesday, allayed the fears of residents of Ibadan over the alleged presence of a serial killer squad, suspected to be Badoo boys, in the city, The Punch reported. It was gathered that residents of Abatakan, Ojoo, Fatokun, Moniya, Olomowewe and Akingbile, all in the Akinyele Local Government Area of…

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Pastor in police net for raping women in Oyo during spiritual cleansing

A self- acclaimed pastor has been landed in police net for luring his female congregants to his hideout and raped them after dispossessing them of their belongings. This was disclosed while Oyo State Police Command were parading 29 suspects for various crimes including the suspect on Monday at the police state headquarter in Ibadan. The…

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Just in: COZA pastor, Fatoyinbo held at police CID in Abuja

Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, is currently being interrogated at Police Force CID Headquarters in Abuja over rape allegations made by Mrs Busola Dakolo, The Nation reported. Fatoyinbo is being interviewed by a team of Four led by Asst Commissioner of Police Adaku Uche Anya. Confirming the report, the Force Public…

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Oyo police arrests armed robbers in Ibadan, recovers over N40Million goods other valuables from them (Photos)

The Oyo Police Command has arrested suspected armed robbers, who allegedly diverted goods valued about Forty Million naira (N40m), to an unknown destination. The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Shina Olukolu disclosed this on Monday at the state commad headquater at Eleyele, Ibadan, while parading some suspect arrested by the command. According to him…

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See details of Army captain who orders killing of 3 policemen to release Wadume

Photos and details of Captain Tijjani Balarabe, the Nigerian army captain who ordered killing of the three policemen and helped Taraba Kidnap Kingpin, Hamisu Wadume to escape while being transported by policemen to Taraba State Police headquarters has been revealed following the confession of the re-arrested suspect. According to Igbere TV, Wadume in his confession…

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Wadume: APC gave me N13m for 2019 election (Read full interview)

•I’m a political thug, not a kidnapper •I made N6m from a sitting governor •How I escaped from soldiers who wanted to kill me •Slain policemen identified themselves before soldiers killed them •Wadume’s uncle, brother, cousin reveal their roles Suspected kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Balla, a.k.a Wadume, who has been in the middle of the…

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Man declared wanted in Ekiti for raping, strangles landlady to death

The police have launched a manhunt for a yet-to-be identified commercial motorcyclist popularly called okada , who on Thursday allegedly raped and killed a middle aged woman, Mrs Bukola Olarewaju in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, The Nation reported. The suspect was alleged to have broken into the woman’s room located at Olorunda area of the…

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Nigerian Army expresses worry over Wadume’s confession, says it puts Army in bad light

The Joint Investigative Panel set up by the Defence Headquarters to unravel the circumstances surrounding killings of three Police detectives and a civilian in Taraba during an encounter with troops of the 93 Battalion is worried over the trending confessional video of the principal suspect in the case, Alhaji Hamisu Bala popularly known as Wadume,…

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