An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun has ordered that a 26 year old man, Abibu Babatunde be remanded in remanded in Ile-Ife prison custody for allegedly raped his 14-year-old niece. According to The Nation, Magistrate Olukunle Owolawi has however refused to admit the defendant’s bail while he adjourned the case until Aug 8, for hearing….
One of the sons of Reuben Fasoranti, the Afenifere leader, Kehinde has said some policemen told him that suspected herdsmen carried out the attack which led to the death of his sister. It would be recalled Olakunrin, 58, was murdered along Benin-Ore highway while returning to Lagos after visiting her father in Akure, Ondo state…
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has said the Fulani Herdsmen are not killers of daughter of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. The association also commiserated with father of the deceased, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. In a statement by its National Secretary, Baba Uthman Ngelzarma, the group lambasted the media for attributing…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, on the death of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. The deceased was reportedly shot Friday along the Kajola-Ore road, in Ondo State, by those the police described as armed robbers. In a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the 58-year-old daughter of Afenifere leader, Chief Ruben Fasoranti. According to an eyewitness account, Olakunrin died of gunshot from suspected Fulani herdsmen who shot her at Ore junction in Ondo State earlier on Friday. However, police sources confirmed the killing but blamed it on…
The Oyo State Police Command on Friday paraded a man with himan skull and 54 other suspects on various allegation of criminal activities, ranging from armed robbery, cultism, and defilement and kidnapping. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu paraded the suspects, at Eleyele Police headquarters, Ibadan. One of the suspects, Tajudeen Olalere, 50,…
A 45-year-old man, Emmanuel Toviho, on Friday appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl. Toviho, whose address is not provided, faces a two-count charge of rape and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP. Akpan Nkem, told the court that the defendant…
Suspected armed robbers have reportedly invaded a female hostel, Obafemi Awolowo Hall of the University of Ibadan last night. It was gathered the authorities of the institution that the armed men who came around 1 am on Friday morning and invaded female hostel of the institution, Obafemi Awolowo hall. Reports say gunmen numbering 10 invaded…
A 25-year-old man from Mberengwa has fatally struck his 72-year-old father with an axe and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft because the father was opposed to his marriage. Midlands police provincial spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said the allegations were that Luke Robert Jojo did not like his daughter -in-law Brenda Dube (18)…
Police has arrested a suspect among the abductors of the senior lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe. It would be recalled that Adegbehingbe, an orthopaedic surgeon, was kidnapped at Apomu junction along Ife/Ibadan express way, and the lecturer spent two days with his abductors after he had paid N5.045 million as…
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