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ABEOKUTA – The B Zone Vice President of Nigerian Association of Women Journalist (NAWOJ) Comrade Morenike Tony Esan has called on members of the association be more vibrant and united in order to move the association forward. Comrade Morenike stated this in her inaugural speech held at the Nigerian Union …

ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has given directives for better coordination among security and investigating agencies with the National Assembly to ensure that the administration’s effort to bring sanity, transparency and accountability to the management of the large amount of resources dedicated to development of the Niger Delta sub-region is …

By Raymond Osho Police in Ogun state on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 shot dead a suspected kidnapper along Shagamu-Ijebu Ode road, rescuing two victims. The police Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a release in Abeokuta, the state capital said the incident happened when the District Police Officer (DPO) of Shagamu, SP …

KADUNA: A deaconess has been arrested after she allegedly subjected her ward to a series of brutal torture that has shocked Nigerians. The 14-year-old girl named Princess lived with her parents in Kaduna until they were displaced by bandits following an attack on their community. As a result, Princess’ parents …

OGUN STATE: The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command Headquarters, Abeokuta, had intercepted booties and Petroleum Motor Spirit(PMS) looted from NNPC Right of Way, along Ganwun in Wawa tent in Ifo South (Akute) Local Government Area of the State. In a release e-signed and made available to …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 50 members of the “Aiye” confraternity alongside other 53 other suspected criminals. The suspects were arrested for various offences ranging from armed robbery, fakery, rape among others. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson, stated this on Thursday, …

  By Larry Madowo The day after his 29th birthday in May, Olalekan Jacob Ponle posted a picture on his Instagram standing next to a bright yellow Lamborghini in Dubai. “Stop letting people make you feel guilty for the wealth you’ve acquired,” he admonished, wearing designer jewellery and Gucci clothes …

ILARO-YEWA: The recently suspended Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro (FPI), Comrade Adegboye Olatunji who is standing for a court case on his alleged involvement in cultism has received conditional pardon from the management of FPI who through a letter lifted the suspension on the embattled SUG …

ABUJA: Men of the Utako Divisional Police Command, Abuja, have arrested a Chinese couple for allegedly locking up their Nigerians employees in their apartment for over four months. The eight domestic rescued workers got their freedom on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 following a tip-off by a resident, who reported the …

By Raymond Osho ADO-ODO/OTA LG: Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 54-year-old self-acclaimed cleric, Niyi Omowodun for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl (name withheld). Omowodun, a Pastor of Helmet of Life International Church who reside at Ejigun Agbede Itele-Ota in Ado-odo/Ota local government area of Ogun …