The Oyo State Police Command says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged death of 32 children during a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday. It was learnt that the stampede occurred when participants rushed to gain access to the venue of the event reportedly organised by the ex-queen […]
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A devastating fire engulfed a parish of the Christ Apostolic Church in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday night, reportedly trapping several worshippers inside. The incident occurred at about 9:30 pm at Wisdom Estate, Road 1G, Olohunda Road, in the Lagelu Local Government Area, sources confirmed to PUNCH Online on Saturday morning. Eyewitness accounts revealed that
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Legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has taken a step further in the expression of his anger against Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi over the alleged defamation of his character. The elder statesman, through his law firm, has written a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, asking that Farotimi’s name be removed from
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The former Director-General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been remanded in Malabo’s Black Beach Prison, according to report gathered. The embattled former anti-graft chief was arrested days ago for allegedly recording over 400 sex tapes involving the wives of prominent figures in the country. This scandal surfaced during
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Six persons have lost their lives while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road accident in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday morning. The incident which involved a trailer conveying tiles and a lorry loaded with soft drinks, occurred at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko on Akanran Road, in the Ona Ara Local Government
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The Police on Monday re-arraigned four bloggers, Precious Eze, Olawale Rotimi, Rowland Olonishuwa, and Seun Odunlami, on fresh charges before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly cyberstalking and publishing false allegations through various social media outlets against Guaranty Trust Holding Company. The defendants are facing 10 counts of conspiracy, cyberstalking, false and misleading
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The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested 26-year-old Nura Mas’ud, a resident of Mu’azu village of Sule Tankarkar LGA, for allegedly setting his 60-year-old grandmother, Zuwaira Muhammad, ablaze. According to report gatheredlearnt on Sunday that Mrs Muhammad had repeatedly expressed concern over her grandson’s physical appearance and mental health status, who is said to be
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The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, Aliyu Adamu, for the gruesome m8rder of his close associate and childhood friend, Dahiru Musa. Dahiru, fondly known as Alhaji Senior or Baba Alhaji, was into Estate management. Aliyu confessed that he committed the dastardly crime with the intention to convert the deceased’s landed property
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A suspected thief was attacked by a swarm of bees after stealing a battery from a house in Zimbabwe, forcing him to return the stolen item. In a video making the rounds online, the suspect, speaking in the Shona language, admitted that this was his third attempt at stealing from the same house.
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The management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, has mourned the death of the 300-level student of Pure and Applied Botany of the university, Christianah Idowu, saying that her abduction and senseless murder in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has left the entire university broken-hearted. The university conveyed this condolence message in a statement made available
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