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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Samuel Egbetokun for allegedly poisoning cows in the Alabata community of the Odeda Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday stated that the suspect had laced cassava with rat poison and tossed it to the …

A High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State on Wednesday, ordered that a 25-year-old man, Oghenevwede Friday, should be remanded to the Warri Correctional Center for allegedly r3ping a 14-year-old girl.      The magistrate case adjourned the case till the 4th of February 2025 pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.      …

Operatives of the Onipanu Division of the Ogun State police have arrested a 59-year-old security guard, identified as Olaitan Matthew, for allegedly stealing electric motor parts belonging to a company he works for.   Matthew, who works as a security guard at the company located in Tomori, Animashaun Estate, in the Ota area of the state, was arrested at about 4:30 …

A man identified as Tartor Ayihe allegedly committed suicide in Benue State.    A Facebook user, Agba Jay, who confirmed the incident on his page, said the deceased consumed a poisonous substance suspected to be sniper on Wednesday evening, January 15, 2025.    According to Agba, shortly before taking his life, the deceased was questioned for allegedly selling a plot …

Security personnel, suspected to be from the Department of State Services (DSS), have allegedly arrested Kaduna-based activist and political commentator Mahdi Shehu.    According to Daily Trust, Shehu was apprehended at his clinic in Unguwar Dosa around 11:00 a.m. by plainclothes operatives.   There has been no official statement from the security agencies regarding the arrest. The publication, however, reported …

The Deputy Governor of Ogun State reportedly escaped an attack by irate students during a protest in Abeokuta.    The students, from the state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), were demonstrating against the management’s decisions, including an alleged tuition fee hike, delay in mobilization for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and the dissolution of the 2023/2024 Students’ Union Executives.   …

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 54-year-old man, Kajola Ahmed, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl.     The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ahmed, whose address was not provided, was charged with defilement.     The Chief Magistrate, B.A. Sonuga did not take the defendant’s plea, however.    …

Men of the Nigerian Security Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested an 85-year-old man identified as Ibrahim Haruna for allegedly r@ping a four-year-old girl in the Kongo community of Keffi local government council of the state.   The Corps Public Relations Officer Jerry Victor made this known at a press briefing in Lafia the state capital. Victor told newsmen that …

A prominent Tanzanian activist has been released after she was taken away by three armed men on the streets of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, her husband said, accusing Tanzania’s national intelligence service of responsibility.     Maria Sarungi Tsehai, a human rights defender critical of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday, January 12,  by three armed men …

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested six men in connection with the alleged gang-r3pe of a 13-year-old boy.     The State Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Azare, disclosed this during his maiden briefing held at the command’s headquarters in Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo on Monday, January 13, 2025.     According to the CP, the victim, who has …