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An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun State ordered the detention of nine suspects Tuesday for allegedly murdering an undergraduate. According to the police prosecutor, Asp Emmanuel Abdullahi, the defendants committed the crime at 8:00 p.m. on April 10 at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. Badiora Timilehin, 22; Adegoke Francis, 23; Atilade Adeniyi, 22; Adeyeni Ajibola, 22; Olayiwola Adewumi, 21; Adisa Olamilekan, 24; Igbinyemi Amos, 22; Osode Joshua, 23; and Philip Kayode, 24 were named as suspects. According to the prosecutor, the defendants collaborated among themselves to commit crimes such as murder. He told the court that the defendants and…

The FCT Police Command’s anti-kidnapping unit has rescued at least 22 persons who were kidnapped and carried beyond the boundaries of the Federal Capital Territory into surrounding states. CP Haruna G. Garba, the command’s commissioner of police, made the announcement at a news conference at the command’s headquarters on Friday. He said that a village leader who was kidnapped on April 7 in Chida village, Kwali Area Council, Abuja, was also rescued during the May 3rd operation. “The command’s anti-kidnapping outfit, in a clearance-and-rescue operation in and around Kogi and Nasarawa states and FCT borders, successfully rescued 14 people, including…

The Nigeria Police Force hereby confirms that Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who has been in police custody for interrogation in the course of investigations into allegations of impropriety during the state’s supplementary gubernatorial pools, has been granted administrative bail while investigations continue. According to Chronicle NG, Force PRO CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi issued a statement. While the inquiry is underway, he is supposed to go to police headquarters every weekday.

In Lagos, a fire devastated shanties in the popular Alaba International Market in the state’s Ojo district, destroying properties worth millions of naira. Meanwhile, reports have surfaced that crowds have obstructed firefighting personnel from entering the location to extinguish the flames for unknown reasons. Magret Adeseye, Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (Lagos Rescue), verified the news. “Reports reaching Lagos Rescue at about 12 noon on Friday indicate shops at the popular Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos are on flame,” Adeseye said. “However, inferno crews from Ojo, Sari-Iganmu, and Ajegunle are being prevented from performing their statutory…

Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison by a UK court for conspiring to harvest a man’s kidney for his ailing daughter. Meanwhile, Ike’s wife, Beatrice, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, while Obinna Obeta, a medical practitioner, was sentenced to ten years in prison for the same conduct. Remember how Ike, Beatrice, and Obeta were found guilty of conspiring to organise the passage of a young Nigerian man named David Nwamini to Britain in order to exploit him for his kidney? Sonia, Ekweremadu’s ailing daughter, need…

Authorities stated on Friday that eight people were killed and 14 were injured in Serbia’s second mass shooting in two days, and that a suspect had been apprehended, prompting shock in a country that had just begun three days of mourning for the victims of the first massacre. Authorities said the latest incident happened late Thursday in the hamlet of Dubona, 42 kilometres (26 miles) south of Belgrade. According to RTS, the suspect, a young male, was engaged in an incident in a school yard. He drove away, then returned with an assault weapon and a pistol, began fire, and…

A man died from gunshot wounds and seven others were wounded overnight in Naples when the southern Italian city erupted in celebration of its football team’s win, a local government official said on Friday. The celebrations started late Thursday after Napoli won its first Serie A championship in 33 years with a 1-1 draw against Udinese. A man died from gunshot wounds hours later, although the event had “nothing to do with the celebrations,” according to Naples Prefect Claudio Palomba on RAI public radio. According to ANSA and other Italian news agencies, the victim’s friends and relatives vandalised the emergency…

Seyi Law, a comedian, has launched a search for an online troll who threatened him because of his political association with President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Remember that on March 2nd, the comedian apologized to fans and followers of opposition parties he upset during his Tinubu campaign. His apology came after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, proclaimed the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the recently concluded 2023 general election. The comedian, on the other hand, screamed out in a fresh Instagram post on Thursday evening over a slanderous email received by his wife, Ebere,…

Rear Adm. Olusola Oluwagbire, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Eastern Naval Command, has advised pirates to keep away from Nigerian waters. Oluwagbire issued the warning on Thursday during his first visit to NNS Jubilee in Akwa Ibom’s Ikot Abasi Local Government Area and other units. “We are coming to smoke sea pirates out of our waterways, we will get them and roast them,” the FOC warned the navy commanders. He said that he was at Akwa Ibom as part of his first assessment of naval command bases and troops. Oluwagbire directed the commanders to restructure their activities and dispatch boats to…

Adamu Sanusi, 25, was charged before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for allegedly stabbing his brother in the chest with a shattered bottle. The defendant, who lives on Ali Akilu Road in Kaduna, is accused of two counts of assault and causing bodily harm. He, on the other hand, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Inspector Chidi Leo, the prosecution, told the court that the defendant committed the crime on April 28 at around 7.45 p.m. at their apartment. After a disagreement, Leo claimed that the defendant stabbed his elder brother, Nurudeen, in the chest with a broken…