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Wife remanded for allegedly stabbing husband to death

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a housewife, Olajumoke Olalere, 33, at Agodi Correctional facility, Ibadan, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, who did not take the defendant’s plea for lack of jurisdiction, ordered her remand pending the legal advice from the Directorate...
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Gunmen attack Plateau community, kill three, injure two

Unknown gunmen have attacked Rakok village of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing three youths and injuring two others. A statement by the Berom Youths Moulders Association said the victims were gruesomely murdered while going about their businesses in the community when the assailants attacked. The association condemned the attack which has been...
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Police officer dies in multiple car crash

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, on Thursday, confirmed the death of a police officer in an accident involving a truck and two busses around Kara Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the development in a statement. “Following distress calls through the 767 and 112 toll free emergency numbers,...
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Abducted Edo Catholic Priest regains freedom

Abducted Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Thomas Oyode of the Diocese, Auchi in Edo State, has been released after spending 11 days in captivity. DAILY POST reports that the Catholic Priest, who is the Rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, Ivhianokpodi, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, was abducted on Sunday at about...
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Kwara: Suspect confesses to beheading Okada rider

A 38-year old suspect, Peter Samuel, on Wednesday, confessed to the killing of an Okada rider, Rafiu Akao, at Oke-Oyi town in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident occurred at Asunlere area of the town on November 4, 2024. In an interview with journalists after the suspect was paraded alongside four...
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