Category: Crime/Health

Popular Hotel Demolished As Security Outfit Uncovers Mass Graves, Shrines

ADEOLA YUSUF

A popular hotel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State has been demolished by Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s newly launched security outfit, Agunechemba, after the discovery of no fewer than 30 graves, shrines, and numerous charms within the premises. It was gathered that the uncovered graves contained decayed bodies, evoking memories of the infamous 1996 Otokoto saga in Owerri, Imo State, where the murder of an 11-year-old boy exposed a notorious ritual killing network. Governor Soludo introduced the Agunechemba security outfit to combat the persistent insecurity in Anambra…

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Court Orders Arrest Of Access Bank MD Over Alleged Stealing

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Lagos State High Court has ordered the arrest of the acting Managing Director of Access Bank, Bolaji Agbede and three others for allegedly stealing a property. Justice Ibironke Harrison gave the order following a suite filed against Agbede and three others -Balmoral International Limited, DDSS International Company Limited and Adejare Adegbenro. The property, located at Plot 40b, Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos belongs to a firm owned by Gbolahan Obanikoro, son of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro. Bolaji Agbede and the three other defendants were…

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Appeal Court Upholds Ramon Adedoyin’s Death Sentence Over Murder Of OAU Student

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State has upheld the death sentence of Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, a hotelier, in connection with the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former Master’s student at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. In its ruling on Thursday, the appellate court affirmed the decision of the Osun State High Court which earlier convicted Adedoyin and sentenced him to death. Adegoke lodged at Adedoyin’s Hilton Hotels and Resorts in Ile-Ife, Osun State upon his arrival from Abuja on November 5, 2021, to enable him to arrive early for…

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Police Parade Two Pastors Caught With Caskets, Skulls, Others

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday paraded two pastors, Prophet Bassey Umoren (60) and Prophet Elijah Anietie (50), who were caught with fetish items including caskets, monkey skulls, carved skeletons, and other spiritual materials, in their respective churches. According to available information, the duo, who were apprehended by youths of Rumunduru community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, are the founders of God’s Deliverance Apostolic Church and Power House of Glory International Gospel Church, both located along Eneka Road in Rumunduru. The State Police Public Relations Officer,…

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Courts Shut Down As Gunmen Kill Lawyer

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Imo State High Courts sitting in Mgbidi, Oguta, and Omumma divisions will not sit on Thursday following the killing of a popular lawyer in the state, Barrister Chinedu Nwowu. The lawyer, according to The Sun, was reportedly ambushed and shot dead by gunmen on Wednesday evening in Mgbidi, his hometown. A source said that some gunmen forcefully blocked the victim’s vehicle while he was driving and shot him dead. The incident has caused panic in the state, as no reason has been disclosed for his killing. Following the tragic…

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Police Neutralise AIG Odumosu’s Wife Kidnappers, Recover N100m Ransom

ADEOLA YUSUF

  What Police Public Relations Officer, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi said on “a good job” that took place in Arepo, Ogun state   The Nigerian police forces have neutralized the kidnappers who abducted Alhaja Sikirat Odumosu, the wife of former Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu, in Arepo, Ogun State. The rescue mission, which took place in Ogun State, also resulted in the recovery of the ransom money that had been demanded for her release. 168 Hours after Gov Adeleke’s Pardon, Ex-Convict Steals TV, Returns To Prison US Targets Churches, Schools,…

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168 Hours after Gov Adeleke’s Pardon, Ex-Convict Steals TV, Returns To Prison

ADEOLA YUSUF

    Barely eight days after being granted pardon by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, a former inmate, Sunday Omisakin, has been remanded in the Ilesa Correctional Facility for allegedly breaking into a house to steal a television. Omisakin, who was listed as number 8 on the governor’s prerogative of mercy list signed on December 26, 2024, had been pardoned for what was described as a minor offence. However, on January 3, 2025, he was arrested for allegedly burgling a residence in Osogbo and stealing a plasma television valued at…

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US Targets Churches, Schools, Hospitals As Mass Deportation Move Begins

ADEOLA YUSUF

    The policy change by President Trump ends more than a decade of restrictions that protected these “sensitive areas.”   The United States immigration authorities have been granted the ability to arrest individuals at schools, churches, and hospitals following President Donald Trump administration’s reversal of policies that previously classified these locations as off-limits for enforcement. The policy change ends more than a decade of restrictions that protected these “sensitive areas.” African Union ‘Dismayed’ Over US Withdrawal From WHO 10 Facts About BPSS, Stroke That Affects Women In Salons ‘7.5%…

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10 Facts About BPSS, Stroke That Affects Women In Salons

ADEOLA YUSUF

    A lady suffered stroke while washing her hair in the salon, yes, in the Salon! This condition is called Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome. Here is an explanation. While ladies are washing their hairs in the salon, they bend their necks backwards and there is a lot of pressures on the arteries that supply blood to the brain. This particular persistent pressure can lead to a stroke. 1. Discovery of BPSS This BPSS was first discovered in the United States in 1992 whne a 50 year-old lady was rushed…

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’48 Hrs After Explosion Killed 98,’ Residents Scoop Oil As Another Tanker Falls

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Poverty or Greed,’ what Tinubu, other Nigerians said about the attitude to tanker fall, scooping and explosion   Barely two days after 98 people were burnt to death or injured when a fallen petrol tanker exploded in Niger State, another tanker fell in Bida town of Niger State on Monday. In a widely circulated video online, young persons were seen milling around the broken down truck. While some managed to scoop, others fled in different directions, apparently to prevent being caught up in an unfortunate situation. Premium Times quoted a…

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