Category: Metro

  • Six killed in Ekiti cult clash

    Six killed in Ekiti cult clash

      No less than six persons have been feared killed in a bloody clash between two rival cult groups in Ikere, Ekiti State. Ekiti State Command Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident said, six corpses have been recovered and deposited at a morgue after the clash which occurred in the early…

  • Six killed in Ekiti cult clash

    Six killed in Ekiti cult clash

      No less than six persons have been feared killed in a bloody clash between two rival cult groups in Ikere, Ekiti State. Ekiti State Command Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident said, six corpses have been recovered and deposited at a morgue after the clash which occurred in the early…

  • Six killed in Ekiti cult clash

    Six killed in Ekiti cult clash

      No less than six persons have been feared killed in a bloody clash between two rival cult groups in Ikere, Ekiti State. Ekiti State Command Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident said, six corpses have been recovered and deposited at a morgue after the clash which occurred in the early…

  • Suspected burglar Set ablaze in Delta

    Suspected burglar Set ablaze in Delta

    A suspected burglar has been burnt to death by angry youths in the Ovwian Grammar School area of Ovwian in the Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday in the community. A source alleged that the suspected burglar, a middle-aged man, was caught burgling stores in…

  • Suspected burglar Set ablaze in Delta

    Suspected burglar Set ablaze in Delta

    A suspected burglar has been burnt to death by angry youths in the Ovwian Grammar School area of Ovwian in the Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday in the community. A source alleged that the suspected burglar, a middle-aged man, was caught burgling stores in…

  • Police Parade Suspected Cultists, Kidnapper In Osun

    Police Parade Suspected Cultists, Kidnapper In Osun

    Osun State Police Command on Thursday paraded 20 suspected cultists said to be terrorising residents of the State. The State has been emersed in incessant cult clashes in the recent times, leading to loss of members of rival groups. Briefing journalists at the Command headquarters in Osogbo, the State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode said…

  • Police Parade Suspected Cultists, Kidnapper In Osun

    Police Parade Suspected Cultists, Kidnapper In Osun

    Osun State Police Command on Thursday paraded 20 suspected cultists said to be terrorising residents of the State. The State has been emersed in incessant cult clashes in the recent times, leading to loss of members of rival groups. Briefing journalists at the Command headquarters in Osogbo, the State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode said…

  • Gunmen Kidnap Seriki’s Younger Brother, Two Others In Osun, Demand N50 Million Ransom

    Gunmen Kidnap Seriki’s Younger Brother, Two Others In Osun, Demand N50 Million Ransom

    Suspected gunmen have again kidnapped three travellers in Osun, Atakumosa-West local government area of Osun State. According to Vanguard news, It was gathered that their abductors waylaid their vehicle at Osu town along the Ilesa-Ife expressway on Thursday. One of the abductors, identified as Usman was said to be the younger brother of Serikin Hausa…

  • Court Restrains Nigeria Army From Further Use of Disputed Land in Osun

    Court Restrains Nigeria Army From Further Use of Disputed Land in Osun

    An Osun state high court sitting in Osogbo has ordered an interlocutory injunction restraining the Nigerian Army and any other agents from further allocation, grant, lease, letting or license of any portion of the expanse of land situate, lying and being between Kelebe area to Omu stream, in Osogbo, to any person pending the determination…

  • Man Remanded For Alleged Murder Of Neighbour In Osun

    Man Remanded For Alleged Murder Of Neighbour In Osun

      A Magistrate court sitting in Ile-Ife, Osun Stwte on Wednesday, remanded a 38-year-old man, Bamigboye Opeyemi, for allegedly killing his neighbour while terrorising other residents. The Prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adesina, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on February 24, 2021 around 3:30 pm at Oke-Ora village via Ile-Ife. Adesina said that…