Month: March 2022

Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested one , Aisha Tijani, for allegedly setting her 10-year-old daughter ablaze over seized phone. Aisha,was arrested following a report lodged at the Mowe divisional headquarters. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Tuesday, said the police were informed by the suspect’s…

Russia would only use nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict if it were facing an “existential threat,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN International Tuesday. “We have a concept of domestic security, and it’s public. You can read all the reasons for nuclear arms to be used,” Peskov said. “So if it…

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has enjoined aggrieved Ile-Ife indigenes who are protesting against the emergence of Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire as new Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) to give peace a chance and stop the protest forthwith. Oyetola made the plea in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, on…

The Inspector-General of Police has celebrated distinguished police officers for rejecting N300,000 bribe and returning N600,000 paid into one of their accounts in error. The police boss charged Senior Police Officers to always commend their personnel who have exemplarily excelled in their duties, which have in turn impacted positively on the goodwill and image of…

As agitation against the newly announced Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire enters day four, the protest took another turn on Tuesday, as masquerade spotted at campus gate. The masquerade was seen praying for the progress of the city and also raining courses against the perceived enemies of the…

The Ogun State Police Command on Monday paraded 15 suspected criminals for various crimes, including armed robbery, murder, kidnapping, among others. The state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, who paraded the suspects at the police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Monday, said they were arrested in different parts of the state. Among those who were paraded…

West African Examination Council (WAEC) has banned no fewer than 35 secondary schools in Rivers State from presenting candidates for the Secondary School Certificate Examination over their involvement in examination malpractices. A letter signed by the Deputy Registrar/Zonal Coordinator for Head of National office of West African Examinations Council, WAEC, S.D. KUM was forwarded from…