Asaba Massacre at 59: Wounds, apologies and a day of forgiveness
59 years after the pogrom that wiped out an estimated 1,000 Asaba men, memories remain raw as apologies, forgiveness and the quest for national closure turn front burners
COVID-19: Police rescue 600 workers “imprisoned” for 3 months in rice factory
Operatives of Kano State Police Command have rescued over 600 workers forced to spend three months in a factory called ‘popular farm rice’, in Challawa industrial area. The workers said that they were threatened with their jobs if they opted to go home to see their families. It was gathered that the operatives stormed the […]
Father of five rescued from committing suicide in Ogun
By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta A 36-year-old man, Fatai Oyedele, on Tuesday, attempted suicide by jumping into Ogun river in Abeokuta, the Ogun State. Oyedele, a father of five, was rescued by officials of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE). The Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed this in a statement he […]
Court remands suspected cultist over allege murder, theft of two bottles of Hennessy
A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state has remanded one Biodun Agbebunmi, 25, in Ilesha correctional center over alleged murder, armed robbery, and cultism.
Again, another woman hacked to death in Ibadan
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan THE killing spree in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State is yet to abate as another victim was hacked down by yet-to-be-identified bloodthirsty hoodlums Wednesday. The latest victim, which brings the casualty figure of victims to five in the last three weeks, is also a woman. The 42-year-old woman, Olusayo Fagbemi […]
Court remands two cousins over alleged rape, murder of Maersk MD’s wife
By Onozure Dania – Lagos A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, has remanded, two cousins Olamilekan (Goke) Oke, 33, and Akande Adeyinka, 27, at the Ikoyi correctional centre, over alleged rape and murder of one Bernadette Tohouo-Tohouo, 44, the Hungarian wife of a Cameroonian, Gildas Tohouo-Tohouo, the managing director of Maersk Nigeria Limited. The […]
