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A 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jimoh Nasirudeen, to death for impregnating another woman. The incident happened on Wednesday in Ijebu-Ode during an argument between the woman and her late husband. It was gathered that the suspect was the fourth wife of the deceased and worked in the same abattoir with him. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi noted that the woman stabbed her husband in…

Police detectives have arrested an Inspector of police attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Delta State Police Command, in connection with the alleged killing of a graduate of Microbiology from Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Oghenetejire Joel Omiragua. Those arrested are Inspector Omonile, Franca Osas and another suspect simply identified as ‘Biggie.’Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the death in Asaba, yesterday, said the Commissioner, Mr Ari Mohammed Ali, had ordered immediate investigation over the death of the 28-year-old who hailed from Kokori community in…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a container bearing 4,996,200 capsules of tramadol weighing 2,498.2 kilogrammes at the Onne Port, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The seizure of the illicit drug concealed in 1,387 cartons on Tuesday, 18th May, 2021 followed a joint examination by NDLEA operatives and customs personnel on a container marked MRKU 0764717, which had since been on the agency’s watch list. A 42-year-old Muntari Hamidu was also arrested in Nyibango, Jimeta, Yola, Adamawa State, with 13 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 166kg. This happened…

Abidemi Rufai, a Senior Special Assistant to the Ogun State Governor, faces up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of wire fraud. According to the United States Department of Justice, wire fraud is punishable by up to 30 years in prison when it relates to benefits paid in connection with a presidentially-declared disaster or emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Rufai, who served as  the Deputy Director-General of the Dapo Abiodun Campaign Organisation in the last governorship election in the state, was arrested on Friday at the…