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The Oyo State Police Command on Sunday confirmed that a businesswoman and two nine-year-old cousins were killed by gunmen in the state. The command also confirmed that a man known as Dr. Akindele in Tapa in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state was abducted. The three were at Idere in the Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of the state.  The police commissioner in the state, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, in a statement issued by the state Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Olugbemiga Fadeyi, said some suspects had been arrested through the collaborative efforts of the police, vigilantes, and hunter’s.  He added that investigation had commenced and its outcome would be made public in due time. The statement said, “The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, has been drawn to the two incidents that happened at Idere in Ibarapa Central Local Government Area, where a businesswoman and two nine-year-old cousins we...

Victor Eterigho, ex-councillor from Uzere community, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, was beaten to coma on Wednesday last week by security aides attached to Samuel Askia, son to the Managing Director, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Ogieh Asikia. SaharaReporters reliably gathered that the former councillor’s attack followed an alleged invasion of his house by Askia’s mobile policemen to retrieve a car gift given to him two years ago by Askia. Impeccable sources familiar with the matter told our correspondent that in 2018, Askia, a People’s Democratic Party House of Assembly aspirant for Isoko South constituency 2, made the former councillor, Eterigho, the director-general of his campaign organisation. He was said to have gifted him a car with all documents bearing Eterigho’s name. But when the political relationship ended, Askia came for his car. “The attack and injuries inflicted on me were carried out by policemen attac...

A Nigerian, Tobiloba Kehinde, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court for his role as a money launderer in a romance scam that defrauded multiple victims, including elder Americans, of millions, U.S. Attorney Trent Shores has said. Kehinde, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering before the U.S. District Court Judge Gregory K. Frizzell.  FBI Kehinde’s sentencing hearing is set for March 29, 2021. “In the last year, Americans were defrauded out of more than $200 million due to romance scams. Whether these con artists are romancing vulnerable elder victims online or facilitating money laundering to hide the illicit proceeds, this U.S. Attorney’s Office will never stop fighting to get justice for the victims,” said U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.  “Today, Tobiloba Kehinde, becomes the third conspirator brought to justice for his role in a Nigerian romance scheme.” In his plea agreement, Kehinde admitted that he knew the money involved in the finan...

Prof Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe A former Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Akoka, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, has died at 71. He died on Sunday in Lagos. Prof Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe Though there are reports that he died of COVID-19, it could not be immediately confirmed if this is true or not. The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNILAG branch, Dr Dele Ashiru, confirmed the former VC’s death. The ASUU-UNILAG chairman described Ibidapo-Obe as a quintessential academic, saying that he would be greatly missed in the education sector. “Yes, he is dead. We got the sad news this evening. He is a distinguished scholar, a seasoned university administrator whose death remains a very big loss to the Nigerian university system and indeed the Nigerian society,” he added. Ibidapo-Obe was a distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering and a former Vice-Chancellor (2000 – 2007) of the University of Lagos. He was the Pro-Chancellor of the Technical University, Ibadan...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari On Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the killing of 70 people in Zaroumdareye, a border town between Niger Republic and Mali by militants. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement titled, “President Buhari sympathises with Niger Republic over the terrorist attack that killed 70 people, calls for united action against terrorism.” Shehu quoted the President as describing the incident as another clarion call for African leaders’ united action against terrorism. The President said, “I am profoundly shocked by the large scale death of innocent people at the hands of these callous militants who have no regard for the sanctity of human life. “We are facing grave security challenges on account of the evil campaign of indiscriminate violence by terrorists in the Sahel, and only united action can help us defeat these vicious enemies of humanity. “Terrorism has now b...