Crime
#EndSARS: We Are Out To Stop Any Hoodlums, OPC Reassure Oyo State People.
The Oyo state Chapter Of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has come out in a clear terms to advise miscreants, hoodlums and thugs that want to turn the ENDSARS protest to loot and distract the peaceful atmosphere of the state to as a matter of urgency stop it because OPC is out now to cortail …
#EndSARS: Makinde approves 5000 immediate employment for youths, earmarks N500m compensation fund for #EndSARS victims
Earmarks N500m Compensation Fund For #ENDSARS Victims, To Employ 5000 Youths They Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde remarks at the post-protest meeting with traditional rulers and other stakeholders in Oyo state. In his statement, He said, “This is the first time we will be meeting like this after the events of the …
EndSARS: Between Gov. Seyi Makinde and the rest of them.
Whenever it’s time to make use of the brain, Gov. Makinde is always ahead of the others. After the clash between the Police and EndSARS protesters, he withdrew the police and asked the military and other security agents to guard the protesters. He knew quite well that it was dangerous to leave those young innocent …
Ogun community rescues newborn dumped in soakaway
An abandoned newborn was rescued on Saturday after he was dumped in a soakaway on Oyo Avenue, Olorin community in Adiyan, Ogun State. It was learnt that the baby was passed through a hollow space in-between the iron bars on the soakaway cover. Sunday PUNCH learnt children playing around the soakaway around 3.30pm heard the baby …
U.S. court strikes out fraud case against Woodberry
U.S. court dismisses fraud case against Woodberry
OPINION] NDDC and Other Stories | Reuben Abati
It is a show of shame isn’t it, what is going on at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)? Established in the year 2000 to assuage the fears of the people of the Niger Delta and address their concerns about the lack of infrastructural development in the region, despite the region’s contributions to the sustenance of Nigeria, …
DSS grills EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, order from Presidency
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been invited for questioning by the Department of State Services (DSS). This invite was said to have been directed by President Muhammadu Buhari. He was said to have arrested over allegations that he owns four properties and that he was allegedly transferring funds …
Money Laundering: Premier League Club Alleges Being Targeted As Hushpuppi Appears Before USA Court
A Nigerian man charged with conspiring to launder a fortune from email scams, and who showed off his wealth to 2.4 million Instagram followers, has arrived in the U.S. to face charges, prosecutors said Friday. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, or “Hushpuppi” on Instagram and Snapchat, made an initial court appearance in Chicago after arriving with the …
Makinde Opens State Security Control Room, Installs Crime Alert Platform For Oyo State
“I thought that this is one of the projects that, as soon as we get on board, we will scrap it. But after we got into the office, I came here. We were paying about N3.5 million to MTN monthly and then the Executive Secretary explained to me that it wasn’t working because we were owing MTN. Today, we have achieved the same thing with no monthly payment from the pocket of the Oyo State government.
Makinde calls for integrated action against sexual violence
…urges police to expand forensic protocols against crime Wife of the Oyo State governor, Engineer Tamunominini Makinde, on Thursday, declared that the state government would harmonise all efforts to ensure that justice is served to all victims of sexual violence in the state. Mrs. Makinde, who gave this position in a statement commemorating the June …
Diezani: Dominica Falls Victim To Fake News
In a woeful attempt to tarnish the reputation of the small-island nation of Dominica, images of a Dominican passport belonging to alleged fraudster, Brenda Smith, have been used exploitatively in an article by “the Inquirer” to report her recent grand jury charge. Smith, a national of the United States, was arrested in August 2019 and subsequently charged …
Minneapolis City Council pledges to dismantle the Police Department.
Nine members — a veto-proof majority — of the Minneapolis City Council pledged on Sunday to dismantle the city’s Police Department, promising to create a new system of public safety in a city where law enforcement has long been accused of racism. Saying that the city’s current policing system could not be reformed, the council …
N.F.L. commissioner encouraged players’ peaceful protests, taking their side after President Trump denounced kneeling during the national anthem.
The protracted debate in the N.F.L. over players protesting racial injustice during the national anthem reignited with force on Friday as President Trump rekindled his war with the league over the issue and the league’s commissioner, Roger Goodell, issued his strongest support yet for the players seeking to fight racism and police brutality. In …
US: Lone Protester Left Bleeding After Buffalo Cops Push Him To The Ground [Video]
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