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A student of the Federal Polytechnic has killed himself by drinking some chemical substance after losing his fees and that of his friend to an online betting in Ogun State, Nigeria. The deceased committed suicide when his colleagues were preparing for their first-semester exam. “The deceased used his school fee …

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for chaining and locking his two children in solitary confinement which led to their death in Ibiade, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. “The suspect, father of three accused his children of stealing,” reports said. “He chained and locked the children …

A 33-year-old woman has sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to offset her bank loan in Sango in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “She borrowed money from a microfinance bank and was unable to pay back the money,” reports said. “The bank agents …

24 suspects were arrested for alleged involvement in cultism, armed robbery, terrorism and other criminal activities in the Ogun state, Nigeria. “The suspects confessed to being members of the Eiye, Vikings and Aiye confraternities,” according to the state Police Public, Abimbola Oyeyemi. “The arrest of the suspects followed the recent …

A 22-year-old lady who was found stabbed to death in her room in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital in Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased was stabbed to death by her boyfriend while they were fighting” according to reports. The incident has thrown the entire family into mourning. The family members …

A female corpse slated for burial has gone missing from the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. “The family of the deceased came to the hospital to take the body for burial the body could not be found among 69 other bodies shown to …

A magistrate’s court in Yaba, Lagos State, has remanded a 22-year-old man in custody for allegedly raping a mentally disabled woman in Lekki, Nigeria. The woman came from Abeokuta, Ogun State, to visit her aunt in Lagos because of her illness. The suspect who was a co-worker of the aunt, …

Four men in Nigeria have been charged with the murder a 20-year-old woman in a suspected ritual killing case that has shocked the country. But the men, aged between 18 and 20, were not asked to enter a plea during their first court appearance on Thursday in south-western Ogun state, …

Nigerian police say a Swiss national and another person have been kidnapped in the south-west of the country. They were intercepted on a road in Ogun state as they were making their way from a farm. Police said two of the kidnappers were killed. Read also: COVID-19: the French demonstrate …