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No fewer than three suspected human parts dealers have been arrested by the operatives of Amotekun corps in Oyo State. LIS News reports that the suspects were arrested for allegedly killing a 73-year-old man. It was gathered that the three suspects connived to kill Adeniyi Adebisi Samuel in Ibadan. The suspects include Olalekan Akande, Ismail Muraina and one other. They were paraded at by Amotekun Corps at Dandaru Area of Mokola in Ibadan on Tuesday. The State Deputy Commandant of Amotekun, Kazeem Akinro, confirmed that the suspects were arrested in connection with the killing of the deceased. He said, “We heard a report about some suspected ritualists yesterday evening. “We started the investigation and we arrested the first suspect in his house who later took us to the other suspects. “The suspects confirmed that they kidnapped a man along Amuloko-Akanran road, slaughtered him and removed his head. “The head was then given to one Abdulrasheed Olanrewaju who...

Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham, has made clarifications on her alleged feud with Funke Akindele Bello, her colleague in the industry. Recall that another Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo had accused Akindele-Bello of paying bloggers to discredit Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi’s latest movie. Her allegations came after a blog wrote a bad review discrediting Toyin Abraham’s movie. Iyabo-Ojo, responding to the review, accused Funke Akindele of paying for the bad review in order to bring Toyin down and discredit her work. She noted that the ‘Jenifa’ crooner will only start to experience inner peace when she stops discrediting the works of her fellow colleagues. However, in a radio interview, Toyin while addressing the rumored feud, said she has no problem with Akindele adding that she did not know where that speculation came from. “She’s my senior colleague and someone I respect a lot so I don’t know what people are talking about. “She is one of the few I look up to but you know, ...

Manchester United superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has overtaken Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi as the highest earner in world football, according to Forbes.                                                                           Ronaldo & Messi Ronaldo’s transfer to Man United has made him the highest-paid footballer in the world, overtaking rival Messi. The Portugal captain will earn almost €107 million gross, including a salary of close to €60 million and more than €40 million in earnings from sponsorships and partnerships with brands including Nike, Herbalife and the CR7 brand, which includes perfumes, clothing ranges, hotels and gyms this season. Only three athletes, Tennis legend Roger Federer (approximately €77 million), bas...

The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has charged new graduates of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN) to use the skills they have acquired in the course of their studies in bringing about a change to the world. The Osun State Governor gave this charge during his speech at the 10th convocation of the university on Tuesday in Osogbo, the state capital. Oyetola stated that the charge became necessary because the institution has equipped them with the needed entrepreneurial skills in addition to their courses of study to compete in the knowledge and technology driven world. The governor also added that the graduates have been equipped to be solutions to the pervasive web of unemployment, economic downturn, violence and misery. He also noted that their convocation has offered them the requisite key to employ the character, analytical skills and competencies that the institution has imbued them to partake in the task of positively impacting their lives and the society at...

The Ogun State Government on Wednesday locked protesting pensioners out of the Oke-Mosan governor’s office in Abeokuta, the state capital. The pensioners, under the auspices of the Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria (LOGPAN), led by their Chairman, Sikiru Ayilara, are protesting non-payment of gratuities, lateness and non-increment in their monthly pensions and discrimination against them and the state pensioners by the Governor Dapo Abiodun government. Recall that the local government pensioners had in June thronged the office of the state Governor after “many unreplied letters to him” about their complaints. They had made known their plan to picket the government secretariat by sleeping and cooking in front of Abiodun’s office. By locking up the main gates, civil servants, corps members and visitors were seen standing outside the gate as at the time of filing this report. There is a heavy presence of security agents, who are on standby to ensure nobo...

Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint in Enugu State, killing two policemen. LIS News gathered that the incident occurred at a police checkpoint in Nachi, Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State. The two policemen were said to have died on the spot. Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, who confirmed the attack, said the Command had commenced an action to track down the killers of the cops. “Full scale investigation that will lead to fishing out of the assailants has commenced. Further development will be communicated, please,” he said. This came a few weeks after a similar incident claimed the lives of four policemen in Amaechi Awkunanaw area of the state. More to come… LIS News

Police in Kano State have arrested a 32-year-old woman, Fati Umar Dikko, of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters, Gwale LGA, who had specialised in defrauding people in Kano and environs. Spokesman of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a statement. He said police received complaints from many people that a woman went to their shops in different addresses and made transactions and sent them fake alerts. Kiyawa said following a credible intelligence report, the police succeeded in arresting the suspect while trying to collect another material she bought using a fake credit alert. He said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect specialized in showing fake alerts to her victims. Kiyawa said the suspect confessed to the crime and had defrauded many people of millions of Naira. He said the suspect will be charged to court upon completion of investigation. LIS New