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Views: Visits 44 An Ondo State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure has remanded a 27-year old Indian hemp farmer identified as Owalum Benedict Ochin, for allegedly beheading his friend, Ekon. The incident occurred after a fracas concerning ingredients to use to prepare a pot of soup ensued. It was gathered that Benedict who hails from Calabar came to Ondo State in search of job and was introduced to one Blessing Opor and others who cultivated Indian hemp. Benedict, according to The N...

Punch Newspapers Sections Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Emmanuel Adebisi, one of the coordinators of #EndSARS Movement in Osun state, on Monday appeared before an Osogbo Magistrate Court on allegations bordering on impersonation. Adebisi, who was dragged before the court by the Department of State Security, for impersonating the Nigerian Army, was subsequently remanded in Custodial Centre. The prosecutor, Ben Nweke, had told the court that Adebisi had claimed to be a ‘Captain’ on some documents an...

Share An Osun Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital has ordered the remand of a 37-year-old woman, Ayeni Titilope, a schoolmistress, over alleged sexual assault of four boarding students. The accused person in a charge sheet obtained by Tribune Online on Monday was said to have committed the offence in March 2018, March 2020 and sometime in 2016 at San Francesco Catholic College, Ejigbo. Police prosecutor Inspector Elisha told the court that the accused person did unlawfully an...