NAN losses journalist

   as ten journalists die in less than one year 

The journalism profession has lost one of its capable hands. Death again knocked on its doors with the sad news of Mrs Modupe Oremule of NAN, nee Olori who passed on .

Mrs Oremule until her demise , was the Defence Correspondent for the News Agency of Nigeria NAN. 

News of her demise was the talk among her colleagues who are in shock.

According to sources , Mrs Oremule had been battling  depression after the death of her mother. Sources added that she underwent surgery for an undisclosed ailment but the cold hand of death took her away from her two little sons, husband and siblings. 

It can be recalled that that death has taken away more than seven journalists in Nigeria since 2020. 

On the list are Tunde Saiki of the Nigeria Television Authority NTA while in the space of seven days, seven Nigerian journalists  died from COVID-19 and other illnesses.

 

On the list are Mr.  Dan Foster (Cool FM Radio Station), Hugo Odiogor (former editor at the Vanguard), Xavier Ndayongmong (Crime Editor at Daily Independent), Nkiruka Udoh (Crime and Defence Correspondent at AIT), Naomi Uzor (on the Business Desk at the Vanguard), Aramide Praise Oikelome (the Media Project and Independent Newspapers), and Azeez Ozi Sanni (Cartoonist at The Nation) Mr. Waheed Bakare  Saturday Editor  of Telegraph Newspaper

No doubt journalists in Nigeria have been facing great risk while on their job with many not being paid salaries and hardly having access to good medical care.

NAN losses journalist ---

  as ten journalists die in less than one year 

The journalism profession has lost one of its capable hands. Death again knocked on its doors with the sad news of Mrs Modupe Oremule of NAN, nee Olori who passed on .

Mrs Oremule until her demise , was the Defence Correspondent for the News Agency of Nigeria NAN. 

News of her demise was the talk among her colleagues who are in shock.

According to sources , Mrs Oremule had been battling  depression after the death of her mother. Sources added that she underwent surgery for an undisclosed ailment but the cold hand of death took her away from her two little sons, husband and siblings. 

It can be recalled that that death has taken away more than seven journalists in Nigeria since 2020. 

On the list are Tunde Saiki of the Nigeria Television Authority NTA while in the space of seven days, seven Nigerian journalists  died from COVID-19 and other illnesses.

 

On the list are Mr.  Dan Foster (Cool FM Radio Station), Hugo Odiogor (former editor at the Vanguard), Xavier Ndayongmong (Crime Editor at Daily Independent), Nkiruka Udoh (Crime and Defence Correspondent at AIT), Naomi Uzor (on the Business Desk at the Vanguard), Aramide Praise Oikelome (the Media Project and Independent Newspapers), and Azeez Ozi Sanni (Cartoonist at The Nation) Mr. Waheed Bakare  Saturday Editor  of Telegraph Newspaper

No doubt journalists in Nigeria have been facing great risk while on their job with many not being paid salaries and hardly having access to good medical care.

Man beats relative to death for burning bush close to his farm--Police

 

A 55year  old man Ishau Falana has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command over the alleged murder of his relative one Badmus Rafiu.

The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ayetoro divisional headquarters by a younger brother to the deceased who reported that the deceased went to their farm at Oluwasogo area of Ijaka Isale only to be accosted by the suspect who challenged him for burning bush very close to his farm. He stated further that fight ensued between them, as a result of the argument, consequent upon which the suspect overpowered the deceased, tied his hands and legs with rope and used a stick to beat him to state of coma before leaving him there and coming back to the town. The following day when the deceased mother got to the farm, she met him already dead.

Upon the report, the DPO Ayetoro division CSP Bolaji Jimoh detailed his detectives to the scene from where the corpse was recovered to the general hospital mortuary for post mortem examination while the suspect was arrested. 

The Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution

In a related development, youth have stopped armed robbery attack on their community and recovered arms 

It was gathered that on  January 17th  about 11.30pm, the youths of Igboelerin community in Lagos State dislodged suspected armed robbers in   their  community. 

According to police source,  suspected armed robbers rode on  two unregistered motorcycle with the intention of attacking their targets before they were repelled by the youths who have been involved in the community policing strategies of the command. 

Lagos state  police command spokesperson CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said "one unregistered operational bike and one locally made pistol with a life cartridge were recovered from them'"

He added that the  Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, while commending the youths has ordered for the manhunt and arrest of the fleeing armed robbers adding that the CP encouraged Lagos residents  to embrace  the  community-based policing which has paid off in many areas of the state.  

How Salesboy recruited armed robbers to rob boss

 A gang of armed robbers who have their operational base in the Mushin area of Lagos have revealed how a  25year  old Sales boy Peter Okenu allegedly approached and recruited them to rob his boss in Ogun state.

  The gang following their arrest stated that Okenu who  was in-charge of his boss’s shop at Sango area in Ogun state met them and gave the description of his boss' residence.

Narrating how they carried out the operation it was learnt that following a painstaking investigation embarked upon by detectives from Ifo divisional headquarters who has been on the trail of the robbery gang since 17^th of December 2020 when the case was reported, Okenu's boss identifed as  Stephen Anyi reported at Ifo police station on the said date that his house situated at Kajola phase 2 area of Ifo was invaded at about 2:00am by a 7 man robbery gang who were armed with guns, cutlasses and axe.

He added that the gang held him and his family hostage before dispossessing them of cash sum of #150,000, his laptop, phones, plasma television and his Toyota highlander with registration number KJA 38 FZ which they used in carting the stolen  items.

Upon the report, the Divisional Police Office  Ifo, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle and his detectives  traced the hoodlums to Mushin area of Lagos State where they were about to dispose the Toyota highlander and arrested four members of the gang identified as Ibrahim Arowolo 24  Sowemimo Farouk 18, Yusuf Azeez  23 and Yakubu Ibrahim 31.

The police recovered a Toyota Highlander with registration number KJA 38 FZ, one locally made single barrel cut-to-size gun, one locally made double barrel pistol, 3 cutlasses and four different types of phones.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun praised the policemen and directed that the case be transferred to the Violent Crime Intervention Unit of the State criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation. He also ordered that the remaining members of the gang be arrested.