Trending News: DAILIES TOP STORIES: UK records 22,000 Nigerian asylum seekersBenue killings: Death toll hits 72Truck accident kills five during Easter processionTerrorists kill 70 soldiers in Benin RepublicNigerian governor says allowing citizens to defend themselves will lead to lawlessnessMany protest in Plateau over killingsPope Francis dies at 88INVESTIGATION: More Residents Lament State Of Schools In Imo Communities War On Terror: Ekpa’s boys in blame game, as security forces neutralize “Onowu”, two othersPolice officers steal ₦350,000 from traveller at checkpoint in ImoTwo filmmakers die in Owerri while celebrating successful shootInsecurity: We have become a people under siege – Archbishop of OwerriTIMELINE: Over 200 Nigerians Killed in Fulani Herdsmen Attacks in one monthEaster Bloodbath Averted as NSCDC Nab Gunman Plotting Church AttackGunmen kidnap seven passengers in KwaraAnambra Land Dispute: Developer Petitions AIG, Calls for protection of his life, propertyNigerian Uber driver shot dead in USOver 100 inmates escape Chad prison in deadly shoot-out, gov woundedNEWS EXTRA: Nigeria gradually becoming a national morgue – KukahUS Supreme Court stops Trump from deporting migrantsNDLEA intercepts Saudi-bound cocaine concealed in religious booksLand Owners Drag Orlu Catholic Diocese, Imo Govt to Court Over Forceful AcquisitionSERAP sues NBC over ‘arbitrary ban’ on Eedris Abdulkareem’s songMan, lover found dead in Kogi community12 rescued as death toll from Lagos building collapse rises to fiveDAILIES TOP STORIES: Security chiefs under fire over mass killingsPolice detain social media influencer for criticizing Borno government officialDeath toll in Benue killings rises to 56At least 143 dead in DR Congo boat firePhoto showing Ex Kano gov Kwankwaso wearing Tinubu’s “signature hat’ alteredAmid resurgence of terrorism in northern Nigeria, social media users recycle old videos of soldiers lamenting to create panicMany trapped as building collapses in LagosPolice Complete Extradition Of Man Who Killed Girlfriend And Fled To QatarEnugu Airport shut over bad runway390 ex-Boko Haram members complete FG’s rehabilitation programmeTwo Feared Dead, One Abducted In Bandits Attack On Kano Village MarketBoy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy arrested over street fight -PoliceDAILIES TOP STORIES: How CBEX promoters used EFCC, CAC certificates to deceive 600,000 investorsDeaths toll rises to 17 in fresh multiple attacks on Benue communitiesWAEC revokes licenses of 574 schools over exam malpracticesISWAP terrorists’ blow up bridge in Yobe, cut off two communitiesNDLEA team attacked during raid in AbujaNigerian gov vows death for kidnapersTinubu’s economic reforms yet to ease poverty in Nigeria — IMFSuspected herders attack another Benue community, kill ten on Good FridayInvestors drags ex-Anambra police CP Adeoye to court over club’s N1.4bnNew terror group, Mahmuda, emerges in Nigeria’s North-Central, kill manyThree IPoB members detained, over N10.3m recoverd by police in ImoBoko Haram attacks Borno community, kills two soldiers, many civiliansBoy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy freed after three months in detentionWhatsApp to cut off millions of Nigerians using older phones — ReportPolice identify officers receiving money from Chinese in viral video, promise sanctionHundreds of Boko Haram suspects arrested in Lagos — CJTFScores killed as Boko Haram attacks Adamawa communitiesSix Nigerian tourists detained in Cape Verde, accused of human traffickingGunmen invade three Benue communities againAudit report uncovers over 500 ghost workers in OsunSimon Ekpa to appear in Finnish court JuneDAILIES TOP STORIES: Herdsmen kill 144 in Plateau, Benue in 14 daysSchools, Banks Sabotaging Student Loan — FGObi Asks Tinubu To End France Trip, Address InsecurityPeru Court Sentences Ex-President Humala To 15 Years For GraftN1.3trn CBEX probe: We Warned Nigerians Against Ponzi Schemes – EFCJigawa enforces compulsory Hijab for security operativesTinubu running most corrupt, intolerant government ever, says el-RufaiNigeria Cuts Power Supply To Junta Niger By 42% To 46MWImo Govt reacts to CrimeFacts InvestigationDAILIES TOP STORIES: Interpol joins EFCC in N1.3tn CBEX probeNAFDAC raises alarm over circulation of counterfeit Aflotin drugsBusinessman sentenced to four years in prison for refusing to accept Naira as legal tenderAlleged Defamation: Court Strikes Out Falana’s Suit Against VDMRivers threatens legal action, vows to recover N300m from NBAFAAC shares N1.578tr March revenue to FG, States, LGAsHerdsmen Kill Many Benue Community Fresh AttackFG declares Friday, Monday public holidays for Easter celebrationNigeria’s inflation rate soars to 24.2%‘You were sacked over misconduct’, Rivers judiciary fires back at ex-Chief MagistrateBoat mishap claims several lives in NigerFLASHBACK: Suspended NOT Expelled! How Catholic Church Handled Benue Governor Alia Over Involvement In Politics In 2022RIGHT OF REPLY — Re: Falsehood By BY “CrimeFacts News Newspaper” On Education In Imo StateNigeria, Other African Countries Shut Clinics Over USAID Funding Cuts — ReportTrump freezes $2bn Harvard funding after university rejects demandsDAILIES TOP STORIES: Blackout Looms Nationwide As GenCos Threaten Shutdown Over N4trn DebtP-Square’s Peter Testifies Against Elder Brother In N1.3bn fraud trialTwo Killed In Niger State Mine CollapseSecurity operatives fire teargas at pro-Fubara protesters —but turn blind eye on Rivers demonstrators supporting emergency rulePeter Obi discloses how Benue gov stopped him from coming to his statePlateau killings death toll rises to 54, says Amnesty13 million displaced as Sudan war enters third year – ReportFBI: Tinubu Enjoys Immunity, Won’t Be Prosecuted, Says AnalystPDP governors vow no merger in 2027Rivers’ N300m was a gift, not hosting fee – NBABenue gov warns visitors to inform him first before coming to State over insecurityChief Magistrate In Rivers Resigns Over ‘Quasi-Military’ Leadership In StateFans stab Nigeria’s local league player, club sanctionedBlackout looms in Nigeria over N4trn debtWomen Protest In Support Of Rivers Emergency RuleOPEC Cuts 2025 Oil Demand Forecast Over US Tariffs8 Shortlisted applicants for Kwara govt job fail drug test, lose slotsEkiti court sentences two to death for kidnapping, armed robbery
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Trending News: DAILIES TOP STORIES: UK records 22,000 Nigerian asylum seekersBenue killings: Death toll hits 72Truck accident kills five during Easter processionTerrorists kill 70 soldiers in Benin RepublicNigerian governor says allowing citizens to defend themselves will lead to lawlessnessMany protest in Plateau over killingsPope Francis dies at 88INVESTIGATION: More Residents Lament State Of Schools In Imo Communities War On Terror: Ekpa’s boys in blame game, as security forces neutralize “Onowu”, two othersPolice officers steal ₦350,000 from traveller at checkpoint in ImoTwo filmmakers die in Owerri while celebrating successful shootInsecurity: We have become a people under siege – Archbishop of OwerriTIMELINE: Over 200 Nigerians Killed in Fulani Herdsmen Attacks in one monthEaster Bloodbath Averted as NSCDC Nab Gunman Plotting Church AttackGunmen kidnap seven passengers in KwaraAnambra Land Dispute: Developer Petitions AIG, Calls for protection of his life, propertyNigerian Uber driver shot dead in USOver 100 inmates escape Chad prison in deadly shoot-out, gov woundedNEWS EXTRA: Nigeria gradually becoming a national morgue – KukahUS Supreme Court stops Trump from deporting migrantsNDLEA intercepts Saudi-bound cocaine concealed in religious booksLand Owners Drag Orlu Catholic Diocese, Imo Govt to Court Over Forceful AcquisitionSERAP sues NBC over ‘arbitrary ban’ on Eedris Abdulkareem’s songMan, lover found dead in Kogi community12 rescued as death toll from Lagos building collapse rises to fiveDAILIES TOP STORIES: Security chiefs under fire over mass killingsPolice detain social media influencer for criticizing Borno government officialDeath toll in Benue killings rises to 56At least 143 dead in DR Congo boat firePhoto showing Ex Kano gov Kwankwaso wearing Tinubu’s “signature hat’ alteredAmid resurgence of terrorism in northern Nigeria, social media users recycle old videos of soldiers lamenting to create panicMany trapped as building collapses in LagosPolice Complete Extradition Of Man Who Killed Girlfriend And Fled To QatarEnugu Airport shut over bad runway390 ex-Boko Haram members complete FG’s rehabilitation programmeTwo Feared Dead, One Abducted In Bandits Attack On Kano Village MarketBoy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy arrested over street fight -PoliceDAILIES TOP STORIES: How CBEX promoters used EFCC, CAC certificates to deceive 600,000 investorsDeaths toll rises to 17 in fresh multiple attacks on Benue communitiesWAEC revokes licenses of 574 schools over exam malpracticesISWAP terrorists’ blow up bridge in Yobe, cut off two communitiesNDLEA team attacked during raid in AbujaNigerian gov vows death for kidnapersTinubu’s economic reforms yet to ease poverty in Nigeria — IMFSuspected herders attack another Benue community, kill ten on Good FridayInvestors drags ex-Anambra police CP Adeoye to court over club’s N1.4bnNew terror group, Mahmuda, emerges in Nigeria’s North-Central, kill manyThree IPoB members detained, over N10.3m recoverd by police in ImoBoko Haram attacks Borno community, kills two soldiers, many civiliansBoy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy freed after three months in detentionWhatsApp to cut off millions of Nigerians using older phones — ReportPolice identify officers receiving money from Chinese in viral video, promise sanctionHundreds of Boko Haram suspects arrested in Lagos — CJTFScores killed as Boko Haram attacks Adamawa communitiesSix Nigerian tourists detained in Cape Verde, accused of human traffickingGunmen invade three Benue communities againAudit report uncovers over 500 ghost workers in OsunSimon Ekpa to appear in Finnish court JuneDAILIES TOP STORIES: Herdsmen kill 144 in Plateau, Benue in 14 daysSchools, Banks Sabotaging Student Loan — FGObi Asks Tinubu To End France Trip, Address InsecurityPeru Court Sentences Ex-President Humala To 15 Years For GraftN1.3trn CBEX probe: We Warned Nigerians Against Ponzi Schemes – EFCJigawa enforces compulsory Hijab for security operativesTinubu running most corrupt, intolerant government ever, says el-RufaiNigeria Cuts Power Supply To Junta Niger By 42% To 46MWImo Govt reacts to CrimeFacts InvestigationDAILIES TOP STORIES: Interpol joins EFCC in N1.3tn CBEX probeNAFDAC raises alarm over circulation of counterfeit Aflotin drugsBusinessman sentenced to four years in prison for refusing to accept Naira as legal tenderAlleged Defamation: Court Strikes Out Falana’s Suit Against VDMRivers threatens legal action, vows to recover N300m from NBAFAAC shares N1.578tr March revenue to FG, States, LGAsHerdsmen Kill Many Benue Community Fresh AttackFG declares Friday, Monday public holidays for Easter celebrationNigeria’s inflation rate soars to 24.2%‘You were sacked over misconduct’, Rivers judiciary fires back at ex-Chief MagistrateBoat mishap claims several lives in NigerFLASHBACK: Suspended NOT Expelled! How Catholic Church Handled Benue Governor Alia Over Involvement In Politics In 2022RIGHT OF REPLY — Re: Falsehood By BY “CrimeFacts News Newspaper” On Education In Imo StateNigeria, Other African Countries Shut Clinics Over USAID Funding Cuts — ReportTrump freezes $2bn Harvard funding after university rejects demandsDAILIES TOP STORIES: Blackout Looms Nationwide As GenCos Threaten Shutdown Over N4trn DebtP-Square’s Peter Testifies Against Elder Brother In N1.3bn fraud trialTwo Killed In Niger State Mine CollapseSecurity operatives fire teargas at pro-Fubara protesters —but turn blind eye on Rivers demonstrators supporting emergency rulePeter Obi discloses how Benue gov stopped him from coming to his statePlateau killings death toll rises to 54, says Amnesty13 million displaced as Sudan war enters third year – ReportFBI: Tinubu Enjoys Immunity, Won’t Be Prosecuted, Says AnalystPDP governors vow no merger in 2027Rivers’ N300m was a gift, not hosting fee – NBABenue gov warns visitors to inform him first before coming to State over insecurityChief Magistrate In Rivers Resigns Over ‘Quasi-Military’ Leadership In StateFans stab Nigeria’s local league player, club sanctionedBlackout looms in Nigeria over N4trn debtWomen Protest In Support Of Rivers Emergency RuleOPEC Cuts 2025 Oil Demand Forecast Over US Tariffs8 Shortlisted applicants for Kwara govt job fail drug test, lose slotsEkiti court sentences two to death for kidnapping, armed robbery
Tue. Apr 22nd, 2025

Ibadan Stampede: Court Dismisses Case Against Naomi, Others

 

A High Court Sitting in Ibadan has dismissed the case involving the deaths of over 30 children at a 2024 Christmas funfair that took place at Basorun. Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Justice Ladiran Akintola who gave the judgment cleared Queen Naomi, Oriyomi Hamzat, and school principal Abdulahi Fasasi of all charges.

According to the state prosecutor and the attorney General of the State, Abiodun Aikomo, the case was withdrawn after affected families showed empathy towards the defendants and requested its withdrawal.

He confirmed that some families had received compensation and seized documents had been returned.

The defendants were initially charged over the Funfair tragedy that claimed the lives of over 30 minors who died as a result of the stampede that ensued at the Funfair venue.

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