Crime & City Diary
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US hails NDLEA over crackdown on meth labs linked to Mexican cartels in Nigeria
The United States has praised the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for dismantling four methamphetamine laboratories linked to Mexican drug cartels in Nigeria. The commendation came from Michael Gonzales, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs for Africa and the Middle East, during a visit to the agency’s headquarters in Abuja on…
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EFCC arrests Abuja businessman over alleged $120m fraud involving Ukrainian investor
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Abuja-based businessman Innocent Ezuma over allegations of defrauding a Ukrainian investor of more than $120 million. The commission’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday, saying the 57-year-old was apprehended at his Abuja residence on Monday and remained in custody. “He was arrested. He is in our custody and investigations…
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EndSARS Anniversary: Police disperse activists with tear gas at Lekki toll gate
Tension flared at the Lekki Toll Gate as police fired tear gas to disperse activists and concerned Nigerians who gathered to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the #EndSARS protests. The gathering was organised to honour those who lost their lives and remember the demonstrations against police brutality. According to a report by Channels TV, the protesters were forced to flee…
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Ondo police arrest two suspects, recover guns in Akure raids
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has arrested two men in separate security operations in Akure, recovering two locally made firearms suspected to be linked to criminal activities. The suspects, Oliver Bamidele, 32, and Levis Prince, 35, were arrested on October 13 and 19, respectively, by officers attached to the B Division Surveillance Patrol Team and Okuta Elerinla…
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Businessman petitions EFCC over alleged $2.1m deal involving Wike’s son
A businessman, Safwan Garba, and his company, GY Global Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited, have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged $2.1m fraud involving Jordan Nyesom-Wike, son of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The petitioners accused Jordan of allegedly collecting $2.1m after claiming he could facilitate the allocation of 60 hectares of…
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$6bn Mambilla contract was not approved by FEC, Imoke tells court
Former Cross River Governor Liyel Imoke on Monday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) did not approve a memo recommending the award of the $6 billion Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project contract to Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited. Imoke, the sixth prosecution witness in the trial of former Minister of…
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Ekiti court arraigns sexagenarian over alleged N20m property damage, land grabbing
By Boye Oyeyemi A 65-year-old man, Abdulrahman Sanusi, has been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court in Ekiti State over alleged land grabbing, breach of peace and malicious damage to property valued at N20 million. The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the alleged offences occurred on May 1, 2026, within the Ado-Ekiti Magisterial District. Oriyomi alleged that…
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Police arrest six suspects over killing of Emir in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has arrested six suspects in connection with the killing of Olalekan Oyeyemi Ajagungbade, popularly known as Emir, in Ile-Ife and recovered a cut-to-size firearm. The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, disclosed this on Monday in Osogbo, saying the arrests followed investigations into an attack in which armed men allegedly stormed…
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Lagos Fire Service quells tanker fire at Oredola bridge, begins safety operations
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has extinguished a fire involving a 33,000-litre petroleum tanker at Otedola Bridge, Lagos. In a statement issued on Monday, the Service’s Controller General, Mrs Margaret Abimbola Adeseye, said the agency received a distress call at 16:09 hours reporting a fire involving a tanker conveying petroleum products from a depot. According to the statement,…
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Akure court remands 27-year-old over alleged N2m farm produce theft
By Boye Oyeyemi An Akure Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State has ordered the remand of a 27-year-old man, Isaiah Akinkuolie, over the alleged theft of cocoa, kolanut and cocoyam valued at N2 million. Akinkuolie was arraigned on three counts bordering on stealing, threat to life and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace. The prosecutor, Inspector D.O. Ifidon,…
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