Crime & City Diary
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VIDEOS! Heavy Rainfall: Commuters face difficulties as flood takes over Lagos roads
Commuters on Wednesday find it hard to move to their destinations as flood took over Lagos roads following heavy rainfall. The heavy rainfall which started at midnight around 3am, caused motorists to spend hours from one destination to another. https://www.westernpost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/VID-20240703-WA0203.mp4 Many who defied the rain and left their homes with the hope of getting to their places of work were…
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NSCDC nabs 3 over alleged theft, burglary, fraud in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended three suspects involved in theft, burglary, and fraud. On Monday, July 1, 2024, detectives from the command’s tracking unit arrested one Ibrahim Wasiu, a 31-year-old resident of Eyenkorin, Kwara State. The arrest followed a report by a certain Mumini Kabir regarding…
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Many trapped as four-storey building collapses in Abuja
Many people were reportedly trapped as four-storey building attached to Westbrook hotelin the Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory collapsed on Monday night. It was gathered that emergency agency swiftly responded to the incident as two people were pulled out from the rubble and taken to the hospital while the rescue operations went on. The hotel was said to…
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Court orders EFCC to pay Emefiele’s wife N3m over infringement of fundamental rights
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay N3 million to Magaret, the wife of the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over infringement of her rights. The Court also held that it is illegal for the EFCC to declare her wanted. Justice Deinde Dipeolu made the…
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BREAKING: 2 dead, 4 injured in Sagamu-Ijebu Ode expressway motor accident
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency has confirmed the death of two persons and injury to four persons following a head-on collision along the Sagamu/Ijebu-Ode expressway. A statement issued on Monday by the spokesperson of the state-owned traffic outfit, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said “The road crash involved a Howo Truck with no registration number and a Toyota Hiace Bus…
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Woman recounts violent attack on husband by OPC members
Mrs. Jegede Mary Iretiayo, a Nigerian citizen residing at No. 2 Emmanuel Ogedegbe Street, Off Candos Palace, Baruwa Ipaja, Lagos, has issued a public statement detailing a harrowing incident involving her husband, Mr. Jegede Ayodele Daniel. According to her account, on the evening of June 20, 2024, at approximately 7:45 PM, her husband was brutally attacked at their home by…
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Ogun: Three arrested for buying stolen electricity cables
Three suspects have been arrested for buying stolen transformer armoured cables with N9.8m in OPIC Estate, Agbara, Ogun State. The suspects are; Mansirina Usman (27), Janadu Ahyarn (20), and Husseni Abdullahi (20). According to Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps), the suspects were arrested on June 27, after the reisdents reported the case of vandalisation and…
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BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap 20 along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway
Gunmen have kidnapped about 20 persons travelling along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway on Sunday at about 9. pm. It was gathered one of the travellers was shot by the gunmen. The gunmen ambushed the travellers between Sagamu Area Command of the Nigeria Police and Ilisan township. Ilisan Development Council Chairman, Wemmy Osude disclosed to newsmen that the information reaching him suggests…
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Zamfara 2015 corps member incident grossly misrepresented online- Police
By Innocent Raphael The Nigeria Police Force has said the viral video on social media regarding an alleged incident involving a Corps member in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, was grossly misrepresented. It would be recalled that the incident occurred in 2015. A statement issued on Saturday by the Police, said a female student wrote something the Corps member found insulting…
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Appeal Court affirms 5-year conviction of Baba Ijesha for sexual assault
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday, affirmed the judgement of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha to five years imprisonment for sexual assault on a minor. Justice Folashade Ojo, delivering the court’s unanimous judgement on the case found the Appellant, Baba Ijesha guilty on counts 4 and 5,…
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