Crime & City Diary
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FRSC holds medical outreach in Owo, targets 10% drop in auto crashes
By Boye Oyeyemi The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Owo Unit Command, has organised a medical outreach for commercial drivers to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries by 10 per cent on highways in Ondo state. While disclosing this development during a public health exercise at Ijebu-Owo Motor Park, the Assistant Corps Commander (ACC), Owo Unit, Mr Joseph Kehinde Ajayi, noted…
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Police arrest four suspects over attack on officers in Osun community
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four suspects in connection with the attack on its officers in Ilobu community, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued on Thursday by the command’s spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, the arrests followed a viral video showing police personnel being assaulted by hoodlums…
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Ex-minister Stella Oduah, aide cleared of N2.5 billion fraud charge
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has discharged former Aviation Minister Stella Oduah and her former aide, Gloria Odita, of a N2.5 billion fraud charge. The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu, granted their discharge on Thursday, March 26, 2026, after the prosecution informed the court that the case against them had been discontinued following a plea bargain. Instead, the…
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EFCC arrests 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin, seizes cars, mobile phones
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed the arrest of 30 suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation carried out within two buildings that had been earlier flagged for suspected internet-related fraud at Agbede Community in Ilorin, Kwara state. The operation, carried out on Wednesday, March 24, 2026, yielded…
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Court adjourns ex-park chairman Auxiliary’s murder case to May 20
By Adejayan Gbenga Justice E.O. Ajayi of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday adjourned the murder case against Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary, to May 20, 2026, for ruling. The adjournment followed submissions by the defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), who informed the court that the defence had concluded presenting its witnesses in the case.…
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Oyo police rescue kidnapped victim in joint security operation
By Adejayan Gbenga The Oyo State Police Command has successfully rescued a kidnapped man, following a coordinated security operation that forced the abductors to flee. According to a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, on Wednesday, the incident occurred in the Ojongbodu division, where armed hoodlums invaded a community, abducted a male victim, and stole…
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Ondo court sentences houseboy to death for employer’s murder
By Boye Oyeyemi An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a 21-year-old houseboy, Emmanuel Akpan, to death by hanging for the murder of his employer, Mrs. Febisola Caroline Adedayo. The trial judge, Justice Rotimi Olamide, delivered the judgment on Wednesday, holding that the prosecution established the offence of murder beyond reasonable doubt. Akpan was convicted on a…
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Court orders final forfeiture of $13m linked to businesswoman Aisha Achimugu
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of $13 million linked to businesswoman Aisha Achimugu and her company, Oceangate Engineering Oil & Gas Ltd, to the Federal Government. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the ruling on Wednesday, holding that the funds were proceeds of unlawful activities and that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had sufficiently…
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Police foil kidnap attempt in Ondo, arrest two suspects
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has arrested two suspects over an alleged attempt to abduct a three-year-old boy in Ogbagi Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area. Disclosing the development in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, noted that the incident occurred on March 22, 2026, after the child’s mother, Mrs Olanireti, sent…
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Petrol tanker crushes six persons to death in Ibadan
By Adejayan Gbenga No fewer than six persons were confirmed dead on Tuesday after a petrol-laden trailer crushed pedestrians and commercial tricycle operators in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The truck, reportedly carrying about 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, also destroyed at least five tricycles during the incident, while several other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries. The…
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