Crime & City Diary
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NOA commends EFCC’s efforts against Naira abuse
The Director-General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on its drive against all forms of Naira abuse. Onilu gave the commendation in Abuja in a letter addressed to the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede. According to him, the actions being taken by the Commission against…
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BREAKING: Many injured as truck collides with commercial bus on Eko bridge
By Innocent Raphael Many got injured in an accident involving a cement truck with brake failure and a commercial bus on the Eko bridge on Tuesday morning. The truck transporting cement lost control and hit a bus transporting commuters on the other lane of Apongbon. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on its X handle on…
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Ogun: Kidnappers fail to release abductee after payment of N5m ransom
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Matthew Oladokun, the husband of abducted businesswoman Risikat Oladokun, has expressed frustration over the failure of the kidnappers to release his wife in Ogun State after paying a ransom of N5m. Risikat was abducted by armed gunmen at her residence in Awa Ijebu, Ijebu North local government area of Ogun state, on Tuesday, March 12, aftet…
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UK donates new building to NDLEA in Lagos
By Innocent Raphael A new building has been donated by the British Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, Jonny Baxter, to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos. In a post via the official X handle of the agency, NDLEA disclosed the inauguration was held at the NDLEA’s Area Command in Ikeja on Monday According to the agency, the…
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EFCC arraigns father-in-law, daughter-in-law for alleged forgery
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a father-in-law, Alaba Alakija and his daughter-in-law, Oyinkansola Alakija before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on an amended two-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy and using false documents. One of the counts reads: “Alaba Alakija and Oyinkansola Alakija,…
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BREAKING: Oyo Police parades 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators
No fewer than 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators, including a female and two elderly men in their sixties, are currently being paraded at the Oyo State Police Headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan. These individuals were apprehended for their involvement in the forceful invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat on Saturday. The suspected agitators were arrested by joint security operatives at…
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Dispatch rider nabbed for selling customer’s iPhones worth N1.7 million
By Innocent Raphael Lagos State Police’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have nabbed one Matthew Odah, 27, a delivery rider, for selling three iPhones valued at N1.7 million entrusted to him for delivery. The RRS disclosed this development in a post via its official X handle on Sunday. According to the statement, Odah, on August 23, 2023, while working as a…
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Man gets death threats, faces prosecution in Nigeria after coming out as gay
Born in August 1998 in Lagos, Nigeria, Foluwasayo Damilola Ayobami is a brave and ambitious young Nigerian who came out as gay to his friends and family. Unfortunately, his coming out was met with harsh backlash, including rejection and hostility from both friends and some family members. Nigeria remains a deeply conservative and homophobic country where LGBTQ+ identities are criminalized…
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Bauchi Police intercepts stolen truck with N30m goods
By Innocent Raphael Bauchi Police Command has apprehended a suspected robber who hijacked a trailer truck carrying 35 tons of groundnut oil valued at around N30 million. The theft was reported to have occurred at the Maraban Jos trailer park in Kaduna State on April 12, 2024, prompting a distress call to the Toro Divisional Police Headquarters. In a statement…
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Army subdues Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan, urges calm
Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested nine Yoruba Nation agitators, who invaded Oyo State Secretariat in Agodi area of ibadan, the State capital, on Saturday. A statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the agitators for the Yoruba Nation dressed in foreign military camouflage with berets and armed with dangerous weapons in buses…
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