Crime & City Diary
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BREAKING: Car burnt as violence disrupts APC ward congress in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – Tension heightened in Idanre, Ondo State, on Wednesday as violence erupted during the ward congress of the ruling All Progressives Congress, leaving a vehicle burnt and several participants reportedly injured. A video obtained by Western Post Nigeria showed a Toyota car engulfed in flames, while residents deserted the streets amid the chaos that accompanied the exercise.…
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Family seeks Oyebanji’s intervention over inmate on death row in Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi – The family of an Ekiti indigene, Haruna Ayeni, who was sentenced to death alongside his late father, has appealed to Governor Biodun Oyebanji to intervene, alleging that the conviction was unjust. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday, Haruna’s brother, Olusola Ayeni, said the case originated from a land dispute between their father and another resident of Emure…
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Court remands man for allegedly stealing books in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi An Akure Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a man, Sunday Morenikeji, over the alleged theft of eight bags of books valued at N200,000. Morenikeji was arraigned by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun Corps, on a two count charge on stealing. The prosecutor, P.O. Nwafor, told the court that the…
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JUST IN: Ondo NURTW members disrupt APC stakeholders’ meeting, assault party chairman
By Boye Oyeyemi – The stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State was on Tuesday disrupted after suspected members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers allegedly invaded the party secretariat in Akure and attacked delegates ahead of the ward congresses. Western Post had earlier reported that armed thugs reportedly invaded the stakeholders’ meeting. In a…
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JUST IN: Tension as suspected thugs disrupt APC stakeholders’ meeting in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – Tension gripped Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday after suspected armed thugs reportedly invaded a stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress, forcing an abrupt end to the gathering. The incident occurred at the party’s secretariat, where members and officials had assembled for the meeting, before the sudden arrival of the unidentified individuals triggered panic…
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Distillers storm NAFDAC office over sachet alcohol ban
Distillers under the aegis of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association on Tuesday picketed the office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to protest the continued sealing of their companies over the ban on sachet alcohol beverages and PET bottles below 200ml. Employees of the companies, comprising both junior and senior staff, barricaded…
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US military trainers in Nigeria will support our armed forces—DHQ
About 100 United States military personnel and associated equipment have arrived at Bauchi Airfield to support the Nigerian Armed Forces, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced on Monday. The deployment follows a formal request by the Federal Government of Nigeria and comes as part of ongoing collaboration between Nigerian and US military officials. According to the DHQ, the US personnel are…
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Ondo police arrest another suspect in N141.75m cocoa theft case
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested another suspect in connection with the alleged theft of cocoa beans valued at N141.75 million belonging to Agro Traders Ltd. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, noting that the arrest followed ongoing investigations into the case, first reported in…
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Court remands two over alleged assault on police officers in Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the remand of two men, Awolusi Babatunde, 45, and Awolusi Oluwaseun, 23, at a correctional facility over their alleged involvement in the assault of three officiating police officers. The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendants, residents of Gloryland Avenue, Ajebamidele area of Ado-Ekiti, allegedly…
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JUST IN: Army troops kill two suspected terrorists in Ondo, recover rifles
By Boye Oyeyemi – Troops of the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army have killed two suspected terrorists during a security operation along the Akunu–Auga axis of Ondo State. The operation was carried out by personnel deployed at the Forward Operating Base in Auga after receiving reliable intelligence about the movement of armed suspects in the area. In a…
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