Crime & City Diary

Fifteen rescued, One dead as boat collides with shoreline in Lagos

By Raphael Innocent The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) rescued fifteen passengers onboard an ill-fated boat following an incident around 6:50 pm on Wednesday. The spokesperson for LASWA, Wuraola Alake, in a statement issued on Thursday, disclosed that the ferry with seventeen passengers on board had collided with a submerged shoreline concrete at a construction site around the power line…

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BREAKING: Lagos Taskforce arrests 110 suspects specialise in destroying rail track

The Lagos State Environmental Taskforce, on Thursday, arrested 110 persons suspected of destroying and stealing rail tracks. The suspects were arrested at midnight in an ongoing operation to clean up and secure the Redline rail track around the Pen-Cinema-Iju Fagba corridor. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab confirmed the arrests in a post on his X handle on…

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BREAKING: Lagos Police rescues female secondary school student from abductors

The Lagos Police Command, on Wednesday, rescued a female secondary school student from abductors who tricked her into their car in Ikotun area of the state. WesternPost gathered that the community noticed the suspicious movement of the abductors and quickly informed the police in Ikotun of the presence of the strange people. Spokesman for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in…

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NSCDC arrests 51 yrs old man for sexually assaulting 14-yrs old girl in Ilorin

By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 51-year-old man, Idowu Mahmud for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at Gbaagba- Airport Road in ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. On Monday, February 19, 2024, at about 13:35hrs, the complainant (Name Withheld) filed a complaint at the Gender…

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EFCC Lagos Command arrests six suspects for alleged currency racketeering

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested six persons for their alleged involvement in currency racketeering and the sale of new naira notes for commercial purposes. The suspects were; Adebayo Amupitan, Alimat Oyebode, Isiaka Yusuf, Adeoti Folake, Kafayat Yakub, and Bose Lateef. The anti-graft agency made this known in a post…

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Police nab three men with stolen cables in Ojodu

The Lagos Police Command, on Wednesday arrested three men, Babatunde Murutu, Segun Lawal and Adebayo Iyanu with stolen Cables. It was gathered that the three suspects were roaming around the Ojodu environment at midnight with bags containing cables, scissors and screwdrivers. WesternPost learnt that there had been several complaints of thevies stealing building materials of houses underconstruction in the vicinity…

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EFCC detains ex- Kwara governor, Ahmed

By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed on Tuesday remained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ilorin, the state capital. It was gathered that Ahmed who was also the commisssioner for Finance for almost eight years during the tenure of his predecessor, Dr Bukola Saraki was being…

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Zone 2 Police Command arrests couple for allegedly stealing employer’s $51,000

Operatives of the Zonal Criminal Investigation Department (ZCID) Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan Lagos, have arrested Blessing Effiong and her spouse, Bassey Effiong for allegedly stealing Fifty-One Thousand United States Dollars ($51,000 USD) from her employer’s residence in the Lekki area of Lagos. A statement issued by the Command’s Spokeswoman, SP Umma Ayuba, said Blessing Effiong was recommended for employment…

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Lagos traditional ruler canvasses establishment of community police to curb insecurity

The traditional ruler of Otumara community in the Lagos Mainland of Lagos State, High Chief Kehinde Kalejaiye, has called for the establishment of community police to curb insecurity in the state and Nigeria at large. The monarch made the call following the arrest of some suspected robbers by some officials of Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) in his community. The…

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Container falls on truck, crushes three to death in Ogun

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Three persons were on Saturday crushed to death when a container fell on a truck along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident which occurred in the early hours of Saturday around the Mowe axis of the highway involved two trucks, a bluebird with registration number, T-15636 LA and an unmarked Howo truck. The Public Education Officer of…

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