Crime & City Diary
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Tribunal orders Meta, WhatsApp to pay FCCPC $220m penalty
Nigeria’s Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal on Friday ordered WhatsApp and Meta Platforms Incorporated to pay a $220 million penalty and $35,000 to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) within 60 days over data discrimination practices in Nigeria. The tribunal upheld the $220 million penalty imposed by the FCCPC on WhatsApp and Meta Platforms Incorporated, as well as…
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Court orders arrest of six CBEX promoters over alleged $1bn scam
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the arrest and remand of six promoters of the now collapsed and fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme known as “CBEX,” over an alleged $1 billion scam targeting Nigerian victims. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the order on Thursday following an ex parte motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Adefowora…
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Egbetokun orders withdrawal of mobile police officers from unauthorized deployments
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of mobile police officers from unauthorized deployments A statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Muyiwa Adejobi, said that the move was part of the reorganisation of the Police Mobile Force (PMF). “He expressed concern over the diversion of PMF personnel to non-core roles,…
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Gunmen kill 7 in attack on Kwara communities
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Seven people have been confirmed dead following two separate attacks in Ilesha Baruba and Kemanji communities in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State on Sunday, April 21, 2025. According to a statement by the Kwara State Police Command, six individuals were shot dead around 9:30 p.m. when about ten gunmen opened fire at civilians near…
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Arsonists raze Ilesa Court as Governor Adeleke orders investigation
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Suspected arsonists in the early hours of Monday set ablaze the Ilesa High Court 2 building, resulting in the structure being largely burnt to the ground. Reports indicated that sensitive court files and exhibits were also destroyed in the fire. It was further learnt that the state fire service was mobilised to the scene, but the…
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Police, vigilantes rescue three kidnapped children in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Police Command, in collaboration with local vigilantes, has rescued three children who were among seven victims kidnapped by armed hoodlums along the Obbo-Aiyegunle/Osi Road in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2025, when the abductors, numbering about eight, intercepted a Sienna bus…
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NDLEA intercepts shipment of cocaine concealed in 20 sets of religious books
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Sunday that its operatives had intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in 20 sets of religious books going to Saudi Arabia. Director of Media and Advocacy of the Agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said, “The cocaine consignment consisting of 20 parcels with a total weight of 500grams and…
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Lagos Building Collapse: 13 rescued, 5 dead as rescue operations continue
The total number of people recovered dead from the collapsed three-storey building has risen to five, according to LASEMA. The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu revealed Sunday morning. He gave the figure in an update shared around 6am. According to him, all the five deceased were adults, adding that the update…
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4 die in two separate accidents in Ogun
Two separate accidents that happened on Easter Saturday along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road and Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway in Ogun State have left four people dead. The separate traffic updates from the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the first accident along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road occurred at about 7 a.m. at the Odorasanyin area near…
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PHOTOS: Five rescued as building collapses in Lagos
Five people have been rescued so far from the rubble of a building collapse in Lagos on Saturday. The building said to house a local restaurant on Oremeta Street in the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos, collapsed at about 8 am. While speaking with journalists at the scene of the collapse, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Permanent Secretary, Damilola…
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