Crime & City Diary
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Fake soldier arrested for defrauding family of retirement benefits
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, Temigbe Jamiu Adeola, for allegedly impersonating Nigerian Army personnel and defrauding a family of ₦1.2 million. The Command said the suspect posed as a serving soldier and collected the money from one Mr Temiloluwa, who believed he was helping to retrieve his late mother’s retirement benefits.…
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Bandits raid Catholic school in Niger State, abduct students, staff
An unspecified number of students and staff have been abducted by bandits from St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in the Papiri community of Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State. The attack comes just five days after armed men invaded Government Girls Science Secondary School, killing the vice principal and abducting 25 students. Local officials and church authorities are still…
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Widow left homeless as midnight fire destroys family house in Ado-Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi – A widow in the Onola community of Ado-Ekiti has been thrown into distress after a late-night fire gutted the only house left behind by her late husband, leaving her and her children without shelter. Residents said the incident occurred around 1am on Tinuola Street, when flames were first noticed on the roof of a tenant’s kitchen…
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Mentally unstable man kills NSCDC officer in Oba Ile
By Boye Oyeyemi – A routine effort to restrain a mentally unstable youth turned tragic on Thursday when an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps was stabbed to death at Oke-Ala in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. Residents told journalists that trouble began after the suspect’s mother invited two NSCDC personnel to help…
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Court sentences Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment on terrorism charges
Justice James Omotosho has sentenced the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty on all seven counts of terrorism charges against him. Delivering the judgement, Justice Omotosho noted that, “the convict has not acted well throughout the proceedings, stressing that he had caused unnecessary delay in the proceedings. He further…
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Osun police debunk herdsmen/bandits attack along Osogbo–Iwo road
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has debunked viral social media posts alleging an attack by suspected herdsmen and bandits along the Osogbo–Iwo road on Tuesday, describing the claims as entirely false. In a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, emphasised that there was no…
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DSS arraigns seven IPOB commanders, updates ongoing terrorism prosecutions
By Kunle Sanni – The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned seven alleged commanders of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) linked to Finland-based separatist agitator Simon Ekpa. The suspects were charged with terrorism-related offences before the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to court filings dated 19 November, the defendants are facing trial in three separate suits:…
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Amotekun nabs teen robber who fled Kwara to Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, have arrested a 19-year-old suspected serial motorcycle robber, Oyediran Ayomide, who allegedly fled from Kwara State after attacking a rider during the ongoing Ember border patrol, Operation Le Won Jade. Ayomide, said to be from Ola in Kwara State, was tracked to Ore, where he was accused…
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Court declares Nnamdi Kanu guilty of terrorism
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has found the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, guilty on Count One of the terrorism charges filed against him by the Federal Government. Delivering the judgment, Justice Omotosho held that Kanu was guilty of committing an act of terrorism by issuing threats during a…
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Judge orders Nnamdi Kanu out of Abuja Court for disrupting proceedings
-Judgement to be delivered in absentia Kunle Sanni – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered security personnel of the Department of State Services to remove the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from the courtroom for court disruption. At his resumed trial held on Thursday, Kanu attempted to prevent the judge, Justice…
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