Crime & City Diary
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NAFDAC destroys ₦20bn worth of fake, expired products in Ibadan
By Adejayan Gbenga – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit, expired, and substandard pharmaceutical products worth ₦20 billion in Ibadan, Oyo State. The exercise, carried out by NAFDAC’s Southwest Zonal Office, is part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to safeguard public health and prevent unsafe medical products and other regulated items from…
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Late Ondo SDP guber candidate’s son alleges foul play in father’s death
-Calls for justice By Boye Oyeyemi – The first son of the late Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, a prominent businessman and 2023 SDP governorship candidate in Ondo State, has raised alarm over what he described as suspicious circumstances surrounding his father’s death. Samuel Akingboye said he became concerned after inconsistencies emerged in accounts from family members regarding the events leading to…
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Fake cocoa merchant arrested for defrauding businessman of ₦36m in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has apprehended one Ilegbemi Olusola Jacob for allegedly defrauding a businessman, Adegboyo Sunday, of ₦36 million under the guise of a cocoa supply deal. According to a recent statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka Olusola, the suspect posed as a genuine cocoa merchant and collected the…
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N338bn Cocaine Bust: NDLEA, US, UK agencies launch joint global investigation
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is working with its counterparts in the United States and the United Kingdom, to unravel the cartel behind the importation of 1,000 kilograms of cocaine worth more than ₦338 billion recovered at the PTML Terminal of Tincan Island Port in Lagos. A statement issued by the Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi…
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How Dasuki, associates diverted millions from ONSA Account — EFCC witness
An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, told the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how millions of naira were allegedly diverted from the operations account of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to private companies linked to former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), and his associates.…
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Protesters storm Akure over alleged abduction of Ondo monarchs
By Boye Oyeyemi – Tension gripped Akure on Tuesday as residents and farmers from five communities in Ondo East Local Government Area protested the alleged abduction of two monarchs and the forceful takeover of their ancestral lands. The protesters, drawn from Italemikan, Abusoro, Ateru, Igbomowo, and Uloko Agbonden, marched to the Governor’s Office with placards bearing inscriptions such as “Free…
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EFCC declares ex-petroleum minister Timipre Sylva wanted over $14.8 million fraud allegation
By Kunle Sanni – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, wanted over alleged involvement in a $14.8 million fraud case. The anti-graft agency made the announcement in a public notice shared on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, signed by EFCC…
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NDLEA arrests wanted drug kingpin, dismantles clandestine lab in Lagos
Operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted drug lord, 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez, at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, while he was attempting to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Umrah. The arrest follows months of intelligence gathering and surveillance on his criminal activities. The NDLEA,…
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PDP, AMBO Movement trade blame over death of man in Ikire
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – A political dispute has emerged between the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) Movement over the death of a young man, Adesile Seebu, in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area. The PDP, in a statement signed by its Director of Media, Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji, alleged that…
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Police dismantle sex trafficking syndicate posing as job firm in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has dismantled a sex trafficking syndicate operating under the guise of a job recruitment and social media firm. Police spokesperson DSP Ayanlade Olayinka Olushola revealed in a statement that fifteen young women were rescued from the gang’s hideout in Akure during a recent operation. Operatives of the SWAT Unit also arrested…
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