Crime & City Diary
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JUST IN: Farmer kills self with sniper
By Boye Oyeyemi – A middle-aged man identified as Baba Apana has reportedly taken his own life after consuming the deadly Sniper insecticide in Eleyewo, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. Residents said the deceased, believed to be in his mid-50s, left home for his farm on Tuesday without his mobile phone, only to be later found dead.…
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Ondo Police arrest five suspected kidnappers
…recover firearm in Owo–Ifon forest By Boye Oyeyemi – Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested five suspected kidnappers and recovered a firearm during a midnight raid on Amurin Forest along the Owo–Ifon axis of the state. The operation, which took place around 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, was part of the command’s intensified efforts to track down those…
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JUST IN: Amotekun suspends three officers over misconduct
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has suspended three of its officers over alleged gross misconduct. The affected officers are Abu Taiwo, Akinsipe Victor, and Ekujumi Julius. State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, announced the suspension on Monday in Akure while parading four suspected criminals. Adeleye said the suspended officers had…
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15 rescued, others feared trapped after building collapse in Lagos
Many persons were reportedly trapped after a building collapsed in Lagos in the early hours of Monday. It was gathered that the building had been previously marked as distressed, and occupants were warned to vacate before it eventually collapsed around 12:20 a.m. on Monday. The affected two-storey building located at 54 Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop in the Oyingbo…
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Swift response saves lives as gas blast rocks Lagos market
A gas explosion was on Sunday recorded at Orisunmibare Market in the Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos State. Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, however, successfully contained the situation. The explosion, which happened around 2:13 p.m., was traced to a gas retail outlet containing multiple cylinders of varying sizes. A statement by the Director of the Lagos State…
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Police rescue five pregnant girls from baby factory in Ore
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has uncovered a suspected baby factory and human trafficking syndicate in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman DSP Ayanlade Olayinka Olushola, in a statement, said the discovery followed a report by a 17-year-old girl, Vivian Peter, from Akwa Ibom State, who was allegedly trafficked to Ore under…
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NDLEA uncovers UK-Bound cocaine in cream containers, meth in water heater
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a total of 70 parcels of cocaine factory packed in walls of cocoa butter formula body cream containers heading to London, United Kingdom at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos, with three suspects arrested in series of follow-up operations across Lagos. A statement…
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NDLEA arrests socialite Pretty Mike at drug party in Lagos
By Tosin Brown – Lagos socialite, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) during a raid at his Proxy Nightclub in Lagos. According to multiple reports, the arrest of Pretty Mike and several others was carried out by NDLEA operatives in the early hours of…
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Police re-arrest Sowore moments after court grants him bail
Human rights activist and #FreeNnamdiKanuNow campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, has been re-arrested by the Nigerian Police shortly after his court appearance at the Kuje Magistrate Court on Friday. Sowore, alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, a former member of Kanu’s legal team, and ten others, had earlier met their bail conditions. The court granted them bail in the sum of…
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AAUA Students’ Union shifts secretariat to main gate after fatal truck accident
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) Students’ Union has temporarily moved its Secretariat to the university’s main gate following a fatal truck accident near the campus on Wednesday night. In a statement signed by the union’s president, Comrade Salami Akeem (Ologbon), and general secretary, Comrade Bakare Jamiu Abiodun (Unique), the union said the relocation is aimed…
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