Crime & City Diary
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Police raid gay wedding in Delta state, declare Oliseh Great Ojue wanted over alleged homosexual involvement
A Magistrate Court sitting at Warri Magisterial District of Delta State, yesterday, the 4th of December 2023; has sentenced one Mr. M Apkofure for his involvement in a same-sex relationship with One Mr. O Ojue (who is now at large) in accordance with Nigerian Same-Sex Prohibition Act of 2014. Our investigation revealed that the duo of the said M Akpofure…
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Three Oyo kings die in road accident
Three monarchs from the Oriire Local Government Area in Oyo State died in a road accident on Friday. According to reports from PUNCH Online, the accident occurred following a collision that involved a Benz E230, bearing the license plate OLODOGBO, and a Scania Truck with the registration 301 XF, at Aje Iye within the local government’s jurisdiction. Further inquiries disclosed…
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BREAKING: Okada riders protest seizure of motorcycles by Lagos taskforce
Commercial motorcycle riders, known as Okada riders, on Friday protested the seizure of their motorcycles by the Lagos State Task Force Team. Eyewitness said that the task force team dislodged the Okada riders and seized their motorcycles in the Alakija area of the state. The eyewitness explained that the motorcycles were seized and carried into the task force van, adding…
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Air Force helicopter crash lands in Port Harcourt
A MI-35P helicopter belonging to Nigerian Air Force has crash-landed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on Friday morning. NAF Spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement said the accident occurred around “7:45 am shortly after the aircraft took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in Rivers state”. More to follow…
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Police arrest escort attached to bullion van conveying late Ogun finance director
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Police Escort attached to the bullion van conveying the killed Director of Finance, Ogun state Ministry of Finance, Inspector Rasheed Adegbiti has been arrested. The police statement revealed that Adegbiti travelled to Igbo Ora, in Oyo state without permission from the command. Recall that at about 1510hours on Wednesday, on top of the fly over…
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Court sentences acclaimed Ogun King to six months imprisonment for impersonation
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A Chief Magistrate Court, situated in Isabo, Abeokuta, has sentenced Mufutau Dosunmu, an acclaimed Oba, to six months in prison for falsely presenting himself as the Osolo of Ado-Odo in the Ado-Odo/Ota local government of Ogun State. The convict faced multiple charges related to alleged impersonation and disturbance of peace within the Ado-Odo Magisterial district. He…
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Emefiele’s case adjourns till 2024, remanded in Prison
The Federal Capital Territory High Court has adjourned till January 18, 2024, the case of the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, in an alleged procurement fraud suit. Emefiele faced allegations of leveraging his role to grant a corrupt advantage to Sa’adatu Yaro, a CBN staff member, through the allocation of a contract for the purchase of 43…
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Police arrest 18 IPOB suspects over killing of two officers in Imo
The Imo state police command has announced the arrest of 18 suspects linked to the killing of two police officers by suspected IPOB gunmen on Monday. The officers, who were the DPO of Ahiazu-Mbaise and an inspector, were attacked by the gunmen at Ahiara junction in Ahiazu-Mbaise LGA, while they were refuelling their vehicles at a petrol station. Henry Okoye,…
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Ayilara succeeds Owohunwa as Lagos CP
There is strong indication that a former Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) panti, DCP Waheed Ayilara may succeed AIG Idowu Owohunwa as Commissoner of Police in Lagos state. It was gathered that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has endorsed Ayilara for the position. Ayilara was at a time the Commander…
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Police nab mastermind behind Dangote cement price slash scam
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Benjamin Ezeukwe for allegedly masterminding and fleecing hundreds of Nigerians in an elaborate cement-price-slash scam. Spokesman for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday. Hundeyin said that Ezeukwe was arrested on October 19, 2023 in Rumuolumeni area of Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State following…
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