Crime & City Diary
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Direct your creativity to nation building – Olukoyede charges youths
By Folashade Olorunfemi The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyode has charged Nigerian youths to shun internet fraud and input their creativity to national development. He stated this on Wednesday, while addressing youths at the pioneer Kids and Teens STEAM Innovate Buildathon bootcamp, held for young people within the age range of seven and…
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Motorboy escapes as gunmen abduct tipper driver in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – A motorboy narrowly escaped on Friday morning after gunmen abducted his driver, Tobi Abdulmalik Oluwatuyi, along the Akure–Owo Expressway in Ondo State. The incident reportedly occurred around 6 a.m. at Ilu Abo when the tipper developed a mechanical fault. While the driver was attempting to fix the truck, the assailants emerged from the nearby bush and…
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Ilorin in shock over murder of abducted female police inspector
By Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho – Tragedy struck in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Friday after the body of a female police inspector who was kidnapped the previous night was found lifeless in a bush around the Oloje area of the city. The late officer, who was attached to the Ogidi Police Division, was reportedly abducted on Thursday night under…
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Army rescues two kidnap victims, vows to flush out bandits from Kwara
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division, Nigerian Army, and Commander Sector 3, Operation FANSAN YAMA, Major General C.R. Nnebeife, has assured residents of Kwara State that the Army will sustain its operations to rid the state’s forests of bandits and other criminal elements. Major General Nnebeife gave the assurance during a condolence visit to the Chief of Ayekale Village,…
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Court slams Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim’s Transnational Energy Ltd with ₦300 million damages over forgery of records
A Federal High Court has awarded ₦300,000,000 (Three Hundred Million Naira) in damages against Transnational Energy Limited, a company owned by Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, for forgery and falsification of corporate and court records. The judgment follows years of legal proceedings arising from the forged removal of Dr. Funmi Rebecca Olawepo as a Director and Shareholder of Bresson A.S. Nigeria Ltd…
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Police parade “prophet” for allegedly raping Ekiti varsity student
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a self-acclaimed prophet and several other suspects for various criminal offences, including rape, armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms. Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo, disclosed this while briefing reporters in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. He said the arrests were part of the command’s renewed efforts to rid the state…
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Police storm Osun Amotekun headquarters, order transfer of detainees to custody
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – A team from the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IGP–IRT) has stormed the headquarters of the Osun Amotekun Corps at the Powerline area of Osogbo over the alleged illegal detention of suspects. The IGP–IRT team, led by SP Rotimi Ogunmuyiwa and accompanied by the Deputy Commissioner of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Bayonle…
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Carpenter who allegedly killed his grandma arraigned
By Boye Oyeyemi A 28-year-old carpenter, Ahmed Toheed, has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate’s Court sitting in Oke-Eda for allegedly raping and killing his 64-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Mulikat Sanni, in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident reportedly occurred on September 29, 2025, around 10 p.m. at Onisere Street, Ore. Toheed was said to have accused…
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Nigeria, Qatar strengthen partnership against illicit drug trafficking
By Folashade Olorunfemi Nigeria and Qatar have strengthened partnership in the area of combating illicit drug trafficking with the symbolic exchange of instruments of ratification between the two countries by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) and the Qatar Ambassador Ali Bin Ghanem Al- Hajri. A statement issued…
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Akinlalu killings: Police accuse Amotekun commander of shunning invitation, staging assassination
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has accused the Commandant of the Amotekun Corps, Dr. Adekunle Omoyele, of ignoring police invitations over the Akinlalu killings and later fabricating an assassination story to mislead the public. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, in a statement on Wednesday, said Omoyele refused to honour several invitations to…
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