Crime & City Diary
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NDLEA arrests notorious Lagos drug baron, seizes over 1.7 tonnes of cannabis
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted drug baron, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, popularly known as Chisco Bee, following weeks of intelligence gathering and surveillance. The 42-year-old businessman and hotelier, who heads Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig Ltd, was picked up by operatives of the Special Operations Unit at his Daisy Garden Hotel on Ago Palace Way, Isolo,…
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Ekiti State University mourns as Social Sciences Dean dies in auto crash
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ekiti State University community has been thrown into mourning following the death of the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Olu Olufayo, popularly known as Prof. Olu-Olu, who reportedly died in an accident in Ado-Ekiti. The industrial sociology and labour relations expert was said to have been involved in the accident on Friday…
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Okada rider to die by hanging for death of 11-year-old girl in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – An Akure High Court has sentenced a commercial motorcycle rider, Mr Dare Ojo, following his conviction over the abuse and death of 11-year-old Zainab Adeyemo along the Ese/Irun-Akoko Road in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Ojo was accused of committing the offence on July 17, 2020, while transporting the girl to the…
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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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