Crime & City Diary
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Court sentences cleric, one other to death for killing 400L LASU student
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire, Irewole Local Government, on Monday, sentenced a 42-year-old Prophet, Philip Segun and Adeeko Owolabi (23) to death by hanging over the murder of a 400-level Sociology student of Lagos State University (LASU), Favour Oladele. Also, the mother of Owolabi, Adeeko Bola (46), was sentenced to two years imprisonment…
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Army foils international arms smuggling syndicate en route Anambra
The Nigerian Army has foiled an attempt by an international ammunition smuggling syndicate to transport a truck load of ammunition to Anambra State. In a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, the smuggling syndicate was busted during a stop and search operation along Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa North LGA of Ogun State. The statement also…
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BREAKING: Fire guts motherless babies home in Lagos
An inferno on Sunday destroyed a part of Tower of Refuge Motherless /Orphanage Babies Home located at 7, Wole Madariola Street off Enitan Kusimo Street Aguda, Surulere area of Lagos. The one-storey building, housing an orphanage/motherless babies home caught fire in the early hours of today. WesternPost gathered that the fire started from an air conditioning unit in the house…
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BREAKING: Fuel tanker crushes hawker in Lagos
A fully loaded tanker on Saturday crushed an egg hawker in a multiple accident at Otedola Bridge inward Berger in Lagos. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 3:20pm. Eyewitnesses disclosed that the deceased was hawking her wares in traffic before the truck ran over her. The accident, according to the eyewitnesses, involved two other vehicles that were…
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Auto crash claims 10 lives in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Ten persons were on Thursday evening, killed in a fatal multiple auto accident in the Ile Pupa area, along Jebba-Bode Saadu Expressway in Kwara State. WesternPost gathered that the accident was caused by wrong overtaking and speed violations. It was also gathered that three vehicles were involved in the crash, while the dead included seven male…
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Again, court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s rights suit against DSS
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that Kanu’s suit lacked merit and ought to be dismissed. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kanu, in the…
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17-year-old girl lures man from Lagos to Osun, robs him of N1.5m
Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested a 17-year-old girl who allegedly lured her victim from Lagos to Osun, through social media. The Command Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known on Tuesday in Osogbo. Opalola said the victim was lured to Ikire in Irewole Local Government Area by the teenager, on June 28. According to her, the…
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Elixir for arraignment Oct 9 over N3bn fraud
The absence of counsel to Elixir Asset Management Limited, Elixir Investment Partners Limited along with two of their Directors, Clara-Bittinger Mshelia-Whyte and Sarah Ogbemudia has stalled the arraignment of the accused persons. The case was subsequently adjourned to October 9th, 2023 for arraignment. They had been dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on allegations of fraud…
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BREAKING: Police rescue day-old baby from sewage tank in Lagos
Police operatives of Gowon Estate Divsion in Egbeda area of Lagos State have rescued an abandoned female baby from a sewage tank. Spokesman for the state Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on his official twitter handle, disclosed that the baby was a day-old female and was found in a sewage tank at about 8:30am on Wednesday (Today). Hundeyin explained that…
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US court sentences Hushpuppi’s associate Woodberry to eight years in jail
Woodberry, also known as Olalekan Ponle, has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison by a United States district court for engaging in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. This comes after his arrest in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, alongside his associate, Hushpuppi, a notorious Nigerian fraudster, in June 2020. Hushpuppi had already been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment…
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