Crime & City Diary
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NDLEA warns public against fake medicinal cannabis, arrests kingpin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has issued a public alert warning Nigerians about the circulation of dangerous illicit substances falsely packaged and marketed as medicinal cannabis. According to the agency, the alert follows credible intelligence that led to the arrest of a 28-year-old drug kingpin, Afeez Salisu, popularly known as Malu, on Saturday, November 1, 2025. Salisu was…
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Police rescue kidnap victim, foil robbery attempt in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has recorded two major breakthroughs in Akure after rescuing a kidnapped lady and foiling an armed robbery attempt in separate operations. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka Olushola, in a statement issued on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Adebowale Lawal, said operatives acted on a distress call from…
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25 arrested during illicit drug raid in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – A combined security task force has arrested 25 suspected drug dealers and four alleged drug lords during a coordinated raid on drug enclaves in the Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The dawn operation, tagged Operation Sweep, was jointly carried out by operatives of the NDLEA, police, NSCDC, Amotekun Corps, forest guards, and…
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Ondo Amotekun arrests 38 for kidnapping, murder, other crimes
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 38 suspects for various offences, including kidnapping, murder, vandalism, and illegal migration. Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Akure on Tuesday. He said the arrests followed coordinated operations across the 18 local government areas of the state. “Today…
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Court orders FG to take over socialite Pretty Mike’s Lagos nightclub
By Tosin Brown – Justice Ibrahim Ahmed Kala of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of Mike Nwalie, popularly known as Pretty Mike’s Proxy Lagos Nightclub, to the federal government. Both the Lagos socialite, Pretty Mike, and the club manager, Joachim Hillary, are currently in custody over alleged drug-related offences. The nightclub is located at No.…
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LNSC apprehends 2 motorcycle robbers in Olorunda LCDA
By Folashade Olorunfemi Two suspected motorcycle robbers have been apprehended by officers of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC), Olorunda Command at Isanmo, Ilogbo. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, when the suspects, who posed as genuine passengers, were intercepted by the vigilant LNSC officers after attempting to dispossess a commercial motorcyclist of his bike. Their suspicious…
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Security operatives arrest suspected killers of farmers in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi – Security operatives have arrested suspects linked to the killing of three farmers in Ala Igbatoro, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. WESTERN POST had yesterday reported that the victims were attacked as tension enveloped the agrarian community. According to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Yomi Oyekan, an aide to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa,…
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Police commissioner launches investigation into alleged extortion by officers in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin – The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, CP Adekimi Ojo, has ordered an immediate and thorough investigation into allegations of extortion leveled against some police officers along the Osi-Eruku road in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. This directive followed the circulation of a video on social media showing police officers allegedly engaging in…
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Lagos Police declares Sowore wanted for alleged ‘public disturbance’
The commissioner of police in Lagos State, Moshood Jimoh, has declared Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and publisher, wanted over alleged public disturbance. Speaking at the Oworonshoki community on Monday, Jimoh accused Sowore of allegedly coming to Lagos to instigate public disturbance over the demolitions of buildings in the community. He stated that Sowore shunned warnings from the police against…
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Three Ondo farmers reportedly killed as youth group calls for urgent action
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Southern Nigeria Youth Congress (SNYC) has condemned the reported killing of three farmers by suspected herdsmen in Ala Igbatoro, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, calling for immediate government and security intervention. In a statement by its National Director of Information, Comrade Afe Adegboyega Ezekiel, also known as Erosion, the group described the…
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