Crime & City Diary

EFCC arrests 20 Internet fraud suspects in Ilorin

By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin  Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 20 suspects over offences bordering on cybercrime. The arrest is the second of such operation within the last one month in Ilorin. It would be recalled that on May 4, 2023, operatives of the EFCC arrested 62 suspected internet fraudsters,…

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N2bn fraud trial: EFCC to appeal Oronsaye’s acquittal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it will appeal against the Federal High Court judgment, which acquitted a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye, of N2 billion fraud. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known on Monday in Abuja while reacting to the judgment. The commission had charged Oronsaye and others with…

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I wasn’t arrested by EFCC, says Pauline Tallen

Former Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has denied reports that she was on Friday  arrested by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), disclosing that she visited the anti-graft agency’s office on her own accord. The former minister was reportedly questioned for allegedly misappropriating N2 billion from the African First Lady Peace Mission Project (AFLPM). Tallen in a statement issued…

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Timothy’s murder: Receptionist sentenced to 2 years imprisonment

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Justice Adepele Ojo of the Osun State High Court has sentenced Miss Adedeji Adesola, the receptionist that received late Timothy Adegoke when he lodged in the Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife to two years imprisonment for altering the receipt issued to the deceased. The receptionist was said to have fabricated another receipt for the purpose of concealing traces…

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One dies, Auxiliary on the run as Police invade hotel, arrest 78, recover 29 guns, 25 cutlasses, 7 knives in Ibadan

Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested 78 members of the Park Management System (PMS) who were reportedly planning to unleash wide-scale civil disturbance in the state. The command’s spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the arrests in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan. According to him, the suspects were arrested when police operatives raided Diamond Hotel, Alakia, Ibadan, which…

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BREAKING: Court finds Adedoyin culpable of Adegoke’s murder

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo  on Tuesday, declared that the owner of Hilton Hotel Ile-Ile, Osun State, Dr Rahman Adedoyin, is culpable of murdering Timothy Adegoke, who was a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. Adegoke was killed in Adedoyin’s hotel in 2021. Details later….

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Two Yoruba Nation agitators arrested for attempting to take over police station in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested two members of the Yoruba Nation agitators, who attempted to take over the Alausa Police Division in Ikeja. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that at about 5.35 a.m. on Sunday, a…

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Police arrest four as Yoruba Nation agitators seize Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM

Some Yoruba Nation agitators, on Sunday morning, seized Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM 99.1 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, taking over broadcast for more than one hour. A source told The PUNCH Metro that the agitators, who besieged the station around 5:40 am in an 18-seater bus, were armed with dangerous weapons and charms, threatening to deal decisively with any…

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BREAKING: Fallen container kills cart pusher in Lagos

A cart pusher was on Sunday crushed by a fallen container at Dopemu, Lagos State. It was gathered that the container, fully loaded with concrete stones fell on the cart pusher who died instantly. WesternPost learnt that the driver of the truck carrying the container lost control while dragging the road on top speed with another trailer. The container subsequently…

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Police in hot pursuit as robbers cart away $11m in Ogun

Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A 4-man robbery gang on Friday evening escaped with $11million after robbing a businessman at the Oke – Sokori – Ita Eko axis of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The robbers, who were all clad in black T-shirt and Jean trousers, according to eye witnesses, also wore black facemasks, brandishing riffles in an operation that lasted about…

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