Crime & City Diary
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Police arrest three Abeokuta phone-market robbers
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Three members of a robbery syndicate who invaded Abeokuta phone market known as Tarmac on the 12th of April have been arrested by the police. The suspects, Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu and Temitayo Oresanya were apprehended in the Abule Ake area of Kemta. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi,…
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BREAKING: One dies as car collides with two buses, tricycle in Igando
A Sport Utility Vehicle on Sunday crushed a tricycle carrying a family of four along Isheri-Igando road in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, killing one passenger. WESTERNPOST gathered that the driver of the SUV, who was heading towards the Igando area, lost control and collided with two commercial buses and a tricycle. It was learnt that some…
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Kidney donor in Ekweremadu’s organ trafficking case fears for his life in Nigeria
David Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wanted to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria”. His impact statement was read in court, at the sentencing that saw Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and the doctor-middleman,…
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EFCC arrests ex-convict, 61 other suspected Internet fraudsters in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 62 persons over alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud otherwise known as “yahoo-yahoo” in Ilorin, Kwara State. The arrests, which were carried out in two separate operations involved one Raji Wasiu Babatunde whom the Commission arrested sometimes last…
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BREAKING: Fire guts section of Alaba market
A section of the popular Alaba International market in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State has been gutted by fire. It was gathered that dozens of shops were affected and traders lost goods and properties worth million of naira in the fire incident, which occurred on Friday morning . The cause of the fire inferno was unknown as at…
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An alleged police rapist arrested, released two hours later.
A 55 years old, John Osagie, who is a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Benin City, Edo State was arrested on Wednesday the 3rd of May 2023 and released two hours later for allegedly raping and impregnating his 12-years old stepdaughter (Name Withheld). The command’s Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Chidi Nwanbuzor, said Mr. Osagie was released due…
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Community mourns as decomposing body of abducted nursing mother found in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The decomposing body of a nursing mother, Kehinde Jibril, abducted by kidnappers at Ago-Oja town in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State has been found. The corpse was reportedly found on Thursday along Ojoku road in Ago-Oja after frantic efforts to locate and rescue her from her abductors. Her remains have since been buried according…
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BREAKING: Fire guts Zenith bank branch, warehouse in Lagos
Properties worth millions of Naira were damaged on Wednesday after a fire razed Zenith Bank branch on Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos State. The fire incident occured at about 7.25am. It was learnt that the alternative power source, inverter panels and batteries went up in flame and the room housing the gadgets got burnt. Also, at 1, Olabisi Close, Mende,…
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BREAKING: Lagos BRT driver arraigned for manslaughter
Lagos State government on Tuesday arraigned a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Oluwaseun Osinbajo, whose bus collided with a train in Ikeja on March 9, 2023, killing six people. He was arraigned before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the State High Court, Ikeja Osinbajo faces 16 charges related to involuntary manslaughter and causing harm, as presented by the state government at…
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Pregnant Chibok school girl, Hauwa, rescued by troops with baby, nine years after abduction
Troops of 114 Task Force Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Bita, Borno State, have rescued a 26-year-old pregnant woman said to be one of the Chibok school girls abducted on April 14, 2014. The rescued woman identified as Hauwa Maltha with serial number two on the list of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, was reportedly rescued by the troops on…
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