Crime & City Diary
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The alleged atrocities of ‘Olori Eso’, Lagos’s “notorious hired killer”
Wasiu Akinwande, popularly known as Olori Eso, is reportedly known for causing terror around Mushin and its environs. Before he was arrested in a coordinated operation by the Lagos State Police Command’s Tactical Squad at his hideout in the Agbado area of Ogun State, police described the 44-year-old as the “most wanted vicious and notorious hired killer”. Akinwande is accused…
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Gunmen kidnap two Ondo Varsity staff; police rescue one
By Boye Oyeyemi – Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a staff member of the Ondo State-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Mr Omoniyi Eleyinmi, and one other person whose identity is yet to be ascertained. WESTERN POST gathered that Eleyinmi was abducted at his residence in Supare Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. A senior…
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Oyo Environmental Tribunal convicts 13 for illegal diesel sales, imposes fine
By Adejayan Gbenga – Thirteen individuals have been convicted by the Oyo State Environmental Tribunal for operating illegal diesel sales outlets without proper licenses along the Toll Gate axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The judgment was confirmed in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, on Monday, August 4. The Mobile Court, sitting at the…
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LASTMA impounds 7,000 vehicles in 6 months
….punishes 18 erring officers The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has impounded over 7,000 vehicles through physical enforcement in the first six months of 2025, sanctioning 18 erring officers. The General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, made this known on Sunday. Oki added that LASTMA captured over 54,000 vehicles through the usage of technology, Traffic Management Solutions. “Over 1,000 vehicles…
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Ondo Police arrest lady for stabbing boyfriend to death
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old woman, Augustina Mowarin, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Michael Ikuedowoni, to death during a domestic dispute in Okitipupa. According to sources, accusations of infidelity may have caused the altercation that led to the incident. Confirming the arrest, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Lawal Adebowale, told journalists…
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LNSA unveils Corps Standard across 57 Lagos Councils
…begins flag hoisting The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) has officially commenced the hoisting of the National and State flags, as well as launched the Corps standard across all 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas of the State. The event, held at the Agency’s Headquarters, was chaired by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information,…
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14 arrested as Oyo clears shanties, illegal diesel points on Lagos-Ibadan road
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Oyo State Government has arrested 14 individuals for allegedly operating illegal shanties and engaging in unauthorized diesel sales along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ibadan. The arrests were made during a clearing operation led by the Executive Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security, retired Commissioner of Police Sunday Odukoya. The state special task force conducted…
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Fire razes six shops, properties worth millions of naira in Ogbomoso
Properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed as no fewer than six shops were razed by fire in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The fire, which occurred on Thursday at Ile-Ewe, Sawmill Area, Ogbomoso, affected six out of 10 locked-up shops in the area. Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr. Maroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident in a statement issued…
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Eight arraigned, remanded for invasion of SDP national secretariat
Eight individuals accused of forcefully invading the national secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Abuja have been arraigned in court and remanded in three separate correctional centres. The development was disclosed in a statement by Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, National Secretary of the SDP, and made available to Western Post. According to Aiyenigba, the group—which included seven men and…
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Abducted Ondo farmers regain freedom after five days in captivity
By Boye Oyeyemi – Seven farmers who were abducted on Saturday while working on their farmland in Itaogbolu, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, have regained their freedom after five days in captivity. The victims were said to have been released on Wednesday night following negotiations between their families and the kidnappers. A relative of one of the…
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