Crime & City Diary
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Insecurity: IGP acquires, deploys 3 asisguard songar armed drones to strategic locations
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has acquired three high-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for improved armed surveillance operations to checkmate criminal activities in the country as a further manifestation of the IGP’s determination to integrate the use of innovative technology in the law enforcement duties of the Nigeria Police Force. The newly acquired drones will surely assist…
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BREAKING: Five persons die as truck, car collide at Arepo
At least five persons have been killed as a truck collided with a Toyota Camry car at Arepo bus stop area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday According to eyewitness, the incident occurred at about 1:30pm when some motorcycle riders took ‘one way’ to beat the traffic caused by the ongoing road construction at the OPIC end of the ever…
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EFCC expresses shock over committal order against chairman, appeals
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has expressed shock over the ruling by Justice Chizoba Oji of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja committing the its Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt over his failure to comply with a November 21st, 2018 order of the court directing the Commission to return seized assets comprising…
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Police nab four suspected kidnappers of Magistrate in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Police Command has arrested four suspects alleged to be involved in the kidnapping of Magistrate Oladapo Jumoke Bamigboye of GRA Ilorin. The suspects are Abubakar Ibrahim, Mamud Ibrahim, Muhamed Kiri and Abibatu Jimoh, a female. The victim was abducted in her farm located at Ayegun village along Eyenkorin, Ilorin at about 5:30apm on Saturday,…
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Bisexuality: Ayodeji got trapped
As a witness to the illicit activities of Mr. Ayodeji Damilola Otubela, Mr. Samson Oyeshihan confirms that Mr. Ayodeji is a bisexual individual. He recounts a time when he drove his boss, who is openly gay, to a clandestine gay wedding where he saw Ayodeji with his male partner. Aware of the social stigma and persecution faced by the LGBTQ+…
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AU to facilitate consultations with regional banks to establish escrow accounts
An extended Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR) Working Group with more African Union (AU) member-states including Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi and Senegal has joined pan-African institutions mandated by the AU Assembly to actively further the implementation of the CAPAR. The commitment of AU member-states to the implementation of Africa’s Asset Recovery Agenda, the CAPAR, is…
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Money laundering: EFCC arraigns ex-Lagos Attorney-General, Shasore for N159m, $60,000
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned Olasupo Shasore, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, on fourteen-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N159.7 million and $60,000. Shasore was arraigned alongside his company, Middlesex Investment Ltd, before Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja,…
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Court gives EFCC nod to publish Ekweremadu’s 40 properties in Dubai, UK, US, Nigeria for forfeiture
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Friday, secured the nod of a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja to publish an order of interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to a former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order while ruling on a motion exparte brought by the EFCC in Suit No.FHC/ABJ/CS/1242/2022.…
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IGP orders probe as woman inspector accuses DCO of assault for refusing to befriend him
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A woman police inspector, Olorunsogo Bamidele attached to Ode-Omu Divisional Headquarters of Osun State Police command has accused the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) in charge of the division, ASP Ajayi Matthew of assaulting her for refusing to befriend him. In a video sighted by our correspondent in Osogbo on Wednesday, the victim said the DCO naked…
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BREAKING: Fire razes Tejuosho market, Yaba
The popular Tejuosho market in the Yaba area of Lagos State, was on Tuesday gutted by fire. In a video sighted on twitter, the fire outbreak was massive and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed. – Fire outbreak in a commercial building in tejuosho market, Lagos. https://t.co/DR7rQ6LaDd— Postsubman (@Postsubman) November 1, 2022 The cause of the incident was unknown…
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