Crime & City Diary
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VIDEO: Osogbo residents loot warehouse after operators failed to deliver food orders
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – Residents of Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday looted a warehouse operated by the Global Food Initiative after operators of a cheap food scheme reportedly failed to open their office on Monday, leaving customers who had paid for food items stranded. The incident occurred at the organisation’s premises in the Odi-Olowo area of Osogbo, where residents…
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Ondo restricts truck loading, bans roadside parking on Arakale axis
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Government has introduced new traffic restrictions along the Arakale axis of Akure, banning roadside parking and limiting the hours during which trucks can load and offload goods. The measures are aimed at easing congestion along the busy commercial corridor, where parked vehicles and commercial trucks have been identified as major obstructions to the free…
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Ondo govt visits families of children electrocuted by fallen live cable
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Government has visited the families of two children who died after being electrocuted by a live electricity cable in Opa, Idanre Local Government Area of the state. The victims, five-year-old Emmanuel Oyedepo and six-year-old Clinton Koleola, reportedly died on Saturday after a live cable fell from an electricity pole onto a shop where the…
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Heavy rain floods Akure, sweeps away motorcycles
By Boye Oyeyemi Heavy rainfall on Monday caused flooding in several parts of Akure, the Ondo State capital, leaving motorcycle riders and passengers scrambling to escape as floodwaters swept away some motorcycles. The downpour, which lasted for several hours, disrupted movement across the city, with workers and students reportedly stranded in different locations as roads became inundated. At Oke Aro,…
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Chimamanda, husband seek dismissal of Euracare suit to halt inquest
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her husband, Ivara Esege, have asked the Lagos State High Court to dismiss a suit filed by Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital seeking to halt a coroner’s inquest into the death of their 21-month-old son, Nkanu Adichie-Esege. Counsel to Adichie and Esege, Kemi Pinheiro, made the application on Monday, describing the hospital’s suit as premature. He…
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Customers demand refunds as Osogbo food outlet shuts down
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – Scores of customers on Monday besieged a food outlet in the Odi-Olowo area of Osogbo, Osun State, following the sudden closure of the business after they had reportedly made advance payments for food items. The business, identified as Global Food Initiative, reportedly began the food purchase scheme on August 4, attracting customers with prices of…
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Ekiti man arraigned over alleged N3.8m fraud
By Boye Oyeyemi A 41-year-old man, Oladeji Ojo, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, over an alleged N3.8 million fraud. The prosecution alleged that Ojo converted N3.8 million belonging to Rotimi Ojumola to his personal use in June 2026. According to the prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police Akinwale Oriyomi, the alleged offence occurred at…
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Portugal-bound groom excretes 72 cocaine wraps at Enugu airport
A 25-year-old newlywed businessman, Lovely Chukwulobelu, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, for allegedly attempting to traffic 72 wraps of cocaine to Portugal. Chukwulobelu was intercepted at the airport’s departure hall on Thursday, September 25, 2026, while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Portugal via Addis…
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Kwara police confirm abduction of newlyweds, rescue efforts underway
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, CP Adekimi Ojo, has confirmed the abduction of a newlywed couple along the Koro-Iyemero route in Kogi State on Saturday. Ojo confirmed the incident during a telephone conversation on Sunday, saying the couple had travelled from Kogi State for their wedding ceremony at an undisclosed location before they were intercepted…
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Ondo guard arrested in Ogun after allegedly fleeing with employer’s generators
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a security guard, Emmanuel Ojo, in Ogun State after he allegedly fled Akure with two generators valued at N950,000 belonging to his employer. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, saying Ojo allegedly used his position as a security guard to…
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