Crime & City Diary
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Three brothers, one other arrested in Ijebu Ode for robbery
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three brothers and one other person for carrying out series of robbery operations in Ijebu-Ode area of the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a press statement on Monday. The suspects, Ahmed Jagbojagbo, Idris Jagbojagbo, Tobi Jagbojagbo and Tosin Ogundeko…
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Police arrest two ‘yahoo boys’ for killing 40-year old man for money rituals
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected internet fraudsters for killing a 40 years old man, Abdullahi Azeez, for money making ritual. The victim was allegedly cut to pieces by the suspects, Friday Abinya Odeh (21) and Poso Idowu (20), according to the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi in a…
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Police recover 87 phones, 10 laptops, 11 generators, others from three suspects
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Police Command has arrested three suspected rapists and armed robbers at Malete in Moro Local Government Area of the state. The suspects; Ridwan Abdulfatai (20), Ibrahim Ridwan Akorede (25) and Aliyu Abubakar Apalado (25) have all confessed to the crimes, according to the police. Items recovered from the suspects, according to a statement by the…
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Fire guts Balogun market in Lagos
The popular Balogun market in Lagos was on Sunday gutted by fire. In a video shared on social media by Instablog9ja, the fire destroyed properties worth millions of naira. https://t.co/q9aosU2uJA
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EFCC arraigns Saphire Scents’ Boss over N12m investment fraud
Managing Director of Saphire Scents Limited, Adewale Aladejana has been arraigned before the Federal High Court in Bwari, Abuja over N12 million in investment fraud. This was revealed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday. He was arraigned before justice Justice M. A Madugu on October 4 for obtaining…
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NDLEA arrests another billionaire drug baron in VGC Lagos
…recovers N8.8bn worth of tramadol from mansion in residential estate No less than thirteen million, four hundred and fifty one thousand, four hundred and sixty six (13,451,466) pills of Tramadol 225mg worth N8.86 billion in street value have been recovered by operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, from one of the mansions of a billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu…
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Brother kills 12-year old sibling as gun protective charm failed test
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Police Command is on the trail of one Abubakar Abubakar who shot his younger sibling, Yusuf Abubakar (12), dead in the process of testing the efficacy of a newly procured gunshot protective charm. The two siblings, according to the police, are sons of a hunter, also known as Abubakar Abubakar in Dutse Gogo town via…
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Police arrest medical doctor for killing girlfriend, burying another woman in his office
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a medical doctor, Adio Adebowale for the murder of his girlfriend simply identified as Ifeoluwa, who was declared missing sometimes in 2021 in Tanke area of Ilorin South. Adebowale, who was the Chief Medical Director of Kiama General Hospital, Kwara North Senatorial District was also accused of killing another…
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Canadian court faults claim by Lagos judge’s daughter on domestic violence
Following the allegations of domestic violence and threat to her life, the Canadian Court of Justice has faulted claims by Ms. Olubukola Ajayi, ordering her to return three children in her custody to their father in Nigeria and consequently dismissed her case. Bukola, born to Mr. Tunde Ipaye and a senior Lagos State judge, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Ipaye, who in November…
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Gunmen kill four soldiers, one civilian in Anambra
Four soldiers and one civilian were, on Wednesday, killed by gunmen at Umunze in Orumba South local government area of Anambra State. A source in Awka said that the incident took place around Zenith Bank axis of Umunze at about 12.40pm. The source, who did not want to be named, said that the soldiers were driving across when the gunmen…
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