Crime & City Diary
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EFCC arrests 40 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in some parts of Lagos State. The suspects are: Doroye Olumide Joseph, Ajayi Oluwaseyi Emmanuel, Olalekan Olaniyi Akonji , Oluwadare Samuel Olawale, Oloyede Olakunle, Okon Ayomide Cornelius, Omokaro Ailele Jeffery, Oyedokun Opeyemi Abdulrazaq, Olowofela Temidayo, Mosess Ossai, Dada Samuel Abiodun,…
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Police arrest 15 suspected vandals, beef-up railway security
The Railway Police Command of the Nigerian Police Force has beefed up security around railway corridors in efforts to reduce vandalization and theft of railway infrastructure nationwide. The Command in the month of July and August, arrested 15 suspects for crimes bordering around theft, vandalization, and other heinous crimes committed in and around the Nigerian Railway Corporation infrastructure. In Minna,…
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NSCDC apprehends plumber for alleged theft, burglary in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State command has arrested a 33-year-old plumber, Gbenga Olamilekan for alleged theft of television and laptop. The command’s spokesperson, Kehinde Adeleke who spoke on behalf of the state commandant, Sunday Agboola, said suspect was apprehended by officers of the corps. Adeleke disclosed that the accused committed the…
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Police arrest two women for operating baby factory in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two women, Christiana D’ivoire Iyama and Margaret Ogwu for operating a baby factory in Agbado areas between Ogun and Lagos states. This was made known in a statement in Abeokuta on Monday by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi. According to Oyeyemi, the suspects…
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Another pastor arrested for defiling 14-year old church member in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 38 years old pastor, Israel Adebayo for defiling a 14 years old member of his church (name withheld) in Agbado area of the state. Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), stated this in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi said the pastor who is the General Overseer…
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Ritualists murder TESCOM director in Ondo
By Temitope Adedeji Akure The corpse of a director in the Ondo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mr. Gbenga Olofingboyegun, has been discovered in Akure, the state capital. Olofingboyegun, who was the Director of the Department of Research and Statistics in TESCOM, was declared missing on Thursday after he left the office for undisclosed reasons. His body was found on…
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BREAKING: Six workers trapped as 7-storey building collapses in Lekki
Six artisans were trapped in a 7-storey building that collapsed on Sunday morning in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The incident occurred at Oba Idowu Oniru Street by Ave Maria Hospital, near Sandfield Bus Stop, Lekki. Confirming the incident, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu told WesternPost that the building collapsed around 3am, adding…
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48-year old pastor in police net for impregnating 12-year old church member
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 48 years old Michael Abiodun for defiling and impregnating a 12 years old church member (name withheld). Abiodun is the Pastor of “The Light House Gospel Church”, Oluwo, Owode Egba, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Areas of Ogun State. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer…
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Police arrest fake PCRC member for N1.4m fraud
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A self-acclaimed Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) member, Alhaji Musa Araokanmi has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for collecting N1.4million from one Halimot Olorunlomeru under the pretense that he will assist her to get auctioned car and motorcycles from police auction sales. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Abimbola…
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Police nab notorious traffic robber in Lagos
Polimen from Adeniji-Adele Police Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a traffic robber notorious for dispossessing motorists of their belongings at the Ilubirin end of the Third Mainland Bridge. The suspect, Charles Igbadoh was arrested following constant patrol by police officers in the area. In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin on Thursday, the…
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