Crime & City Diary
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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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Oyo Fire Service battles inferno as six shops razed in Ogbomoso
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Oyo State Fire Service on Thursday afternoon successfully battled a fire outbreak that destroyed six shops in the Sawmill area of Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The incident, which occurred at Ile-Ewe, affected six out of ten locked-up shops before firefighters arrived to contain the blaze and prevent further damage. Confirming the incident, Chairman of the Oyo…
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Tragedy as two separate crashes claim five lives in Lagos
Tragedy struck on the Lekki-Epe Expressway on Wednesday as two separate crashes claimed five lives and left five others severely injured. A statement issued on Thursday by the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed both incidents, attributing them to excessive speeding and reckless driving. The first crash occurred in…
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Monarch petitions AIG over alleged threat to life by Osun Speaker
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Alasi of Asi in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, His Royal Majesty Oba Oyewale Olasunkanmi Isaac, has petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone XI, Osogbo, over an alleged threat to his life by the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun. In the petition filed…
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BREAKING: Court sentences killer of Kwara student to death
The Kwara State High court Ilorin has sentenced Abdulrahman Bello to death by hanging for killing Hafsoh Lawal, a final year student of the College of Education, Ilorin. Delivering her judgement on Thursday, Justice Hannah Ajayi, however, set free four other defendants and cleared them of any wrongdoings. Charged with five count, the judge started by exonerating the four out…
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