Crime & City Diary
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Ondo Poly students protest killing of colleague by Amotekun operative, dump coffin at Gov’s Office
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Aggrieved students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, on Friday, protested the killing of Folarera Ademola, an ND1 student of the institution from the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, allegedly by an operative of the Amotekun Corps. The aggrieved students blocked all the link roads around the state secretariat, Alagbaka, in Akure, the state capital, disrupting both…
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Middle aged woman in police net for burning granddaughter’s hand in hot water
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure A 52-year woman, Christiana Kehinde has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly dipping her eight-year-old granddaughter’s hand in hot water, The incident reportedly took place at Abejoye Odojoka area of Ondo town, in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was paraded alongside eight others on Friday for criminal offences, ranging from…
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Lawmakers cry out as cultists kill 4 persons in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly have condemned the cult killings going on in the Obantoko, Odeda Local Government Area of the state. The lawmaker, representing Odeda State Constituency Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, speaking at plenary on Friday, said that between Sunday and Wednesday, about four persons had been killed around Apete, Fajol and other…
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Driver remanded for throwing faeces at LASTMA official
A bus driver who stripped naked and threw faeces at officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to prevent the seizure of his vehicle, has been remanded in prison by a magistrate court. LASTMA spokesperson, Olumide Filade disclosed that the suspect who was arrested on July 4 and arraigned before a magistrates’ court, was remanded till August 2022.…
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60-year-old guard arraigned for stealing piano in church
Emmanuel Onakoya, a 60-year-old guard has been arraigned in court for stealing a piano and a plasma television from the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Peculiar Parish, Ayobo, Lagos, where he works. The suspect who was brought before an Ikeja magistrates’ court on Thursday July 7, was accused of committing the offence on June 19. The prosecutor, Funmi Akinleye…
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I faked my kidnap to get money from my parents – suspect
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A 29 years old man, Segun Mafimidowo, on Thursday confessed that he faked his alleged kidnap in order to get money from his parents.Mafimidowo, was one of the 42 suspected criminals paraded by the Ogun State Police Command at the Eleweeran, Abeokuta headquarters on Thursday. He said he connived with some of his friends to demand…
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BREAKING: UK court rules Ekweremadu’s ‘kidney donor’ not minor
David Ukpo, the “kidney donor” for the daughter of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu is not a minor, the Westminster magistrate court in the UK has ruled. The court gave the ruling when Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice appeared before it on Thursday. Details later…
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Boat captain bags life imprisonment for causing death of 13 passengers
A boat operator, Happiness Elebiju has been sentenced to life imprisonment for causing the death of 13 passengers in a boat accident. Elebiju was arraigned before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Lekki, on 11 counts bordering on manslaughter and operating a boat without a licence.Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi told the…
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Court remands 7 suspects in Osun for alleged campaign billboards vandalism
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An Osun State magistrates’ court, sitting in Osogbo, has ordered that seven suspected cultists be remanded in correctional centre for allegedly threatening the peace of the state. The suspects were said to belong to unlawful societies known as ‘Emir Boys and Aye confraternity’. The accused persons were; Azeez Abibu (29), Musbau Nurudeen (23), Wasiu Sodiq (28), Ganiyu…
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Gunmen kill policeman, abduct Chinese in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Kwara State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the killing of one of its personnel and the abduction of a Chinese expatriate in Shao, Moro Local Government Area of the state by gunmen. Spokesman of the police command, Okasanmi Ajayi said the incident happened on Sunday. WesternPost gathered that the gunmen struck at a quarry site in…
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