Crime & City Diary
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Islamic cleric bags life imprisonment in Lagos for defiling eight-year old
The Lagos State High Court sitting at Ikeja, has sentenced an Islamic cleric, Isah Mustapha, to life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl in the state. At the trial before the presiding judge, Justice H.O Oshodi, the eight-year-old victim, told the court that the convict had carnal knowledge of her in his house in 2017 when her mother sent her…
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Ondo Police arrest serial killer who confesses to murdering 3 people
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a serial killer, Ikuemelo Tosin. He was arrested at Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state Tosin, who reportedly escaped from Owo Correctional Centre in May, 2022 confessed to have been responsible the death of three people. The notorious killer, popularly known as 4G network was paraded on…
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Ex-Lagos BRT driver excretes 90 pellets of cocaine in NDLEA custody
A former driver with the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Muyiwa Bolujoko has excreted 90 pellets of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.Bolujoko was guided by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), after he was arrested during screening while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight enroute Doha to Sharjah, with his trip…
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Tragedy as 11 burnt to death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Eleven persons have been burnt beyond recognition in a crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun State Sector Command confirmed the accident on Sunday.The command’s spokesperson, Florence Okpe, disclosed that the multiple crashes occurred late Saturday night, saying it involved three vehicles.Okpe stated that two Mazda buses and another vehicle collided and…
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Adultery is a crime punishable with two years imprisonment-Former Lagos Police Command PRO
A former spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Aliyu Giwa has warned that adultery is a criminal offense and attracts a punishment of 2 years in prison. The former police PRO tweeted this on Saturday, saying he was quoting penal code law section 387 and 388. He tweeted: “Do you know? Adultery is a crime liable to 2 years imprisonment!…
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Police arrest two suspected kidnap kingpins in Ekiti
The Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Police said two suspected kidnap kingpins, Abashe Adamu Idris and Ibrahim Mumini Toyin have been arrested. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday, the suspects were arrested last Wednesday in Ido-Ekiti. “The duo coordinated numerous high profile kidnappings in Ekiti, including the kidnapping of one Adeeko Ademola and Nasiru…
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Rescued Ondo church members waiting for Rapture September, says police
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Ondo State Police Command has confirmed that 77 people were rescued from The Whole Bible Believers Church, Ondo on Friday. The police in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Funmilayo Odunlami said all those rescued were members of the church who had defied their parents after being deceived by the strange preaching of the pastors in…
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SWAT drags octogenarian landlord to court for illegal entry, unlawful damage
Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactical Team (SWAT) of the Nigeria Police, have arrested an 81-year-old landlord in Badore area of Ajah, Lagos, Noah Owolola for alleged illegal entry into another man’s property. Owolola was accused of unlawful entry into a property belonging to one Alhaji Opeyemi Abodurin to remove the roofing on his building. Police alleged that the…
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Pastor, wife arrested over death of three persons while undergoing deliverance in Osun
The head of a C&S church in Osun State, Taiwo Olaniyi, 42, and his wife, Kemi have been arrested over the death of three persons while undergoing deliverance in the church. Olaniyi is also said to be a trado-medical practitioner in the church/healing home in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government area of the state. The victims are Rasheedat Mufutau, 58, Anifowose…
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Court orders NIMC, others to release Ukpo’s biodata to Ekweremadu
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others to release the certified true copy (CTC) of David Ukpo’s biodata to former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the ruling following an originating summon marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, moved by Ekweremadu’s counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN. The News Agency…
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