Crime & City Diary
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Fire guts warehouse in Lagos
Fire gutted a room in a warehouse, located at 118 Broad Street, Lagos Island on Tuesday. According to eyewitness, the incident occurred at about 8am with several items, mostly shoes burnt to ashes. Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident said no casualty was recorded. Oke-Osanyintolu said:: “The agency responded to the…
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Suspected killer of ex-presidential aide, Gulak arrested in Imo
The suspected killer of former presidential aide and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak, has been arrested by the police in Imo State. Mr Mike Abattam, the Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Police Command, disclosed this while briefing reporters on Monday in Owerri, the state capital. The suspect, identified as Anosike Chimobi from Ahiazu Mbaise…
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Former army chief Buratai not linked with house we recovered N175m, $220k – ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission says it is yet to co conclude investigations on billions of naira and cars seized in a house in Abuja. There had been reports that the house belonged to former Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai Rtd. But in a statement by its spokesman Azuka Ogugua on Friday, the…
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Amotekun arrests suspects in connection with Owo Catholic church massacre
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State said some have arrested some suspects in connection with the June 5 massacre at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The state commander of Amotekun, Adetunji Adeleye, made this known to journalists on Thursday in Akure while parading 71 suspected criminals. He however did not give the actual figure of…
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Police arraign another five suspected killers of Ogun Monarch
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Police Ogun has arraigned another five suspected killers of Olu of Agodo, a town in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, Oba Olajide Odetola before a Magistrate Court in Itori.The five accused were apprehended few months after twelve other suspects were arraigned before the same court.The suspects were alleged to have participated in…
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Kwara Police Command arrests boyfriend for flogging girlfriend over alleged of infidelity
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested one Fatai, who allegedly teamed up with his friends to physically assault his girlfriend, Aduke, over claims that she was cheating on him. Aduke, a Higher National Diploma (HND1) student of Bartholomew College of Health, Shao, Kwara State, was invited by Fatai to his house. In a viral video posted online, Fatai’s friends…
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Two abducted CCC worshippers regain freedom after N1m ransom
Two abducted worshippers kidnapped at the Celestial Church of Christ, Oshoffa, Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State on Monday regained freedom on Saturday.The founder of the church, Oluwatomisin Olugbebi disclosed this to journalists, noting that the abductors collected ₦1m ransom together with foodstuffs, cigarettes and gin.It would be recalled that gunmen invaded the church around 1a.m on…
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Ogun police ask Portable to report self for alleged assault
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command has ordered popular musician, Habeeb Okikiola a.k.a Portable to report himself at a nearby police station for allegedly inflicting injury on a man. This was made known by the command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement on Monday. The statement said: “The attention of the Ogun State Police Command has been drawn…
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Sanwo-Olu orders probe of attack on WesternPost’s reporter, others
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an investigation into the attack on WesternPost reporter, Adeola Ogunrinde and other journalists in the Government House Press Crew bus. This was disclosed in a statement by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso. WesternPost had reported that Ogunrinde and other journalists were attacked by hoodlums on Sunday on their…
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Hoodlums injure WesternPost reporter during attack on Sanwo-Olu’s press crew bus
A reporter with WesternPost, Adeola Ogunrinde, was on Sunday injured when hoodlums attacked the press crew bus of the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The bus was attacked by hoodlums after presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu visited the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu. WesternPost had reported that Tinubu was visiting Lagos for the first…
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