Crime & City Diary
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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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Ogun police arrest six most wanted cultists
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested six members of a notorious cult group, who have been on the wanted list of the command for their roles in various cult clashes in Sagamu and its environs which led to the death of four persons. The state Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement in…
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Lagos begins demolition of three structures on Ikoyi building collapse site
The Lagos State government said on Thursday that it is set to dismantle the three uncompleted high-rise structures on the site of a 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, last November. The structures have failed integrity tests, prompting the state government to embark on a controlled deconstruction to bring them down. A structural engineering firm, Edge of Design,…
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BREAKING: Fire guts residential building in Ikoyi
There was a fire outbreak at Ilabere road in Ikoyi, Lagos, in the early hours of today (Wednesday). This was made known in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu. The agency said fire burnt a residential building and that it had activated its response plan to the location. “The agency…
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N71.4m Fraud; Aisha Wakil, Mama Boko Haram, two others to spend 5 years in prison
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the EFCC on Tuesday, secured the conviction and sentencing of Aisha Alkali Wakil, (aka Mama Boko Haram) alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. The defendants were sentenced to five years imprisonment without option of fine. The judgment was the climax of a…
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Gunmen attack Celestial Church, abduct two members in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Some gunmen on Monday night reportedly attacked the Celestial Church of Christ, Oshofa Parish at Wasimi, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State and abducted two members. Assistant Shepherd of the parish, Oluwaseun Ajose and a Sunday school teacher identified as Dagunro Ayobami were the victims of the abduction. The two worshippers were reportedly dragged away…
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Two suspected hoodlums die, Amotekun Commandant’s house vandalised in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Pandemonium broke out on Tuesday at Asoje, Balogun Agoro area of Osogbo, Osun State capital following clashes between two rival youth groups, leading to the death of two persons. Westernpost gathered that the clashes started in the morning when some suspected hoodlums belonging to a group in Osogbo stormed the Balogun Agoro area, the base of another…
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Court sentences Abba Kyari’s co-accused to two years in jail
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, said having admitted to have committed the offence preferred against them in counts 5, 6…
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Gunmen attack vehicle, injure four passengers in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Four passengers were injured on Sunday in an attack on a vehicle by unknown gunmen along old Ila-Orangun/Ijabe road in Osun State. The gunmen reportedly attacked the vehicle, which was conveying passengers to Ijabe community in Odo-Otin Local Government of the state from Ila-Orangun. A passerby, who witnessed the attack quickly informed men of the Western…
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Ogun police arrest 3 armed robbery suspects while going for operation
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a robbery syndicate who are on their way to carry out robbery operation. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s Police Public Relations Office, made this known in a statement on Friday. Oyeyemi explained that the suspects, 27 years old Ibiyemi Wasiri a.k.a fellow, 20 years old…
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