Crime & City Diary
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Okada ban: Police talk tough, put officers on red alert
Lagos State Police Commissioner, Abiodun Alabi, on Monday assured that the ban on Okada operation in some parts of Lagos from Wednesday, June 1 would be strictly enforced.Alabi also assured Lagosians of their safety, urging them to go about their normal businesses.His assurance is coming against a message from an unknown source alleging plans by Okada riders to embark on a…
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BREAKING: Abductors free Methodist Church Prelate, Kanu-Uche, two others
The Prelate of the Methodist Church, Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu-Uche, and two other priests from the church have regained freedom, a day after they were kidnapped. The abductors had demand N100million as ransom for their release and Westernpost cannot confirm if any ransom was paid before their release. The Prelate, the Bishop of Owerri, Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark and…
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Kanu, Methodist Church Prelate, 2 others kidnapped by gunmen in Abia
Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu, was on Sunday, kidnapped along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. He was kidnapped alongside Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, the Methodist Bishop of Owerri and the Prelate’s Chaplain, by yet to identified gunmen. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the clergymen were…
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Ogun police arrest 11 cultists responsible for Abeokuta killings
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested 11 members of Eiye supreme confraternity, who were responsible for the killing of one Olaosebikan Tejuosho, at Isale Abetu area of Abeokuta on the 25th of March, 2022. This was disclosed on Sunday by the state Police Command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement. He said, the…
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LASEMA narrates how tanker overturned, causing multiple accidents on Otedola Bridge
Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Friday narrated how a 45,000-litre capacity tanker overturned on Otedola Birdge on Thursday, causing multiple accidents. Oke-Osanyintolu in a statement said his team was immediately at the scene of the accident to prevent a major disaster. The statement reads: “Upon arrival of the Agency’s tiger team at the…
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Lagos Police arrest fake revenue collectors
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested four suspects for extorting motorists in the State while posing as officials of the disbanded Lagos State Committee on the Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC). This was disclosed in a statement by the Lagos Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin on Friday. The arrested suspects are: Taiwo Falodun, aka Biggy…
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Gunmen kill soldier, one other in Ondo, kidnap expatriate
Temitope Adedeji Akure The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a soldier by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who also abducted an expatriate, identified as Wali Duo. Duo, a construction contractor was allegedly abducted along Alafia junction in Owo Local Government Area of the state. Western post gathered that the driver of the expatriate was also killed during the…
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Cause of Adegoke, OAU student’s death can’t be determined-Pathologist tells court
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A Consultant Pathologist, Prof Segun Ojo, has told an Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo, that it was impossible to determine the cause of death of Timothy Adegoke, a master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. Ojo, who works with the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, was one of the team of eight…
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Soludo imposes curfew, places other security measures in Anambra
Anambra State Governor Prof Charles Soludo has placed a dusk to dawn curfew on commercial vehicles (motorcycles, tricycles and shuttle buses) in eight local governments in the state. Soludo announced this in a statement he read at a news conference in Awka on Wednesday. The governor also announced that the same measures are to be enforced on Mondays which has…
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Zulum’s aide confirms killing of 32, says victims not farmers
…14 bodies recovered, search ongoing Thirty-two persons were killed by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists around Mudu village, Borno State last weekend. This was disclosed on Wednesday by spokesman to Governor Babagana Zulum, Malam Isa Gusau in a statement in Maiduguri. Mudu is about 45 kilometers from Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge Local Government Area of the state. The statement said the victims…
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