Crime & City Diary
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Four police officers detained in Ondo over inappropriate remarks
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has detained four officers featured in a viral video allegedly making unprofessional and ethnically offensive remarks during a stop-and-search operation along the Lagos-Benin Expressway. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this on Friday, saying the officers were identified and taken into custody following the circulation of the video on social media.…
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Ekiti court sentences ex-convict, three others to death for kidnap, murder
By Boye Oyeyemi An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced four men, including an ex-convict, to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering a businessman, Chief Emmanuel Ajayi. The convicts, Jimoh Dele, 57; Ige Adu, 56; Ogunremi Bunmi, 53; and Ayeni Blessing, 32, were found guilty of conspiracy, kidnapping, murder and illegal possession of firearms. They…
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LASG seals over 20 properties for planning violations in Ikeja LG
By Olatomiwa Osho The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA), has sealed more than 20 properties in Ikeja Local Government Area over physical planning violations. The enforcement, led by Permanent Secretary, Office of Physical Planning, Tpl. Olayinka Wasiu, and LASPPPA General Manager, Tpl. Kehinde Osinaike, affected landed properties, uncompleted buildings and structures with unauthorised…
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UPDATE: FRSC recovers trapped victim in Kara bridge multiple crashes
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command, has confirmed the recovery of the body of a victim trapped in one of the vehicles involved in multiple crashes at Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as rescue and recovery operations continued on Friday. The crashes occurred in the early hours of Friday on the busy expressway, prompting emergency responders…
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Court grants Ekiti APC governorship aspirant bail over alleged cyberbullying
By Boye Oyeyemi An Ekiti State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Thursday granted bail to an All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant, Abimbola Olawumi, who is standing trial over allegations of blackmail, cyberbullying and issuing threatening messages on social media. Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun admitted the defendant to bail on self-recognition, citing her status as a senior citizen,…
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Ondo CP Ohagwu warns against jungle justice, ‘trial by social media’
The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Felix Ohagwu, has warned residents against jungle justice and trial by social media, describing both as criminal offences punishable under Nigerian law following the arrest of four persons over the alleged assault of a man accused of making a fake bank transfer. Ohagwu urged members of the public to report suspected offenders to…
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Oyo police arrest two in alleged diversion of goods worth N32m
By Adejayan Gbenga The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly diverting goods valued at N32 million in Oyo town, Oyo State, in a crackdown on a criminal syndicate involved in unlawful conversion of goods in transit. The suspects, identified as Olawale Kareem, 40, and Ogunbiyi Monday, 46, were arrested by operatives of the Command Monitoring Unit,…
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One dead, two injured in seperate crashes on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command, has confirmed that one person died and two others were injured in two separate road traffic crashes that occurred at Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the early hours of Friday. According to a statement issued by the Lagos Sector Command Spokesperson, Superintendent Route Commander (SRC) Elizabeth Oluwadamilola, the first…
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Appeal Court voids interim order freezing Aisha Achimugu’s accounts
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged and vacated the interim order freezing the bank accounts of businesswoman and founder of Oceangate Engineering Oil & Gas Ltd, Aisha Achimugu, as well as accounts belonging to companies linked to her, ruling that the order had remained in force far beyond what the law permits. In a unanimous judgment…
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Fire destroys goods worth millions as blaze guts Justrite supermarket in Lagos
Goods and property worth millions of naira were destroyed after a fire engulfed a branch of Justrite Superstore along Akowonjo Road in the Egbeda/Alimosho area of Lagos State on Thursday. Emergency responders from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) were deployed to the scene to contain the fire and stop it…
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