Crime & City Diary
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Police, vigilantes rescue three kidnapped children in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Police Command, in collaboration with local vigilantes, has rescued three children who were among seven victims kidnapped by armed hoodlums along the Obbo-Aiyegunle/Osi Road in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2025, when the abductors, numbering about eight, intercepted a Sienna bus…
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NDLEA intercepts shipment of cocaine concealed in 20 sets of religious books
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Sunday that its operatives had intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in 20 sets of religious books going to Saudi Arabia. Director of Media and Advocacy of the Agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said, “The cocaine consignment consisting of 20 parcels with a total weight of 500grams and…
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Lagos Building Collapse: 13 rescued, 5 dead as rescue operations continue
The total number of people recovered dead from the collapsed three-storey building has risen to five, according to LASEMA. The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu revealed Sunday morning. He gave the figure in an update shared around 6am. According to him, all the five deceased were adults, adding that the update…
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4 die in two separate accidents in Ogun
Two separate accidents that happened on Easter Saturday along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road and Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway in Ogun State have left four people dead. The separate traffic updates from the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the first accident along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road occurred at about 7 a.m. at the Odorasanyin area near…
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PHOTOS: Five rescued as building collapses in Lagos
Five people have been rescued so far from the rubble of a building collapse in Lagos on Saturday. The building said to house a local restaurant on Oremeta Street in the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos, collapsed at about 8 am. While speaking with journalists at the scene of the collapse, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Permanent Secretary, Damilola…
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3 NDLEA officers sustain gunshot injuries, hospitalized
Three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have been hospitalized for gunshot injuries sustained after they came under attack from some armed men during a raid operation in Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Thursday night. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement issued by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.…
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Customs disrupts smuggling route with Cannabis Sativa seizure worth N152m
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command, said it disrupted a major smuggling route with the interception of 1,452 loaves of Cannabis Sativa valued at N152 million. Speaking during the official handover of the seized drugs to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Paul Bamisaiye, said the operation was intelligence-led…
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Football fan jailed for assaulting NPFL player
By Olaolu Joseph A football fan in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Bashir Bala, has been sentenced to three months in jail after being found guilty of assaulting Plateau United player Vincent Temitope. The incident occurred last weekend at the Lafia City Stadium, shortly after a heated Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) clash between Nasarawa United and Plateau United, which ended 3–2…
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Truck, cars crash on Kara bridge multiple accident
Multiple vechicles accident has occured on the Kara Bridge end, inward OPIC route of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. The accident resulted to a situation whereby many commuters and motorists were stranded. The accident involved a truck and some cars in the early hours of the day, causing a gridlock along the road. As at the time of filing this…
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NSCDC arrests three for vandalizing water corporation pipes in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, has arrested three persons for allegedly vandalizing water pipes belonging to the Osun State Water Corporation. The State Commandant, Igbalawole Sotiyo, in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, ASC Kehinde Adeleke, said that Michael Odeniran (43), Ganiyu Mutiu Olalekan (32), and Muritala Ridwan (32)…
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