Crime & City Diary
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Scores killed in Monday’s Abuja-Kaduna train attack
Scores were reportedly killed in the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, which occurred on Monday. The dead included one of the train drivers, food vendors, a young medical doctor identified as Chinelo, cleaners and many others yet to be identified. Gunmen blew up the rail track after which they launched an attack on the passengers Kaduna bound train. It was learnt that…
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Kaduna govt confirms terrorists attack on Abuja-Kaduna train
The Kaduna State government has confirmed the attack on a train headed for Kaduna from Abuja by suspected terrorists on Monday. The state government in a statement signed by Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said that the military has secured the Kaduna-bound train from Abuja trapped by the terrorists. “The Kaduna State government received multiple…
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Eight killed in Ogun as cult clashes spread to Sagamu
By Kolawole Olayinka There seems to be no end to the cult killings ravaging some areas of Ogun State as eight persons were reportedly killed on Monday in Sagamu, headquarters of Sagamu Local Government Area of the state. Seven persons were killed in Abeokuta in the past one week as members of Eiye and Aiye confraternities engaged in a supremacy…
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Ondo Amotekun rescues six victims, arrests two kidnappers in Kogi State
Temitope Adedeji, Akure The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued six victims in Kogi State. The victims were kidnapped in the late hours of March 22, while they were rescued on March 24, and all the suspects arrested on March 26. Westernpost gathered that the six persons, who were traveling from Ondo…
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BREAKING: Court rejects Abba Kyari’s bail application, grants accelerated hearing
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has rejected the bail application of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday J. Ubua. Sitting on Monday, Justice Nwite said the prosecution has placed sufficient materials before the court to warrant the refusal of bail to Kyari and Ubua. The trial judge however granted…
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BREAKING: Gas tanker explodes at Mowe
A gas-laden tanker exploded at Mowe along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday evening. As at the time of filing this report, no casualty has been recorded. The incident has been confirmed by the spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command, Florence Okpe.
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Abiodun reacts to killing of ‘area boy’ Tommy, directs security agencies to restore law, order
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has directed the state Police Command to immediately restore order in the Oluwo axis of Onikolobo, Abeokuta, following the killing of an alleged ‘area boy’ simply identified as Tommy. The killing of Tommy was said to have triggered panic in Oluwo and Panseke areas of the state capital, following fears of reprisal. Abiodun, who…
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EFCC docks Indian for N70m dud cheque
An Indian national, Yuvraj Kumar Mehra has been arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC, before Justice Olanrawaju Majekobe of the Ogun State High Court on eight count charges which bordered on conspiracy and issuance of dud cheques to the tune of N70million. The defendant was arraigned alongside his firm, Dolphin Steels Nigeria Limited. Yuvraj was docked for…
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Court jails Lagos socialite, Chidinma Ogbulu two years for distributing petrol as souvenir
Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Oshodi has sentenced a socialite, Ms Chidinma Ogbulu, to two years in prison for distributing petrol as a souvenir during a party. Chief Magistrate Kehinde Ogundare convicted and sentenced the socialite following her guilty plea on Thursday and evidence by prosecution. Ogundare held that prosecution proved its case against the socialite beyond any…
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Cultists kill popular Abeokuta area boy, Tommy
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokutaon Friday, Fears gripped residents of Oluwo in the Onikolobo area of Abeokuta, Ogun State on Friday, following the killing of a popular area boy, called Tommy. Tommy was reportedly killed late Thursday night at Panseke, by some yet-to-be-identified persons. A gory picture of the deceased which has gone viral suggests that he was brutally hacked to…
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