Crime & City Diary
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Turkey-bound businessman excretes 120 wraps of cocaine at Kano airport
..As NDLEA seizes 5.40kg cocaine going to Owerri The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman Mbala Dajou Abuba at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano for attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine to Istanbul Turkey. A statement issued by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, on Sunday, disclosed…
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Man defiles three-year-old minor in Ogun
A grave incident involving the alleged defilement of a three-year-old girl has been reported by the Odeda Division of the Ogun State Police Command. The distressing event took place on March 1, 2025, around 11:00 AM, when 20-year-old Alaba Abdullahi contacted local authorities from the Orile-Ilugun police outpost. According to reports, Abdullahi accused 25-year-old Muniru Haruna, a resident of the…
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Ogun Police arrest man for brutal assault on three-year-old son
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a commercial motorcycle operator, Adekunle Odukaye, for physically assaulting his three-year-old son, Boluwatife Odukaye, in a case that has sparked public outrage. Odukaye, a resident of Oke Baale, Ado Odo Ota, was taken into custody after a viral video surfaced on February 28, 2025, showing a man brutally kicking and maltreating a minor.…
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2 die, many injured as truck, two cars collide along Sagamu-Ikorodu expressway
Two unidentified persons lost their lives in an accident on Saturday night along the Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway. A traffic update by the Commandant General of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Ogunyemi, said that several people were injured in the crash. According to the update, a DAF truck suffered a brake failure, causing it to hit two cars…
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Fire engulfs sections of storey building housing hospital in Okota
A storey building housing a medical centre at Ago Palace way in Okota area of Lagos State was engulfed by fire Friday evening. It was gathered that the inferno was caused by a power surge which led to a spark when public electricity power supply was restored. Confirming the incident, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency…
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EFCC arraigns Jude Okoye for alleged N1.38bn money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, arraigned Jude Okoye Chigozie, former manager and elder brother of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct P-Square music group, over alleged money laundering amounting to N1.38 billion, $1 million, and £34,537.59. Okoye was arraigned alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd, before Justice A.O. Owoeye at the Federal…
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Emefiele loses bid to stop alleged corruption trial
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, on Wednesday, dismissed an application filed by the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, seeking the judge’s recusal from his trial. In his ruling, Justice Oshodi stated that the allegations of bias raised by the defence were unsubstantiated and that there was no…
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Police rescue kidnapped victims in Oyo, arrest suspects in Taraba operation
The Nigeria Police Force has successfully rescued three kidnapped victims in Oyo State, following a coordinated operation by tactical teams of the Oyo State Police Command and local security outfits. According to a statement released on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the rescue operation took place in Agede Village, Moniya, Ibadan, on February 25, 2025.…
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President Tinubu demands explanations over Abubakar Lawal’s death in Uganda
By Olaolu Joseph Disturbed by the reported death of Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal in Uganda under unclear circumstances, President Bola Tinubu has demanded a full investigation to clarify all grey areas surrounding his demise. According to a statement on Tuesday from the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), its Chairman/CEO, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa, confirmed that Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner to Uganda,…
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Court absolves Naira Marley, Sam Larry in Mohbad’s death
By Tosin Brown A Magistrate Court in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, on Tuesday discharged singer Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, of any involvement in the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje, acting on legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), ruled that the Marlian Music boss had no case to answer. Similarly,…
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