Crime & City Diary
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BREAKING: Court convicts kidnapper, Evans, two others
An Ikeja High Court has convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike aka Evans and two others on a two-count charge. The three were convicted for conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. Justice Hakeem Oshodi found Evans, Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu guilty of the two charges. Details later…
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Army bursts IPOB syndicate behind electoral violence in Enugu
The Nigerian Army says it has dislodged a syndicate of the Indigenous People of Biafra which disrupted the just concluded Local Government Council elections at some polling stations in Nkanu West of Enugu State. This was contained in a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, on Thursday. According to Nwachukwu, the soldiers recovered seven AK…
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Bank cashier in Owo gets 10-year jail term for stealing
Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Akure on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, convicted and sentenced Momojimoh Abdulmalik, a former staff of First Bank Plc to 10 years imprisonment for stealing. The defendant was arraigned on an amended two-count charge of stealing over N9 million from the bank by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC. He…
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Ilorin: 8 passengers escape death as pregnant woman, others perish in Lagos-bound bus accident
Mosunmola Ayobami,Kwara A pregnant woman and eight others were reportedly burnt to death in a multiple auto crash in the Ilorin metropolis, the state capital of Kwara state on Sunday. Western Post gathered that the multiple fatal accident, which occurred at the Ilorin International Airport road along Ilorin-Ogbomoso expressway at about 8:00 am, involved a commercial passenger bus and a…
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Fake police officer arrested in Ogun
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A fake police officer, Akinyemi Thomas, 38, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command. According to a statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, CSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the fake cop was apprehended by policemen attached to the Sagamu Divisional Headquarters on routine patrol of their area. The policemen on patrol, led…
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Jubilations as LASG upgrades Ikeja GRA, residents hail Sanwo-Olu
Residents of Ikeja GRA in Lagos State are in ecstatic mood with the ongoing upgrade around the elite residential area. The residents commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his administration for rehabilitating and upgrading major roads in Oduduwa Crescent, Oduduwa Way, Sobo Arobiodu and other inner roads in their community. They said the decision of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s government to rehabilitate…
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RRS Team arrests seven traffic robbers in Lagos
Officials of Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) this afternoon arrested three traffic robbers at Ikeja City Mall just as National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mile 2 park assisted the police in arresting four notorious traffic robbers in the area. Four of the suspects, Segun Peters (22), Kabiru Odeh (25), Nurudeen Suraj (22) and Dennis Ikuvbogie (24) were arrested…
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Coroner’s inquest: Pistol with 13 live bullets found at Dapo Ojora’s death scene, says police
A police officer, Damian Oguinye, has confirmed that 13 live bullets were found at the death scene of late Lagos socialite and businessman, Dapo Ojora. Oguinye made this known at an Ikeja coroner’s inquest looking into Ojora’s death on Tuesday. The late businessman who was found dead in his room on December 11, 2021 from reported self-inflicted gunshot wounds, was…
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A life in danger: “Tolulope’s story exposes dark side of cultural heritage”
Nigeria is a multi-ethnic Nation with different traditional and Cultural practices. The Ogun deity traditional worship is one of such practices as found among the Yoruba speaking people of western region of Nigeria. Tolulope Ifeoluwa is a native of Ogun State in the Western region of Nigeria. Her father is a priest of Ogun, “the god of iron” in their…
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Police declare Emmanuel Odima, Christopher Odima wanted
The Police has declared Emmanuel Odima wanted over offence of lands grabbing, killing of the owners of lands and killing of a police man. A warrant of arrest has been issued by a Magistrate Court in Delta state of Nigeria. Emmanuel hails from Agbe community in Delta State of Nigeria He has an oval face and his complexion is chocolate…
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