Crime & City Diary
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Herdsman arrested for stabbing farmer in Benin
A 25-year-old herdsman, Idris Ibrahim, has been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a 36-year-old farmer, Adi Benedith in the stomach. According to the Police Command’s spokesman, SP Moses Yamu, the incident happened on December 3 this year at “the victim’s farm located at Ugbaiyon village along Benin-Agbor road”. The suspect will be charged…
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NDLEA nabs engineer for allegedly concealing illicit drugs in pressure machines
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said its operatives have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Egwu Phillip Inya, who claims to be a building engineer, while attempting to take delivery of illicit consignments concealed in pressure machines imported from South Africa. According to a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, the 42-year-old Egwu was arrested on…
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Newly-wed, 16 others injured in Third Mainland Bridge accident
A newly wedded couple who were returning from the Ikoyi Marriage Registry alongside 16 other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries following a multi-vehicle collision on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State on Saturday. This was confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, on Saturday. Taofiq stated that the accident occurred when…
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Farotimi must prove allegations to avoid consequences, says Afe Babalola’s legal team
Kunle Sanni Legal representatives of Afe Babalola, SAN, founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, have stated that embattled human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi must provide evidence to substantiate his allegations against the respected elder statesman. At a press conference held in Ado Ekiti on Friday, Babalola’s lawyers—Owoseni Ajayi, Olakanmi Falade, and Lawrence Fasanmi, all former chairmen of the Nigerian…
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Misconduct: PSC dismisses 19 senior police officers, reduces ranks of 19
The Police Service Commission (PSC), after rigorous consideration of the pending disciplinary matters before it, has approved the dismissal of 19 senior police officers, which comprised two chief superintendents of police, one superintendent, four deputy superintendents, and 10 assistant superintendents of police. Two Assistant Inspectors General of Police also were handed some punishments: one, punishment of reprimand for refusal to…
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Ekiti Police ban protests, cite security concerns
Kunle Sanni The Ekiti State Police Command has announced an immediate ban on protests and unlawful gatherings across the state. In a statement issued on Friday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday, disclosed that the decision was based on intelligence reports indicating plans by some individuals to incite violence under the guise of protests. “The command has received credible…
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Court remands 38-year-old labourer for allegedly assaulting his 11years old daughter sexually in Ondo
An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital has ordered that a 38-year-old labourer, Moses Udoh, be remanded at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, for allegedly assaulting his 11-year-old daughter sexually. Udoh was arraigned on a two-count charge of indecent sexual assault of a minor and threat to life. The Police prosecutor, Inspector Taiwo Oniyere, told the court…
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5 die in Ibadan midnight auto crash
A fatal accident has claimed five lives leaving one critically injured in Ibadan, Oyo state. The accident which occurred around midnight on Thursday along the Iwo Road Ojoo expressway, was between a commercial Micra car and a truck. The accident also left one person injured and 6 others rescued unhurt. In a release by the Oyo State Command of Road…
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Police burst gun manufacturing factory operated by father, son in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has uncovered a gun manufacturing factory operated by a father and his sons, where various types of firearms were fabricated. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph O. Eribo, disclosed this on Monday during a briefing with journalists at the Command Headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, highlighting the Command’s achievements in combating crime.…
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How ex-Kwara Governor, allegedly squandered N5bn UBEC fund – witness
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The trial of the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu, over the alleged misappropriation of public funds amounting to N5.78 billion, began on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. The former governor and his finance commissioner are…
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