Crime & City Diary
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3 escaped death as container falls on motor car in Lagos
Three persons including a couple escaped death on Wednesday after a container fell on their Lexus Jeep at the Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. It was gathered that the incident occured at about 6pm while the truck carrying the container was on motion. A statement issued on Thursday by the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue…
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OAU student killing: Appeal Court upholds Adedoyin’s death sentence
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty of the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. Delivering its judgment on Thursday, the appellate court affirmed the earlier decision of the Osun State…
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Police rescue retired AIG Odumosu’s wife, neutralise abductors
The Nigeria Police Force have rescued the wife of the former Assistant Inspector General, Hakeem Odumosu. This was confirmed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, on his official X handle on Thursday morning. Adejobi added that the abductors of Mrs Folasade Odumosu were killed, and ransom used as bait was recovered from the culprits. He said the Inspector…
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How over N22 billion was stolen from the Ministry of Power
More revelations emerged at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, as Abdullahi Suleman, a bureau de change operator, narrated how more than N22 billion was allegedly embezzled from the Federal Ministry of Power while Mamman was Minister. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Mamman on a 12-count charge…
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Auto crash claims 15 lives in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin A tragic multiple-auto accident involving a trailer and a Canter truck along the accident-prone Oko Olowo axis of the Ilorin-Jebba expressway in Kwara State has claimed 15 lives. Eyewitnesses reported that the crash occurred on Wednesday at approximately 5:35 p.m. when a trailer with registration number AYE 218 XC collided head-on with a motor vehicle with…
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Osun NSCDC seeks family of abandoned teenager
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A 15-year-old girl, Quadija Abimbola, was found wandering alone in Owode-Ede, Osun State, on January 19, 2025. In a statement signed by the spokesperson for the Osun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kehinde Adeleke, Quadija was seen roaming the streets at 1:00 a.m. before being taken to the Owode-Ede division of…
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Court orders final forfeiture of property in Lagos
Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of a property, a u-shaped two-storey building in Lagos, to the federal Government of Nigeria.The property is situated in the premises of a private school in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. EFCC made this known in a post on its…
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3 dead, 19 rescued as boat capsizes in Rivers
Two male adults and a young girl have lost their lives in a boat accident in Rivers. The three passengers drowned following the capsizing of their boat which was travelling from Port Harcourt the Rivers state capital to Bonny Island. Nineteen of the passengers were also rescued. Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirming the incident to…
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Osun: Pardoned ex-convict Lands in court for stealing plasma TV
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An ex-convict pardoned by Governor Ademola Adeleke, Adebayo Omisakin Sunday, has been re-arrested and arraigned for allegedly stealing a plasma TV in Osun State. Sunday, whose name appeared as number 8 on the governor’s pardon list, was arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing a plasma television valued at ₦600,000. The offence was…
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LASTMA nabs ‘One Chance’ syndicate in Surulere
…Recovers 7 stolen phones The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has arrested a notorious “One-Chance” gang that used a specially marked commercial bus (KSF 56 XL) to prey on and rob innocent commuters in Surulere area of the state. A statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA Adebayo Taofiq, said the arrest took place near…
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