Crime & City Diary
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FRSC Lagos Sector Commander, Patrick Davou retires in grand style
The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Lagos, Patrick Davou, has retired from serivce after clocking age 60. Davou, who only spent one year in Lagos having held several positions and served in different capacities outside the State, was celebrated by both his colleagues and friends in a glamorous occasion held at the FRSC Lagos Office. Dressed in…
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BREAKING: 10 dead, 3 injured as car, truck collide on Lagos-Badagry expressway
No fewer than 10 people have been confirmed dead and three others sustained varying degrees of injuries during an auto crash that occurred along the Lagos-Badagry expressway in Lagos State. A breakdown of the deceased details showed that three were male adults, four females, two female children and one male child died around Abule-Osun end of the Lagos-Badagry expressway in…
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Youths protest killing of vigilante commandant in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Youths in the Igbaja community, located in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the murder of the commandant of a local vigilante group, Chief Lukman Balogun. Balogun, who was the Jagun of Igbaja land and the Commandant of the local vigilante group, was killed on Monday evening.…
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NSCDC arraigns teenager for arson, theft in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has arraigned a teenager, Olawumi Ayomide, for allegedly setting a building on fire after stealing items belonging to the occupants. On Monday, 30th September 2024, the Kwara State Magistrate Court, presided over by Magistrate M.A. Yahaya, found the suspect guilty and sentenced him to one…
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We complied with the law on Bobrisky’s money laundering charges – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday informed the Committee of the House of Representatives looking into allegations of corruption against some of the Commission’s officers that the money laundering charges that were dropped in the trial of Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, were legal and compliant with the law. Bilikisu Bala, the head of the prosecution…
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5 injured, 2 cattles dead in Lagos auto crash
At least five people sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Ifako Bridge in the Ogudu area of Lagos State on Sunday. This is just as two cows were killed following a collision with a car in the Iyana-Oworo area of the state on the same day. A statement issued by the Director of Public…
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NDLEA nabs 2 wanted kingpins, 2 ex- convicts for drug trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended two drug kingpins who were previously declared wanted. The drug lords, identified as Ajiboye Samuel and a community leader, Alhaji Bashir Talba, were arrested in separate locations in Ogun and Lagos States on 25th and 27th September, respectively. A statement released on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, revealed…
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October 1 protesters adamant, say demonstration will hold at Eagle Square
Organisers of the #FearlessOctober1 protest have declared that the police, Department of State Services, and the military would not stop them from embarking on the demonstration as planned. The organisers have also written to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to request security during the demonstration, noting that protest is a fundamental right they would not submit to any state…
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Alleged N3.1bn fraud: Witness recounts he delivered $15.8m to former Gov Suswam at his residence
Abubakar Umar, the sixth prosecution witness (PW6) in the trial of former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam, has detailed how he delivered $15.8 million in cash to Suswam at his Maitama, Abuja residence. The funds, according to Umar, were converted from N3.1 billion wired to him by Suswam during his tenure as governor in 2014. The trial, presided over by…
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Lagos CP meets #EndBadGovernance protest organizers, assures maximum security
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olanrewaju Ishola, has assured the organizers of the upcoming #EndBadGovernance protests of maximum security and professionalism from the police force. The protests are scheduled to take place on October 1, 2024. As part of proactive efforts to maintain safety in Lagos before, during, and after the protests, CP Ishola met with the…
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