Crime & City Diary
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40 dead, many injured as Bandits attack Plateau community
By Innocent Raphael Tragedy struck the Wase local government area of Plateau State on Monday evening when a large group of armed bandits attacked Zurak village, resulting in the deaths of over 40 people and numerous injuries. Several homes were also set ablaze during the assault. The attack reportedly occurred around 7:00 p.m. when the assailants, riding motorcycles and wielding…
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Bandits kidnap 20 Abuja residents
By Innocent Raphael Approximately 20 residents of Dawaki, a community near Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory, were kidnapped by armed attackers on Sunday evening. The assailants, reportedly numbering around 50, stormed houses on Frank Opara Street at about 7:30 PM. Tunde Abdulrahim, Chairman of the Dawaki Rock Heaven Community, described the chaos that ensued as the attackers broke into…
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Marwa urges NMS students to embrace discipline, avoid drug abuse
By Innocent Raphael Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has urged students of the Nigerian Military School (NMS) to prioritize discipline, hard work, loyalty, and patriotism throughout their studies and beyond. Marwa delivered this message as the Special Guest of honor and reviewing officer during the 70th…
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Court jail man two years for illegal possession of 600g of tramadol
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced a middle-aged man, Nwoke Ifeanyi, to two years imprisonment for illegal possession of 600 grammes of tramadol. The prosecutor from the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Olufemi Ijimakin, told the court that the convict was arrested along Gbongan-Ibadan expressway with 1,010 capsules weighing 600 grams of…
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NAPTIP decries surge in baby factories, sale of children
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has expressed grave concern over the escalating incidents of baby factories and child trafficking across the country. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, revealed that there had been a surge in reports and public outcry regarding the sale of babies and the existence of clandestine facilities that…
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Alleged assassination of 55-year-old Man in Ibadan: eyewitnesses report cult-related attack
Tragedy struck in the early hours of today, May 20, 2024, when a 55-year-old man, identified as Mr. Akinfaye Johnson Olawale, was reportedly shot dead in what is believed to be an assassination along Dugbe Road in Ibadan. Eyewitnesses recounted that Olawale was walking along the roadside when a white Honda car approached and stopped near him. Inside the vehicle…
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BREAKING: Court rejects Mamu’s transfer request to Kuje prison
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by alleged terrorist negotiator, Mohammed Tukur Mamu, seeking his transfer from the custody of the Department of the State Service (DSS) to the Kuje Correctional Centre. Delivering the ruling on Monday, Justice Ekwo held that the Federal Government had raised the issue of incessant jailbreaks in…
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Imo Police confirms kidnapped Maj Gen Richard Duru still alive
By Innocent Raphael The Imo State Police Command has clarified that Retired Major General Richard Duru, who was kidnapped on September 27, 2023, is still alive, countering claims made by three arrested suspects. The suspects, allegedly linked to the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), had confessed to both the kidnapping…
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NDLEA declares couple wanted, arrests cartel members
By Innocent Raphael The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade, alias Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun, and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade, alias Bolarinwa Rashidat Ayinke, wanted for running a cocaine cartel from India. According to a statement made public by Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, this declaration follows the arrest of four members of…
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EFCC hands over $22,000 to FBI in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over the sum of $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster, Hakeem Ayotunde Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, in Lagos. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on August 15, 2023, ordered that the money recovered from Olanrewaju, who was sentenced to…
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