Crime & City Diary
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Delta Police kills kidnapper, arrests 3 suspects, recovers weapons
Operatives of the Delta State Police have killed a suspected kidnapper during a gun duel in a Delta community. The operation, which also led to the arrest of three other suspects, resulted in the recovery of an arsenal of deadly weapons. The Police Public Relations Officer for Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement released in…
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Ondo CP visits warring communities, after deadly clash claims farmer’s life
In the wake of a violent clash between the Ubi community and Fulani residents in Ondo State, Commissioner of Police CP Abayomi Peter Oladipo visited the affected areas on Tuesday to conduct an on-the-spot assessment. The visit followed a tragic incident in which a young farmer from the Ubi community was found dead after being attacked on his way to…
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Half-naked women protest incessant killings by herdsmen in Ondo
Some aggrieved women in the Uba-Oka Akoko community in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State have staged a peaceful protest to condemn the incessant killings by suspected Herdsmen in the area, calling on the government to salvage them from the invaders. Their clamour follows the recent murder of a farmer called Sunday Ayeni on his farm in…
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Hoodlums rob BRT passengers at Orile Iganmu
Some hoodlums in the Orile Iganmu axis of Lagos State on Tuesday vandalised a BRT bus and robbed its passengers. A witness who was also a passenger on the bus, Dare Abiola, said the hoodlums, under the guise of protesting the seizure of motorcycles by the state’s task force, carried out the robbery operation around 1 p.m. Abiola explained that his…
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16 die, 17 injured in multiple road accident along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed 16 people dead and 17 injured in an early morning multiple road mishap at the Agbowo end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. The FRSC stated that 35 persons were involved in the ghastly accident, out of which 16 died on the spot, while the injured ones are recuperating at Amdalat…
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KDSG holds security council meeting, lifts curfew in Kaduna, Zaria
By Kunle Sanni The Kaduna State Government has announced the immediate lifting of the curfew previously enforced from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. in Kaduna and Zaria. According to the government, the decision will take effect starting Tuesday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed that residents are now free to move about…
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Man nabbed with fresh human skull in Ibadan
A man simply identified as Musa has been apprehended in the Amuloko area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, with a fresh human skull of an unidentified woman. Residents, suspicious of his unusual behaviour, confronted him and demanded to see the contents of a sack he was carrying. Upon inspection, they discovered a human skull inside. Sharing the video of the…
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CBN, FBN Holdings ask court to dismiss Barbican Capital‘s alleged 5.4bn shares suit
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and FBN Holdings Plc have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed by an investment firm, Barbican Capital Ltd, over the alleged alteration of its alleged 5,386,397,202 units of shares in the bank. The plaintiff (Barbican Capital Limited), an affiliate company of Honeywell Group Limited, in suit no.…
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Osun: Four friends arraigned for assault, property damage at beer parlor
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Four friends were arraigned on Monday before an Osun State Magistrate Court in Osogbo for allegedly assaulting a customer, stealing a gold wristwatch, and causing property damage at a beer parlor. The accused—Michael Abayomi (26), Abdulgarfa Opeyemi (26), Opadotun Taiwo (26), and Azeez Abiodun (26)—were charged with five counts, including conspiracy, assault, malicious damage, breach of…
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Barbican Capital drags FBN Holdings to court over alleged wrong shareholding data
An investment firm, Barbican Capital Ltd, has dragged First Bank Nigeria Holdings FBNH, before a Federal High Court in Lagos over the alleged alteration of its 5.4billion shares by the bank. In the suit no. FHC/L/CS/ 1172/24, filed on its behalf by Bode Olanipekun, SAN, Barbican Capital claimed that over the years and at different times, it cummulatively acquired about…
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