Crime & City Diary
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Police rescue 8 abducted Kogi varsity
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Police Command has rescued eight students of Confluence University of Science and Technology Osara in Lokoja, Kogi state. WESTERN POST had reported that about 30 students were abducted on 9th of May 2024 while observing tutorial in the University. Those rescued were; Anate Hanifat,Damisa Rasidat Ometere, Ahmed Tijani Fatimah,Obakachi Mashkurah Onyioyiza, Others include; Oloruntoba…
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83 years old, ex-Lt. Col. charged for alleged buying and selling of human beings
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has charged the 83-year-old founder of Arrow of God Orphanage in Anambra State, Clara Chinwe Deborah Ogo. A press statement by the agency’s Communications Officer, Adekoye Vincent, said the 83-year-old Ogo was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Awka Judicial Division ‘for alleged buying and selling of human beings’.…
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NDLEA intercepts N2.1Bn worth of codeine, loud at Lagos, Port Harcourt ports
…nabs 70-year-old grandpa, Nigerien, three others in Nationwide raids… By Innocent Raphael Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, with a combined street value of over N2.185 billion. NDLEA disclosed the development in a statement issued on Sunday, revealing the interceptions occurred at the…
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5 dead, 3 injured in Bauchi windstorm
Five persons have been killed with three seriously injured following a windstorm that occurred on Saturday night in Bauchi state. It was gathered that the injured victims are receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi. Most of the victims were brought in from the venue of the recently concluded joint northeast trade fair at Ibrahim Babangida…
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Nigerian bank employee on the run after allegedly diverting ₦40 billion
A Nigerian bank employee is on the run after allegedly diverting ₦40 billion. The employee works for a leading Nigerian bank (name withheld) with a market capitalization of ₦829 billion and the Bank is pursuing legal action to recover “huge sums of money” allegedly siphoned by the employee at a head office team in Iganmu, Lagos. The employee, currently on…
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Police nab 7 car theft syndicate in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Police Command has arrested seven suspected car theft syndicate in Madi area along Okolowo-Jebba Expressway Ilorin. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ejire Adeyemi on Friday, said at approximately 1200hrs on 24/05/2024, detectives were alerted to suspicious activities at a dump site located around the Madi area along the Okolowo/Jebba…
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Court grants Chioma Okoli ₦5 million bail in Erisco Foods case
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has granted Chioma Okoli a ₦5 million bail with two sureties in the same amount. The allegations against Okoli stemmed from remarks she made online about tomato paste made by Erisco Foods Limited. Justice Lifu admitted her to bond but stipulated that one of the sureties had to be a blood…
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ISWAP issues quit notice to Borno communities
Barely four days after killing fifteen fishermen in the Tumbun Rogo community, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have given residents of Kukawa LGA notice to quit their communities or face death from the terror group. A resident who fled his community to Maiduguri three hours after receiving the threat, revealed this to the media. While relieving his…
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Fire razes Tejuosho market in Lagos
By Innocent Raphael A devastating fire has swept through Tejuosho Market in the Yaba area of Lagos State, destroying properties worth millions of naira. The incident which occurred on Wednesday afternoon witnessed an extensive damage, with no reported casualties or injuries. The fire erupted around 12:30 pm in the market, which houses both shops and residences, along Tejuosho Canal. According…
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Osun NSCDC nabs 24-year old bricklayer for house breaking
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command has apprehended one Adedapo Ayobami, for allegedly breaking into a house at Osunjela, Osogbo. Ayobami, a 24 year old bricklayer, was said to have carted away Plasma Television, 10 cooking pots, 2 fry pans, cable decoders, solar panel with bulbs, curtains and other household items.…
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