Crime & City Diary
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EFCC launches first anti-corruption radio in Africa
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched its Anti-Corruption Radio in Abuja, which is also the first of its kind in Africa. The ‘EFCC Radio’ 97.3 FM, was established to provide day-to-day information, enlightenment, entertainment and campaigns against corruption in the country. At the Inauguration of the Station, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris and EFCC…
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Court remands ex-Oyo Park Management Chairman, Auxiliary at Agodi prison
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered remand of former Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, Oyo State Park Management System (PMS), Mukaila Lamidi a.k.a Auxiliary at Agodi Correctional Centre Ibadan. Oyo Police Command on Thursday paraded Auxiliary after declaring him wanted over alleged involvement in series of armed robbery, kidnapping and murder cases in Oyo State. Chief Magistrate Olabisi…
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Illegal Mining: Court sentences two Chinese to one year imprisonment
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced two Chinese to one year imprisonment for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of solid minerals without requisite licences. Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi were arraigned on Monday, alongside their company, Ebuy Concept Limited on one-count charge bordering…
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Three kidnapped men freed after parting with N31 Million ransom in Oyo
Three men abducted on Sunday in Longe village, Oyo State, along the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode road, have been released after paying a ransom of N31 million. The victims, Emmanuel Olalere, Gbenga Idowu, and Segun Afolabi, were freed around 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The kidnappers demanded and received varying amounts: N20 million from Olalere, N10 million from Afolabi, and N1 million from Idowu.…
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18 dead in Enugu auto crash
No fewer than 18 travellers were feared dead in a crash on the Umuahia-Enugu axis of the Port Harcourt Enugu Highway on Thursday morning. It was gathered that the accident occurred at a police checkpoint around the Lokpanta area of Abia State in the wee hours of thursday. An 18-seater commercial bus was at the checkpoint awaiting police clearance when…
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Kidnapping: Evans, one other defendant opt for plea bargain
The scheduled arraignment of convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans, failed to go on Thursday at the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, owing to the absence of his counsel. Trial judge, Justice Adenike Coker subsequently adjourned till June 13 for the planned arraignment. When the matter came up before Justice Coker on Thursday, the defendants were…
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Police parade ex-Oyo transport boss, “Auxiliary” over alleged murder
Oyo State Commissioner of Police Hamzat Adebola on Thursday, paraded the former Chairman of the Park Management System, Lamidi Mukaila, also known as Auxiliary. The Department of State Services apprehended Auxillary on Tuesday at his Olodo apartment in Ibadan, the state capital, months after police proclaimed him wanted for alleged involvement in a string of armed robberies, kidnappings, and murders.…
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NSCDC nabs 2 over alleged serial robbery, burglary
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a notorious burglary syndicate responsible for a series of break-ins at warehouses, stores, and supermarkets in Apalara area of Ilorin. According to the Command, the crack detectives from the command’s tracking unit apprehended two suspects: Garuba Kabir, 28, and Nasir Raheem,…
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3 die in scavengers, Abuja residents clash
By Innocent Raphael Byazhin community in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was thrown into chaos as a violent clash between local scavengers, known as baban bola, and residents resulted in the deaths of three people, including two women and a young boy. The incident began when a baban bola attempted to steal a pot of…
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FG cracks down on illegal mining, charges suspects to court
Kunle Sanni The Federal Government has impounded 10 trucks and charged suspects to court for illegal possession and movement of minerals. This crackdown is part of the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals’ 7-point agenda to sanitize the mining sector. According to reports, the Mining Marshals drafted from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, arrested 10 suspects along the Itobe-Ajokuta…
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