Crime & City Diary
-
Gunmen storm Ogun event Center, kill Babcock lecturer, kidnap two
According to reports, Eight gunmen wearing all black stormed the Ajadeh Event Centre in Iperu Remo along Sagamu Road where they killed Yinka Olowojobi, a lecturer at Babcock University Ilisan Remo, and kidnapped two other people in the process.According to a statement released on Monday by the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, the event occurred on…
Read More » -
Kenyan authorities apprehend Binance executive who fled Nigeria
The Kenya Police Service has taken into custody the fleeing executive from Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla, and the International Criminal Police Organization is working to extradite him to Nigeria later this week. Government sources who are familiar with the case but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the topic, confirmed the development to the…
Read More » -
Police begin investigation into stabbing incident at Lagos Shopping mall
By Innocent Raphael The Lagos State Police Command has begun investigation into the tragic demise of Anosikwa Patrick, who was allegedly stabbed by a police officer at the Skymall shopping mall in Ajah on Saturday, April 20, 2024. The Police made the disclosure on Sunday, in a statement signed by Public Relations Officer SP Benjamin Hundeyin. The authority revealed it…
Read More » -
NDLEA warns travellers against accepting luggage without knowing its content
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has warned travellers against accepting to take along luggage from anyone while travelling without knowing its content. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, passed the warning via his X handle on Sunday. He disclosed that two students, including a PhD student, ran into trouble when bottles of codeine syrup were…
Read More » -
CPPM condemns Yahaya Bello’s ‘show of shame’
A civil society organization, the Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) has condemned in the strongest terms, the show of shame conduct of former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in absconding from the law when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) visited his Abuja residence. EFCC recently attempted to arrest Yahaya Bello to answer questions with…
Read More » -
NDLEA nabs international drug syndicate in Lagos
By Innocent Raphael The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended key members of an organized criminal network operating across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America . This is coming in the wake of the recent seizure of the largest heroin consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. A statement issued on Sunday by the Agency’s…
Read More » -
Lagos Police arrests grandmother for locking up grandchildren
Police operatives in Lagos State have arrested a grandmother for locking up three of her grandchildren. Spokesman for the Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said the suspect’s neighbours alerted them about the development. “All thanks to vigilant neighbours who alerted the police, these children were rescued by police officers from Ikotun Division after being locked up in a room for…
Read More » -
4 dead, 7 injured in Ogun auto accidents
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Saturday confirmed that four persons lost their lives in two separate accidents in Ogun State. The first accident, according to a statement made available to newsmen by the spokesperson Ogun State sector of FRSC, Florence Okpe, occurred late last night on Ijebu Ode-Ore expressway after Ogbere junction at about…
Read More » -
EFCC grills 11 over oil theft in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of 11 suspected oil thieves and one vessel, MT SAISNIL II, handed over to the Commission by the Nigerian Navy, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos. The suspects are: Jimoh Olusola, Akinrodoye Tobias, Idolor Ogun, Blessed Udoh Michael, Fineface Zorte, Victor Ime Edem, Shofela Bode,…
Read More » -
Kwara Police nabs 11 over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, illegal possession of fire arms
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin Kwara state Police command has arrested 11 suspects over alleged Kidnapping, Homicide,Armed robbery , and llegal possession of fire arms . Parading the suspect at the Police Headquarters in Ilorin ,the state Commisssioner of Police ,Victor Olaiya said the suspects were arrested in different parts of the state. According to him, the successes recorded was as a…
Read More »
Follow our WhatsApp Channel