Crime & City Diary
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BREAKING: Oyo Police parades 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators
No fewer than 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators, including a female and two elderly men in their sixties, are currently being paraded at the Oyo State Police Headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan. These individuals were apprehended for their involvement in the forceful invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat on Saturday. The suspected agitators were arrested by joint security operatives at…
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Dispatch rider nabbed for selling customer’s iPhones worth N1.7 million
By Innocent Raphael Lagos State Police’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have nabbed one Matthew Odah, 27, a delivery rider, for selling three iPhones valued at N1.7 million entrusted to him for delivery. The RRS disclosed this development in a post via its official X handle on Sunday. According to the statement, Odah, on August 23, 2023, while working as a…
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Man gets death threats, faces prosecution in Nigeria after coming out as gay
Born in August 1998 in Lagos, Nigeria, Foluwasayo Damilola Ayobami is a brave and ambitious young Nigerian who came out as gay to his friends and family. Unfortunately, his coming out was met with harsh backlash, including rejection and hostility from both friends and some family members. Nigeria remains a deeply conservative and homophobic country where LGBTQ+ identities are criminalized…
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Bauchi Police intercepts stolen truck with N30m goods
By Innocent Raphael Bauchi Police Command has apprehended a suspected robber who hijacked a trailer truck carrying 35 tons of groundnut oil valued at around N30 million. The theft was reported to have occurred at the Maraban Jos trailer park in Kaduna State on April 12, 2024, prompting a distress call to the Toro Divisional Police Headquarters. In a statement…
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Army subdues Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan, urges calm
Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested nine Yoruba Nation agitators, who invaded Oyo State Secretariat in Agodi area of ibadan, the State capital, on Saturday. A statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the agitators for the Yoruba Nation dressed in foreign military camouflage with berets and armed with dangerous weapons in buses…
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Gunmen attack ex-gov Ortom’s Chief Of Staff, abduct Wife, housemaid
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed an attack on Terwase Orbunde, the former Chief of Staff to the immediate-past Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, by armed men, who took away his wife and house help. Spokesman for the Command, SP Catherine Anene, said the command got a report on Friday evening from the former Chief of Staff that he…
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Police Inspector kills self in Maiduguri
A police inspector (name withheld) has reportedly committed suicide in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The late officer was attached to Gwange Divisional of Borno Police Command. According to community sources, he was looking healthy when he was last seen three days ago. It is unclear why the policeman took the action. His neighbors at Layin Bayan, Wulari Jerusalem area of…
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UPDATED: Abducted Channels TV reporter regains freedom
Channels Television reporter, Joshua Rogers, who was abducted from his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area in Rivers, has been freed. He was released around 10p.m. on Friday unharmed, less than 24 hours after being abducted on Thursday. His colleague, Charles Oporum, confirmed the news of his release in the late hours of Friday. “Yes, he has been released about an…
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3 abducted Unical students regain freedom
By Innocent Raphael Three abducted University of Calabar (UNICAL) students have been freed from the grip of kidnappers after nearly a fortnight in captivity. Damilola Dickson, Ugwu Chukwuemeka, along with another student, were taken weeks ago, with captors demanding a ransom of N14 million. A report from a fellow student on the microblogging platform X confirmed their release to their…
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One dies as truck crushes car in Ketu
By Innocent Raphael Tragedy struck on Friday, as a 40-foot Mack truck toppled onto a Nissan car (ABJ 692 BG), claiming the life of a woman at the car’s rear, with the driver escaping unharmed, aided by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officials. The incident had occured near a gas station of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) inward…
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