Crime & City Diary
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Tragedy as househelp kills boss in Lagos
Tragedy as a woman was killed in her apartment by her househelp on 29, Kiniun-ifa street sawmill, Gbagada area of Lagos. The househelp identified as Peter, was said to have absconded after committing the murder. But the lifeless body of the woman, according to information gathered was discovered on Saturday, March 9, 2024, by her son who came visiting. The deceased…
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BREAKING: Miyetti Allah Members storm Abuja Court, demand unconditional release of Bodejo
Some members of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore on Wednesday stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja to demand the immediate release of their president, Bello Bodejo. It would be recalled that Bodejo was arrested on January 23 at the Miyetti Allah’s office in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State over the unveiling of a vigilante group. He had been…
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Suspected ‘Yahoo’ boy crushes 2 pupils to death in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A suspected internet fraudster popularly called “Yahoo-yahoo” boy ridding in an Honda Saloon car, has crushed two primary school pupils to death in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. The incident occurred around 7:50a.m. at Irewon Junction, along the Imowo-Ibadan Garage Road of Ijebu Ode township when the pupils, who are siblings were trekking to their school. Eyewitness…
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Kwara Police nab three armed robbery suspects, recover gun
Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Police Command has arrested three armed robbery suspects and recovered a gun and an android phone. This was contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP EJire-Adeyemi Toun on Wednesday. The statement reads: “On 02/03/2024 at about 0630hrs, in the Oko-Erin area of Ilorin, a distress call was received detailing an…
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Dismembered corpse of missing tricycle operator found in Kwara
Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The dismembered corpse of a tricycle operator simply identified as Musbau has been discovered in Oko- Olowo area of Ilorin, Kwara State. Musbau had been missing since last Friday. Westernpost gathered that Musbau’s head, his two wrists, private part and buttocks were severed from his body when the corpse was discovered on Monday after days of search by…
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BREAKING: Two dead in Borno IDP camp fire incident
Fire gutted the Muna Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the Muna area of Borno State. The incident that happened on Tuesday in the Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri led to the death of two children. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained as att the time of filing this report. Also, the Borno State Police Command…
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Bandits contact families of abducted Kaduna residents, demand N40trn,11 Hilux Vans, 150 motorcycles
Bandits have contacted families and Kaduna community for a ransom of N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles for their abducted kinsmen. The Bandits on Wednesday 28 February attacked Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in Chikun Local Government area kidnapping 16 residents. On the following day, hundreds of youths from the community blocked the Abuja-Kaduna highway to…
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Lagos residents lament over stench from refuse dump, blame LAWMA
Residents of Albert Okolo Street, Canal View Estate, Oke-afa, Isolo, Lagos, have complained over the stench from refuse dumps in front of an uncompleted building in the area. They claimed that officials of Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) hardly picked up their refuse. A member of the Church of Christ, Mrs Lydia Paul lamented the horrible time she had…
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9 injured in Ogun gas explosion
Nine persons injured in a gas explosion that occurred at Phoenix Metal Company in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. Spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, SP Omotola Odutola confirmed the development. “According to an eyewitness account, the blast explosion was attributed to a cylinder explosion that happened at the melting point area, affecting nine staff members who…
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Lady commits suicide, jumps off boat in Lagos
Innocent Raphael A lady identified as Nimotalahi Ishola has died, after allegedly jumping off a boat in transit in Lagos . Police sources have revealed Ishola had boarded the boat from Isuti jet in Igando, alongside eleven other passengers heading to Totowu in Ogun state. Rendering an eyewitness account, the captain of the boat, revealed that Ishola had taken off…
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