Crime & City Diary
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BREAKING: LASG sacks 5 Lastma officials over corrupt practices
No fewer than five (5) officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have been sacked by the State’s Civil Service Commission over corrupt practices. The termination of the appointment of the 5 officials was based on the ratification of recommendations of the Personnel Management Board of the civil service commission. LASTMA made this known on Monday in a…
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BREAKING: LASEMA builds incident station at Alapere pedestrian bridge collapse scene
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has set up a temporary incident station at the scene of the Alapere pedestrian bridge which was destroyed by a truck on Thursday. This was revealed in a statement signed by the LASEMA Director-general, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on the agency’s Facebook page on Sunday. The statement was titled, ‘Update Regarding The Ketu Pedestrian Bridge Incident…
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NSCDC arrests seven suspects over alleged energy theft/meter tampering in Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara state have arrested seven suspects over alleged theft of energy as well as electricity and meter tampering. The suspects who were picked up from various locations in Ilorin, the state capital including Amayo, Ganmo, Olunlade, Kangu, Irewolede and Sango areas during a raid by the combined team of NSCDC and…
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Alleged N4.8bn fraud: Cletus Ibeto’s absence stalls arraignment again
The arraignment of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for an alleged N4.8 billion fraud was, again, stalled on Tuesday due to his absence in court. Ibeto alongside Ibeto Energy Development Company and Odoh Holdings Ltd were to be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on…
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Police raid gay wedding in Delta state, declare Oliseh Great Ojue wanted over alleged homosexual involvement
A Magistrate Court sitting at Warri Magisterial District of Delta State, yesterday, the 4th of December 2023; has sentenced one Mr. M Apkofure for his involvement in a same-sex relationship with One Mr. O Ojue (who is now at large) in accordance with Nigerian Same-Sex Prohibition Act of 2014. Our investigation revealed that the duo of the said M Akpofure…
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Three Oyo kings die in road accident
Three monarchs from the Oriire Local Government Area in Oyo State died in a road accident on Friday. According to reports from PUNCH Online, the accident occurred following a collision that involved a Benz E230, bearing the license plate OLODOGBO, and a Scania Truck with the registration 301 XF, at Aje Iye within the local government’s jurisdiction. Further inquiries disclosed…
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BREAKING: Okada riders protest seizure of motorcycles by Lagos taskforce
Commercial motorcycle riders, known as Okada riders, on Friday protested the seizure of their motorcycles by the Lagos State Task Force Team. Eyewitness said that the task force team dislodged the Okada riders and seized their motorcycles in the Alakija area of the state. The eyewitness explained that the motorcycles were seized and carried into the task force van, adding…
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Air Force helicopter crash lands in Port Harcourt
A MI-35P helicopter belonging to Nigerian Air Force has crash-landed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on Friday morning. NAF Spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement said the accident occurred around “7:45 am shortly after the aircraft took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in Rivers state”. More to follow…
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Police arrest escort attached to bullion van conveying late Ogun finance director
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Police Escort attached to the bullion van conveying the killed Director of Finance, Ogun state Ministry of Finance, Inspector Rasheed Adegbiti has been arrested. The police statement revealed that Adegbiti travelled to Igbo Ora, in Oyo state without permission from the command. Recall that at about 1510hours on Wednesday, on top of the fly over…
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Court sentences acclaimed Ogun King to six months imprisonment for impersonation
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A Chief Magistrate Court, situated in Isabo, Abeokuta, has sentenced Mufutau Dosunmu, an acclaimed Oba, to six months in prison for falsely presenting himself as the Osolo of Ado-Odo in the Ado-Odo/Ota local government of Ogun State. The convict faced multiple charges related to alleged impersonation and disturbance of peace within the Ado-Odo Magisterial district. He…
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