Crime & City Diary
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Customs intercepts 1,245 live ammunition concealed in rice
The Ogun Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 1,245 live ammunition ingeniously concealed in 203 Bags of foreign rice abandoned in a bush path at Tombolo Junction, near Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bamidele Makinde, who briefed newsmen on Monday, 14 August 2023, at Customs House in Abeokuta, the…
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Prison returnee arrested for attempting to steal cars Abeokuta
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Sunday Dosunmu, 53, a prison returnee, while trying to steal a car with fabricated Master keys at Leme area of Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday. According to Odutola,…
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Hotel owner caught with drugs argues against arrest by Police, says ‘ I was simply doing my business’
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyi, on Friday took to the Twitter to share the story of a lounge owner recently arrested by his men for allowing guests to smoke the hard drug known as Colorado in her lounge. According to him, the owner admitted to knowing her guests were smoking but insisted they had suppliers…
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Woman crushed to death as bus rams into shops in Ikotun
A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death in the Ikotun area of Lagos State on Friday. According to reliable sources, another trader was hurt when a bus ploughed into some shops on the side of the road next to Toluwalase Hall on Governor’s Road. The sources explained that the bus driver fled to escape being lynched by onlookers who gathered…
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BREAKING: Two die, five injured as truck collides with five private vehicles on Eko Bridge
Two persons died and five others were seriously injured on Wednesday when a loaded ‘MAC’ truck on top speed collided with five other private vechicles, including a commercial mini bus (Korope) on Eko Bridge inward Alaka area of Lagos State. Eyewitnesses said that the truck lost control when its brake failed. Confirming the incident, Adebayo Taofiq, Director, Public Affairs and…
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Mob beats policeman to stupor for allegedly pushing man into BRT lane in Ketu
A mob on Monday beat a yet-to-be-identified policeman to stupor after a man identified simply as Yusuf was rammed by a BRT vehicle after being allegedly pushed by policemen in the Ketu area of Lagos State. Eyewitnesses at the scene said that the policeman and his colleagues were attempting to dispossess Yusuf of his vehicle when he got pushed into…
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Adeniyi Sanni’s murder: Abiodun commiserates Sen. Adeola, family members, calls for swift action to nab perpetrators
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has condoled the Senator representing Ogun West senatorial district, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, over the killing of his aide, Adeniyi Sanni, on Saturday in Lagos, calling for an immediate and discreet investigation to unravel the assailants and bring them to book. The governor, in a statement issued by his media office…
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Senator’s aide’s body found in Lagos with five bullet holes, three shells of expended ammunition – Police
The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday, said it is investigating the death of Mr Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Solomon Adeola. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed that an investigation has commenced to unravel what led to the killing of the late Sanni, which occurred on Saturday. “Police confirmed…
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BREAKING: LASTMA rescues four in Lagos lone accident
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Saturday rescued four accident victims at Adeniji Adele inward Oyebanji, Lagos Island. Oladunni Ademola (Zone 1 Sura) who led the rescue team disclosed that the lone accident involved a Toyota Sienna (MUS 706 EQ). Ademola disclosed further that preliminary investigation revealed that the driver was on top speed and could…
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UPDATE: Four rescue in Lagos helicopter crash
Four persons have been rescued from the helicopter crash, which occurred in Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday. This was made known in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu. Oke-Osanyintolu disclosed that the four persons had been transferred to hospital for further care. He added that the area had been cordoned off…
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