Crime & City Diary
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Kano police warn of terrorist threats, deploy units to ensure public safety
The Kano State Police Command has issued a warning to residents of the state about potential terrorist attacks targeting public gatherings in strategic locations. The alert, based on intelligence reports, was announced in a statement signed by SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Police Public Relations Officer. In response to the threat, the Police Command, in collaboration with other security agencies,…
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VIDEO: Buhari returns to Daura after defending Nigeria in Paris against Sunrise Power
Former President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Daura, his hometown, on Friday after defending Nigeria before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris in connection with the $2.3 billion arbitration case filed by Sunrise Power. Sunrise Power had taken the country to a French arbitration court, demanding $400 million in compensation over the failed Mambilla Hydro Power Project in Taraba…
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Tinubu praises Finland’s role in addressing Simon Ekpa’s actions
…reaffirms commitment to national unity By Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has praised the Finnish government for its swift intervention in the case of Simon Ekpa, whose actions had threatened Nigeria’s peaceful coexistence. Speaking in Abuja on Friday while receiving the Letters of Credence from Finland’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms. Sanna Selin, President Tinubu reaffirmed the Federal Government’s stance against…
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Osun: Adeleke constitutes committee to resolve land disputes in three communities
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has constituted a 100-member High-Powered Land Crisis Resolution Committee to address the long-standing land disputes between the Ifon, Ilobu, and Erin Osun communities. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Chief Kolapo Alimi, the committee will include 25 representatives from each of the affected communities and…
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Police apprehend two suspects in kidnapping of retired AIG’s wife
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspects linked to the kidnapping of Mrs. Odumosu, wife of Retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu. The suspects, identified as Agbojule Smart, 27, and Keleke Michael, 30, were intercepted early Friday, January 24, 2025, while attempting to flee Lagos State. During interrogation, they confessed to being part of a four-member gang…
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3 escaped death as container falls on motor car in Lagos
Three persons including a couple escaped death on Wednesday after a container fell on their Lexus Jeep at the Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. It was gathered that the incident occured at about 6pm while the truck carrying the container was on motion. A statement issued on Thursday by the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue…
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OAU student killing: Appeal Court upholds Adedoyin’s death sentence
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty of the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. Delivering its judgment on Thursday, the appellate court affirmed the earlier decision of the Osun State…
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Police rescue retired AIG Odumosu’s wife, neutralise abductors
The Nigeria Police Force have rescued the wife of the former Assistant Inspector General, Hakeem Odumosu. This was confirmed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, on his official X handle on Thursday morning. Adejobi added that the abductors of Mrs Folasade Odumosu were killed, and ransom used as bait was recovered from the culprits. He said the Inspector…
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How over N22 billion was stolen from the Ministry of Power
More revelations emerged at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, as Abdullahi Suleman, a bureau de change operator, narrated how more than N22 billion was allegedly embezzled from the Federal Ministry of Power while Mamman was Minister. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Mamman on a 12-count charge…
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Auto crash claims 15 lives in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin A tragic multiple-auto accident involving a trailer and a Canter truck along the accident-prone Oko Olowo axis of the Ilorin-Jebba expressway in Kwara State has claimed 15 lives. Eyewitnesses reported that the crash occurred on Wednesday at approximately 5:35 p.m. when a trailer with registration number AYE 218 XC collided head-on with a motor vehicle with…
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