Crime & City Diary
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Police arrest 8 over death of NURTW chairman in Osun
…as APC bemoans killing of member By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Eight persons have been arrested by men of the Osun State Police Command in connection with the killing of the Chairman of Apomu branch of the National Union of Road Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Kareem Alli in Isokan Local Government Area of the state. Alli, until his murder, was a chieftain of the…
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BREAKING: Two children die as tank scaffolding collapses on building in Lagos
Two children have been confirmed dead after a water tank scaffolding collapsed on a bungalow at Adeleye Street, LadyLark Bariga in Lagos State.It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 9: 46pm on Sunday and that three adult males sustained injuries. WesternPost learnt that those injured were taken to nearby hospitals when officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management…
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Angry mob lynches alleged serial robber in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A middle-aged man was on Sunday burnt to death by youth of Ireti Ayo area in Ilesa, Osun State for alleged stealing. The man, simply identified as Loni, was said to have stolen a motorcycle on Saturday night, and hid it in a house in the area. It was gathered that when Loni went to take…
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Man turns 14-year old daughter to prostitute in Ogun, impregnates her
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 49 years old man, Amoda Bola for impregnating his 14 years old daughter (name withheld). This was made known in a statement in Abeokuta, the state capital on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect,…
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Alleged contract infraction: FAAN in N5bn compensation suit
……As contractor queries the illegal award of Cleaning Services Contract to over 80 companies A human rights lawyer, Barrister Benjamin Barnes Arekameh, Esq, of Arekameh and Arekamhe’s Chambers, has seeks compensation up to the tune of the sum of N5billion from the Federal Airport Authority Nigeria (FAAN) and top echelon in the Aviation industry. In a lawsuit filed in the…
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Suspected vandal electrocuted in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A yet to be identified middle-aged man, has been electrocuted while trying to steal transformer cables in Ogo-Oluwa area of Osogbo, Osun State The incident occurred at Kolade Estate along GOF area at about 3.47pm on Monday. The man, it was gathered, was electrocuted while trying to remove some cables from the Raji Kolade 100KV, 11/0.415…
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EFCC recovers trapped N1.4bn for NHIS
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered an additional sum of One Billion, Four Hundred Million Naira (N1.4 Billion) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. The money which was released to the NHIS on August 5, 2022, is part of the funds which some commercial banks fraudulently refused to transmit to the Treasury Single Account, TSA, since…
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Police rescue four kidnapped bus passengers in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Four occupants of a Hummer bus kidnapped along Obbo-Ile/Osi road in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have been rescued by men of the State Police Command. The bus, conveying six passengers and loaded with foodstuff was attacked by five armed hoodlums at about 11.5pm on Monday. This was contained in a statement signed by…
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Army, EFCC nab 120 over illegal bunkering in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command, have arrested 120 suspects for alleged illegal oil bunkering in a joint operation with with personnel of the 6 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt They were arrested on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Ndoni, Rivers State where suspected illegally refined stolen petroleum products were being off-loaded…
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Ireoluwatomiwa, Redeemers University student escapes from kidnappers
…no hiding place for criminals – Abiodun By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has vowed that there will be no-hiding place for criminals in the state, just as he revealed that a 17-year-old kidnap victim, Akinlaja Ireoluwatomiwa, has escaped from captivity. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, the governor said the…
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