Crime & City Diary
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Bisexuality: Ayodeji got trapped
As a witness to the illicit activities of Mr. Ayodeji Damilola Otubela, Mr. Samson Oyeshihan confirms that Mr. Ayodeji is a bisexual individual. He recounts a time when he drove his boss, who is openly gay, to a clandestine gay wedding where he saw Ayodeji with his male partner. Aware of the social stigma and persecution faced by the LGBTQ+…
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AU to facilitate consultations with regional banks to establish escrow accounts
An extended Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR) Working Group with more African Union (AU) member-states including Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi and Senegal has joined pan-African institutions mandated by the AU Assembly to actively further the implementation of the CAPAR. The commitment of AU member-states to the implementation of Africa’s Asset Recovery Agenda, the CAPAR, is…
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Money laundering: EFCC arraigns ex-Lagos Attorney-General, Shasore for N159m, $60,000
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned Olasupo Shasore, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, on fourteen-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N159.7 million and $60,000. Shasore was arraigned alongside his company, Middlesex Investment Ltd, before Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja,…
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Court gives EFCC nod to publish Ekweremadu’s 40 properties in Dubai, UK, US, Nigeria for forfeiture
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Friday, secured the nod of a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja to publish an order of interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to a former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order while ruling on a motion exparte brought by the EFCC in Suit No.FHC/ABJ/CS/1242/2022.…
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IGP orders probe as woman inspector accuses DCO of assault for refusing to befriend him
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A woman police inspector, Olorunsogo Bamidele attached to Ode-Omu Divisional Headquarters of Osun State Police command has accused the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) in charge of the division, ASP Ajayi Matthew of assaulting her for refusing to befriend him. In a video sighted by our correspondent in Osogbo on Wednesday, the victim said the DCO naked…
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BREAKING: Fire razes Tejuosho market, Yaba
The popular Tejuosho market in the Yaba area of Lagos State, was on Tuesday gutted by fire. In a video sighted on twitter, the fire outbreak was massive and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed. – Fire outbreak in a commercial building in tejuosho market, Lagos. https://t.co/DR7rQ6LaDd— Postsubman (@Postsubman) November 1, 2022 The cause of the incident was unknown…
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EFCC docks driver for alleged illegal mining activities
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, arraigned a 46-year-old truck driver, Kasimu Bawa, for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of minerals without lawful authority. Mining without license is a criminal offence and an act of economic sabotage. Kasimu was prosecuted on amended one-count charge before Justice…
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Traditional ruler laments as cultists kill two in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Alangua of Ibagun, Okelele, Ilorin, Malam Sakariyau Ilufemiloye has condemned the invasion of the community by cultists. Ilufemiloye lamented that two persons were killed by suspected cultists in the community between Monday and Tuesday. The Alangua, in a statement signed on his behalf by the Chairman of Ibagun Progressives Union (IPU), Alhaji Kuranga Omomeji Morogun, urged…
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BREAKING: Fire guts building in Victoria Island
An inferno on Tuesday gutted a building on Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. WesternPost gathered that many people are still trapped in the building, while many cars were reportedly burnt. BREAKING: Fire razes building in Adeola Odeku axis of Lagos State, Nigeria.pic.twitter.com/pErP8ODWR0— Spark Media (@Spark__Thoughts) November 1, 2022 The cause of the fire outbreak was not unknown as at…
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Nigeria working with ‘foreign partners’ to counter terror threats – Onyeama
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said Nigeria is working with its foreign partners to quell the security and terror threats in the country. Onyeama said this when he addressed the press in Abuja on Monday. The minister who was in company of the National Security Adviser, Retired Major-General Babagana Monguno, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor,…
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