Crime & City Diary
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Ondo govt arrests 30 residents over sanitation violations
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Government has arrested 30 residents for allegedly violating environmental sanitation regulations during the state’s monthly exercise held on Saturday. The arrests were made by environmental health officers deployed across the state to monitor compliance with sanitation laws and ensure residents observed the exercise. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Environmental Health…
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2027: Lagos Police strengthens capacity of officers for electoral security
By Osho Olatonmiwa The Lagos State Police Command has intensified preparations for the 2027 general elections with a five-day training programme aimed at strengthening officers’ professionalism, impartiality and capacity to manage election-related security challenges. The development was announced in a statement issued on October 31, 2026, and signed by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi. The training,…
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FUOYE threatens legal action over cybercrime reports against VC
By Boye Oyeyemi The management of Federal University Oye-Ekiti has threatened swift legal action against individuals and media platforms alleging that its Vice-Chancellor Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole is linked to cybercrime activities. University officials confirmed that legal advisers have been instructed to review the publications to pursue civil and criminal remedies aimed at protecting the institution’s reputation. In an official…
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Pregnant woman alleges assault, multiple payments during Ilorin sanitation exercise
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin A pregnant woman, Risi Abdulkareem, has appealed for justice after alleging that a security officer manhandled her during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Ilorin, Kwara State. Abdulkareem, whose account has gone viral on social media, said she was in Ilorin to attend a wedding ceremony and had visited Oja Oba market with her sister to…
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Defence Headquarters says terror attacks dropped by 73% in October
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has reported a 73.3 per cent reduction in attacks across military theatres of operation, with incidents dropping from 367 in September to 98 in October. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Michael Onoja, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday while giving an update on military operations, attributing the decline to sustained operations by troops across various…
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Three die, five rescued as two-storey shopping complex collapses in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – Three persons have been confirmed dead, while five others were rescued alive after a two-storey shopping complex collapsed at Owode-Ede in Ede North Local Government Area of Osun State. The incident occurred at Zone 8, Oke Alaafia Community, at about 11:00 p.m. on Friday, prompting a rescue operation by the Federal Fire Service and other…
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Ekiti police arrest 11 over attack on Sowore, others
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 11 suspects in connection with the attack on African Action Congress presidential aspirant, Omoyele Sowore, and other persons at Tawakalitu Restaurant in the Dalimore area of Ado-Ekiti. The Commissioner of Police, Falade Adegoroye Michael, disclosed this, saying operatives of the Rapid Response Squad arrested the suspects during a raid on…
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Bus driver identifies five suspects in abduction of NYSC members in Imo
The driver of a bus conveying 20 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who were abducted in Imo State, has identified five men standing trial over the incident as members of the gang that attacked his vehicle and kidnapped the passengers. The driver, who testified as the third prosecution witness at the Imo State High Court in…
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Sowore accuses Oyebanji, DSS of complicity in Ekiti attack
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has accused Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, and the Department of State Services (DSS) of complicity in an attack on him and his team in Ado-Ekiti. Sowore alleged that the attackers were government-sponsored thugs who operated with the support of the DSS, accusing the security agency of providing them with…
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Three burnt to death in Ilorin truck-bus collision
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Three persons were burnt to death in the early hours of Friday following a violent collision between a passenger bus and a heavy-duty truck in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The fatal crash occurred near a filling station along the busy Okolowo axis, triggering a sudden inferno that engulfed both vehicles. According to eyewitnesses, the accident…
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