Crime & City Diary
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EFCC, FBI probe alleged diversion of USAID funds
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have begun investigating alleged diversion and mismanagement of funds released under United States government-supported programmes in Nigeria. The development followed a meeting between officials of the two law enforcement agencies in Lagos on Thursday, where they agreed to strengthen intelligence sharing and operational cooperation…
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NSCDC arrests 23-year-old over alleged motorcycle theft in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ondo State Command, has arrested a 23-year-old man, Sodiq Yahaya, over the alleged theft of a motorcycle in the state. Yahaya was reportedly arrested while attempting to move the motorcycle after NSCDC operatives placed it under surveillance following a tip-off from a resident who found its presence suspicious. The suspect…
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Man arraigned over alleged N1.54m unauthorised bank withdrawal in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi A 40-year-old phone engineer, Irebamide Kazeem, has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate’s Court for allegedly withdrawing N1.543 million from another person’s bank account without authorisation. Police prosecutor Oniyere Taiwo told the court that Kazeem allegedly acted in concert with other persons still at large to unlawfully access the account and withdraw the money without the owner’s…
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Kidnapped timber contractor escapes from abductors in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi A timber contractor, Bayo Omoniyi, has regained his freedom after escaping from suspected kidnappers who held him captive for five days in Ondo State. The 45-year-old reportedly broke away from the gang after enduring what a community leader described as “a traumatic experience in the kidnappers’ hideout.” Omoniyi was reportedly seized along the Idoani-Ifira Road in Ifira-Akoko…
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Ondo court arraigns 17 suspects over alleged rape, kidnapping, robbery
By Boye Oyeyemi Seventeen suspects have appeared before the Akure Magistrate’s Court in Ondo State over various alleged offences, including rape, kidnapping, attempted murder, armed robbery, burglary and threats to life. The defendants were brought before Chief Magistrate Damilola Sekoni in 10 separate cases following investigations by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun. In one of…
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Ondo teen landlord discloses past drug use in tenant’s property-burning case
By Boye Oyeyemi An 18-year-old landlord, Similoluwa Akande, has disclosed that he started smoking Indian hemp while in Junior Secondary School 2, during proceedings over the alleged burning of his tenant’s property in Ondo State. Akande made the disclosure on Wednesday at an Akungba-Akoko Magistrate’s Court while responding to claims that drug use contributed to the alleged offence. The defendant,…
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Ekiti police probe alleged killing of woman by husband, vow justice
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Michael Falade, has ordered a thorough investigation into the alleged killing of a 25-year-old woman, Kehinde Onizeokaraga, by her husband during a marital dispute in Ado Ekiti. The directive came after the woman was reportedly attacked with a machete by her husband, Sodiq Ibrahim, a meat seller, during an attempt to…
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Oyebanji spends N645m on rainstorm, fire victims in four years
By Boye Oyeyemi Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State disclosed on Thursday that his administration has spent N645.4 million assisting victims of rainstorms and fire disasters across the state since 2022. Oyebanji, represented by his deputy, Monisade Afuye, disclosed this in Ado Ekiti while distributing N105 million in cash and relief materials to 159 victims of rainstorm and flooding. The…
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Husband allegedly kills wife in Ekiti, family demands justice
By Boye Oyeyemi The family of 25-year-old Kogi State indigene, Kehinde Onize, has demanded justice after her husband, Sadiq Ibrahim, allegedly hacked her to death in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Kehinde was reportedly killed during a domestic dispute in the Dalimore area of the state capital on Wednesday morning, about nine months after she married Ibrahim, a meat seller popularly known…
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Ex-NYSC coordinator recounts rape, urges survivors to break silence
By Boye Oyeyemi A former Ondo State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Grace Akpabio, has recounted how she was raped by a fellow student at the University of Port Harcourt in 1983, saying “the experience left her devastated.” Akpabio, who shared the experience in a Facebook post, said she was 19 and in her first year at the…
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