Crime & City Diary
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BREAKING: Fire guts residential building in Ikoyi
There was a fire outbreak at Ilabere road in Ikoyi, Lagos, in the early hours of today (Wednesday). This was made known in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu. The agency said fire burnt a residential building and that it had activated its response plan to the location. “The agency…
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N71.4m Fraud; Aisha Wakil, Mama Boko Haram, two others to spend 5 years in prison
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the EFCC on Tuesday, secured the conviction and sentencing of Aisha Alkali Wakil, (aka Mama Boko Haram) alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. The defendants were sentenced to five years imprisonment without option of fine. The judgment was the climax of a…
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Gunmen attack Celestial Church, abduct two members in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Some gunmen on Monday night reportedly attacked the Celestial Church of Christ, Oshofa Parish at Wasimi, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State and abducted two members. Assistant Shepherd of the parish, Oluwaseun Ajose and a Sunday school teacher identified as Dagunro Ayobami were the victims of the abduction. The two worshippers were reportedly dragged away…
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Two suspected hoodlums die, Amotekun Commandant’s house vandalised in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Pandemonium broke out on Tuesday at Asoje, Balogun Agoro area of Osogbo, Osun State capital following clashes between two rival youth groups, leading to the death of two persons. Westernpost gathered that the clashes started in the morning when some suspected hoodlums belonging to a group in Osogbo stormed the Balogun Agoro area, the base of another…
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Court sentences Abba Kyari’s co-accused to two years in jail
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, said having admitted to have committed the offence preferred against them in counts 5, 6…
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Gunmen attack vehicle, injure four passengers in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Four passengers were injured on Sunday in an attack on a vehicle by unknown gunmen along old Ila-Orangun/Ijabe road in Osun State. The gunmen reportedly attacked the vehicle, which was conveying passengers to Ijabe community in Odo-Otin Local Government of the state from Ila-Orangun. A passerby, who witnessed the attack quickly informed men of the Western…
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Ogun police arrest 3 armed robbery suspects while going for operation
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a robbery syndicate who are on their way to carry out robbery operation. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s Police Public Relations Office, made this known in a statement on Friday. Oyeyemi explained that the suspects, 27 years old Ibiyemi Wasiri a.k.a fellow, 20 years old…
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Taxi drivers stab policeman to death in Ibadan after killing colleague
By Bode Akinbode, Ibadan A policeman identified as Tunde, fondly called ‘Oloyo’, attached to the Oríta Divisional Police Station, Ibadan, was on Friday stabbed to death by taxi drivers for allegedly killing their colleague. It was gathered that an argument ensued after Oloyo requested money from a cab-driver who drove passengers to New-garage area of the city, where the policeman…
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Ondo court sentences killers of Fasoranti’s daughter to death
By Temitope Adedeji The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for the killing of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, three years after the murder. The accused are; Mohammed Shehu Usman, Masagie Lawal, and Adamu Adamu Four suspects; Usman, Lawal, Adamu and Auwalu…
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What evidence, too hasty to conclude ISWAP attacked Owo church – Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu says it is too hasty to conclude that the Islamic State, West African Province masterminded the deadly attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo on Sunday. According to the state government, over 40 people were killed in the attack. WesternPost had earlier reported that the National Security Council revealed that ISWAP were behind the attack.…
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