Crime & City Diary
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UPDATE: 2 persons die, 23 rescue in Lagos building collapse
Two persons died and 23 others were confirmed to have been brought out from the rubbles of a three-storey building that caved in at Ebutte-Metta, Lagos Mainland Local Government, Lagos State. Of the 23 survivors, two reportedly sustained severe injuries and were rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for advanced treatment. A joint team of Lagos State…
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BREAKING: Occupants trapped as three-storey building collapses in Lagos Mainland
A 3-storey building in Ibadan Street, Lagos Mainland Local Government has collapsed. It was gathered that some occupants were trapped inside the building. An eyewitness told WesternPost that Emergency Response Team was called and just arriving the scene as at the time of filing this report. Details later…….
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Rivers accountant general, 58 others wanted by EFCC over N435bn, $397m, €9.9m frauds
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared 59 people wanted over various degree of fraud related cases. The EFCC declared the suspects wanted in a notice signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, with pictures displayed on its website. Among those wanted is Rivers State Accountant General, Fubara Siminayi, and three other officials of the…
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Four die, seventeen injured in Lagos road accident
Four passengers have been confirmed dead and 17 others sustaining varying degrees of injuries in an accident on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Sunday. The four passengers were said to be among the nine females who were involved in the accident that occurred around Iyana-Oworo end of the road. It was gathere that the injured passengers were rushed…
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Police arrest notorious cultist in Abeokuta
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of Ogun State Police Command has arrested a notorious and murderous cultists terrorizing Abeokuta and Ifo environs DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi Police Public Relation officer of Ogun State Police Command Eleweran Abeokuta made this known in a press release signed today. He said, the suspect, Rotimi Adebiyi a.k.a Paracetamol, who has been on wanted list of…
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Ogun police arrest most wanted cultist in Abeokuta
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a notorious and murderous cultists terrorizing Abeokuta and Ifo environs Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), made this known in a statement on Sunday. He said, the suspect, Rotimi Adebiyi a.k.a Paracetamol, who has been on the wanted list of the command over his…
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Ogun Chief Judge releases 31 inmates from correctional centers
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu has freed 31 inmates from the various Correctional Service Centers across the state.Speaking at the Ceremonial Hall of the Judiciary Complex in Abeokuta, during the release of the inmates, Justice Dipeolu said eight inmates were pardoned in Oba and six in Ibara, Abeokuta, while six were also released from…
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Police arrests 7 suspected arms dealers in Plateau, Taraba
The Police has arrested four notorious arm dealers and recovered 57 AK47 rifles and a large catchment of ammunition in Jos, Plateau State and from other locations across the country. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the suspects were arrested by Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), in a sting…
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Police parade man who killed Imam but claims he shot antelope
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly killed a 78-year-old Imam of Alaguntan village, Adegun Yusuf at Orile-Owu in Ayedaade Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, Suleiman Jimoh (28), who is also a resident of the village while being paraded alongside other suspects at the Police Command Headquarters, Osogbo on Tuesday, however,…
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