Crime & City Diary
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Ogun police nabs husband for allegedly pouring hot oil on wife
The Egba Division of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Kazeem Sholola for allegedly pouring hot oil on his wife, Mutiat Sholola, and stabbing her in the head during a domestic dispute. Sholola, a resident of the Ring Road Community in Owode Egba, Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area, reportedly carried out the assault in a fit of anger following…
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Court jails six for internet fraud in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Justices Haleema Saleeman and Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, have convicted and sentenced six individuals to jail for internet fraud. The convicts are Akingbehin Temitope Oluwaseyi, Ajayi Elijah Olaoluwa, Samson Babatunde Ilesanmi, Quadri Olamilekan Lamidi, Kolawole Kehinde Moses, and Olatunji Elijah Olabisi. They were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate…
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Gunmen kidnap ex-AIG Odumosu’s wife in Ogun
Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen have abducted the wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu, from her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun State. The command disclosed that the incident occurred at about 9:55pm on Thursday, 16 January, 2025 when the woman was about to enter her home when the masked men…
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Salome Adaidu: Police arraign murder suspect Timilehin Ajayi
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arraigned gospel singer, Timilehin Ajayi, in court for murder. Ajayi was accused of dismembering his purported girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, when she visited him at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. He arrived at the Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia, the Nasarawa State…
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Illegal Weapons Manufacturing: Police arrest 2, recover arms, ammunition in sting operations
The Nigeria Police Force have raided an illegal weapons manufacturing factory on 11th of January, 2025 at Tse Akamabe Area of Kwande LGA, Benue State, leading to the arrest of two suspects namely Friday Aduduakambe ‘m’ and Iorwashima Iornyume ‘m’ aka “AK” aged 35yrs. A statement issued on Friday (Today) by the Spokesman for the Force, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said…
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Terrorism: Court frees “Eze Ndigbo” who threatened to invite IPOB to Lagos
A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on the island has acquitted and discharged the “Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate” in the state, Frederick Nwajagu on allegations of terrorism. Justice Yetunde Adesanya held that the prosecution, the Lagos State Government could not prove the offence of terrorism against him beyond any reasonable doubt. The court, however,…
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Polytechnic student killed in Osun community clash
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A student of Westland Polytechnic, Ilobu, was killed on Thursday when armed hoodlums allegedly from Ifon-Osun attacked the Oke-Ima area of Ilobu in Osun State. The victim, a Computer Science student, was reportedly shot during the attack, which began around 11 a.m. In a statement jointly issued by Pastor Olufemi Salako, National President of the Ilobu-Asake…
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Court jails fake spiritualist for internet fraud in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, convicted and sentenced Odeyemi Hammed Oluwaseun to one year imprisonment for internet fraud. The convict, a self-proclaimed spiritualist, was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count charge of internet…
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Alleged N12.3bn fraud: EFCC to arraign Otudeko, Ex-First Bank MD Onasanya
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has fixed Monday, January 20, 2025, for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arraign the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Chief Oba Otudeko and a former First Bank Managing Director Stephen Onasanya for allegedly looting N12.3billion from First Bank. Otudeko, former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings and Onasanya…
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Communal clash: Adeleke imposes fresh curfew in two communities
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has imposed a curfew on the Ifon and Ilobu communities in the state following a recent communal misunderstanding between the two areas. The curfew, which takes immediate effect, is aimed at restoring peace and order in the affected communities. This decision follows a series of communal clashes between Ifon and Ilobu,…
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