Crime & City Diary
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BREAKING: Fire outbreak at plank market Ogba in Lagos
The popular plank market at Odo Eran Bus stop, Ogba, Ikeja in Lagos is on fire. According to eyewitness, men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service are currently battling the inferno. Residents were said to have alerted the State’s Fire Service and Control portal at 03:37am Sunday. The Ikeja and Alausa Fire Stations are responding with backup from…
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Buhari’s endorsement of Bola Ige’s prime murder suspect, Omisore as APC secretary discredits probe – Soyinka
Prof. Wole Soyinka says President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement and appointment of Senator Iyiola Omisore as the national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) casts doubt on the investigation into the murder of late Justice Minister, Bola Ige. President Buhari had earlier ordered the reopening of all high profile murder cases, including that of Ige who was killed December 23,…
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27 years old man arrested for matching his father to death
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A 27 years old man, Ibrahim Sikiru has been arrested for killing his biological father. Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, Abeokuta made this known in a statement released on Saturday. “The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Onipanu divisional headquarters by one Abiodun Sunday a neighbor to the deceased,…
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IGP deploys armed tactical squads to Abuja-Kaduna expressway, visits troubled spots
Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali has deployed officers drawn from the Police tactical squads to ensure the safety of travellers along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. In a statement by the acting Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the IGP used the opportunity to patrol the entire 163km stretch of the road for hands-on assessment of the security challenges. “In…
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Police arrest man with ammunition to ‘fight IPOB’
Borno State Police Command on Friday arrested a man with large ammunition in Maiduguri. Clement Asuk, 28, was planning to transport the large consignment of ammunition to Cross River State when he was arrested at the Maiduguri motor park. According to him, he was sending the ammunition to a community in Cross River State, which he said is currently at…
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Lekki toll-gate protest: We won’t tolerate disturbance of movement, says Police
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi says the command would not tolerate protesters disturbing or stopping the free flow of traffic in the state. The police commissioner was reacting to the planned protest over the reopening of Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge toll gate in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin Alabi assured Lagosians that the Command…
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Soludo expresses frustration over arsonists attack in Nnewi
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has expressed his frustration at the attack by arsonists in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. The governor who posted on his Facebook, said the attacks does not define who Anambra people are. According to him Anambra people cannot continue to be represented by a few criminal elements. He further said…
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Only 362 were on board attacked Abuja-Kaduna train – NRC
The Nigerian Railway Corporation says only 362 passengers boarded the NRC AK9 Abuja-Kaduna train which was attacked by terrorists on Monday. NRC Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria in a statement on Thursday, said the figures going round of a higher number of passengers on board was incorrect. According to the NRC boss, the corporation had eight personnel and some security operatives…
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Boko Haram fighters kill scores of ISWAP terrorists in supremacy battle
Boko Haram fighters have ambushed and killed scores of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in a renewed ‘war of supremacy’ between the two extremist sects. It was gathered that insurgents of the Boko Haram faction loyal to Buduma paraded and later slaughtered dozens of ISWAP fighters at a makeshift gravesite. The Boko Haram elements later burnt alive…
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Train attack: DIA uncovers bandits’ camps, NAF shells scores of terrorists in Kaduna village
The joint intelligence service has uncovered scores of makeshift facilities and forest settlements, serving as camps for armed bandits and kidnappers terrorising travellers along Abuja-Kaduna highway and train routes. This is coming as the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) aircraft killed scores of terrorists on Wednesday after obtaining intelligence on their movement. It gathered that after obtaining intelligence on the movement of…
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