Crime & City Diary
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Police arrest Kuje prison escapee in Ogun
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one of the escapees of Kuje Prison. The inmate, Yakubu AbdulMumuni (28), according to the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested following information received by the Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters, that the prisoner was found around the Sango Ota area, on Monday. In a statement issued on…
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Amotekun Corps arrests two pick pockets at Osun APC rally
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Western Security Network codenamed Amotekun has arrested two persons accused of being pickpockets during the All Progressives Congress (APC) mega rally on Tuesday. The duo, whose identities were given as Tope Jaiye from Ondo State and Musibau Isiaka from Ibadan in Oyo State have allegedly confessed to the crime. The suspects said they have been…
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BREAKING: Petrol tanker collides with car on Costain bridge
A tanker loaded with petrol has collided with a Toyota Saloon car while ascending the Costain Bridge on Funsho Williams Avenue, Surulere, Lagos. The accident occurred at about 2pm. As at the time of filing this report, no casualty was recorded as officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service were already at the accident spot. Director of State’s…
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Police probe attack on LP candidate’s house in Osun
…Yusuf not threat to Oyetola’s victory-APC By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Police Command said it has begun investigation into the circumstances surrounding the attack on the residence of Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Rt. Hon. Lasun Yusuf. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola who made this known in Osogbo said the command has received…
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Gunmen abduct woman inside church in Imo
Gunmen on Sunday, stormed the First Baptist Church situated on Wetheral Road in Owerri, Imo State and abducted one of the women leaders, Biola Abioye, who is also the wife of the General Manager of the Owerri Zoological Garden at Nekede. According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen who came in a Toyota vehicle, waited for the service to come to a…
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Man sentenced to death for killing wife
Man sentenced to death for killing wife Ondo State High Court has sentenced one Daniyan Ojo to death for killing his wife, Dorcas Daniyan, and setting the deceased ablaze.The 50-year-old man, who is a welder, was found guilty of committing the offence as he set their house ablaze and locked his wife inside a room while sleeping.He was said to…
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Intelligence-led policing, not negotiable – IGP
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has expressed his conviction on the effectiveness of intelligence in policing Nigeria despite its complex nature. The IGP in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said its acceptability for better security is not negotiable at all levels of our society. He also noted that cutting edge technology and…
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Ondo Poly students protest killing of colleague by Amotekun operative, dump coffin at Gov’s Office
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Aggrieved students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, on Friday, protested the killing of Folarera Ademola, an ND1 student of the institution from the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, allegedly by an operative of the Amotekun Corps. The aggrieved students blocked all the link roads around the state secretariat, Alagbaka, in Akure, the state capital, disrupting both…
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Middle aged woman in police net for burning granddaughter’s hand in hot water
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure A 52-year woman, Christiana Kehinde has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly dipping her eight-year-old granddaughter’s hand in hot water, The incident reportedly took place at Abejoye Odojoka area of Ondo town, in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was paraded alongside eight others on Friday for criminal offences, ranging from…
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Lawmakers cry out as cultists kill 4 persons in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly have condemned the cult killings going on in the Obantoko, Odeda Local Government Area of the state. The lawmaker, representing Odeda State Constituency Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, speaking at plenary on Friday, said that between Sunday and Wednesday, about four persons had been killed around Apete, Fajol and other…
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