Crime & City Diary
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Driver remanded for throwing faeces at LASTMA official
A bus driver who stripped naked and threw faeces at officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to prevent the seizure of his vehicle, has been remanded in prison by a magistrate court. LASTMA spokesperson, Olumide Filade disclosed that the suspect who was arrested on July 4 and arraigned before a magistrates’ court, was remanded till August 2022.…
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60-year-old guard arraigned for stealing piano in church
Emmanuel Onakoya, a 60-year-old guard has been arraigned in court for stealing a piano and a plasma television from the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Peculiar Parish, Ayobo, Lagos, where he works. The suspect who was brought before an Ikeja magistrates’ court on Thursday July 7, was accused of committing the offence on June 19. The prosecutor, Funmi Akinleye…
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I faked my kidnap to get money from my parents – suspect
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A 29 years old man, Segun Mafimidowo, on Thursday confessed that he faked his alleged kidnap in order to get money from his parents.Mafimidowo, was one of the 42 suspected criminals paraded by the Ogun State Police Command at the Eleweeran, Abeokuta headquarters on Thursday. He said he connived with some of his friends to demand…
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BREAKING: UK court rules Ekweremadu’s ‘kidney donor’ not minor
David Ukpo, the “kidney donor” for the daughter of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu is not a minor, the Westminster magistrate court in the UK has ruled. The court gave the ruling when Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice appeared before it on Thursday. Details later…
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Boat captain bags life imprisonment for causing death of 13 passengers
A boat operator, Happiness Elebiju has been sentenced to life imprisonment for causing the death of 13 passengers in a boat accident. Elebiju was arraigned before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Lekki, on 11 counts bordering on manslaughter and operating a boat without a licence.Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi told the…
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Court remands 7 suspects in Osun for alleged campaign billboards vandalism
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An Osun State magistrates’ court, sitting in Osogbo, has ordered that seven suspected cultists be remanded in correctional centre for allegedly threatening the peace of the state. The suspects were said to belong to unlawful societies known as ‘Emir Boys and Aye confraternity’. The accused persons were; Azeez Abibu (29), Musbau Nurudeen (23), Wasiu Sodiq (28), Ganiyu…
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Gunmen kill policeman, abduct Chinese in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Kwara State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the killing of one of its personnel and the abduction of a Chinese expatriate in Shao, Moro Local Government Area of the state by gunmen. Spokesman of the police command, Okasanmi Ajayi said the incident happened on Sunday. WesternPost gathered that the gunmen struck at a quarry site in…
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US court postpones sentencing of Hushuppi to September 21
Judge Otis Wright of a United States Central District Court in California has postponed the sentencing of Nigerian fraudster Ramon Abass known as Hushpuppi to September 21.“At the request of counsel, the Sentencing is CONTINUED to 9/21/2022 at 1:30 PM before Judge Otis D. Wright II, as to Defendant Ramon Olorunwa Abbas,” the court said According to court documents by…
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N66.4m fraud: Court threatens to revoke alleged fraudsters’ bail
A Federal High Court in Lagos has vowed to revoke the bail granted two defendants, Seun Awosanya and Amaechi Osita, if they failed and refused to appear before the it to continue with their trial on an alleged N66,450, million fraud. Justice Abimbola Awogboro issued the threat, at Monday’s resumed hearing of the fraud charges against the two defendants. The…
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Islamic cleric bags life imprisonment in Lagos for defiling eight-year old
The Lagos State High Court sitting at Ikeja, has sentenced an Islamic cleric, Isah Mustapha, to life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl in the state. At the trial before the presiding judge, Justice H.O Oshodi, the eight-year-old victim, told the court that the convict had carnal knowledge of her in his house in 2017 when her mother sent her…
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