Crime & City Diary
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1 killed as 20 hoodlums attack Dangote refinery
One person was killed as armed hoodlums attacked the Dangote Refinery in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos on Tuesday. A statement by the Lagos State Police Command which was signed by Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Benjamin Hundeyin revealed this. According to Hundeyin, the armed attackers were about 20. He however said one of the attackers was killed in…
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Former Zamfara Deputy Governor, Wakkala shot in Abuja-Kaduna train attack
A former Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Ibrahim Wakkala, was among the victims at the terrorists’ attack on a Kaduna-bound train Monday evening. Wakkala reportedly sustained injury after being shot by the attackers. His aide Yusuf Idris told Channels TV of Wakkala’s attack. Idris said the Department of State Services helped rescue the former deputy governor from the terrorists. “He was…
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PHOTO NEWS: VP Osinbajo visits victims of Kaduna train attack
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, visited the victims of the train attacked by suspected terrorists on Monday night. The attack occurred around the Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna. The gunmen were said to have blown up the rail track after which they launched an attack on the passengers. Osinbajo was received by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and Commissioner for Internal…
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Kaduna confirms 8 dead, 26 injured in Abuja-Kaduna train attack
The Kaduna State Government says eight passengers died and another 26 got injured when terrorists attacked a train going to Kaduna Monday evening. In a statement by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state government said it had gotten the passenger manifest from the Nigeria Railway Corporation. According to the statement 398 people bought…
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Buhari directs service chiefs to haunt down attackers of Kaduna bound train
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the military to haunt down those responsible for the attack on a Kaduna bound train on Monday, which led to the death of seven persons, while scores of others were abducted. In a meeting with service chiefs on Tuesday, the president described the attack as “a matter of grave concern’, saying those responsible should be…
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Scores killed in Monday’s Abuja-Kaduna train attack
Scores were reportedly killed in the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, which occurred on Monday. The dead included one of the train drivers, food vendors, a young medical doctor identified as Chinelo, cleaners and many others yet to be identified. Gunmen blew up the rail track after which they launched an attack on the passengers Kaduna bound train. It was learnt that…
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Kaduna govt confirms terrorists attack on Abuja-Kaduna train
The Kaduna State government has confirmed the attack on a train headed for Kaduna from Abuja by suspected terrorists on Monday. The state government in a statement signed by Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said that the military has secured the Kaduna-bound train from Abuja trapped by the terrorists. “The Kaduna State government received multiple…
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Eight killed in Ogun as cult clashes spread to Sagamu
By Kolawole Olayinka There seems to be no end to the cult killings ravaging some areas of Ogun State as eight persons were reportedly killed on Monday in Sagamu, headquarters of Sagamu Local Government Area of the state. Seven persons were killed in Abeokuta in the past one week as members of Eiye and Aiye confraternities engaged in a supremacy…
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Ondo Amotekun rescues six victims, arrests two kidnappers in Kogi State
Temitope Adedeji, Akure The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued six victims in Kogi State. The victims were kidnapped in the late hours of March 22, while they were rescued on March 24, and all the suspects arrested on March 26. Westernpost gathered that the six persons, who were traveling from Ondo…
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BREAKING: Court rejects Abba Kyari’s bail application, grants accelerated hearing
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has rejected the bail application of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday J. Ubua. Sitting on Monday, Justice Nwite said the prosecution has placed sufficient materials before the court to warrant the refusal of bail to Kyari and Ubua. The trial judge however granted…
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