Crime & City Diary
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Amotekun Corps arrest two friends for gang raping 17year old girl
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Operatives of Western Nigeria Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps in Osun State have arrested two friends, Olamilekan Elijah (23) and Adegoroye Afeez (24) for allegedly gang raping a 17 years old girl. The duo who claimed to be cocoa and cashew nut sellers confirmed that they were members of Alora Fraternities. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on…
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Finance minister suspends accountant-general over N80bn fraud
Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed has suspended the Accountant General of the Federation Ahmed Idris. The AGF was suspended in a letter the finance minister wrote to him dated May 18. According to the finance minister, his suspension was as a result of his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over fraud-related matters amounting to N80 billion.…
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David Omahi’s death: Taskforce continues sting operation, impounds 115 Okada at Lekki
Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) on Wednesday continued its mop up exercise against Okada operators, following the killing of a sound engineer, Mr. David Omahi in the Lekki axis of the state. Omahi was allegedly attacked, killed and set ablaze by the Okada operators over N100 change. Following the killing, the taskforce immediately began total…
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Court rejects IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s bail plea
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has rejected the bail plea by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. At the resumed sitting on Wednesday, Justice Binta Nyako in her ruling dismissing the bail application, said the court must first determine the reason Kanu jumped bail in 2017 before he can apply for a…
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NSCDC rescues four under-age girls in Kwara, arrests trafficker
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara The Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued four under aged girls who were being trafficked from Port Harcourt in Rivers State to Ilorin, Kwara State for the purpose of being used as sex slaves/prostitutes. NSCDC Commandant in the State, Makinde Iskil Ayinla disclosed this in a statement issued by…
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NDLEA arrests wanted drug baroness, seals her mansion, drug bunks in Delta
The backbone of a major cartel distributing drugs in Delta and adjourning states was broken on Sunday 15th May, following the arrest of a wanted 59-year-old drug baroness, Bridget Oghenekevwe Emeka, a.k.a Mama, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at her palatial mansion where she cooks and distributes Crack Cocaine, Methamphetamine and other illicit substances. No…
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Many feared dead as explosion rocks kano
Many have been feared dead in Kano following an explosion along Court Road in Sabon Gari, on Tuesday. The explosion, which reportedly occurred near a private secondary school, Winners School, destroyed a residential building and affected part of the school. The explosion occurred around 9:30am with many school children affected. Visuals of the incident showed several injured school children crying…
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All linked to Lekki mob attack will face the law – Lagos govt
The Lagos State government has promised to fish out all those involved in the mob attack which killed a sound engineer, David Sunday in Lekki. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso in a statement on Monday, condemned the attack. He said the police had already arrested four suspects and were holding them at State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Panti.…
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Three remanded for stealing transformer cable at Owa Obokun palace
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Three middle aged men have been ordered by an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ilesa to be remanded in police custody for allegedly stealing transformer cable at the palace of Owa Obokun in Ilesa. The suspects are Owolabi Abimbola (33), Sulaiman Mutiu (25), Samson Oluwafemi (25), and others now at large. Police Prosecutor, Inspector Adigun Kehinde…
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EFCC arrests Accountant General of the Federation over N80bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris. Idris was arrested in connection with alleged diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80 billion. The EFCC announced his arrest in a statement on Monday. “The Commission’s verified intelligence showed that the AGF raked off the funds through bogus consultancies…
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