Crime & City Diary
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FCT police rescue abandoned newborn, arrest mother
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued a day-old baby abandoned along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind an uncompleted Red Bricks Market in Mpape. In a press statement signed by SP Josephine Adeh, the Police Public Relations Officer, the Command disclosed that officers from the Juvenile and Women Care Section (JWC) of the Mpape Division responded…
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Goods, properties worth millions of naira destroyed as fire razes Sokoto market
Fire has razed the popular Sokoto’s Kara Grains Market, destroying grains and properties worth millions of naira. The inferno was reportedly occurred at the market on Saturday and destroyed over 50 grinding shops, with many nearby houses also affected. Although the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. The Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency and the National Emergency…
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Gov Adeleke orders manhunt for attackers of Osun monarch
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed security agencies in the state to track down those responsible for the attack on the Ajeniju of Hallelujah, Oba Jelil Olaiya, and the burning of his palace. Western Post gathered that youths from the Ido-Osun area of the state attacked the monarch after he installed an Imam and conducted…
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Lagos FRSC intensifies efforts to ensure road safety beyond yuletide
The Lagos State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has said that the command is intensifying efforts to ensure road safety beyond the yuletide season, under its ongoing “Operation Zero Tolerance Programme.” This initiative aims to reduce accidents and ensure the free flow of traffic on major routes within Lagos State. Speaking with PUNCH Online on Saturday, the Lagos…
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Kwara: Police begin investigations into murder of ex-federal Controller of Works
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (SCIB) have launched a full investigation into the murder of a former Controller of Works at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr. AbdulRazaq Ajani. Ajani was murdered at his residence on Dele Gege Street, Aderoju area, off Awolowo Road, Tanke, in Ilorin South Local…
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Police arrest man for alleged murder of pastor in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Wale Ogunsanmi, for allegedly murdering his church pastor, Shina Olaribigbe, 52. Ogunsanmi is said to have broken into his estranged wife’s residence on January 1, 2025, at about 11:25 PM, where he found her with the pastor and stabbed him to death with a knife. In…
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Fire guts one-Storey building in Lekki
Fire has razed a one-storey building at Abike Suleiman Street in the Lekki area of Lagos State. A statement by the Permanent Secretary Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the agency had received distress calls and immediately activated the State’s Emergency Response Plans and its Response Team from Lekki Base. “Upon arrival of the LASEMA Shark Response…
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BREAKING: Many passengers injured as ‘Molue’ crashes into expressway median in Abule Egba
Several passengers sustained serious injuries as a commercial long bus popularly known as ‘Molue’ crashed into the Lagos Abeokuta Expressway Median at Abule Egba area of Lagos on Friday morning. An eyewitness said the accident occured when the driver lost control due to excessive speed and in an attempt to avoid colliding with another commercial bus veered sharply into the…
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Still waiting for General Musa to take out Turji Bello, by Yemi Adebowale
I was shattered by the video released last week by Turji Bello, the dominant terror group leader in North-west Nigeria, in which he threatened to unleash more venom on the Nigerian military and residents of communities in Zamfara and Sokoto states. This followed the recent arrest of some of his lieutenants by the Army. Turji is still kicking. His terror…
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CDS Musa confirms progress in Ekpa extradition
…vows to capture terror leader Turji By Kunle Sanni The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that the Federal Government has submitted key documents to Finland to expedite the extradition of Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafra agitator and secessionist. Ekpa, who was arrested by Finnish authorities on November 21 for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda on social media,…
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