Crime & City Diary
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Man arrested for allegedly burning daughter’s genitals in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Amos Paul for allegedly using a hot pressing iron to burn the private part of his 10-year-old daughter as punishment for bedwetting. The suspect, a resident of Unaun, Upenme, in the Owo Local Government Area of the state, was said to have inflicted the injury on…
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Three docked in Ekiti over alleged assault
By Boye Oyeyemi Three persons, Emmanuel Fache, 24, Oluwanifise Adejoke, 22, and a minor, were on Thursday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court over alleged assault, public fighting and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace. The defendants, whose addresses were not disclosed, were slammed with a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, fighting in a public place, assault…
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DSS, forest guards rescue two kidnap victims, kill bandits in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin A joint security team comprising operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and forest guards on Thursday rescued two kidnap victims during an operation in a forest between the Oba Isin and Owa Onire communities in Isin and Ifelodun local government areas of Kwara State. The rescued victims were identified as 16-year-old Fatima Azeez and…
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Two killed as gunmen attack APC mobilisation meeting in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – Suspected gunmen on Wednesday night attacked a mobilisation meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osogbo, killing two party members and injuring six others. The meeting, held in the Owode-Igbona area of Osogbo, was organised for supporters of the APC governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), ahead of the formal flag-off of the…
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Police arrest two foreigners over alleged kidnap plot in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested two foreign nationals over an alleged kidnapping plot and recovered a mobile phone believed to have been used to issue threatening calls to a resident in Baruten Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, said in a statement on Wednesday that…
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BREAKING: Court orders final forfeiture of N9bn assets linked to Achimugu
An Abuja High Court has ordered the final forfeiture of assets worth more than N9 billion linked to businesswoman Aisha Achimugu to the Federal Government. The order was made on Thursday by Justice Jude Onwugbuzie of the High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The assets forfeited include jewellery valued…
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Police foil motorcycle robbery, uncover forgery syndicate in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a suspected motorcycle robber and recovered a stolen motorcycle in separate operations carried out in Ondo Town and Akure, as part of efforts to curb criminal activities across the state. The command said the first arrest followed an attempted robbery on July 9 along Adepetu Street, off Flagship in Ondo…
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PHOTO NEWS: Multi-billion naira assets linked to former AGF Malami
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the final forfeiture of 48 multi-billion naira properties linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to the Federal Government. The assets include Rayhaan University, Rayhaan Radio, hotels, factories, commercial buildings and landed properties in Abuja, Kebbi and Kano states. The Economic and Financial Crimes…
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Police arrest three suspected railway vandals, recover tracks worth N200m in Oyo
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a railway vandalism syndicate and recovered stolen rail tracks valued at about N200 million in a major crackdown on the destruction of critical national infrastructure. The command, in a statement on Wednesday, said the arrests followed a tip-off from a vigilant resident. Acting on the information, operatives of the…
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Police rescue abducted herder in Osun, recover N2.2m ransom
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has rescued a 50-year-old herder, Haruna Yusuf, who was abducted near Wasinmi Village along the Gbongan–Ife Road after a gun duel with suspected kidnappers. Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Gotan disclosed this on Wednesday in Osogbo, saying one suspected kidnapper, Usman Aliyu, was arrested during the operation, while N2,217,800 ransom was…
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