Crime & City Diary
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Misconduct: PSC dismisses 19 senior police officers, reduces ranks of 19
The Police Service Commission (PSC), after rigorous consideration of the pending disciplinary matters before it, has approved the dismissal of 19 senior police officers, which comprised two chief superintendents of police, one superintendent, four deputy superintendents, and 10 assistant superintendents of police. Two Assistant Inspectors General of Police also were handed some punishments: one, punishment of reprimand for refusal to…
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Ekiti Police ban protests, cite security concerns
Kunle Sanni The Ekiti State Police Command has announced an immediate ban on protests and unlawful gatherings across the state. In a statement issued on Friday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday, disclosed that the decision was based on intelligence reports indicating plans by some individuals to incite violence under the guise of protests. “The command has received credible…
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Court remands 38-year-old labourer for allegedly assaulting his 11years old daughter sexually in Ondo
An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital has ordered that a 38-year-old labourer, Moses Udoh, be remanded at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, for allegedly assaulting his 11-year-old daughter sexually. Udoh was arraigned on a two-count charge of indecent sexual assault of a minor and threat to life. The Police prosecutor, Inspector Taiwo Oniyere, told the court…
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5 die in Ibadan midnight auto crash
A fatal accident has claimed five lives leaving one critically injured in Ibadan, Oyo state. The accident which occurred around midnight on Thursday along the Iwo Road Ojoo expressway, was between a commercial Micra car and a truck. The accident also left one person injured and 6 others rescued unhurt. In a release by the Oyo State Command of Road…
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Police burst gun manufacturing factory operated by father, son in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has uncovered a gun manufacturing factory operated by a father and his sons, where various types of firearms were fabricated. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph O. Eribo, disclosed this on Monday during a briefing with journalists at the Command Headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, highlighting the Command’s achievements in combating crime.…
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How ex-Kwara Governor, allegedly squandered N5bn UBEC fund – witness
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The trial of the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu, over the alleged misappropriation of public funds amounting to N5.78 billion, began on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. The former governor and his finance commissioner are…
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Police burst “One Chance” gangs, impound 296 tinted vehicles
The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, said the command has declared total war against those using tinted vehicles to perpetrate criminal activities in the Federal Capital Territory. Disu, who was addressing the media on the success of the newly constituted command’s tactical team said it is game over for criminal Gangs who rob commuters commonly called ‘one…
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Ogun police arrests teacher for allegedly causing 11-year old pupil to lose right eye
The Ogun State police command said it has arrested a student-teacher for allegedly injuring and causing an 11-year-old pupil to lose her right eye. The victim, Alao Idera, is a primary six student of Owiwi Nursery and Primary School in the Obada Oko, area of the State. It was reported that the teacher, Adeola Adeyemo, is a 400-level student of…
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Court admits Mompha’s iphone as exhibit, adjourns till February 3, 2025
The Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has admitted more evidence against internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha. Justice Mojisola Dada overruled the objections of the defendant’s counsel to admit Mompha’s iPhone as evidence. Mompha alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, are facing an eight-count charge of conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity, retention…
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Gunmen invade Ogun hotel, kill lodger
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a lodger, Gideon Ebukwe by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at a hotel in the Sagamu Local Government area of the state. The police public relations officer Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital. According to her, Ebukwe was shot dead while trying to escape when…
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