Crime & City Diary
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NDLEA seizes consignments of cocaine, pharmaceutical opioids concealed in female sanitary pads
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus. A statement signed by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said that in one of the logistics companies, not less than 30 parcels of cocaine weighing 1.1…
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3 dead, many injured in Lagos multiple accidents
No fewer than three people lost their lives, while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries, in multiple accidents along the Maryland axis of Lagos State in the early hours of Sunday. A statement issued on Sunday by the head of the Public Affairs Unit of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor, explained that the first accident occurred…
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NSCDC arrests 7 suspected miscreants in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested seven suspects in connection with criminal conspiracy and theft following an incident reported on Thursday, September 5. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Shola Ayoola, on Saturday in Ilorin. Olusegun Taiwo, a resident of…
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EFCC hands over recovered 53 vehicles, $180,300, to Canadian authorities
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Friday, September 6, 2024, officially handed over assets totaling $180,300 and 53 vehicles to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). These assets were recovered from Nigerian fraudsters and are intended to be returned to their Canadian victims. Out of the recovered cash, $164,000 belongs to a…
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Gunmen abduct Babcock varsity teaching hospital staff in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a senior nursing officer at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ikenne Local government area in Ogun State, Elizabeth Uruakpa by suspected kidnappers. The police public relations officer Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident to Channels TV. ” A distress call was received from Ilishan near the new market at…
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BREAKING: 2 injured in Ikorodu lone auto accident
Two persons injured on Friday in an accident involving a commercial bus, commonly known as Vanagon, at Agric intersection inward Aruna area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. The accident which attracted huge attention of passers-by was said to occur due to brake failure by the commercial bus while on motion. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LATMA) in …
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Rector condoles family, Kwara Poly community, over student’s demise
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Engr. Dr. Abdul Jimoh Muhammed, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Abdulqoyum Bamidele, a National Diploma (ND II) student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In a statement signed by the Polytechnic’s spokesperson, Mrs. Halimat Garba, the Rector disclosed that the tragic incident occurred on Wednesday, September 4, 2024,…
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Gunmen attack travelers in Osun, shoot driver, assault woman
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An eight-member gang of armed robbers attacked travelers along the Ife-Osu highway in Osun State, allegedly assaulting a female passenger during the incident. The attack occurred in the early hours of Wednesday when two vehicles—a bus and a private car—traveling from Lagos were halted by the armed robbers just before reaching Osu. Reports indicate that the…
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Emefiele: Court fixes Sept 12 to hear applications on forfeited assets
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed Thursday, September 12 for the hearing of all applications on a suit seeking to forfeit permanently some monies and properties linked to a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Deinde Dipeolu fixed the date after listening to the submissions of all the counsel in the matter.…
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2 dead, 2 injured in Kano building collapse
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Thursday confirmed two persons dead and two injured in a two-storey building collapsed at Noman’s Land Fagge Local Government Area of Kano. NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr. Nuraddeen Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano. He said, “The agency received a distress call today at about 2:00…
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