Crime & City Diary
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Akwa Ibom Commissioner, Ayilara buried in Lagos
The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom Command, Waheed Ayilara, has been laid to rest by his relatives and colleagues, amid tears and eulogies on his special style of policing while in active service. Ayilara was laid to rest in accordance with Islamic rites hours after medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja pronounced him dead. The…
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Akwa Ibom Police Commissioner, Ayilara dies
The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, has died. Ayilara reportedly died in the early of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. It was reported that he underwent a prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before he died hours later. ” We are very sad to inform you that our friend, brother and family, the Commissioner…
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Lagos Police arrests Nurse over death of butt lift client
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a nurse in the Lekki area of the state following the death of a 36-year-old woman, known only as Abiola. A statement issued by the Spokesman for the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement, on Wednesday, said the driver of the deceased reported the incident at the Maroko Police Division. Hundeyin said the…
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Lagos taskforce arrests 4 over alleged attack on BRT buses
By Adeola Ogunrinde The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency Task Force, on Wednesday said it has apprehended four suspects linked to the August 13, attack on a BRT Bus en route Orile-Iganmu to Alaba Suuru on the Lagos Badagry Expressway Addressing journalists at the Task Force yard, Oshodi, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Operations, Olusola Oyewole, said that the…
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Customs intercepts N57.6m worth of Cannabis Sativa in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has achieved a significant breakthrough in its fight against smuggling activities with the interception of a large consignment of Cannabis Sativa worth N57.6 million. The seizure was made by operatives along the Yamboa axis of Bukuro in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State on July 3,…
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Osun: NSCDC investigates three cases of child kidnapping in August
…urges parents to prioritize safety By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, has announced that it is currently investigating three cases of child kidnapping, with some suspects already apprehended in connection with the crimes. The Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Michael Adaralewa, expressed concern over the reports of child kidnappings received…
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Fire engulfs two-storey building in Ojo Alaba
Fire has engulfed a two-storey building comprising six units of three bedroom flats in Mosafejo-Ojo-Alaba area of Lagos State. Eyewitnesses said the fire incident occurred at about 10:30am Wednesday morning before a distress call was made to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). Although, no casualty nor injury was recorded but the fire completely consumed one out of the…
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16 dead, 3 injured in Ore-Benin expressway road accident
No less than 16 persons have lost their lives in an accident on the Ore-Benin expressway. According to the Ondo command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), three persons were also injured in the accident that occurred on Monday night. Spokesperson of the command, Samuel Ibitoye in a statement said that the accident involved a Toyota Hiace bus and…
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BREAKING: Passengers injured as two BRT buses collide at Iyana Ipaja
Many injured in an accident involving two BRT buses at pleasure axis of Iyana Ipaja in Lagos State. It was gathered that the accident occurred on Tuesday night when a BRT bus headed inward Iyana Ipaja in attempts to avoid crushing a commercial motorcyclist with passengers plying the BRT corridor illegally collided with an oncoming BRT bus. Although, it was…
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Viral rape case: Victim not affiliated with OAU, says management
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, have responded to a viral news story about the rape and robbery of a female passenger by a commercial motorcyclist, known as an Okada rider. Refuting the claim that the victim is an undergraduate of OAU, the University’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, clarified…
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