Crime & City Diary
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Police rescue five abducted passengers in Ondo, arrest three suspects
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has rescued five passengers abducted by armed robbers along the Ondo-Akure Road, following a swift security operation. Disclosing the development via a statement issued on Thursday, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, noted that the breakthrough occurred around 5:20 a.m. between Ita-Oba and Oboto. According to the statement,…
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Tijani Fatai takes helm as 42nd Lagos Police Commissioner
Tijani Fatai has officially assumed duty as the 42nd Commissioner of Police in charge of the Lagos State Command. His appointment was confirmed in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Ikeja, Abimbola Adebisi. He takes over from Olohundare Jimoh, who served as the 41st Commissioner of Police from February 18, 2025, to March 26,…
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Two docked in Ekiti over alleged theft of generator
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned two men before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti over the alleged theft of a generator valued at N450,000. Court sources disclosed that the defendants, Olusegun Ayomide Ige, 22, and Kamarudeen Gbadamosi, 20, are facing charges of stealing and receiving stolen property. As disclosed by the prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi,…
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FRSC holds medical outreach in Owo, targets 10% drop in auto crashes
By Boye Oyeyemi The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Owo Unit Command, has organised a medical outreach for commercial drivers to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries by 10 per cent on highways in Ondo state. While disclosing this development during a public health exercise at Ijebu-Owo Motor Park, the Assistant Corps Commander (ACC), Owo Unit, Mr Joseph Kehinde Ajayi, noted…
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Police arrest four suspects over attack on officers in Osun community
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four suspects in connection with the attack on its officers in Ilobu community, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued on Thursday by the command’s spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, the arrests followed a viral video showing police personnel being assaulted by hoodlums…
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Ex-minister Stella Oduah, aide cleared of N2.5 billion fraud charge
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has discharged former Aviation Minister Stella Oduah and her former aide, Gloria Odita, of a N2.5 billion fraud charge. The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu, granted their discharge on Thursday, March 26, 2026, after the prosecution informed the court that the case against them had been discontinued following a plea bargain. Instead, the…
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EFCC arrests 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin, seizes cars, mobile phones
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed the arrest of 30 suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation carried out within two buildings that had been earlier flagged for suspected internet-related fraud at Agbede Community in Ilorin, Kwara state. The operation, carried out on Wednesday, March 24, 2026, yielded…
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Court adjourns ex-park chairman Auxiliary’s murder case to May 20
By Adejayan Gbenga Justice E.O. Ajayi of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday adjourned the murder case against Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary, to May 20, 2026, for ruling. The adjournment followed submissions by the defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), who informed the court that the defence had concluded presenting its witnesses in the case.…
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Oyo police rescue kidnapped victim in joint security operation
By Adejayan Gbenga The Oyo State Police Command has successfully rescued a kidnapped man, following a coordinated security operation that forced the abductors to flee. According to a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, on Wednesday, the incident occurred in the Ojongbodu division, where armed hoodlums invaded a community, abducted a male victim, and stole…
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Ondo court sentences houseboy to death for employer’s murder
By Boye Oyeyemi An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a 21-year-old houseboy, Emmanuel Akpan, to death by hanging for the murder of his employer, Mrs. Febisola Caroline Adedayo. The trial judge, Justice Rotimi Olamide, delivered the judgment on Wednesday, holding that the prosecution established the offence of murder beyond reasonable doubt. Akpan was convicted on a…
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