Crime & City Diary
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KDSG holds security council meeting, lifts curfew in Kaduna, Zaria
By Kunle Sanni The Kaduna State Government has announced the immediate lifting of the curfew previously enforced from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. in Kaduna and Zaria. According to the government, the decision will take effect starting Tuesday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed that residents are now free to move about…
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Man nabbed with fresh human skull in Ibadan
A man simply identified as Musa has been apprehended in the Amuloko area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, with a fresh human skull of an unidentified woman. Residents, suspicious of his unusual behaviour, confronted him and demanded to see the contents of a sack he was carrying. Upon inspection, they discovered a human skull inside. Sharing the video of the…
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CBN, FBN Holdings ask court to dismiss Barbican Capital‘s alleged 5.4bn shares suit
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and FBN Holdings Plc have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed by an investment firm, Barbican Capital Ltd, over the alleged alteration of its alleged 5,386,397,202 units of shares in the bank. The plaintiff (Barbican Capital Limited), an affiliate company of Honeywell Group Limited, in suit no.…
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Osun: Four friends arraigned for assault, property damage at beer parlor
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Four friends were arraigned on Monday before an Osun State Magistrate Court in Osogbo for allegedly assaulting a customer, stealing a gold wristwatch, and causing property damage at a beer parlor. The accused—Michael Abayomi (26), Abdulgarfa Opeyemi (26), Opadotun Taiwo (26), and Azeez Abiodun (26)—were charged with five counts, including conspiracy, assault, malicious damage, breach of…
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Barbican Capital drags FBN Holdings to court over alleged wrong shareholding data
An investment firm, Barbican Capital Ltd, has dragged First Bank Nigeria Holdings FBNH, before a Federal High Court in Lagos over the alleged alteration of its 5.4billion shares by the bank. In the suit no. FHC/L/CS/ 1172/24, filed on its behalf by Bode Olanipekun, SAN, Barbican Capital claimed that over the years and at different times, it cummulatively acquired about…
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Lagos: Goods destroyed as fire engulfs electronics store at Trade fair
A fire has engulfed the store of global electronics maker LG at Abule Osun, Trade Fair, Lagos State. The incident, which occurred around midnight on Sunday, destroyed goods worth millions of naira. This was revealed in a statement released by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency through its Head of Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor. He stated that the agency…
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Man jumps into iron melting pot in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says a 25-year-old contract staff, whose name was not mentioned, has allegedly jumped into an iron melting pot of his company and died. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. The image maker said that the company’s safety officer, whose name was also not mentioned,…
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Police nab 4 over alleged killing of barber in Ogun
The Ogun State Police command said four suspects have been arrested allegedly in connection with the killing of a barber at Isale Oja Kuto, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital by suspected cultists on Wednesday. The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu said the arrest followed another attack by a rival cult group on Friday night, in which a 48-year-old Point…
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NDLEA recovers multi-billion naira drugs in nationwide raids
Multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in heavy-duty automobile pivot shafts and Ghanaian fabric, Kente, among others have been recovered in a nationwide intelligence-led operation by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. A statement by the Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said while 2.32 kilograms of cocaine concealed in Ghanaian traditional kente materials going to…
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Police arrest Ikeja Chairman of tricycle riders association for assaulting officer
Police on Saturday said it has arrested Ikeja Chairman of Tricycle Riders Association, Oladimeji Ahmed for assaulting officer. Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin in tweet on Saturday stated that Ahmed, 48 years old, assaulted officer who was trying to impound a motorcycle obstructing traffic in Ikeja, Lagos. According to him tweet, Ahmed assaulted an Inspector of…
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