Crime & City Diary

  • Ex-humanitarian affairs minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, arrives EFCC office

    Former Minister of Social Development, Disaster Management, and Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has arrived at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to honour an invitation from the anti-graft agency, following claims of misconduct and abuse of office to the tune of N37 billion. Umar-Farouq disclosed her arrival at the anti-graft authorities head office in Abuja via her X social…

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  • BREAKING: Two injured as articulated truck falls off Apapa bridge

    Two persons were seriously injured in an accident that involved an empty articulated truck in Apapa area of Lagos state. WesternPost gathered that one of the injured persons was the driver of the truck that fell off from the high bridge. It was gathered that the motor boy sustained a serious waist fracture by his spinal cord. Confirming the incident,…

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  • LASEPA seizes tankers selling automated gas oil in residential area

    The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has seized three tankers involved in sales of Automated Gas Oil along Taslim Elias Close in the Victoria Island of the state. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official X handle of the agency on Saturday. LASEPA said that the enforcement followed complaints from residents about illegal petroleum sales in the…

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  • More trouble for Betta Edu as AGF denies authorising N580m payment

    The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, has denied authorising the payment of N580 million to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation for grants to vulnerable groups in some states of the Federation. The payment was allegedly requested by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, who is currently facing corruption…

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  • Lagos records 1,461 incidents in 2023

    By Adeola Ogunrinde Lagos State government has recorded a total of 1,461 incidents in 2023 with 138 of the incidents occurred in December 2023. This was disclosed by the Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Osunbor, in a statement issued on Friday. The agency said it responded to 6,442 incidents between 1st…

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  • Alleged blackmail: Police arrest 3 suspects behind gistlovers blog

    The Nigerian Police Force have arrested three suspects who were behind the popular micro blogging site, gistlovers, for alleged conspiracy, cyberstalking, and threat to life. The suspects namely Adebukola Kolapo Nnedum Micheal Somtomchukwu and Isaac Akpokighe, all male of ages 27, 25 and 30 respectively were members of a syndicate called Gistlover family. A statement issued on Friday by the…

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  • EFCC drops charges against ex-AGF Adoke over OPL 245 deal

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has admitted that it has no evidence to back up its allegations of fraud, bribery and conspiracy against Mohammed Bello Adoke, the former attorney-general of the federation, in relation to the OPL 245 oil block deal. The anti-graft agency told the FCT high court that it would not contest the no-case submission filed…

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  • Police dismiss two officers over alleged armed robbery, illegal duty

    The Nigerian Police Force have dismissed two officers for alleged armed robbery, official corruption and illegal duty. A statement issued by the Spokeswoman for Zone 2 Command Headquarters in Onikan, Lagos, SP Tunni Ayuba, said the police have stepped up manhunt for the leader of the police robbery gang who is an Assistant Superintendent of police (ASP). Ayuba said “The…

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  • EFCC freezes N30bn in NSIPA probe, arrests ex-DFA

    …might declare ex-humanitarian affairs minister wanted after shunning invitation The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen N30 billion in multiple accounts linked to the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), as part of its ongoing investigation into the alleged diversion of N44 billion from the agency. The EFCC also arrested the former Director of Finance and Accounts (DFA)…

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  • 2 year old girl killed by neighbour’s gate in Ajah

    A two year old girl identified as Mudashiru has died from electrocution after touching a neighbour’s gate on Langbasa road in Ajah area of Lagos state. Mudashiru was said to be residing with her parents as at time the incident occurred. Her father had visited the Langbasa police station on January 2 to report that his child was electrocuted by…

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