Crime & City Diary
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JUST IN: Truck kills cyclist under LASUTH Bridge in Lagos
By Adeola Ogunrinde – The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed the death of a cyclist who was crushed by a DAF articulated truck beneath the LASUTH Bridge in Ikeja on Monday. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred when both the cyclist and the truck driver were approaching the roundabout beneath the bridge. The cyclist, who did not…
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Police arrest man for defiling 13-year-old girl in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Osita James, over allegations of defiling a 13-year-old girl in Ile-Oluji. The incident reportedly occurred on February 5, 2026, at about 4:00 p.m. in Asio, Ile-Oluji, according to a report filed by one Uchena at the local police station. Following the report, police immediately rescued the…
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Ondo police hunt man after alleged attack on wife
By Boye Oyeyemi – A man identified as Abodunde Solomon is reportedly on the run after allegedly attacking his wife with a machete over accusations of infidelity in Ondo State. The incident was said to have occurred in Supare-Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of the state. A source familiar with the incident said the man accused his wife of…
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Court arraigns two over alleged theft, sexual assault in Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi – Two men, Ebenezer Olarinmoye, 28, and Akin Odunayo, 24, have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti by the Ekiti State Police Command over alleged malicious damage, theft, and sexual touching without consent. The defendants were brought before the court following complaints involving two women identified as Adedeji Abike and Lawrence Faith. Prosecuting…
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Fresh attack in Kwara’s Koro community leaves one dead
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin –Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, carried out a fresh attack on Sunday afternoon at Koro community in Kwara state, leaving one person dead.Residents of the rural community, which shares boundary with Egbe town in the Yagba West local government area of Kogi state, were thrown into panic following the deadly attack by hoodlums suspected to be…
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Police probes man’s death after alleged attack on daughter in Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ekiti State Police Command has begun investigating the death of a middle-aged man who reportedly took his own life after allegedly attacking his daughter in Ise Ekiti, Ise/Orun Local Government Area of the state. The man, identified only as Segun, was found lifeless behind his residence in the early hours of Sunday. Residents said the…
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Lagos cracks down on environmental infractions, seals Ladipo market
The Lagos State Government has sealed the Ladipo Spare Parts Market along the Apapa–Oshodi Expressway over repeated environmental violations. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a post on his official Facebook page on Sunday, stating that the action followed persistent indiscriminate waste disposal on road medians and highways, as well as illegal street trading within…
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Man arrested for diverting ₦55m belonging to cooperative group in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, Eniaye Olorunfemi, over the alleged diversion of ₦55 million belonging to the Igbeyinadun Multipurpose Cooperative Society, a thrift and credit group in Akure. The arrest was disclosed in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, on Saturday. According to the police,…
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Man suspected of luring children apprehended in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi – Residents of Oda Town in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State have apprehended a man suspected of attempting to lure children after allegedly posing as a mentally unstable person in the community. The suspect, whose identity has not been established, was arrested near Ogbe High School after residents grew wary of his continued presence…
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Relatives of surgical patient assault doctor at FMC Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – A medical doctor at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, Ondo State, was allegedly attacked by relatives of a surgical patient while attending to patients at the hospital. The incident involved Dr. Adeniyi A., a registrar in the Department of Internal Medicine, who was reportedly assaulted at the Accident and Emergency Unit on Thursday. The Nigerian…
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