Crime & City Diary
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Sanwo-Olu boosts community policing with new intelligence tools for LNSC
By Folashade Olorunfemi The Lagos State Government has intensified its commitment to community policing as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu equipped the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) with modern intelligence-gathering tools to strengthen security operations across the state. During the official distribution of the equipment to various LNSC commands, the General Manager of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA), Prince…
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One dead, eight rescued as three-storey building collapses in Lagos
One person has been confirmed dead and eight others rescued after a three-storey building with a penthouse collapsed at 28 Baale Alayabiagba Street, Ajegunle, Apapa area of Lagos. The building, which was said to be undergoing manual demolition, caved in around 11:09 am on Thursday, trapping some of the workers under the rubble. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management…
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Tragedy as eight die in multi-truck collision on Kara Bridge
By Adejayan Gbenga – No fewer than eight people, including a police inspector, have been confirmed dead in a multiple-vehicle crash involving five articulated trucks on Kara Bridge, inward Mowe, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The tragic accident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, causing severe traffic gridlock along the busy route. Confirming the incident at the scene, the Lagos…
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Two suspects in custody as Kwara police rescue kidnap victim in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command has announced the arrest of two suspected kidnappers and the successful rescue of a victim, Haruna Ahamadu, who was freed unhurt from a kidnappers’ hideout in the Omu-Aran forest. In a statement issued on Thursday in Ilorin by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the command said the…
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FRSC raises alarm over poor night driving after multiple fatal accidents on Kara bridge along Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command, has confirmed a series of road traffic crashes that occurred on Kara Bridge along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway between October 29 and 30, 2025. According to the FRSC, the incidents, which involved multiple vehicles at different times, resulted in several deaths, injuries, and major traffic disruptions along the busy corridor. In a…
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Several injured as two BRT buses collide on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway
Many passengers were feared injured on Thursday morning after two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses collided near Mangoro Bus Stop along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The accident, which occurred around 8 a.m., reportedly happened along the BRT lane when two buses travelling in opposite directions crashed into each other. Eyewitnesses said passersby and emergency responders quickly rushed to the scene to…
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IGP appoints first force medical services director
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Nkechi Eze, as the first Director of the newly established Directorate of Force Medical Services. A statement on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said Eze’s appointment follows the recent upgrade of the Nigeria Police Force Medical Section to a full-fledged…
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EFCC returns multi-million naira assets to fraud victim in Ibadan
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has returned assets worth millions of naira to a fraud victim, Daniel Babatunde Attiogbe, in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to the commission, the recovered items were seized from a self-acclaimed spiritualist and convicted fraudster, Fatai Olalere Alli, also known as Baba Abore or Baba Osun, who was found guilty…
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Marwa lauds NDLEA officers as Agency records over 45,000 arrests, 9,000 convictions in 30 months
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa, (Rtd) has disclosed that 45,853 arrests; over 8.5 million kilograms of assorted illicit drugs were seized and 9,263 offenders convicted in 30 months. Marwa made the disclosure on Wednesday October 29th, 2025 when he presented commendation letters and awards to 220 personnel for…
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Ebute Meta Tenants drag LASBCA, landlord to Court over alleged rights violation, forced eviction
Some tenants in the Ijero area of Ebute-Meta (West), Lagos State, have dragged their landlord and the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) to court over alleged unlawful eviction and demolition of their house. The tenants, numbering nine, filed a suit at the Magistrate Court in Yaba, accusing LASBCA, the estate of the late Razak Apara and four others of…
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