Crime & City Diary
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Man docked for alleged sexual assault in Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi – A 42-year-old man, Ajayi Oluwatosin, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman. Police prosecutor Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi told the court that the defendant, on or about September 18, 2025, at Iworoko-Ekiti, within the Igbemo-Ekiti Magisterial District, allegedly assaulted one Okuwoga Ibukun without her consent. Inspector Oriyomi said…
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Police arrest 12 suspects, recover N9.5m, vehicles in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has announced the arrest of 12 suspects in connection with armed robbery, cultism, kidnapping, and conspiracy. In a press statement on the X handle of the command, the police said they also recovered over N9.5 million, five vehicles, two firearms, two motorcycles, and nine phones. According to the command, five…
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DSS frees wrongfully arrested businesswoman, others; approves ₦20m compensation
By Kunle Sanni – The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the release of Mrs. Chineze Ozoadibe, an Abuja-based businesswoman wrongfully arrested over alleged oil bunkering. Mrs. Ozoadibe is to receive ₦10 million in compensation, while five other persons also found to have been unlawfully detained will share another ₦10 million, according to…
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26 shops razed in Bariga market fire outbreak
A fire outbreak has destroyed about 26 shops at Bariga Market in Lagos. The fire started in one wooden shop and quickly spread to others due to the wooden structures used to partition the stalls. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the fire outbreak occurred at 0405hrs of Wednesday, October 1, 2025. In a statement signed by…
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Widow alleges assault, forced marriage pressure by late husband’s family in Lagos
A widow, Mrs. Olamide Olanrewaju, has raised alarm over alleged harassment, intimidation, and an attempted assault by members of her late husband’s family following her refusal to marry her deceased husband’s younger brother. Mrs. Olanrewaju, a Nigerian and resident of Majayi Street, Kith and Kin Estate, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos State, told reporters that her ordeal began after the death of…
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Tension in Osun as Amotekun allegedly kills villagers, residents demand justice
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – Residents of Akinlalu in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State have accused operatives of the Amotekun Corps of twisting the truth after allegedly gunning down three villagers, including two siblings and their relative, and later claiming they were ambushed by hoodlums. The people, who dismissed Amotekun’s version of events and demanded justice for…
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Ondo Amotekun dismisses bribery allegation
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, has dismissed claims that its officers bribed members of the State House of Assembly. One Ebidumi Julius, also known as “General Adon Amotekun”, had alleged the lawmakers received money from the Corps. But Amotekun spokesman, Superintendent Jimoh Adeniken, said the claims came from a disgruntled officer already facing trial.…
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Love in hiding: Nigerian man recounts brutal attack, state neglect over his sexuality
In the bustling streets of Lagos, where life hums with the rhythm of commerce and culture, a silent fear grips some of its residents — those whose only “crime” is loving differently. For 34-year-old Anoruo Chinomso, that fear became a brutal reality one September night when love turned to blood, and safety to terror. “I am a homosexual man,” Chinomso…
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ARISE TV reporter Somtochukwu jumped to death – FCT Police
Contrary to reports that alleged hospital negligence led to the death of Arise News correspondent Somtochukwu Maduagwu, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command has clarified that the journalist died after jumping from the top floor of her Katampe apartment during an armed robbery incident on Monday, September 29. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, speaking with Arise News on…
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FRSC loses 5 officers in one month, moves to prosecute reckless drivers
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said it lost five of its operatives to road crashes in September after being knocked down by reckless motorists while on official duties. The Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed, in a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Olusegun Ogungbemide, directed the immediate prosecution of the motorists involved in the…
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