Crime & City Diary
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Police conclude autopsy on Mohbad
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the completion of the autopsy for the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as MohBad. This announcement was made by the NPF on its official platform on Thursday night. Earlier, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, had revealed that Mohbad’s body had been exhumed for the autopsy. In the…
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Police exhume MohBad’s corpse for autopsy
The Lagos Police Command has exhumed the remains of the late Afrobeats singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly Mohbad, for autopsy. This came hours after apprehending the nurse that injected him minutes before his death. The spokesman for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin via his Twitter handle, said that autopsy would commence immediately.
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DSS arrests Ogun assembly member, six others over legend cultism in Sagamu
Security operatives in Ogun State on Wednesday tracked six suspected cultists, allegedly involved in the violence that erupted in Sagamu at the weekend to the official residence of a member of the state House of Assembly. The member, representing Sagamu State Constituency (1), Hon. Damilare Bello Mohammed, was alleged to have provided shelter to the fleeing cultists. A team of…
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Court remands journalist, officials of National Theatre, National Troupe over fake news publications
An Apapa magistrate court in Lagos State has remanded an online news publisher alongside an official of the National Theatre and his collaborator at the National Troupe of Nigeria in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos, for publication of false, defamatory and malicious news reports. The Chief Magistrate, Olanrewaju Olatunji, ordered the remand of the three suspects at the Correctional Centre…
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Sanwo-Olu invites DSS to join investigation on MohBad’s death
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has invited the Department of State Services to join in investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of musician Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as MohBad. This was contained in a statement by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Tuesday. The governor said the involvement of the DSS will widen the dragnet…
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BREAKING: Two rescued as fire guts shanty storey building in Ajah
Two male adults have been rescued from a fire outbreak happened at Victory Bay, Ikota Housing Estate, Ajah, Lagos, in the early hours on Tuesday. WesternPost gathered that the incident involved a shanty storey building consisting of four rooms on each floor within the precinct of the estate. Confirming the incident, the Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service…
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Police inaugurate 13-man special investigation team over MohBad’s death
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Idowu Olohunwa, has inaugurated a 13-man special investigation team to investigate the death of Afrobeats singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Speaking during the inauguration on Monday, CP Olohunwa said, “Do not forget, we have unique access with INTERPOL. Everybody linked to it (the death of Mohbad) will be identified and they…
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BREAKING: Hundreds displaced as building with 800 rooms collapses in Lagos
A school-turned-residential building in the Ketu area of Lagos partially collapsed on Sunday. It was learnt that the building housing over 800 rooms with hundreds of residents known as Agboye Estate on Oduntan Street, Ketu, first caved in on Saturday following hours of rainfall that greeted most parts of Lagos. However, Sunday afternoon, as residents were still trying to salvage…
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Missing blogger, Mubarak found dead in Ilorin
…as Abdulrazaq charges security agencies to fish out killer By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has described as shocking and saddening the death of 27-year-old blogger, Yusuf Mubaarak. t Mubaarak, a new media personality who hails from Ilorin, went missing on Wednesday night but his remains was eventually found around Unity area of the state capital. He was…
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MohBad: Police begin investigation, setup Special Investigation Team
Consequent upon the growing public concerns and the preliminary police review of the general circumstances surrounding the death of Afrobeats musician, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba aka Mohbad, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, has directed the commencement of full-scale criminal investigation into the case. The Commissioner of Police also constituted a Special Investigation Team within the Homicide…
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