Crime & City Diary
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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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JUST IN: Farmer kills self with sniper
By Boye Oyeyemi – A middle-aged man identified as Baba Apana has reportedly taken his own life after consuming the deadly Sniper insecticide in Eleyewo, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. Residents said the deceased, believed to be in his mid-50s, left home for his farm on Tuesday without his mobile phone, only to be later found dead.…
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Ondo Police arrest five suspected kidnappers
…recover firearm in Owo–Ifon forest By Boye Oyeyemi – Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested five suspected kidnappers and recovered a firearm during a midnight raid on Amurin Forest along the Owo–Ifon axis of the state. The operation, which took place around 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, was part of the command’s intensified efforts to track down those…
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JUST IN: Amotekun suspends three officers over misconduct
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has suspended three of its officers over alleged gross misconduct. The affected officers are Abu Taiwo, Akinsipe Victor, and Ekujumi Julius. State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, announced the suspension on Monday in Akure while parading four suspected criminals. Adeleye said the suspended officers had…
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15 rescued, others feared trapped after building collapse in Lagos
Many persons were reportedly trapped after a building collapsed in Lagos in the early hours of Monday. It was gathered that the building had been previously marked as distressed, and occupants were warned to vacate before it eventually collapsed around 12:20 a.m. on Monday. The affected two-storey building located at 54 Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop in the Oyingbo…
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