Crime & City Diary
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Panic as fire guts petrol station in Ifako Ijaiye area
Motorists and some residents of adjoining buildings close to a petrol Station gutted by fire around Iju Obawole community in Ifako-Ijaiye axis of Lagos State scampered for safety on Wednesday. It was gathered that the fire started minutes after residents heard a loud sound from the facility, attracting the attention of the passers-by and residents to the fuel station. Eyewitnesses…
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Hafsoh’s death: Suspect confesses to dismembering body of deceased student
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Abdulrahman Bello, the prime suspect in the murder of a final-year female student of Kwara State College of Education, Hafsoh Lawal, has explained in court that he alone dismembered the deceased’s body after consuming alcohol. Testifying before Justice Hannah Ajayi of the State High Court on Wednesday, Abdulrahman opened his defence by denying the involvement of…
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Gunmen kill one, torch houses in Kwara community
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Gunmen suspected to be members of the Mahmuda group on Sunday attacked Karongi town in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing one person and setting several houses ablaze. The attackers reportedly stormed the town around 6 a.m. and operated until 11 a.m., taking advantage of the absence of local vigilante members who had traveled…
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Reckless driver kills female pedestrian in Lagos
A female pedestrian was killed on Sunday morning in a lone accident involving a black Toyota Tundra at Mosalasi Roundabout, New Ipaja Road, Lagos, after the driver reportedly lost control and veered off the road. The car, registered FST 222 HV, was travelling at a high speed when it struck the pedestrian walkway and killed the woman, who died instantly…
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Eid-el-Kabir: Lagos Police deploys tactical squad, counter terrorism unit, anti-bomb squad
The Lagos State Police Command has rolled out a robust security plan to ensure a safe and peaceful Eid el-Kabir celebration across the state. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, issued on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh. According to the statement, the CP has…
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Lad who fell from Cocoa House building dies, buried in Ibadan
By Adejayan Gbenga Feranmi Akin-Akinye, the 22-year-old graduate who fell from the 26th floor of the Cocoa House building in Ibadan, Oyo State, has been confirmed dead. Reliable sources disclosed that the deceased, a graduate of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State (ABUAD), was undergoing training in cybersecurity at a company based on the eighth floor of the building. He…
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Police launch probe after telecom mast collapses on Ogun home
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the collapse of a telecommunications mast belonging to IHS Company, which fell on a residential building during a heavy downpour on June 3, 2025, in Unity Estate, Alagbole, Akute area of the state. In a statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, the incident occurred at approximately 2:39 p.m. and was…
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Panic as man falls from 26-storey Cocoa House Building
By Adejayan Gbenga A yet-to-be-identified man reportedly fell from one of the top floors of the 26-storey Cocoa House building in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, which caused panic within the business community, occurred in the early hours of Monday. The Head of Branding and Communication at Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Victor Ayetoro, confirmed the incident in a statement on…
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Man, 30, lands in trouble for stealing plank in Ibadan
By Adejayan Gbenga A Mapo Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Pelumi Olusola, to three months’ imprisonment for stealing a plank from a construction site in Lagelu Estate, Felele, Ibadan. The prosecuting counsel, Inspector Oluseye Akinola, told the court that security personnel caught Olusola removing the plank from an abandoned site on May 29, 2025.…
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Student bags three months’ community service over threat to life, violence
By Adejayan Gbenga A Magistrate Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan on Tuesday sentenced 18-year-old Fawaz Hamzat, a student of Olunde Community Secondary School, to three months of community service. Hamzat was convicted for chasing a rival secondary school student with a cutlass during an inter-school fight. The prosecuting counsel, Inspector Oluseye Akinola, told the court that Hamzat committed the…
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