Crime & City Diary
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Church, Bungalow Building, 4 Cars Affected In Otedola Bridge Fire Incident
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has disclosed that fire resulting from a tanker accident outward Otedola bridge, affected a church, bungalow building and four cars. Director of the Service, Margaret Adeseye, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday night. Adeseye confirmed that there was no record of casualty. She added “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue…
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Panic as tanker explodes on Otedola bridge
There was palpable fear along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following an explosion at the Otedola bridge axis of the expressway on Tuesday night. Video footage shared on X showed thick flames emanating from the explosion. The cause of the explosion was yet to be ascertained, some X users claimed it was caused by a petrol tanker. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson…
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Protesters seek urgent action over abduction of nine surveyors in Ondo
Angry protesters on Tuesday demanded urgent action over the abduction of nine surveyors at Owode Ilu-Abo in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims, all indigenes of Akure, were reportedly on a job site when they were seized by armed men last week. The demonstration, led by distraught relatives and concerned residents, saw placard-wielding women blocking the…
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EFCC secures 4,111 convictions in 2024, highest since establishment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured 4,111 convictions in 2024, the highest in any year since the establishment of the agency in 2002. The Commission also recovered a whooping N364 billion alongside several million in foreign currencies, luxury duplexes and apartments, vehicles, cryptocurrencies and other valuable assets from various convicts, institutions and their collaborators, making it the single…
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Gunmen kill LG chairmanship aspirant in Lagos
Gunmen have shot and macheted to death a politician, Oluwatosin Onamade, in the Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. Onamade, until his death, was an aspirant for the chairmanship position of Ijede Local Council Development Area under the banner of the All Progressives Congress. His distraught brother, Oluwafemi Onamade, who managed to speak, lamented that the assailants had been trailing…
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Two Chinese nationals jailed for illegal mining in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, on Friday, March 7, 2025, convicted and sentenced two Chinese nationals, Yang Chao and Wu Shan Chuan, to prison for illegal mining of solid minerals in Kwara State. They were convicted along with their company, Crius Chemical Nigeria Limited. They were prosecuted on a one-count charge, pertaining…
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Police arrest three robbery suspects in Ogun, recover motorcycle
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects involved in a robbery incident in Odeda, leading to the recovery of a stolen motorcycle and an ongoing search for their accomplices. According to a statement signed on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Omolola Odutola, the incident occurred on March 9, 2025, at about 7:10 PM near Egba/Odeda…
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4 die in Lagos-Ibadan expressway lone accident
Four persons have died in a lone crash accident that occurred around Alapako area of Ogunmakin on the Lagos-Ibara expressway on Sunday. Spokesperson of the Ogun Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC,, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in the late hours of Sunday, saying that the cause of the crash was speed violation and tyre burst which…
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Ogun farmer dies after palm tree falls on him
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the tragic death of a 40-year-old farmer, Abdullahi Rasaki, who lost his life after a palm tree fell on him in Bogije Village, Ijebu Igbo. According to a statement signed on Monday by CSP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, the incident occurred on March 9, 2025, at…
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Pedestrian killed in Abeokuta road accident, Police detain motorcyclist
A fatal accident along Lafenwa Road, Abeokuta, on Sunday, March 9, 2025, has claimed the life of an unidentified female pedestrian, the Ogun State Police Command confirmed in a statement on Monday. The accident, which occurred around 7:00 PM, involved a TVS motorcycle (Reg. No. Ogun GBE 566 VC) ridden by 25-year-old Kabiru Sanni of Agbo Afoju, Sabo, Abeokuta. According…
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