Crime & City Diary
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NAF airstrike eliminates 23 bandits in Zamfara
At least 23 bandits were reportedly killed by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrike in Tsafe Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State over the weekend. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the operation was based on coordinated intelligence. The report stated that a large group of bandits, suspected to be relatives of…
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Ogun: Man drowns while attempting to retrieve phone from well
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old man, Sunday Jimoh, who drowned while trying to retrieve a phone from a well in Oja-Odan, Yewa North Local Government Area. According to a statement issued on Sunday by CSP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer, the incident occurred at around 10:00 a.m. on February 22. It…
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Police launch investigation into murder of farm worker in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has commenced a full-scale investigation into the murder of a 50-year-old farm worker, Alfa Mustapha, whose body was discovered on his farm in Ageri Village, near Olodo in Odeda Local Government Area. According to a statement released on Sunday by CSP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer, the case was reported at about 6:30…
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Hoodlums kill one in Osun LG election amid security presence
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo One person has reportedly been killed in Ilesa West during the ongoing Local Government election in Osun State. The incident was said to have occurred in front of United Grammar School, where voters had gathered peacefully to exercise their civic rights. It was gathered that hoodlums, seen moving around in a green Hilux and a bumper…
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Police launch manhunt for driver after fatal accident in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has launched a search for the driver of a commercial bus involved in a fatal accident that claimed the life of a pedestrian, Auwalu Abdulkadir, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Omolola Odutola, the accident occurred at Kara Under Bridge on February 21, 2025, at…
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Police foil kidnap attempt on Long Bridge, kill four suspects
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit have foiled a kidnapping attempt along the Warewa axis of the Long Bridge, killing four armed suspects in a gun duel. The incident occurred on February 20, 2025, at about 8:30 p.m. when a white Paragon commercial vehicle, with registration number BDG 753 YH, was ambushed by gunmen at a deserted…
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20 foreign nationals arraigned in Lagos over alleged cybercrime
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned another 20 foreign nationals before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for alleged cybercrime and attempts to destabilize Nigeria’s social and economic structure. The defendants, 15 Filipinos, one Indonesian and four Chinese nationals were arraigned before Justice Musa Kakaki. They are part of the larger 193 foreign nationals arrested…
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Police probe alleged arson of vast cassava farm in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command on Friday said it has launched a probe into a case of arson involving some cattle herders who allegedly set ablaze a vast cassava farm in Adao Village, via Alabata, Abeokuta, the state capital. In a statement by the spokesperson for the Command, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed that “On February 20, 2025, one Mr. Ogunbayo…
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Portable granted N2m bail over assault charges, trial adjourned
Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been granted bail by the Isabo Magistrate Court in Abeokuta following charges of assault and obstruction of government officials. Portable surrendered to the Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) on Wednesday after being declared wanted by the Ogun State Command. He was subsequently transferred to the Ogun State Police Headquarters,…
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Portable arraigned in Ogun court for assault
Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, was arraigned at the Isabo High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday. The arraignment followed his surrender to the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department in Yaba on Wednesday after being declared wanted by the Ogun State Police Command. Portable is facing charges related to an incident on February 5, 2025,…
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