Crime & City Diary
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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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NSCDC parades 6 for alleged meter tampering, one for N13m fraud in Osun
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command has paraded six suspects for allegedly tampering with meters in their residences to circumvent appropriate payment for energy consumed. The suspects, according to the command’s spokesperson, ASC Adeleke Kehinde were arrested at Ota-Efun area of Osogbo, during a joint operation of men of NSCDC and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company…
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Three injured as tanker rams into vechicles in Lagos
A fully loaded tanker on Friday rammed into 6 vehicles while on motion around Gbagada bridge inward Ifako along Oworonsoki Expressway, Lagos, injuring three people. This was made known by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). The agency disclosed that the accident caused severe congestion for road users moving from 3rd mainland bridge going towards Ifako by Oworonsoki Expressway. It…
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EFCC arraigns man for stealing N251.6m in Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned Obakin Ajibola for alleged theft. According to a statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren EFCC spokesperson, Ajibola was docked before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan on a four-count charge bordering on stealing the aforementioned among belonging to a firm, Lee Fakino Nigeria Limited. Ajibola…
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BREAKING: Truck falls from Otedola bridge in Lagos as motorboy dies
A truck fully loaded with wheat has involved in a solitary accident on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger in the early hour of Tuesday (Today). This is according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency boss, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu. Oke-Osanyintolu said his men arrived at the incident scene and discovered that a truck with unknown registration number was involved…
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Two killed as cult clash in Osun
Two suspected cultists were reportedly killed on Sunday after two rival cult groups clashed in Ilesa, Osun State. The victims identified as Machine and SK were said to have been shot dead in a beer parlor at Onimo junction where they were drinking. The traditional ruler in the area, the Onimo of Imo, Oba Olaniyi Agunbiade, said he was watching…
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BREAKING: Woman collapses, dies instantly at Mile 2 bridge in Lagos
A yet to be identified woman has collapsed and died immediately at the Mile 2 Bridge in Lagos, in the early hours of Monday morning (Today). Eyewitnesses said that the woman was walking across the bridge when she suddenly collapsed. They added that by the time anyone could reach her, she had already passed away. Meanwhile, an Okada rider, who…
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