The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday announced that its operatives had rescued two kidnap victims and launched a manhunt for their abductors. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued in Lagos. Hundeyin stated… Police rescue 2 kidnap victims in Lagos, hunt for abductors …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
A tragic accident has claimed the life of a deaf pedestrian on Sunday while he was waiting for a commercial bus at a designated stop along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, inward Maryland, near Temac Filling Station, Ikeja, Lagos. The fatal incident involved two Suzuki mini commercial… Deaf pedestrian killed in Lagos bus stop crash …C0NTINUE … Read more
Lagos State is on high alert following a diphtheria outbreak that has resulted in 10 confirmed cases between January 1 and March 27, 2025. With the Eid-el-Fitr and Easter celebrations approaching, health authorities are ramping up containment efforts to prevent further… Lagos on high alert as diphtheria outbreak spreads, authorities intensify response …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned Biola Adams-Odutayo in connection with the tragic death of Adetunji “Teejay” Opayele, co-founder of the Nigerian tech start-up Bumpa. Opayele, a 32-year-old software engineer, lost his life in a fatal accident on 4 March 2025… Lagos Police arraign driver over death of Bumpa co-founder …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
A 63-year-old tank fabricator, Ganiyu Folorunsho Yinusa, has been remanded in prison after allegedly defrauding the Managing Director of F&I Oil and Gas Limited, Mr. Obilo Canice, of N9.3 million under false pretences. Yinusa was arrested by operatives of Zone 2 Command,… Lagos tank builder lands in prison over alleged N9.3m fraud …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has expressed its firm rejection of the proposed bill for the conversion of 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, into Local Government Areas. The proposed bill recently passed its second reading in the House of… Lagos: Northern youths reject proposed bill for conversion of 37 LCDAs into LGAs … Read more
A businessman, Okorie Sunday, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, with $578,000 in cash, collapsed in court during his trial on Wednesday. Okorie is being tried at the Federal High Court in Lagos. He was called into the dock for the charge to… Man arrested with $578,000 at Lagos airport faints in … Read more
Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court has ordered the remand of a businessman, Sunday Okorie, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly failing to declare $299,000 and being in possession of counterfeit foreign currency. The Economic and Financial Crimes… Businessman remanded in Lagos for $299,000 concealment, fake currency …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
The Lagos State Government says it will redesign the Oshodi Transport Interchange (OTI) to prepare for the integration of the Rail Mass transit systems. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in… Lagos to redesign Oshodi Transport Interchange …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized large quantities of illicit drugs in multiple raids across Kano and Lagos States, arresting several suspects in the process. In Kano, operatives arrested Michael Ogundele, 45, at Gadar Tamburawa along the Zaria-Kano… NDLEA seizes tramadol, other hard drugs in raids across Kano, Lagos …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more