Police in Katsina State have rescued five persons suspected to have been kidnapped while travelling from Abuja to Zamfara. Police spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, confirmed the rescue when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Tuesday. He said a police patrol team rescued...
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The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed that an accident claimed a mother and injured three of her children in Ikorodu area of Lagos. Hundeyin confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He said that Ikorodu Police...
Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro (SAN), has said the state is fully ready for state police, only waiting for whistle to be blown for the creation. Pedro made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline...
The Lagos State Government on Saturday explained to residents that prices of discounted foodstuff and other items at its special Sunday markets would differ slightly from one place to the other. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, said this in a statement to update residents...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Government has announced a three-hour traffic diversion for the installation of some components on the pedestrian bridge at Ikeja Along. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr.Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made the announcement in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Osiyemi said this was...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a company that allegedly deals on fake alcoholic drinks. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the command also arrested four suspected perpetrators of the crime. SP...
A cleric, Pastor Godwin Kalu, has cautioned traders to desist from selling fake products, warning that it could land them in hell. Kalu, Presiding Pastor, Divine Encounter Church, Satellite Town, Lagos, said this during a market evangelism programme in Lagos. It was organised by the church at the...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved N280.3 million for the payment of scholarships to 13,946 indigent students at all levels of education in the FCT. Dr Danlami Hayyo, Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCT Administration disclosed this on Thursday in Gwagwalada, during the...
The Director of Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, Dr Richard Somiari, has said that results of an autopsy conducted on deceased singer Ilerioluwa Aloba (a.k.a Mohbad) would be ready in the next three weeks or four weeks. Dr. Somiari gave the assurance on Wednesday while testifying during...
Lagos State Government and Agege Local Government have warned beggars and traders on the rail tracks along Agege corridor to vacate the area. The warning came as the council held an enlarged stakeholders meeting on Sunday with some community members, ahead of planned demolition of illegal structures. The Lagos...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Anticipation is building as Abuja World Academy proudly unveils its commitment to revolutionise education with the grand opening of its state-of-the-art campus in September 2024. A statement signed by the Head of the Academy, Mr. Joe Daly, said the academy rooted in the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Government has resolved to explore all avenues to reintroduce the issue of the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the ongoing Constitutional Review process, with a view to constitutionally completing the process. The Special Adviser, Office of Political, Legislative and Civic...
Police have arrested two robbery suspects who pose as alms beggars in Lagos traffic gridlocks. The duo approached a motorist in a gridlock at Agungi area in Lekki on Friday, soliciting for alms, but forcefully took his telephone handset and jewellery and took to their heels. Police spokesman...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has directed that ‘Ounje Eko’ food markets should commence discounted sale of food items across the five divisions of Lagos effective from Sunday, March 17, 2024. The food items – rice, beans, gari, bread, eggs, tomatoes,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the federal capital; Abuja is safe and free for foreigners to conduct their businesses. Wike stated this when the Ambassador of Poland to Nigeria, Mrs Joanna Tarnawska, visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. He said...
A Deputy Director with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mr Yakubu Abisogun, on Monday, told an Ikeja High Court that Chrisland School Ikeja failed to comply with the state’s safeguarding and child protection policy. Abisogun, a Level 16 social wellbeing officer, said the ministry’s...
A woman who boarded a boat from Igando in Lagos State to Ogun has allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the river from the moving boat, the police have said. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Lagos State PDP Governorship Candidate in the 2023 General Elections, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), says he remains the apex leader of the party at the moment, and is ready to provide leadership ahead of 2027 elections. Adediran disclosed this while addressing party faithful and leaders during a...
An electricity consumer Mr Jimoh Olarewaju has said the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) is aggravating suffering of its consumers in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Olarewaju, who resides in Kubwa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed that an 80-year-old man, allegedly committed suicide at Imota area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Hundeyin said one Mustapha, (landlord of the...