By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – An Onitsha, Anambra state based-businessman, Ibeanusi Solomon Nosike, has excreted 68 wraps of cocaine after 12 days of excretion observation following his arrest at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said a two-storey building was gutted by fire at the Ebute-Metta area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu...
The Lagos State Government will divert vehicular traffic from Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, for two days for construction work on the corridor. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Osiyemi noted that the diversion would be between 9.00 a.m. and 5.00...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers used to convey edible vegetable oil in Lagos State. NAFDAC in a post on X on Wednesday, said the oil had reportedly been trans-loaded into the tankers from...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – A 58-year old unnamed man has died while undergoing 19 days spiritual dry fasting. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the incident happened in Alagbado axis of the...
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences, Enforcement Unit on Tuesday impounded 164 motorcycles on the state’s highways. The motorcycles, according to the taskforce, contravened the Lagos State Road Transport Sector Reform Laws of 2018, which explicitly prohibit motorcyclists from using all highways in the state....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 532 parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) at the Tincan Seaport, Lagos State. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the...
The Police Command in Lagos State says a 25-year old contract staff, whose name was not mentioned, has allegedly jumped into an iron melting pot of his company and died. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. The...
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have rescued two injured pedestrians hit by a drunk driver as they were crossing the expressway with their luggage. Mr Sola Giwa, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos....
The Policeppp Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a 17-year old boy, who was electrocuted while working with his step-father at a building construction site. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
A 12-tonne gas truck on Thursday, exploded at a Mobil filling station, opposite Airport Hotel, Allen junction, Lagos State, causing severe injuries on two persons. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA) has confirmed that two persons have escaped death on Tuesday when a commercial bus rammed into a slow moving articulated vehicle. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said the...
The Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota in Lagos State, was empty of #Endbadgovernance protesters, following President Bola Tinubu’s Sunday morning broadcast, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN Correspondent who visited the park on Sunday observed that 80 per cent of the security personnel, particularly, the Police,...
#EndBadGovernance protesters in Lagos have said they would storm the streets from Monday to begin a new phase of the ongoing protest if government does not grant their demands. One of the coordinators of the protest, Mr Hassan Soweto, a member of the Youth Rights Campaign, said...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 polls, Peter Obip, has called for the arrest and prosecution of promoters of genocidal threats against Igbos in Lagos. Social media has been awash with a hashtag, asking the Igbos to vacate Lagos and the other South-West...
L Mobile policemen deployed at the Admiralty Lekki Phase 1 Toll Gate in Lagos State have restored normalcy to the area following attempted eruption of violent protest. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the protest at the toll gate on Thursday, reports that some protesters had...
The Police and other security agents, including newsmen, were present at Gani Fawehinmi Park early morning on Thursday, waiting for the Protesters endlessly. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who was at the venue at about 7.30 a.m., reports that the police, Civil Defence, Lagos...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has foiled an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) (bomb) attack on residents of Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday afternoon. The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that at about 4.00 p.m....