APC House of Representatives Candidate in the upcoming Surulere I Bye-election in Lagos State, Mr Faud Laguda, has said he is certain of victory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 12 candidates are jostling for the Surulere 1 house of representatives seat. NAN recalls that The...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than five million six hundred and fifty three thousand (5, 653,000) pills of tramadol 250mg and exol-5 from three suspects in Kano State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this...
The Police Command in Lagos State says its operatives have arrested three suspected cultists in Ishashi area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. NAN reports that the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, had...
Findings from the coroner’s inquest into the death of Master Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, will be made known on or before April 12. The Coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, gave the assurance on Monday during adoption of final written addresses by...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has berated the police for inhuman treatment of lawyers and the general public. Falana, a human rights activist, made the remark on Thursday in Lagos when hundreds of lawyers trooped out to protest against the alleged brutality of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man believed to have cut off the ear of a friend. The Command’s spokesperson, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest on Wednesday, said that the incident happened on Monday at about 6.00 a.m. at Abattoir in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has removed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gowon Estate Division, for allegedly detaining a lawyer who was seeking justice for his client. The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the removal in a statement on Wednesday....
The Federal Government on Tuesday partially shut the Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji Adele section of the Third Mainland Bridge, to begin comprehensive rehabilitation works on the bridge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, supervised the closure to mark...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly beating a man to death over allegation of car doors theft. The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on Sunday, that the arrest was made after the widow of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has published the notice of the Surulere Federal Constituency I bye-election as required by law. Mrs Adenike Oriowo, INEC Public Affairs Officer in Lagos State, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the notice was...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Ari Muhammed, has ordered the dismissal of two Police Inspectors arrested for armed robbery, corruption and illegal duty. The AIG, in a statement signed by the Zonal Public Relations...
Some Lagos state residents have expressed mixed feelings as the cloud showered down the first rain in 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday gathered that some parts of Surulere, Anthony and Ojuelegba experienced showers of rainfall for about 20 minutes in the morning....
The Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has ranked Lagos State top in the implementation of accessibility to infrastructure and other services for the benefits of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in accordance with the National Disabilities Act. Mr Damian Ivom, the CCD Senior Programme Officer said this...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it has nothing to do with the demolition at Computer Village in Ikeja. The Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, said this in a statement in Lagos. Omotoso said that structure was...
The Police in Lagos State have arrested a man, who allegedly paraded himself as a Police officer before commercial motorcyclists, whom he allegedly defrauded the sum of N670,000. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday....
Barely two days to the new year, a hit-and-run driver ended the life of a pedestrian on Saturday, just after the Mobil filling station toward Otedola Bridge outward Lagos. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known in a statement issued...
The Federal Government has announced a planned closure of the Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji Adele section of the Third Mainland Bridge from 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made the announcement on Thursday in a statement. Kesha said the...
Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said two brothers drowned at Ibeshe Beach on Christmas Day. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that someone reported the incident to the police. He said that the incident happened at...
Four persons on Wednesday sustained various injuries as fire gutted Fat Noble filing station, an independent marketing oil firm along Old Road, opposite Torikoh, Badagry, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that attendants were dispensing petrol inside jerry cans and sacks around 1.00.a.m at the back...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year old suspected armed robber at Kosofe area of the state and recovered his gun. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in Ikeja on Tuesday that the suspect’s accomplices...