) A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on...
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The Airport Police Command on Friday said it had commenced an investigation into the death of a man whose body was found on Runway 18R at the wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. DSP Olayinka Ojelade, the Police Public Relations Officer, Airport Command told the News...
A Police woman has been captured on camera crying out for help inside the car of a man she reportedly arrested. In a video making the rounds online, the man had apparently threatened to drive her to an undisclosed destination and he seems to have been keeping to his...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government says the seizure of commercial motorcycles by the Lagos State Task Force will continue, in spite the June 1 deadline. The Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Wednesday issued a fresh total ban on Okada riders’ operations in...
Ex-Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra and presidential aspirant of PDP has advised Lagos State delegates to the party’s presidential primaries to remember their children while voting during the party’s primaries. Obi, who made the appeal when he met with Lagos PDP national delegates in Ikeja on Wednesday, told them...
The Lagos State Police Command alongside other sister security agencies on Tuesday destroyed some illicit drugs valued N10 million. The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, DCP Ahmed Kotangora, led the team to the dump site in Ewu-Elepe, a surburb of Ikorodu in Lagos State, to destroy...
No fewer than 244 aspirants are jostling for house of assembly, house of representatives, senate and governorship tickets of PDP for the 2023 68 elective positions in Lagos State. The Lagos Publicity Secretary of the PDP Mr Hakeem Amode, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of...
No fewer than 15 reggae musicians on Saturday in Lagos excited their fans in a musical festival held in honour of late reggae legend, Bob Marley. The musical festival featured renowned artistes like King Wadada, Baba Fryo, Mervellous Benji, Lamlam, Black Cymean, Faya, Bclean, Benja O, Bunny as well...
Three male and a female teacher of the Chrisland School Lagos, were on Tuesday docked in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly concealing a sex tape of a student. The police charged Oladotun Sotunde, 56; Elesho Tajudeen;32, Rhoda Olanipekun; 45, and Ajigboye Hammed, 41 with two...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has called off its planned withdrawal of services over the hike of aviation fuel in the country. The airlines operators in a joint statement issued on Sunday in Lagos, said they would start fresh round of dialogue with government...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two pregnant women and a barber at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to import and export illicit drugs. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo alongside other presidential aspirants, notable among them, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu met in Lagos on Friday. News filtered in Friday evening that Lagos the leading aspirants were hosted in Lagos...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday dismissed a no-case submission by Victor Aduba, charged along with kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aduba, an ex-soldier and Evans are charged with kidnapping a businessman, Mr Sylvanus Ahamonu, and collecting a $420,000...
A crossdresser has been reportedly brutalized by hoodlums in Lagos state. Eyewitnesses said he was fixing his lashes in a shop before a mob dragged him out and went beat him up. In the video making round on social media, the crossdresser is seen with makeup and swollen face,...
Chief Francis Chima, an aspirant for the House of Representatives for Ajeromi/Ifeolodun Federal Constituency has promised to take miscreants “Ajegunle boys’ from the streets using various vocational programmes if elected. Chima is eying the Reps seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. The...
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David, says if APC and Nigerians give Sen. Bola Tinubu opportunity to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, he will change Nigeria’s story for good. David, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Publicity, Strategy and Security made this remarks in...
The issue of fertiliser has been a knotty matter for farmers in Nigeria over the years. Very often, it is either in short supply or just too expensive and well beyond reach. The supply of the commodity, so cardinal to bountiful farming output, has, over the years, defied all...
The death toll at the collapsed Ebute-Meta three-storey building had risen to eight. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that the eight dead persons include five males and three females. An...
The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the recovery of two dead bodies and rescue of 23 persons from Ebute Metta three-storey building collapse. The Zonal Coordinator Southwest, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Farinloye said the recovered...
Guinness Nigeria Plc, a member of the Diageo family, on Thursday opened its new £6.2 million ultra-modern headquarters located at Cocoa Industries Road, Ogba, Lagos. In her speech, Guinness Nigeria’s Board Chair, Dr Omobola Johnson, said the ceremony also doubled as a celebration of the 72nd Anniversary of Guinness...