Tag Archives: Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old school teacher at the Blessed Peace School in Egbeda, Alimosho Local Government Area of the state identified only as Prosper, for allegedly s0d0mising a 10-year-old boy at the school.   It was gathered that before performing the crime, the suspect allegedly told the pupil to behave like a girl and take …

The Lagos State Police Command has initiated a manhunt for a truck driver who fled after allegedly running over a revenue collector on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. The tragic incident occurred near New Garage, inbound Lagos, involving a containerized truck with registration number FST 887 XD.   According to Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic …

Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State have rejected a bribe of N174 million offered by a suspected internet fraudster to avoid arrest and prosecution.   The suspect identified as Patrick Akpoguma, is alleged to have been involved in various types of internet-related fraud, including romance scams, identity theft, cyber hacking, cryptocurrency fraud, ritualism, and cultism.    …

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) says its officials have demolished 138 shanties illegally erected along Ajao estate canal.The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources announced the development in a post on his X page on Friday, November 15.   “In continuation of concerted measures to reduce the scourge of environmental infractions and illegal encampment in public spaces, …

A Chinese national has mutilated Naira notes after officials of the Lagos State Government allegedly sealed his company for violating some laws.    The incident which was caught on camera happened at a Chinese company located along the Lekki-Epe expressway.   The video making the rounds on social media shows the moment the Chinese man brought out the naira notes …

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 64-year-old Lagos man, Lateef Durojaiye to life imprisonment for def!ling his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter.    The State Lead Counsel, Mr Babajide Boye called five witnesses; PW(1) the survivor mother, PW(2) the survivor, PW (3) the Investigation Police Officer (IPO), PW(4) the nominal complainant neighbour and PW(5), the Medical doctor.  …

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested a driver,  Aliyu Mohammed, who stole his employer’s car in Lagos and drove it to Minna.      The spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, November 11, 2024, said the suspect confessed that he intended to take the vehicle to Kaduna where …

The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, says it has dislodged occupants of 84 rooms constructed under Eko Bridge at Elegbata, on the Lagos Island.     Its Corps Marshal, retired Maj. Olanini Cole, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Monday by the agency’s Spokesperson, Lukman Ajayi. Cole said that one person who allegedly built …

The Lagos State Government announced the closure of 11 key roads on Lagos Island and Victoria Island for the Lagos Women Run, to be held on Saturday,October 9.   In a statement issued on Thursday, November 7, the state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said that in view of the annual Lagos Women Run, the Lagos State Government had implemented …

  The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, says he is thankful that Stephen Abuwatsaye, the cab driver allegedly assaulted by a House of Representatives member, Alex Ikwechegh, in Abuja two weeks ago, did not apologize in a police station or before the case went to court. Stephen shocked many Nigerians when he released a video …