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A Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a Lagos based ma, Dennis Adeniran Adetoye to one year imprisonment for visa fraud, following his arraignment by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.   The defendant was arrested at the British Deputy High Commission’s office in Lagos after presenting forged documents, including an …

Policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer of the Idimu Division, Lagos State Police Command, CSP Agatha Eze, have arrested a driver, Tayo Arowolo, for allegedly brutalising his girlfriend’s six-year-old sister, identified simply as Maria, in the Idimu area of the state.    Investigative journalist, Deji Lambo, who disclosed this in a report on Friday, March 7, 2025, said that …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two Pakistani nationals for allegedly leading a kidnapping gang in the state.    This was disclosed by the spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin. He noted that the arrests followed a distress call received on Wednesday, March 5, about the abduction of a 48-year-old Pakistani man in Ikeja.   According …

A video shows the moment a dramatic scene played out in a Lagos hotel after a husband allegedly caught his wife with a driver in a hotel room.  The incident occurred two days after 2024 Christmas, Chiemeka Okoro who recently shared the video disclosed.  In the video, the husband, identified as Ifeanyi, is heard confronting his wife after catching her …

A Lagos-based Fashion entrepreneur, Onyeuka Sophia, owner of Sophie Couture, has passed away.  Her family announced her passing in a statement issued on her Instagram page today, March 5. The statement referred to her d3ath as an ‘irreparable loss’. The cause of her death was, however, not stated. ‘’With heavy hearts, we share the passing of Sophie, the visionary founder …

Two persons have been confirmed dead after a two-storey building with a penthouse under construction collapsed on Oriwu Street in the Lekki area of Lagos today, March 5.     Fourteen others have been rescued from the debris. The victims were all labourers working at the site. The cause of the collapse could not be immediately ascertained.   The spokesman …

A six-year-old girl has been killed during a race between men of the Lagos state police command and a suspect criminal in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos state today, March 5.    The father of the deceased, Nnamdi Ugorji, told SaharaReporters that officers from the Moshalashi Police Station were in pursuit of a suspect when they fatally struck his daughter …

Amid the rise of content creation in restaurants in Lagos State, Nigerian self-proclaimed food critic Opeyemi Famakin has called out female content creators for taking excessive pictures in restaurants. In a video posted to his social media page, the controversial food critic debunked the popular notion that taking pictures drives sales, stressing that turning restaurants into photo studios disrupts the …

Almost two months after his release, the Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Frederick Nwajagu, has filed an appeal against his conviction by the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square for unlawfully parading himself as a titled chief in Lagos.    In his Notice of Appeal, filed by his lawyer, Emefo Etudo, Nwajagu is challenging the constitutionality of …

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed that it does not tolerate corporal punishment in public schools and has upheld counseling as an effective correctional measure. The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday. Alli-Balogun said that flogging students for indiscipline and other forms …