Tag Archives: Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the death of a newlywed man, Abdulmujid Igbamitayo Oduga, while in police custody at Ikota Police Post in the Ajah area of the state.   It was gathered that the deceased allegedly had a misunderstanding with his female neighbour, which led to his arrest and detention at the police post …

After being declared wanted by the Ogun State police, controversial Nigerian singer Portable has surrendered himself to the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Yaba.  The news was confirmed by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, “Portable just turned himself in at the SCID Yaba. We have contacted the Ogun State Police Command to come …

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ugenyi Kalu, before Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for fraud.   The convict, a banker, was arraigned on a five-count charge, bordering on official corruption and gratification.   In a statement released today, …

The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of Olohundare Moshood Jimoh as the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command.    A statement by the Head of Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, says Jimoh, before his appointment, was Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority, Eastern Ports.   Jimoh who hails from Kwara State, served as Force Public …

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed over 3,000 shops within the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos in the first week of operations.   In a statement shared on its X on Sunday, February 16, the agency stated that during the raid, officials uncovered alarming violations, including vaccines stored in dilapidated, unventilated rooms …

The impeached former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has filed a lawsuit before a Lagos High Court seeking his immediate reinstatement.   Obasa, who was removed from office on January 13, 2025, is challenging the legality of his impeachment and is asking the court to nullify the decision and restore him as Speaker.   Vanguard …

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, February 14, 2025, arraigned 11 more Chinese and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for fraud.     The defendants are: Li Niu, Xiao Qinyun, Fu Zheng Yang, Xiao Yi, Bei Bei Linde …

A girl named Chidera, 12, has been rescued after she suffered multiple extreme bruises and burns on her body.   According to reports, she suffered severe abuse at the hands of her stepmother whom she lived with at Faith Odunaike Street, Ipaja, Lagos State.   Neighbours who witnessed Chidera’s plight revealed that her mother is de@d, leaving her at the …

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists    RRS disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, February 13, 2025.   According to the statement, the suspects identified as Okey Bright, popularly called “B in Fine Boy”, 21, and Daniel Prince, 22, were apprehended around 4:00 a.m. on Monday, 11th …