The Lagos State Police Command detained a 26-year-old man on suspicion of impersonating a medical practitioner. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed this on Saturday via his verified Twitter profile. According to him, the fake medical doctor has been practising since January 2022. “The suspect faked a medical licence in his name and has Read More…
Away from the grandiose promises of politicians in these testy times of electoral campaigns in the midst of insecurity, let’s just pause for a moment and consider how parts of our country came to look like Libya where warlords determine life expectancy. I am not aware that any of the leading presidential candidates has shown Read More…
The conviction of Faisal for conspiracy and money laundering by the Court of Appeal on Thursday was affirmed. Faisal is the son of the imprisoned former Chairman of the disbanded Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. A three-member panel of the appellate court also lowered his sentence from 14 to seven years in prison Read More…
On Thursday, Mr. Okoro Eweka, the Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, stated that the corps would keep stepping up security around the state’s oil pipeline locations. In response to news stories of oil theft in various regions of the nation, he made this statement in an interview Read More…
Gift Okpomini, 34, was charged on Thursday in an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State with posting vengeful pornographic content about a couple there. The police filed three counts of conduct likely to cause a breach of trust, sending offensive or dangerous items through the mail, and theft against Okpomini, whose address was withheld. But Read More…
When the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) seized an unregistered Honda for driving against the flow of traffic, they found a pump-action rifle inside. The car was impounded on Thursday, according to the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, who made the announcement in a statement from the Director of the Public Affairs Read More…
According to a Senate report released on Tuesday, Nigeria lost more than $2 billion to oil theft in the first eight months of this year. Large-scale theft from Nigeria’s pipelines has slowed exports, forced some businesses to halt production, destroyed the nation’s finances, and forced Nigeria to relinquish its position as Africa’s top oil producer. Read More…
His arraignment was delayed on Monday because a medical director, Femi Olaleye, was not present in an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Court. Olaleye was scheduled to be charged with defiling a 16-year-old girl (name withheld). Following Olaleye’s absence from court, Justice Ramon Oshodi postponed the arraignment of Olaleye to November 30. When the Read More…
The dead body of a woman was found on Saturday in one of the rooms of a guest home in Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos State. When speaking with newsmen on Monday, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesman for Lagos State, verified the discovery. According to Hundeyin, the guest house manager informed the Ikorodu police about the Read More…
A 28-year-old female serial kidnapper has been detained by police in Lagos State for allegedly abducting two children. In a statement released on Sunday in Ikeja, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman for the police, confirmed the arrest. According to him, the suspect abducted a boy aged three in Lagos and a boy aged seven in Oyo Read More…
