The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has said it discovered an illegal mining site during its midweek operations. Eweka Okoro, the State Agency Commandant, in a brief statement, said its agents were carrying out a search when they uncovered the location in the Ijede axis of Ikorodu. Okoro, while condemning the Read More…
Akin Isaac, a 52-year-old man has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday for defiling and impregnating his 18-year-old daughter. The convict was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo following his plea bargain application, dated April 21. “In view of the guilty plea of the Read More…
The arrest of four suspected members of a syndicate that partake in damaging and selling vehicle parts in the state has been confirmed by The Lagos State Police Command. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the state Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement on Monday, said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday during a patrol in the Surulere area of the state. He Read More…
A 21-year-old Monday Nnime for reportedly been arrested by the Lagos state police command for stabbing his 28-year-old brother in Ebute Meta area of the state. The suspect was apprehended by security Operatives attached to the Denton Police Division, Ebute Meta, on September 7, following the death of the deceased, John Okoh. Nnime supposedly stabbed Read More…
The Dangote Group on Sunday said its drivers’ patrol team has made several arrests of unruly drivers that engaged in illegal activities and handed them over to relevant authorities for trial. Mr. Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer for the Company, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos. Chiejina also urged the Read More…
The Nigerian Navy on Friday transferred 627 bags of smuggled parboiled rice, 57 parcels of Indian hemp and one suspect to the Nigerian Customs Service and the NDLEA. Capt. James Otache, Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry of the navy, said the handover was the result of consistent patrols by the Navy to defeat Read More…
Music rapper, Panshak Zamani, aka Ice Prince, accused of allegedly assaulting a police officer in Lagos, has been granted bail after six nights in prison. Folarin Dalmeida, his lawyer, confirmed that Ice Prince had been released from the Ikoyi correctional facility in Lagos, on Thursday, September 8. “His bail conditions have been met, and he Read More…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that more than 700,000 people commit suicide globally every year with 77 per cent of all global suicides occurring in low and middle-income countries. Dr. Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, said this in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day. Mulombo said that Read More…
Kabiru Jimon, Ayoade Usman and Danjuma Bala, these three men, were on Friday arraigned before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing and receiving stolen possessions valued at N794, 000. The defendants, Jimon, 17; Usman, 18; and Bala, 30, whose addresses were not given, are being charged with felony, stealing and receiving stolen items. ASP Read More…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday has imprisoned three men in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly drugging and raping a woman. Jerry Ikechukwu, 28; Bright Umeh, 45, and Patrick Amajuoye, 52 who are all unemployed and reside in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos were charged with conspiracy, rape, stealing, unlawful possession of stolen items, causing the breach Read More…
