Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State, have rescued two suspected burglars from being lynched by a mob on Lagos Island. The RRS Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Tunji Disu, said this in the squad twitter handle on Monday. He said that the RRS operatives rescued and handed Read More…
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Task force) says it has arrested 21 alleged miscreants and cult members during a raid on some hideouts in Lagos. The agency’s Head of Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq, said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Taofiq said the suspects were arrested in some hideouts Read More…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a vote of confidence in the Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, after clearing him of all corruption allegations levelled against him by an online medium. The House unanimously passed the vote of confidence through a voice vote conducted by the Majority Leader, Mr Sanai Read More…
Mr Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, on Saturday appeared before state assembly panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations leveled against him by an online medium. Obasa told the panel that the allegations were untrue and that it was the handiwork of his enemies. The speaker appeared before the nine-man Fact Finding Panel Read More…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Adeyeye Babatunde, ”M” of Kajola St., Shagamu, Ogun State, for allegedly molesting his three-year old step sister in a viral video. Tunde was seen in the viral video kissing his three year old sister. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, in a statement Read More…
Smiles can now creep back to the face of Waka Queen, Salawa Abeni, as the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday announced that it had arrested a certain man who had been blackmailing her. A statement from the police read: “Our Decoy team have arrested a man who tried blackmailing the popular fuji artiste, Salawa Read More…
Human rights groups have appealed to the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), to compel one Miss Funmilola Adisa to undergo psychiatric evaluation for allegedly killing her baby. The rights groups, Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative (PRAI) and Postpartum Support Network (PSN) made the appeal in a letter they sent to the attorney-general. The Read More…
The Police Command in Lagos State on Sunday said it arrested 1,872 people in the last two weeks, over violation of the restriction order in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Bala Elkana, gave the figure in a press statement in Lagos. Elkana said Read More…
A Lagos State High Court on Thursday acquitted a trader, Ola Samson of robbing an Indian national, Mr Manish Batiah of six laptops, a Nissan Almera saloon car and jewellery valued at 2,800 dollars. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Olamide Akinkugbe, during a virtual hearing proceeding held via the Zoom Meeting Read More…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Lagos Sector Command on Thursday said that it arrested 40 overloaded vehicles in the first week of COVID-19 Lockdown relaxation in the state. The Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Hyginus Omeje disclosed this in a statement by Mrs Olabisi Sonusi, the Sector Public Education Officer in Lagos. Read More…