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A 70-year-old grandma, Selifat Funke Cole and her son, Babajide Ayorinde Cole, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 117.900kg of cannabis sativa. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi made this known yesterday while disclosing that the agency’s sniffer dogs uncovered cocaine in an India-bound shipment at the […]
Yesterday morning, a cart pusher kidnapped a two-year old boy, around the UBA bank(along Owutu-Isawo Road) Agric, in Ikorodu, in a sack. He was reportedly apprehended around Jayeola Street along that same road (about a kilometre from the location of the kidnapping). The child who was barely breathing was rescued by observers who noticed some […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of an alleged WhatsApp hacker, Stephen Andrew Ojo, at the Ikoyi centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services. Justice Akintayo Aluko remanded the defendant following his arraignment before the court by the officers of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos. Ojo was arraigned on […]
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has sounded the alarm to alert Parents and Guardians in the State to be extra vigilant in the monitoring and protection of children and wards during this festive period. The Executive Secretary revealed that the historical trend from available data points to children being at a higher […]
The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a man, Adegboyega Rabiu, before the Yaba Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing the sum of N25 million from one Lanre Badmus in the Ikorodu area of the state. The 50-year-old defendant was arraigned before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka on two counts of receiving money by false pretence and stealing. […]
Some residents of Lagos State have raised the alarm over the spike in cases of kidnappings in the state in recent times. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incidents had largely been recorded on the Mainland, particularly in the Alimosho and Amuwo Odofin Local Government Areas of the state. It was also gathered that wealthy people were […]
A Borno woman identified simply as Aisha has offered to sell her two-week-old baby for N1 million at the Akala drug zone, located in Fadeyi, Idi-Oro/Odi-Olowu, Lagos. According to sources, Aisha, who is known to be a drug addict, has resorted to extreme measures to sustain her addiction. Aisha’s journey into drug addiction, as gathered, began […]
At least 163 people have been murdered and 189 robbery cases recorded in Lagos State in the last one year, records from the police have shown. Acting Commissioner of Police, DCP Waheed Ayilara disclosed this on Tuesday at the 17th Town Hall Meeting on security organised by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), where […]
One Mr. Samuel Soyemi has recounted how some men who claimed to be police officers from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State invaded his house and drove him and his family away in their vehicle. In what Soyemi described as both an abduction and armed robbery, he said the cops transferred the sum of N1,025,000 from […]
The Nigerian Navy said its Forward Operating Base, (FOB) Igbokoda in Ondo on Wednesday 6 December 2023 at about 10 pm detected and arrested in the early hours of Thursday 7 December, a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) Vinnalaris 1 Lagos for crude oil theft. Director of Naval Information, Commodore, Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan made this known in […]
