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Two motorcyclists, on Monday, lost their lives during an exchange of gunfire with policemen who prevented an attack on the Ipaja Division of the Lagos State Police Command. PUNCH Metro gathered that the policemen embarked on the enforcement of the existing ban on motorcycle operations in the state when the motorcyclists revolted against the action. During […]
…Says Edo ranks second in terms of conviction after Lagos BENIN CITY— THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that underage boys, who are into internet fraud popularly called ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ do age declaration to enable them to open bank accounts and get driver’s licences to expend their proceeds from the crimes, as […]
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a fake medical doctor practising in the Ikorodu area of the state, with a forged certificate from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. According to a video by the TVC posted on Tuesday, the police said they discovered about 200 patient cards with the fake medical […]
A disagreement over a bet started a clash in the Ile-Epo area of Lagos State between Wednesday and Thursday morning, and many people are said to have lost their lives. Inside the Ile-Epo popular market located in Oke-Odo, Orile Agege, the clash that started like a harmless disagreement between a betting agent and a customer, […]
More than two months after they were declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America. “This followed the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of heroin at the […]
A grandmother, Fatimo Ganiyu is now in police custody for allegedly locking up three infants in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday at about 4:00 p.m. A video sent to our correspondent by a resident in the area showed how malnourished the male and female infants […]
Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos has imposed a three-month community service sentence on a 57-year-old teacher, Oteka Azikiwe, for unlawfully dealing in various banned substances. Justice Bogoro also ordered Azikiwe to pay an additional fine of N800,000 after he pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of unlawful dealing in illicit […]
Mrs Mariam Israel, mother of the 15-month-old baby, who was burnt to death by hoodlums that invaded Egan Oriomi, a riverine community in Otto Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Ojo, Lagos, on Saturday, yesterday said she was prevented from saving the child. Vanguard gathered that five persons out of the 12 suspects arrested on Monday […]
AMONG the growing concerns for motorists in Lagos State at the moment are the illegal activities of some unruly miscreants operating under the guise of local government officials. Their major haunt are the highways where they lay in wait to impound and tow away the vehicles of their victims for whatever imaginable or conceivable offence. […]
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, on Wednesday, announced the discovery of an illegal fuel depot with 65,000 litres worth N500 million in Lagos.NNS, in a statement by the Base Information Officer, Lieutenant Hussein Ibrahim, said the leader of the syndicate, Ahmed Ariyo, alongside 4 other persons were arrested in a private apartment at 3 […]
