Lagos State
Tenant dies in Lagos apartment, landlord alerts police
The remains of a tenant, Caleb Chiemele, have been recovered from a short-let apartment on the LSDPC Estate, off Freedom Way, in the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State. It was gathered on Monday that Chiemele, who had been staying in the apartment since May 12, did not come out of his apartment on […]
Truck crushes female biker in Lagos
Truck crushes female biker in LagosOperatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and other emergency responders have recovered the body of a female biker trapped under a loaded containerised truck in Lagos. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, on Monday […]
61-year-old electrocuted in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State said that a yet-to-be-identified 61-year-old man has lost his life after being electrocuted during the flood incident. Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the death in a post he shared on his X handle on Thursday. He said that the incident happened on Wednesday during the downpour in the […]
Lagos police rescue pregnant teenager from committing suicide
LAGOS—A 19-year-old pregnant girl, who was on the verge of committing suicide has been rescued by police officers attached to Ikorodu Area Command, Lagos. The girl, said to be eight months pregnant, called one of her bosom friends, lamenting that she was fed up with life after the boy that impregnated her abandoned her. Worse […]
Police arrest Lagos driver who stole employer’s car, gave testimony in church
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended 36-year-old robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, who stole his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was hired as a driver. Daniel confessed to having taken the car to his church to give testimony of God’s miraculous provision. In a related case, two dismissed soldiers, Akeem Suleiman and Abdulau […]
Couple jailed 11 years for sexual assault of girl, 15, in Lagos
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, arraigned and sentenced on an amended charge, a couple, Ezimora Okechukwu, a 49-year-old, to seven years and three years consecutively for indecent handling and sexual assault, and his wife, Ezimora Obioma, to one year of community service for concealing the act of sexual assault done […]
Groundnut seller bags life jail for defiling four-year-old
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced Sunday Uche, a 21-year-old groundnut trader, to life imprisonment for defiling a four year-old-girl. Justice Ramon Oshodi held that the prosecution was able to prove the offence of defilement against the convict without reasonable doubt, stating that the defendant’s actions were heinous and deserving […]
Family sends SOS to IGP over officer who shot man to death in Lagos
LAGOS—The grieving family of one Toheeb Eniafe, who was shot dead by an officer of the Nigeria Police Force on May 1, 2024, in Obalende area of Lagos State, has asked the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to hasten the investigation into the death of their son (Toheeb) as the family was no longer comfortable […]
Sam Larry constantly in shadow of Mohbad’s death
Ever since the controversial death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, on September 12, 2023, the life of a show promoter, Samson Balogun, aka Sam Larry, has not remained the same. In the course of their investigations into the singer’s death, the police had stated that Sam Larry and Mohbad’s former record label boss, Naira […]
Former Konga CEO, Imudia, kills self in Lagos home
Former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, Nick Imudia, has reportedly died by suicide. Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Before his death, the businessman reportedly […]