Crime

By Olufunke Elushakin, Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) National leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has described the late Chief Adebayo Faleti as a vanguard of the promotion of Yoruba language. Tinubu in a condolence message in Lagos on Friday also described him as a man of many parts, an icon in the academic, literary and cultural worlds. Saying that the country ...

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By Our Correspondent The six students of Lagos Model College,Igbonla, Epe have regained their freedom in far away Ondo State on Friday after over 65 days in the den of the captor. The students whose plight drew serious attention from within and outside the country were abducted on May 25, 2027 in their school in Epe town. Though details of ...

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Gunmen believed to be kidnappers on Wednesday abducted two lawyers who are executive members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Rivers State chapter, have been kidnapped while returning from the National EXCO meeting at Abuja. The situation has caused panic and anxiety among lawyers in the state after hearing the abduction of two of their colleagues. It was ...

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A Magistrates’ Court in Plateau State has sentenced a 40-year old man, Lavwet Kelap to two years imprisonment for stealing a goat valued at N40, 000. The presiding judge, Magistrate, Luther Caleb, in the alternative, ordered the convict to pay a fine of N5, 000 and N33, 000 as compensation to the owner of the goat. Police Prosecutor, Hosea Selbut, told ...

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By Lateef Adedigba I don’t know whether I belong to the majority or minority School of thought in terms of our ways and manner of using social media platforms.

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HANDING OVER CEREMONY OF ORDER OF RELEASE FOR 18 PARDONED INMATES BY LAGOS STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF PREROGATIVE OF MERCY Pix 01 L-R: Representative of the Chairman, Lagos State Advisory Council of Prerogative of Mercy, Mrs. Bolatumi Animashaun; the Council Secretary, Mrs. Yejide Kolawole; member, Mr. Chris Okoye and the State Controller of Prisons, Mr. Olatunbosun Ladipo during the handing ...

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Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, on Tuesday warned Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in the state police command to shun bribery or leave the state. Owoseni stated this during a lecture on Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officers at the Police Officers’ Wives’ Association (POWA) Hall, Ikeja.

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Olori Wuraola-Zynab Ogunwusi, Wife of the Ooni of Ife has called for support for victims of domestic violence. Olori Wuraola who took to her social platform to lend her voice to the on-going fight against domestic violence in the society solicited for support from fellow women to reach out and give succour to those suffering from the trauma.

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The National Association of Women Journalist, Lagos State Council has commended the Lagos state government for its quick response at checkmating the menace committed by students from two secondary schools in Ikoyi.

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    Pix 1: Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni (2nd right), with Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), ACP Tunji Disu (right) with other Security operatives during the Police inspection of ongoing demolition of criminal hideouts in Ishawo, Ikorodu, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. PIX 2: Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni (2nd right), with Commander, Rapid Response Squad ...

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