Lagos police suspect conspiracy in Super TV boss murder, parade other 1,320 suspects

  The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has paraded no fewer than 1,320 suspects for allegedly terrorising and robbing residents of their valuables in various areas of the state. Speaking at the command headquarters at Ikeja on Wednesday, Odumosu said the suspects were arrested with weapons and hard drugs, adding that the command […]

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Assembly asks Sanwo-Olu to check excesses of LGs

Governor charges public servants on diligence, service delivery State PDP ready to re-establish free, fair congress Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, said it would no longer close its eyes to the excesses of local councils and local council development areas (LCDAs) that are involved in extortion and harassment of operators of courier and logistics […]

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Protesters storm Sanwo- Olu’s office over ‘imposition’ of LG chair candidate

Some residents of So­molu Local Govern­ment Area of Lagos State on Thursday protested to Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja over alleged imposition of the incumbent Chairman of Somolu Local Government, Hon. Abdul Ahmed Salawu, as the party’s candidate of the party in the forthcoming local government election in the state. Leader of the protesters, Hon. […]

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#EndSARS: ‘Most Lekki victims suffered fractures, machete wounds, minor injuries’

Most of the injuries recorded in the aftermath of the alleged shootings at the Lekki Tollgate and environs were predominantly fractures, machete wounds and minor cuts, the Lagos State Judicial Panel probing the incident heard on Tuesday. Lagos Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, told the panel that many of the people reported to have been […]

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Motorists, commuters groan as robbers take over Lagos bridge

• We’ve arrested 19 traffic robbers, say police Motorists and commuters plying the Eko Bridge, Lagos State, have lamented increasing attacks by armed robbers on them. It was gathered that while robbers broke into cars and commercial vehicles in broad daylight and dispossessed people of their valuables, the police were nowhere to be found. Our […]

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Protesters storm Lagos APC secretariat, reject candidates

Protesters from the Somolu Local Government Area on Tuesday besieged the secretariat of the All Progressives Party in Lagos State to express their grievances against the list of candidates for chairman and vice chairman released by the party for the forthcoming local government election on July 24. The protesters sang protest songs, displayed placards and […]

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Lady who lodged with boyfriend in Lagos hotel falls sick, dies

Lagos Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu A lady, identified only as Esther, has died after lodging with her boyfriend, names withheld, at the T1 Suites in the Festac area of the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the lovers visited the hotel to spend the night together. While in the […]

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Sanwo-Olu says Lagos will continue to look like construction site

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, said that the tempo of workaround infrastructure development and governance in the state would make it look like a construction site. He, therefore, implored residents to bear the pains and inconvenience that come with the massive developmental works in different parts of the state as it is all about […]

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