The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), operatives at the Tincan seaport in Lagos on Friday, August 23, 2024 intercepted two containers which came from Mundra port in India. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said no fewer than 1,596 cartons of codeine-based syrup containing 319, 200 bottles of the opioid worth N2,234,400,000.00 in street value were…
At least ten people sustained various degrees of injury after the bus they were traveling in overturned inside the dedicated BRT lane at Iyana Ipaja, Lagos According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), the accident occurred shortly after the bus had departed from the BRT park at Iyana Ipaja. While giving an update…
A group of youths in Lagos State successfully thwarted an attempted kidnapping of a car dealer on Ebute Igbogbo Road in Ikorodu Local Government Area on Tuesday. The suspects, identified as Taiwo Olayinka, Azeez Sodiq, and Saheed Moonstruck, were arrested by the Lagos State Police Command and are currently in custody. A viral video showed…
A young music producer Nathan Akhimie, has been detained at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department in Panti, Yaba, since Friday, August 16, 2024, despite allegedly committing no offense. His family is struggling to meet the N1 million bail demand set by police operatives led by Superintendent Samuel Akhigbe. The incident began when Akhimie visited…
Adewale Oseni, a commercial bus driver, is seeking justice after he was allegedly brutalized by a police officer identified as Supol Akeem (aka Spider) attached to Makinde Police Station in Oshodi, Lagos. Oseni claims he was accosted by the officer while returning from a food vendor at 10 pm on July 14, and despite showing…
Lawyer and human rights activist, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has pointed fingers at the Federal Government, accusing them of being responsible for the #Igbomustgo campaign in Lagos. Ejiofor linked the campaign to President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Ononuga’s statement during the 2023 Presidential campaign build-up. Ejiofor alleged that Ononuga’s ethnically charged statements…
The Police Command in Lagos State says a 25-year-old contract staff, whose name was not mentioned, allegedly jumped into an iron melting pot of his company and died. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. The image maker said that the safety officer of the…
Former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has expressed bewilderment at the genocidal threat for Ndigbo to quit South West, saying that such a call amounts to asking them to exit Nigeria. Those behind the #IgboMustGo campaign, have given Ndigbo living in Lagos and other parts of South West zone, up to August 20, to relocate…
On Monday, #EndBadGovernance protesters, including a half-naked man, assembled at Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos State, despite the presence of heavily armed police personnel. The protesters, who have been demonstrating since Thursday, August 1, 2024, vowed to continue their nationwide protest against hunger, hardship, and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu’s administration for…
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, announced on Sunday that the #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protest has been banned following President Bola Tinubu’s address to the demonstrators. Fayoade stated that any further gatherings in the state are now deemed unlawful and illegal in light of the President’s intervention. “The protest has been called off because of the…
