IGP issues directives for distribution of additional uniforms, kits, body armour
THE Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate distribution of additional batches of uniforms, kits, accoutrements and body armours for police personnel especially Inspectors and other…
Adamawa Police arrest drug dealer, accomplice
ADAMAWA State Police Command on Thursday, said it has arrested a suspected drug dealer and an accomplice. This is in furtherance to the command's reinvigorated special action plan on the…
Boat mishap claims five children in Kebbi
A farmer identified as Musa Labaran has reportedly lost five children in a boat mishap that occured in Kebbi State. The incident occured on Wednesday while a boat conveying Labaran,…
Fisherman dies in Badagry boat mishap
A 58-year-old fisherman, George Whensu, has been found dead following a boat mishap allegedly involving another commercial boat on Gbaji waterways in Badagry area of Lagos State. The deceased's son,…
Suspected hoodlums attack govt officials in Lagos
OPERATIVES of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) on Wednesday, apprehended two persons for assaulting six officials of Lagos State Building Control Agency LASBCA, and its sister Agency,…
Traders displaced as fire guts Apongbon Under Bridge Market
SCORES of traders were displaced on Wednesday, in an early morning fire outbreak which razed some shops at the Apongbon Under Bridge Market in Lagos. Although details of the fire…
Buhari visits Lagos, inaugurates $2.5bn Dangote Fertiliser Plant
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Dangote Fertiliser Plant in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos. He inaugurated the multi-billion dollar facility on Tuesday at an event well attended by many…
EFCC nabs 33 internet fraudsters in Lagos, Enugu
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, arrested 33 suspected internet fraudsters. The anti-graft agency through its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said they were apprehended in separate raids in…
Fire guts storey building in Lagos
FIRE outbreak on Tuesday, gutted a three-storey building located at Anthony Enahoro Estate, Sogunro, Ogba area of Lagos State. No life was lost to the incident which reportedly occurred in…
Bamise: Lagos arraigns BRT driver over alleged rape, murder
THE Lagos State Government on Tuesday, arraigned the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Nice Ominnikoron, before a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa TBS over the alleged rape…
