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Homeland News
Sanwo-Olu mourns Kemi Nelson
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has mourned the passage of Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson, a member of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex leadership body of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC). Nelson, a former Executive Director of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and ex-South-West Zonal Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress, died on Sunday at the age…
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Crime & City Diary
Police nab attackers of Tinubu’s convoy, principal suspect named
The Nigeria Police Force, Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan ,Lagos, has arrested eight suspects in connection with the attack on the convoy of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Lagos Island. Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, comprising Lagos and Ogun states, Mr. Bode Adeleke paraded the suspects on Saturday. It would…
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Crime & City Diary
How notorious burglar Ibrahim stole 9 plasma TVs in Edo, Lagos hotels
Operatives of Edo State Police Command have arrested a notorious burglar, Ahmed Ibrahim, for stealing nine plasma television sets from three different hotels in Edo and Lagos states.This was contained in a statement by the theCommand’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu.The statement said: “On 14/07/2022 at about 0930hrs, Edo State Police Command arrested one suspect for burglary and…
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Homeland News
Man bags triple life imprisonment for defiling, raping daughters
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences court, on Thursday, sentenced a man, Michake Ogbar, to life imprisonment for defiling and raping his three daughters aged 10, 20 and 24 years.Justice Abiola Soladoye held that prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt, the charge of defilement and rape brought against Ogbar.“Evidence before the court shows that the prosecution has proved the case…
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Allow Nigerians with expired passports to return home -FG orders NIS
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to home with their expired International Passports. Aregbesola gave the directive while responding to a complaint by a Nigerian-American citizen, Jamui Kasumu, at the Alausa Passport Office during his unscheduled visit to the facility in Lagos on Wednesday, July 13. He…
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Another two-storey building collapses in Lagos
Four families occupying a two-storey building at Onipanu area of Lagos on Tuesday night scampered to safety before the structure collapsed.Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-West Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.Farinloye said that the building, located at No 15 Oke Arin Street, off Shillon, Onipanu, a suburb of Lagos,…
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Osinachi’s husband, Wadume still in custody – NCoS
Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala a.k.a. Wadume, disappeared after Kuje prison was attacked by suspected terrorists days ago.Public Relations Officer of the Service, Umar Abubakar on Tuesday said there’s no iota of truth in the report. He said: “I was with him…
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LASG to probe boat mishap
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered a probe into the July 8 Mile 2-Ibeshe boat accident in which lives were lost.In a statement issued late Monday evening by Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, in Lagos State, Governor Sanwo-Olu expressed sadness over the incident and commiserated with the families who lost their loved ones in the accident.Omotoso…
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2023: Yoruba should consider Tinubu’s presidential aspiration as priority-Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged Yorruba sons and daughters to rally around Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for him to actualised his dream of becoming the next president in 2023. Sanwo-Olu said there is more to benefit by Nigerians, Nigeria, most especially Yoruba, if Tinubu becomes the next president in 2023.The governor made the plea while speaking as…
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Man commits suicide by jumping into Lagos Lagoon
A 28-year-old man identified as Sodiq Aremu has committed suicide by jumping into the Lagos lagoon at the Elegushi area of the state. The deceased was said to have strolled towards the waterfront at Elegushi beach around 11pm on Wednesday, July 7, 2022.A police source said before anyone could decipher what was happening, the deceased dropped a bag he was…
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