Two men, Osharon Egberanmuen and Michael Eyoekpe, who conspired and strangled a Lagos transport company driver, were on Tuesday remanded in prison on the orders of an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court.
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Cases of car theft have become common in Nigeria. Though not a new trend, car snatchers have continued to devise new methods to carry out their nefarious act. Below are some of the new tricks to watch out for: Ladies as bait In this method, car snatchers use ladies to lure men into giving them a ride. The lady tells […]
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Scores of persons were injured as a factional cult group yesterday went on rampage in Mushin and Oshodi areas of Lagos State. The hoodlums, brandishing dangerous weapons and aged between 18 and 25, also shattered the windscreens of vehicles parked along Lawanson Road and Oshodi. The fracas, which started around 9:00 pm on Tuesday, spilled over to yesterday morning. Presently, […]
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Ride hailing app Uber has said that although slain cab driver, Ehobosa Alex, was a registered Uber driver, he was however not using the app at the time his killers boarded his ride. According to Uber, “we are shocked and deeply saddened to learn of this tragic news. We are busy reaching out to offer our support to the driver’s […]
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The long arm of the law has caught up with two men, who allegedly strangled an UBER driver to death in Lagos before stealing and escaping with his car to Edo State. According to the Lagos State police boss, Fatai Owoseni, the cab driver, Ehobosa Alex, was killed on a Sunday at Fagba, Iju-Ishaga area of the state and his […]
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The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, is to appear before a police team investigating the Tuesday fire that gutted some offices at the FAAN headquarters in Lagos. Dunoma made the disclosure while briefing newsmen after inspecting the damage caused by the fire which affected some offices at the headquarters earlier in the day. […]
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Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a driver who connived with three other persons in diverting his company’s 600 bags of flour before dismembering the truck for sale in pieces. The suspect, Garuba Lawal, 36, from Kwara State, connived with three others, now at large, and diverted the 600 bags of flour […]
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A German national, Mr Brenard Christo, who slumped on Friday at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, has died at an undisclosed hospital. The spokesman for the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the death of the German to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Alabi said the deceased was waiting to […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday launched the rebranded Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps, with a pledge that the security of lives and property in the State is now non-negotiable. A total of 177 Salon Cars and Vehicles equipped with necessary communication gadgets, 377 motorcycles, 377 helmets, 4,000 bicycles, metal detectors for ensuring that illegal weapons are not smuggled […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a woman, Taiwo Titilayo Momoh who attempted to jump into the Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge on Friday. Taiwo’s case is coming few days after a medical practitioner, Allwell Orji jumped into the Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge as his remains was retrieved from the water on Wednesday. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, […]
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