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It was like a nightmare when I lost my sight inside exam hall – Graduate Student
Babatunde Obalereko, 39, a Political Science graduate from the University of Lagos, tells GODFREY GEORGE how he discovered his passion for fixing...
Man arrested for allegedly defiling 13-year-old neighbour’s daughter as wife goes for vigil
A man, Ukeme Sunday, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defiling a neighbour’s daughter in the Akodo area of the...
How I escaped from gunmen who killed Sowore’s brother – Widow
A woman, Emmanuella Anyanwu, who escaped from the hoodlums who reportedly killed late Olajide Sowore on Saturday, has said the gunmen demanded a ransom of...
Crisis rocks APC as pro-Tinubu group drags party to court
Unhappy with the conduct of the July 31 ward congress in Ekiti State, a Pro-Tinubu group under the auspices of Southwest Agenda for 2023 Presidency...
2023: Why Nigeria may not elect Tinubu as president
Reno Omokri, a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, says that Nigeria will be saddled with another “UK-based President” if the...
How ‘one chance’ bus landed me in kidnappers’ den for two days – ICT expert
Ifeanyi Okechukwu typifies the assumed qualities of a Lagosian; smart, sharp and lively. Born and bred in Bariga, one of the areas in the metropolis, the...
Roommate held over disappearance of Lagos builder from apartment overnight
The family of a 26-year-old builder, Habeeb Abdulsalam, is worried over the circumstances surrounding his disappearance from his apartment on Odulesi...
DSS releases two more Igboho’s aides as lawyer threatens legal action
The lawyer defending the aides of Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, Pelumi Olajengbesi has threatened to take legal action against the Department of...
Peacemaker stabbed to death during scuffle in Lagos bar
A peacemaker, Aminu Yusuf, has been killed during a fight between two customers in a bar around Volks, in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State....
Two armed robbers escape as police nab suspect
Two armed robbers escaped when policemen nabbed a suspect in the Bode Thomas, Surulere area of the state, the Lagos State Police Command has said. The...
Lagos airport bus driver returns missing $20,000, jewellery, others to owner
A driver attached to one of the buses conveying passengers from the terminal to the airside at Muritala Muhammed Airport terminal 2, MMA2, Lagos, has...
Eagles vs Liberia: Match tickets not for sale, says LSSC
The Lagos State Sports Commission has said that tickets for Friday’s 2022 World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Liberia will not be sold to “the...
Lagos govt nabs 24 suspects, seals property over wetland reclamation
Lagos State Government has arrested 24 suspects over-involvement in the reclamation of a wetland at Mosafejo Mowo in Badagry. It also sealed the premises...
Policemen, thugs, forcefully eject Ikeja residents
Blood bath was narrowly averted, early this morning, when land speculators in company of thugs and armed policemen invaded Kudeti street in the highbrow...
Lagos Speaker condoles PDP over loss of chairman, others
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has commiserated with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, over death...
2023: Lagos monarchs endorse Tinubu for president
Traditional rulers in Lagos State have endorsed All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for president in 2023. They described...
Angry father allegedly kills 7yr daughter to avenge wife’s infidelity
Her name is Favour. The last time she set her eyes on her mother was in December 2019, when she was barely five years old. With tears in her eyes,...
Man arraigned for alleged stealing of N1.5m telecoms parts
A 43-year-old man, Lukman Afolabi, has been arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing telecoms parts worth N1.5m....
Court strikes out fresh motion by DSS to further detain Igboho’s 4 associates
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a fresh motion the Department of State Services, DSS, filed for permission to further...
Court remands tailor, 24, for alleged possession of gun
A 24-year-old tailor, Lukman Mohammed, was on Tuesday remanded at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged possession of a gun. The police charged...
