Lagos
The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Tuesday announced a 72-hour total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge to cast concrete on the expansion joints. With effect from Christmas midnight, Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos state will be totally shut for seventy-two hours. The closure, according to the Federal Controller of […]
Following last night’s shooting at the Lekki toll gate, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an investigation into the incident and called on Lagosians to remain calm. Sanwo-Olu advised security agents not to arrest anyone because of the curfew, which is to last for twenty-four hours. The Governor in a statement signed by the Commissioner for […]
Henceforth, Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS unit in Lagos Police Command would no longer detain suspects in their cells. Such action has been banned by the State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu. Speaking in a televised porogramme, Odumosu directed SARS officers to only move out on information and notify the Area Commander before carrying out their operations. […]
Worried by the menace caused by the gridlock in Apapa and its environs, President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a task force headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, with a mandate to restore law and order in the ever-busy area of Lagos state, within two weeks. The directive, which was given at today’s last Federal Executive […]
COURT The long arm of the law has caught up with a 58-year-old man, Franklin Adeyanju who has been ordered to be remanded at the Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter. Adeyanju, a politician, who resides at 24, Tijani Street, Dopemu, a suburb of Ikeja, Lagos is being tried for defilement. The […]
POLICE Indications have emerged that the police plans to launch a special patrol convoy dedicated for a 24-hour surveillance of banks and other financial institutions around riverine areas and creeks in Lagos. This was contained in a four point communiqué issued at the end of a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State […]
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