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Marketer arraigned for stealing N4m goods in Lagos

5 months ago794 min

The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned a 33-year-old marketer, Adewale Odegbesan, for allegedly stealing products worth N4m. He was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate O.Y. Adefope with the defendant charged with three counts of conspiracy to steal and theft. The charges alleged that the defendant committed the offences between June 2023 and February 2024 at the Betty Distribution Company, Drop Point, Ajangbadi, Lagos, and conspired to steal products worth...

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Lagos chief’s murder: DPP indicts police inspector.

5 months ago728 min

The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions has indicted Inspector Dikko Usman of the Nigeria Police Force and others in the murder of Chief Fatai Jubril, the Baale of Lotu community in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro also learnt on Monday that the officer had been dismissed from the force and charged in court. The indictment of the inspector was detailed in the DPP’s advisory addressed to the Assistant Inspector General...

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Lagos transport workers protest alleged extortion by soldiers

5 months ago806 min

Some transport workers in Lagos State who raised the alarm over alleged continuous harassment and extortion by officials of Operation MESA in some parts of the state lamented to PUNCH Metro on Monday that the activities of the soldiers persisted. OP MESA is a joint internal security operational platform comprising the Nigerian Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. Facilitated by the Lagos State Government, they operate in synergy with the police in crime fighting...

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Man strips self naked to protest hardship in Lagos

5 months ago6584 min

As Nigerians stage protests across the nation to voice their concerns about economic hardship and difficulties, an unnamed man chose to go naked to protest in Lagos State on Thursday. In a viral video circulating on social media, the man could be seen naked and walking the street of Ojota, among other protesters, and singing “Solidarity forever.“ PUNCH Metro reports that a nationwide protest has erupted across Nigeria, as citizens express their frustration over the...

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Fire destroys three shops in Lagos plank market

5 months ago1273 min

Property worth millions of naira was, on Thursday, destroyed in an early morning fire that gutted three shops at the Ladipo Baale Roundabout Plank Market in the Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos State. In a statement he signed, the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, said no death was recorded in the incident. The fire, which occurred at midnight, affected a section of the plank market. According to Oke-Osanyitolu, further investigations...

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Passengers shun Lagos, Ogun motor parks over protest

5 months ago874 min

As Nigerians observed the nationwide protest on Thursday, PUNCH Metro reports that passengers abandoned numerous motor parks in Lagos and Ogun states. Our correspondent, who visited motor parks in Akute, Alagbole, and Ojodu-Berger, reports that commercial buses were in large numbers while drivers anxiously waited for passengers to arrive. “It was yesterday that I heard that there would be a protest today. I cannot cancel my appointment for it,” a motorist identified only as Sola...

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Police arrest two suspects with weapons in Lagos

5 months ago2784 min

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspects and recovered a large cache of weapons in the Mushin area of the state. According to a statement released by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Thursday, the tactical team responded to a call about armed men on Agoro Street, Mushin, around 1 am. The team arrested Sherrif Mustapha, 42, and Suturat Lateef, 28, while one other suspect escaped. The statement read,...

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Lagos monarch accused of demolishing cancer survivor’s home

5 months ago28410 min

A three-time cancer survivor, Olaitan Ogunseye, has demanded justice after the Eletu of Oke-Eletu, Adeniyi Àjàyí, allegedly demolished her building under construction on Chris Aghanenu Street, Eyita, in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the monarch, after taking over the property from the 64-year-old woman, allegedly threatened to kill her and anyone else sighted working on the land. PUNCH Metro learnt that the plot of land was acquired from...

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Police foil explosive device attack in Lagos

5 months ago1074 min

The Lagos State Police Command anti-bomb squad has foiled an Improvised Explosive Device attack in the Ikeja area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday. He said a vigilant police officer reported that a young man had alighted from the car, carefully dropped a bag by the side of the Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit fence, returned to the vehicle, and sped off....

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Driver arraigned for allegedly stealing employer’s N22m

5 months ago1274 min

A 33-year-old driver Oluwatosin Eko, was on Tuesday, arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court, in Lagos, sitting at Ebute-Metta, for allegedly stealing N22,280,000, from his employer. Eko was arraigned on two counts bordering on conspiracy, and stealing preferred against him, by the police. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant and others now at large conspired amongst themselves to commit the alleged theft. Osuji said that the incident occurred at...

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