Lagos

Immigration intercepts traffickers, rescues baby, three others in Lagos

5 months ago2694 min

The Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos Border Patrol Command, Seme, Badagry, Lagos State, has rescued a six-month-old baby and three others, suspected to be victims of human trafficking. The Controller of the command, Comptroller Peter Adache, who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Badagry on Friday, said the victims were rescued when the officials intercepted a yet-to-be-identified couple suspected to be human traffickers. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Adache said the suspects were...

by Probitas

Latest News

Police arrest two for vandalism in Lagos

5 months ago1012 min

Men of the Lagos State Police Command, Ilupeju division, have arrested two suspects, Kelvin Louis (23) and Onyedikachi Paul (29), for vandalising railway perimeter iron fence along Oshodi-Agege Motor Road. This was made known by the Police command on X.com on Saturday. According to the report, the police received a tip-off from a concerned citizen, leading them to the scene where they apprehended the duo. The statement said, “Officers of Ilupeju division after receiving information...

by Probitas

Latest News

EXCLUSIVE: Government-Sponsored Cultists Mobilised To Lagos, Lodged In Hotels To Disrupt #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protest

5 months ago894 min

The development comes even as the government had said it would deploy thousands of police officers to different states of the federation to quell the protests. Some hoodlums and cult members have been mobilised by agents of the Lagos State government to disrupt the August 1-10 #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest which is expected to be significant in Lagos and other key states. SaharaReporters learnt on Saturday from top sources that the cultists hired to scuttle the...

by Probitas

Latest News

Fire guts Lagos warehouse, destroys goods

5 months ago1014 min

A fire outbreak in a factory warehouse in Lagos on Friday destroyed some goods estimated to be worth millions of naira. The Lagos State Management Agency announced this in Lagos on Friday. LASEMA Permanent Secretary Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said the incident happened at Josien Factory Warehouse, Abule Osun, Lagos State. He said that the agency responded to a distress call through its toll-free lines at 8.28 am on Friday. “The agency responded to the distress call...

by Probitas

Latest News

Lagos shuts hotels, poultry over noise, air pollution

5 months ago103215 min

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has shut down several businesses in the Ikorodu area of the state over environmental infractions. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Friday. The statement read, “In a bold move to tackle noise, air pollution, and other environmental infractions, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency recently conducted a comprehensive enforcement operation in key areas of Lagos State,...

by Probitas

BREAKING: Lagos Government Postpones Exclusive Meeting With Activists To Bribe, Undermine Planned Protest After SaharaReporters’ Story

5 months ago5293 min

The Lagos State Government has postponed its meeting with human rights activists indefinitely after SaharaReporters exposed that its plan was to bribe the activists at the meeting. SaharaReporters reported on Thursday that the true intention behind the meeting was to offer bribes and persuade them to help disrupt the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest scheduled to begin on August 1. The Lagos State government, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday invited activists for an exclusive meeting. However,...

by Probitas

Metro

Lagos demolishes shanties around schools

5 months ago945 min

The Lagos State Government has continued its ongoing removal of illegal structures around school premises with the exercise extended to the Ikotun area on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro learnt that the operatives from the Enforcement Unit of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the Environmental Taskforce Team stormed the Community Senior Grammar School in the morning, and ordered the traders occupying the structures to vacate them. This was followed by an...

by Probitas

BREAKING: Three Killed In Lagos Building Collapse

5 months ago853 min

It was gathered that a set of three terraces under construction had collapsed. One of the rescued individuals was receiving treatment on-site. Three persons have been confirmed dead following a building collapse at Arowojobe Estate in the Maryland area of Lagos State on Thursday. It was gathered that a set of three terraces under construction had collapsed. One of the rescued individuals was receiving treatment on-site. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State...

by Probitas

Metro

Three die in Lagos building collapse

5 months ago884 min

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency on Thursday confirmed the death of three site workers on a building that collapsed at Arowojobe Estate in the Maryland area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said the incident happened at No 13, Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos. He said that the three males who were recovered dead...

by Probitas

Metro

Lagos task force arrests 114 in Ikoyi black spots

5 months ago894 min

The Lagos State Task Force has arrested 114 suspects and seized 2,000 litres of diesel in a raid conducted on Ikoyi black spots. The spokesperson for the agency, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, noted in a statement on Wednesday that the operation led by the Chairman, CSP Adetayo Akerele, was conducted on Monday night, targeting multiple black spots in Ikoyi. “The raid resulted in the confiscation of over 2,000 litres of illegally stored diesel and the arrest of...

Newer Posts

Older Posts