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Residents groan over Lagos Airforce base blackout

5 months ago1019 min

Serving military personnel living at the Sam Ethan Air Force Base in Ikeja, Lagos State have been experiencing a blackout in their power supply, which has left them scrambling to find a source of water, PUNCH Metro findings revealed. Although the community is intended for military officers and their families, civilians are permitted to own and operate businesses such as dry cleaning services, grocery shops, salons, eateries, and more. While residents are complaining about the...

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Drama as Mobile Police officer, Uber driver fight in Lagos

5 months ago885 min

A dramatic confrontation unfolded on Monday after a Mobile Police officer clashed with an e-hailing driver at Wempco Road in the Ogba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the driver while in transit along the area slowed down on getting to a Zebra crossing for a pedestrian who made use of it. The police officer who also crossed the road at the point however hit the car’s bonnet, accusing the driver of attempting...

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NDLEA arrests ‘wanted’ Lagos drug baron

5 months ago877 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Wednesday said its operatives had arrested the leader of the Mushin, Lagos-based drug cartel identified as Sulaiman Jimoh aka Temo. The agency stated that Temo, who had been on its wanted list, had been evading arrest until he was eventually nabbed. His arrest came after a drug baron, identified as Joachin Mbonu, was arrested in his mansion in Imo State on July 12 after fleeing from South Africa....

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Man arrested for impersonating Lagos neighbourhood safety corps operative

5 months ago904 min

Men of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps have arrested a 35-year-old suspect, Mevo Alex Sunday, for impersonation. This was made known in a statement Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency on it’s Website on Wednesday. According to the statement released by the Agency, Sunday claimed that he purchased the uniform from an unknown LNSA officer, Mr. Femi, in November last year for N25,000. He alleged that Mr. Femi promised to secure him a job with the...

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Police arrest 90 suspects in Lagos midnight raid

5 months ago865 min

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad have arrested 90 male suspects during a raid on suspected criminals in the late hours of Tuesday. The operation, which was done in collaboration with Area A Command, targeted notorious hotspots in Obalende, Adeniji, and Lagos Island areas of the state. The RRS disclosed this in a statement on Facebook on Wednesday. The statement read, “Last night, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, in collaboration...

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Two restaurant attendants arraigned for stealing laptops in Lagos

5 months ago6373 min

Two restaurant attendants, Armstrong George, 24 and Osinachi Edwin, 21, were on Tuesday arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court, in Lagos State for allegedly stealing laptops worth N670,000, from their employer. The duo are facing two counts bordering on conspiracy and stealing preferred against them by the police. The police prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendants committed the alleged offences at about 11 pm, on July 21, 2024. He said the...

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Police uncover fake sachet water company in Lagos

5 months ago4966 min

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested one Hashiru Baku, the mastermind behind the murder of the late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere. Udokwere, who was the national chairman of the Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was murdered by armed robbers who invaded his residence on June 22, 2024, and took away his gun. The police had arrested and paraded Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu in connection...

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Police launch manhunt for fleeing Lagos kidnap suspects

5 months ago1107 min

The police in Lagos State have continued to be on the trail of fleeing members of a notorious kidnapping gang who had plotted to abduct some wealthy persons in the state. Nine members of the gang were killed during an operation that took place on Thursday, July 9, in the Ladipo area of the state. A source had told City Round that some shootings took place at Oloje Street, Papa Ajao, area of Mushin, on Thursday...

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Confusion as female passenger dies in Lagos Keke Marwa

5 months ago1015 min

There was panic on Friday after a yet-to-identified woman passed on in a tricycle while in transit at Isheri, Idimu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased had boarded the tricycle along the Isheri-Igando Road and was heading to the Isheri end of the area. On getting to her bus stop, the tricycle rider was said to have notified her of arriving at her destination. The rider was shocked to discover thereafter...

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Tinubu Appoints Lagos Former Lawmaker, Accused Of Hoarding COVID-19 Palliatives For Birthday Party, As NSITF Director

5 months ago1373 min

The female lawmaker at that time had diverted the palliatives meant for her constituents and repackaged same as birthday party packs as seen in photographs which went viral after the event. President Bola Tinubu on Saturday approved the appointment of Mrs. Mojisolaoluwa Kehinde Alli-Macaulay, a former Lagos lawmaker as the Executive Director (Operations) of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). SaharaReporters in October 2020 reported how Nigerians exposed Alli-Macaulay for...

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