The Lagos State Police Command has paraded 1,320 suspected criminals who were arrested at various locations across the state from the month of May till day. They include sixty-six suspected armed robbers, seventy-two suspected cultists, and forty-seven murder suspects, among others. Within the period, the police also recovered one hundred and ten firearms, one hundred and twenty-five…
3 people have been shot dead at the Ladipo Market in Lagos following violence involving some touts and men in the uniform of the Nigerian Air Force. Reports say trouble started following an argument between some of the uniformed men and touts who charge fees for parking of vehicles. A spokesman for the Nigerian Air Force later…
The forthcoming local government elections in Lagos State, scheduled for July 24, continues to face threats, as more interested parties head to court to challenge the exercise. This latest lawsuit involves eleven political parties, who filed an application before a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, seeking to stop the council elections. The aggrieved political parties Alliance of…
The funeral of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, continue today, Friday, July 9, with his interment. Lasgidi FM’s Chukwuemeka Obioma was at the church premises in Ikotun area of Lagos State on Thursday, for the lying-in-state ceremony, and spoke with some of the mourners on their impressions about the…
The resolutions reached at the meeting of the Southern Governors Forum in Lagos State has received the support of political leaders in the Middle Belt. These include the demand for the next president of Nigeria to come from the southern part of the country, and the rejection of the Petroleum Industry Bill passed by the National Assembly…
Former Lagos State Governor, and leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is alive and back in the country. Pictures of Bola Tinubu’s return to Nigeria from an overseas trip have been circulated online by close sources in a bid to counter rumours about his state of health. Reports say Tinubu had travelled to Dubai…