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1 person dies in street violence in Amukoko area of Lagos
1 person dies in street violence in Amukoko area of Lagos

One person has died in a street violence around Amukoko, in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State. The victim, who was identified as Chibuzor Tochukwu, was shot on the neck after a combined team of security operatives moved into the area to stop the street fight. Lasgidi FM News Desk gathered from a close family…

3 suspects detained over alleged murder of Dowen College student
3 suspects detained over alleged murder of Dowen College student

The Lagos State Police Command has detained three suspects over the alleged murder of Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni Junior. The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu told newsmen that those in custody are three of the five students mentioned by Sylvester before he died. C.P. Odumosu also confirmed the readiness of the Police Command for a postmortem…

Court adjourns 3 robbery suspects trial to March 2022
Court adjourns 3 robbery suspects trial to March 2022

Justice Yetunde Adesanya has adjourned the trial of three robbery suspects to March next year. However; all three suspects, identified as Dickson Sylvester, Taiwo Moses and Bolaji Isah, pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Sylvester is alleged to have broken into the house of one John Williams at Ogombo in Ajah in March this year.…

Lagos panel confirms soldiers and police shot and killed EndSars protesters at Lekki Tollgate
Lagos panel confirms soldiers and police shot and killed EndSars protesters at Lekki Tollgate

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of Police Brutality and Other Related Matters has confirmed that soldiers and police shot at peaceful EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20 and 21, 2020. The Panel says the Nigerian Army shot, injured and killed unarmed helpless and defenseless protesters, without provocation or…

Police find decomposing corpse of kidnapped ex-army officer
Police find decomposing corpse of kidnapped ex-army officer

The police in Rivers State have exhumed the corpse of a retired Army captain who was kidnapped, killed and buried in a shallow grave in Igbo-Etche, near Port Harcourt. The victim, Geofrey Zwallamark, was abducted from his residence in Agbonchia, Eleme Local Government Area of the state in September 2021 by a four-man gang who shot him…

Illegible statements stall Chidinma’s trial
Illegible statements stall Chidinma’s trial

The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, a three hundred-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, accused of murdering Super TV’s Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, was stalled today at the Lagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Annex. Ojukwu, her co-accused, Adebayo Quadri and one Chioma Egbuchu pleaded not guilty to the nine-count…

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