Residents of Shofunde Street at Okekoto community in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State have called on government authorities to help them to tackle the problem of flooding in the area. Some of the residents spoke with Lasgidi FM’s Chukwuemeka Obioma during his visit to area to see the impact of the flooding following recent rainfall.…
Gunmen have again attacked security operatives in the Southeast, killing policemen and military personnel in Anambra State. Reports say that the latest incident happened at a police checkpoint in Neni, in Anaocha Local Government Area. There was also an attack on a military outpost in Awkuzu, in Oyi Local Government Area, also in Anambra State, which is…
A lecturer at the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa; Abdullahi Opashola, has been jailed for love scam and internet fraud. Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, convicted Opashola after he pleaded guilty to one count of internet fraud. The twenty-six-year old lecturer was sentenced to four-month imprisonment, but with…
An official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has died, and another LASTMA officer is battling for his life in hospital, after they were attacked by some commercial bus drivers in Bariga. Police have moved into the area and arrested at least seven persons in connection with the death of Godwin Obasu, and the injuries sustained…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested twenty-nine suspected internet fraudsters in Awka, Anambra State. The raid was carried out by EFCC operatives from the Enugu Zonal office based on what the anti-graft agency described as credible intelligence. In a statement, the EFCC said it recovered five expensive cars from the suspects, including a…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested one Christopher Chiabata for allegedly killing his wife. Chiabata is alleged to have struck his wife with a pestle during a fight in their home at Onuebum, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, told Lasgidi FM News Desk that the suspect…