The police are yet to make any arrest over the death of fourteen-year-old Karen Happuch Akpagher, who died in Abuja in June last year, after allegedly being sexually abused. The mother of the former student of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Vihimga Akpagher made this known in an interview with Lasgidi FM’s Najite Atirene. Vihimga Akpagher said that the…
A pipeline has exploded in the Egbeda area of Lagos State early this morning. The Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office of the National Emergency and Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development to Lasgidi FM News Desk in a telephone interview. Farinloye said the incident which occurred at Powerline Bus Stop along LASU/Isheri Road, was…
Officers of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested four suspects in connection with the abduction and gruesome killing of one Nneka Nwanyi-Sunday Kalu who was earlier reported missing and later found dead in a cassava farm on 29th August, 2021 in Ngugworo Community in Afikpo South, Ebonyi State. The suspects arrested are; Irem Ifeanyi Mbah,…
Civil society stakeholders have said that sexual and gender-based violence remains a big problem in Lagos State, despite efforts that are being made by the government to address the issue. Some of the most affected areas include Alimosho, Ojo and Oshodi local government areas of Lagos State. Bose Ironsi of Women’s Rights and Health Project said that…
Suspected killers have shot dead an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Sunday Omiwoye in Ondo State. Eyewitness account said that the victim was shot at close range by the suspected killers in front of his friend’s house situated along Agbala area behind Saint Monica’s Girl Grammar School, in Ondo town. The killers were reportedly pursuing…
Violence has erupted around the Ogba area of Lagos, after a truck driver crushed at least eight students around Grammar School Bus-Stop. An eyewitness told Lasgidi FM News Desk on telephone that the truck driver tried to run away but he was stopped after a hot chase by some concerned members of the public. However; our source…