10 test positive for COVID-19 at Lagos Govt House (Nation) No fewer than 10 persons at the Lagos State Government House Marina have tested positive for COVID-19. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed on Thursday afternoon on his verified…
*Police arrest 4 in Lagos over alleged baby theft (Guardian) *Borno sets up virtual courtroom, as Lagos begins Skype hearings May 4 (Vanguard)
Police arrest 4 in Lagos over alleged baby theft (Guardian) The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested four persons, including a couple, over alleged theft of a one-month-old baby. A spokesman for the police in Lagos, DSP Bala…
COVID-19: Lagos police embark on enforcement of ban on gatherings exceeding 50 persons
Lagos State Police Command says in compliance with the guidelines and directives issued by both the Federal Government and Lagos State Government on prevention of the spread of coronavirus pandemic, it has embarked on massive enforcement of the ban order.…
*19-year-old ‘Yahoo Boy’ allegedly sets 24-year-old girlfriend ablaze for cheating (Punch) *Sanwo-Olu urges retirees to acquire skills (Nation)
19-year-old ‘Yahoo Boy’ allegedly sets 24-year-old girlfriend ablaze for cheating (Punch) Operatives of Iba Police Station have arrested a 19-year-old man, Ifeanyichukwu, for allegedly setting his 24-year-old girlfriend, Tolani, ablaze because he suspected that she had another lover. DSP Bala…
Man, 26, drowns at National Stadium, Surulere (Guardian)
One Sodiq Yusuf, 26, of No. 26, Horgan Bassey Street, Surulere, has said to have drowned at National Stadium, Surulere. The police in Lagos on Sunday said that a 26-year-old man, Sodiq Yusuf, had drowned inside the National Stadium swimming…
Seven Lagos traffic robbery suspects confess to snatching N25,000, valuables from victims —Police (Punch)
A team of surveillance experts attached to the Police Command in Lagos State has arrested seven traffic robbery suspects in separate sting operations, the spokesperson of the Command, DSP Bala Elkana, has said. Elkana said in a statement that while…
Johnson’s Killing: Is tattoo, dreadlock strange to Nigeria’s culture?
“Tattoo and dreadlock dey strange to our culture, especially for Nigeria,” says DSP Bala Elkana, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) while reacting to the extra-judicial killing of Kolade Johnson, a young Nigerian. Kolade, a father of one,…
Police repel attack on station, arrest three (Nation)
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspects following a raid on cultists and ritualists’ hideout. The Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He also said that the raid,…