Lagos government seeks support on decongestion of correctional facilities

Lagos State Ministry of Justice, through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has held a stakeholders’ meeting to further enhance and promote plea-bargain and district prosecutors’ scheme of the state government. In a statement, yesterday, the state’s Commissioner for Justice…

Lagos vows clampdown on land-grabbing

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has resolved to address land grabbing in the state, as property transactions have now been greatly hindered by the activities of the Omo-Onile and Ajagungbales. A statement on Sunday said the Attorney General and…

*Man marries 2 wives same day (Tribune)*Lagos investigates 158 crime scenes, 437 paternity cases (Punch)

Man marries 2 wives same day (Tribune) The talk-of-town wedding of two wives by one Akpove at Lagos-Igbide, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, is currently ongoing.  A poster of the groom and brides appeared on the social media…

*Lagos teenage factory worker killed in industrial accident on resumption day (Punch)*Police arrest ‘cultist, traffic robbers’ in Lagos (Nation)

Lagos teenage factory worker killed in industrial accident on resumption day (Punch) Seventeen-year-old Babatunde Abdulrahmon has succumbed to the injuries he sustained on the day he resumed work as a mixer at a manufacturing company, Mingyi Trading Company Limited, Satellite…

*Lagos amputee hawker celebrates birthday, set to open supermarket (Punch)*Dreaded Lagos robber Samuel Ayooluwa caught with two pistols (PMNews)

Lagos amputee hawker celebrates birthday, set to open supermarket (Punch) Things are fast falling into place for Mary Daniel, the 26-year-old amputee water hawker and her life is showing significant transformation. The single mum, who used to sell bottled water…

COVID-19 2nd wave: 566 arrested, 502 convicted, 32 clubs shut in Lagos

No fewer than 566 persons have been arrested and 502 convicted for breaching COVID-19 regulations in Lagos, since the advent of the pandemic’s second wave. The Nation learnt that 32 clubs and event centres have also been shut by the…

*#EndSARS protest stalls Evans trial (Nation) *#EndSARS: Your voices have been heard, let govt play its roles, Sanwo-Olu begs protesters (Punch)

#EndSARS protest stalls Evans trial (Nation) Officials of Kirikiri Maximum Security Correctional Centre on Wednesday failed to produce kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans and his co-defendants before an Ikeja Special Offences Court to answer charges of kidnapping brought against…

*Lagos police free anti-government protesters (Guardian) *Falling container deaths: Lagos to prosecute truck owner, driver (Nation)

Lagos police free anti-government protesters (Guardian) Police in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos have freed 25 protesters arrested at a banned anti-government demonstration, a spokesman said Thursday. “All the 25 suspects were released last night after being cautioned against unruly and…

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