Lagos judiciary gets training institute (Punch)

The Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Opeyemi Oke, on Tuesday, inaugurated a training institute established to update judiciary workers on developments in the law, as well as to expose them to international best practices. Oke said the setting up of…

Court jails man for Internet scam after FBI petitioned EFCC (Punch)

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Joseph Ekemezie to one-year imprisonment for involvement in fraudulent Internet activities. Ekemezie was arrested following a petition written by the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation…

Nine ballot booklets go missing in Lagos (Punch)

Tension arose as nine ballot booklets got missing at the Ogudu collation centre for Ward 4 voting centre in the Kosofe area of Lagos State. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agents were protesting the missing ballot booklets. A PDP agent,…

Gridlock as fire guts Ogun mass transit bus on Otedola Bridge (Punch)

Tragedy was averted on Monday when a mass transit bus owned by the Ogun State Government burst into flames on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The fire, which started around 11am, was said to have resulted from a…

Court acquits teacher accused of stealing $110,267 by Donald Duke’s wife (Punch)

The wife of the former governor of Cross River State, Onari Duke, on Monday, lost her bid to send the former Vice-Principal of the American International School, Lagos, Ebele Mbanugo, to prison for allegedly stealing $110,267.57 from her non-governmental organisation.…

EFCC arraigns Lagos pastor for fraud (Punch)

A Lagos-based pastor, Prophet Cletus Ilongwo, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged involvement in a N59.7m fraud. Ilongwo, the Presiding Pastor of the Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry, was brought before a…

3,089 cases of sexual, domestic violence and all the other crimes

What is a city without crime? Every Friday, thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Don’t get caught!!! Lagos records 3,089 cases of sexual, domestic violence in 8 months…

Soldier stabs undergraduate over debt in Lagos (Punch)

The family of a 27-year-old undergraduate student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Abraham Enebeli, has demanded justice after he was allegedly stabbed by a soldier. PUNCH Metro learnt that Abraham was allegedly stabbed in the Ijegun area of Lagos on…

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