*Lagos CP warns police against extortion, others (Punch)*N3.1m fraud: Fashola impersonator’s trial adjourned till Feb 25 (Nation)

Lagos CP warns police against extortion, others (Punch) The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned police officers in the state against extortion and the violation of human rights, among others Odumosu said this on Friday while presenting…

*Panic as COVID-19 breaks out in Lagos lab, workers infected (Punch)*Taskforce seeks NURTW support in traffic law enforcement in Lagos (DailyTrust)

Panic as COVID-19 breaks out in Lagos lab, workers infected (Punch) There is panic at the WellMed Healthcare Laboratory in the Ajah area of Lagos State, as several workers at the facility have reportedly tested positive for the COVID-19 pandemic.…

*22 suspected Internet fraudsters arrested in Lagos (Punch)*YABATECH shuts medical centre, academic planning unit as staff dies of COVID-19 (Tribune)

22 suspected Internet fraudsters arrested in Lagos (Punch) No fewer than 22 suspected Internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A statement on Tuesday by the EFCC Head of Media…

*Faces and profiles of the new service chiefs (Tribune)*NECO releases new date for 2020 SSCE (NewTelegraph)

Faces and profiles of the new service chiefs (Tribune) The new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor, with Army number 8370, was born on October 5, 1965. He is from Ika South of Delta State and he is…

Chelsea sack manager Frank Lampard with Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him

Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him. Lampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League after last week’s defeat at Leicester City,…

*Four police inspectors arrested for alleged extortion (Guardian)*Court remands man, 38, over alleged defilement (Guardian)

Four police inspectors arrested for alleged extortion (Guardian) The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested four police officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70,000 from a 16-year-old student on Wednesday at NGAB Junction, Isheri Area of Lagos…

*Cairo-bound girls nabbed in Lagos with tampered passports (Punch)*Community alerts Sanwo-Olu to alleged illegal construction works (Guardian)

Cairo-bound girls nabbed in Lagos with tampered passports (Punch) Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, have apprehended two girls with tampered passports. The suspects, Adebayo Kazeem and Babalola Kehinde, were about to board a Cairo-bound…

*Lagos sample tests near 264, 000, says Abayomi (Nation)*2 remanded for engine oil adulteration (Punch)

Lagos sample tests near 264, 000, says Abayomi (Nation) Lagos State Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi said yesterday that the state government had conducted 263,358 valid COVID-19 sample tests since inception of the pandemic. Abayomi stated this on his…

*Woman attacked on Lekki/Ikoyi link bridge (Guardian)*2 Lagos cultists nabbed during gun battle with police (Punch)

Woman attacked on Lekki/Ikoyi link bridge (Guardian) A woman was attacked, yesterday, along Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos while passersby watched. She was left with bruised face, a broken finger and a gash on her thigh. Her sister, whose name…

*#EndSARS: How clergyman lost fiancee, tooth to police brutality (Nation)*Resumption date for civil servants now February 1 – Sanwo-Olu (Guardian)

#EndSARS: How clergyman lost fiancee, tooth to police brutality (Nation) There were shocking revelations at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses on Saturday. A deacon with the Apostolic Church, David…

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