Friday, 29 January 2016

Carpenter, wife killed in high -tension wire tragedy


There was confusion in the Mushin area of Lagos State after a 51-year-old carpenter, Muritador Ajayi, was electrocuted by a live high-tension wire.

Seven men abduct, gang-rape fashion designer


A fashion designer, Funmi (pseudonym), has been abducted and gang-raped by seven men on Powerline Road, Oko Oba, in the Agege area of Lagos State.

Police arrest diploma holder for assaulting pregnant woman


The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a diploma holder, Samuel Onochie, for allegedly sexually assaulting a pregnant woman, Esther (pseudonym), in Jakande, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.

Lagos goes after cultists, gangsters

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni

The Lagos State Government says it has decided that there is no room for cultism in the state, adding that anyone found engaging in cultism and criminal activities will be decisively dealt with.

Suicide bombers attack Chibok, kill 14

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai

No fewer than 14 persons were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack on the Chibok Market in Borno State.

Lassa Fever: Second Death Recorded In Lagos

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The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide Idris, on Tuesday disclosed that Lagos State has recorded twenty (20) suspected cases of Lassa Fever as at January 26, 2016, since the outbreak of the disease in the country in November, 2015.