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A High Court in Lagos has granted the police an order for interim forfeiture of a hotel, a bus, and home appliances, suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities. Vacation judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, made the order following an ex parte motion filed and argued by Mr. Joseph Ebosereme, counsel to
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The life of a pregnant woman may have been saved if the doctor that was to operate on her was not allegedly held by policemen enforcing the curfew in place to restrict movement amid the COVID-19 pandemic. PUNCH Metro gathered that the surgeon was held for about one hour on Airport Road,
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It was a sad incident on Friday evening when a woman simply identified as Fausat lost her son when returning home from their daily routine. The woman was said to be backing her son on a motorcycle from Igando to Ayobo plying one of the wooden bridges linking the two communities.
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The Lagos state police has paraded 29 worshippers arrested in the state, including a Pastor and an Imam, for violating the Federal Government's directive against congregational worship. The Christian and Islamic clerics were arrested by the police alongside their congregants at different locations in the state while holding congregational services, were paraded on Monday at the
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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the probe of the Chairman, Five Star Group, Emeka Okonkwo aka E-Money, over his flamboyant lifestyle and flagrant abuse of police escorts. Okonkwo, who is the brother to musician, Kingsley Okonkwo aka K-Cee, was said to have drawn the ire of the police
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Nigerian music video director, Clarence Peters, who was detained by the Lagos state police command over the death of video vixen and dancer, Kodak, at his studio in Omole, Lagos in April, has been granted bail. Police sources who confirmed his release to LIB, said Clarence and others who were detained over the death of
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by Damilola Agekameh A pathologist, Oluwaseun Williams, on Thursday, March 5, 2020, narrated to a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja how an autopsy conducted on the corpse of a football fan, Kolade Johnson, revealed that he suffered six gunshot injuries. Kolade was allegedly killed by a policeman, Olalekan Ogunyemi, who was dismissed by the Lagos
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by Alli Mustapha Due to the incessant gang wars, street fights, clash of suspected cult members and activities of robbery gangs in some Lagos neighbourhood, including Agege, the police have called for cooperation from residents to make its community policing strategy achieve its desired results. The call was made at a one-day
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by Seun Badejo The Lagos State Police yesterday, Thursday, February 27, 2020, rescued a 28-year-old man, Princewill David, who jumped into the lagoon at Third Mainland Bridge in a suicide attempt. The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday. It was gathered that David, a resident of 42, Tajudeen Balogun Street, Igando, attempted to take his life after his lover
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by Seun Badejo The men of the Lagos Police Command reportedly fired tear gas at persons living with disabilities, who embarked on a peaceful demonstration in Ikeja, the state capital, to register their displeasure over the ban on commercial motorcycles known as Okada in parts of the city. Five of the leaders of the protesters were also arrested
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