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Lagos State Police Command on Sunday, 12 May, 2019, said its operatives have smashed motorcycles-snatching syndicates terrorising and dispossessing people of their valuables in the state. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police in a statement made available to journalist said the Police Station received a distress call on
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Policemen serving with Lagos Police Command are lamenting non-payment of allowances and running cost to ensure adequate security in the state. The officers accused Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of abandoning the state police command, thereby, grounding its activities in the twilight of his administration. According to one of the sources, “There are insinuations that the governor
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The Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) has handed over to the police one of its officials accused of assaulting three homeless children in Oshodi. The Corps’ Chairman, Israel Ajao, said the suspect, Idowu Adekunle, committed the act in a school where the kids sought refuge after being abandoned by their parents. Adekunle was said to have burnt one
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The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, March 19, 2019, foiled a robbery attempt at Imude Road, Ojo, Lagos Mainland. The 7-man gang were said to have been sighted entering Alhaji Gafaru Street, Imude Road, on motorcycles and attempted to rob the residents. According to a statement by the Command PPRO, DSP Bala Elkana, the Police
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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing 2019 general elections, Hon. Desmond Elliot, was attacked by suspected hoodlums earlier today, Saturday, March 9, 2019. It was gathered that the suspected hoodlums fired sporadic shots into the air and attacked the vehicle in which the lawmaker was an occupant at about 3:00
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The chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Boundary/Aiyetoro Unit, Lagos Mainland, Saheed Arogundade, collapsed after he was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a 32-year-old policeman, Gbenga Oladipupo. Justice Olabisi Akinlade discharged and acquitted Arogundade’s five co-defendants Mustapha Layeni, Adebayo Abdullahi, Seyi Pabiekun, Sikiru Rufai and Yusuf Arogundade of a two-count charge
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A young man was, yesterday, Monday, February 4, 2019, handed over to the police in Oshodi, Lagos Mainland, after being caught with his sister’s panties which he wore on his boxer before wearing his jean in other to hide the theft. The incident happened at Bolade, Oshodi, Lagos Mainland, with residents
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Some female residents of the Ajegunle community, Lagos Mainland have recounted their ordeals in the hands of armed robbers who reportedly rape and rob in their neighbourhood. One of the victims, who identified herself simply as Bose, said the hoodlums, who were armed with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, had been terrorising Tunkarimu, Okorogbo,
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A member of the InsideMainland, Mr. Joseph Edgar, popularly known as the Duke of Somolu following his exploits in theatre and stage production has narrated how he was robbed and forced to part with money by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command alongside officials of the Lagos State
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As residents across the Mainland rejoiced towards the end of December 2018 and also usher in a new year, the case was different for the family of Okunsanya, resident in Surulere, Lagos Mainland. This was as a result of the shocking death of a pharmacist, Mrs. Jolasun Okusanya, who was murdered by her daughter’s
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