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Former YABATECH Student Arrested With Nude Photos Of Salawa Abeni

Former YABATECH Student Arrested With Nude Photos Of Salawa Abeni

May 31, 2020 2:35 pm
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has arrested a 19-year-old National Diploma holder of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos as the brain behind the blackmail of Queen Salawa Abeni with nude photographs.

The suspect, Olufowoke Oladunjoye Emmanuel, a resident of Brentfield Avenue, Peace Estate, Magboro, Ogun State, was picked up by the Decoy Team of Rapid Response Squad last week Thursday after three days of monitoring him.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu had in the wake of the attempt by an unknown individual to blackmail Alhaja Salawa Abeni sometime in April 2020, directed the Commander, Rapid Response …

Two Policemen Arrested For Killing Lagos Teenager

Two Policemen Arrested For Killing Lagos Teenager

May 30, 2020 5:24 am

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two policemen for allegedly shooting a teenager dead at Bariga area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

The two police officers are ASP Theophilus Otobo and Inspector Oguntoba Olamigoke attached to Bariga Police Station.

They allegedly shot a 17-year-old girl, Tina Ezekwe dead.

Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Friday said the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has ordered an in depth investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ezekwe.

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“Two Police Officers suspected to have carried out

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COVID-19 Heightens Anxiety Among LGBTQ Nigerians With HIV

COVID-19 Heightens Anxiety Among LGBTQ Nigerians With HIV

May 4, 2020 2:47 pm
Lagos, Nigeria – When Andrew* first found out he was HIV-positive in January this year, he suffered a fleeting sense of paralysis, fearing his life was about to change forever. 

At 27, it was one of the things he dreaded as a gay man who was still in the closet. Even within the Nigerian LGBT community, HIV discrimination is rife and Andrew noticed no one would reply to him on the dating apps he used when he changed his status.

In the weeks after his diagnosis, he developed a routine to deal with the illness: religiously taking his HIV medication

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30 Vehicles Burnt In NNPC Filling Station Fire – LASEMA

30 Vehicles Burnt In NNPC Filling Station Fire – LASEMA

April 28, 2020 6:31 am

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Tuesday said the fire outbreak at Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station, Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, destroyed 30 vehicles.

The filling station is located at YayaYaya Abatan bus Stop, off College Road, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State.

Oke-Osanyintolu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

According to him, a tanker with 33,000 litres of diesel caught fire while discharging its contents into an underground tank at the NNPC filling station.

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Lagos Distributes Relief Packages To HIV Patients

Lagos Distributes Relief Packages To HIV Patients

April 25, 2020 2:38 pm

The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) said it has, in collaboration with the organised private sector, distributed over 1000 economic relief packages to indigent HIV patients during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Dr Monsurat Adeleke, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LSACA, on Saturday said the state government in partnership with the Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCAA) provided the succor.

Adeleke said that the agency had identified indigent People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV) among the 78,052 clients in the state and had started providing them palliatives.

According to her, since the commencement of the lockdown, the agency and …

Virus Kills 2 More Nigerians, Lagos Hits Over 100 Cases

Virus Kills 2 More Nigerians, Lagos Hits Over 100 Cases

April 4, 2020 6:42 am
The deadly Coronavirus disease has killed two more Nigerians, with Lagos cases surpassing 100 mark to set a record in the country.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, reports late Friday night that the two new deaths were recorded in Lagos and Edo States, bringing the total figure of those who have so far died of the disease in Nigeria to four.

The NCDC also recorded 11 new cases of Coronavirus in Lagos, taking its toll to 109, while Edo, which previously had four cases now have seven cases with three new addition.

So far, Lagos has discharged 24 …

Goods Destroyed As Fire Guts Shops In Lagos Market

Goods Destroyed As Fire Guts Shops In Lagos Market

April 3, 2020 3:48 pm

Two shops with household utensils were destroyed in a fire that gutted Maola Shopping Mall at Ebute Ero Market in the Idumota area of Lagos on Friday.

Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), who confirmed the incident noted that the fire had been put off by emergency responders.

According to him the combined efforts of emergency agencies put off the fire within 30 minutes.

“Upon arrival of the Emergency Responders at the scene it was revealed that a building (Maola Shopping Mall) was affected by a fire of unknown origin.

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Lockdown Rules Relaxed For Food Stores In Lagos, Abuja

Lockdown Rules Relaxed For Food Stores In Lagos, Abuja

April 2, 2020 7:08 am

The Federal Government has relaxed open and close rules for markets, supermarkets and food stores in Lagos, Abuja FCT and Ogun, where a lockdown has been imposed.

They will be allowed to open between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm daily.

The National Co-ordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Aliyu Sani, said this on Wednesday during a briefing by members of the task force.

“For markets, only shops and stalls selling food and groceries shall be allowed to open to customers between the hours of 10:00 am and 2:00 pm,” he said.

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Peter Obi Reacts To Pandora Papers Scandal Indictment

Lagos Explosion: Peter Obi Reacts To Death Of Revd Sister

March 16, 2020 6:15 am

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general election, Peter Obi has reacted to the death of Rev Sr Henrietta Alokha, Principal of Bethlehem Girls’ College, Abule Ado, Lagos.

DAILY POST reported that Rev Sr Henrietta was among the 17 who lost lives in the early morning explosion which occurred at Abule-Ado.

The principal was said to have died while rescuing students.

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Reacting, Obi on his verified Twitter page consoled with the management of the Bethlehem College, even as he praised the heroic act

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Black Sunday In Lagos - Many Dead, 70 Buildings Destroyed

Black Sunday In Lagos: Many Dead, 70 Buildings Destroyed

March 15, 2020 1:28 pm

Many people have been feared dead and over 70 houses destroyed in Sunday’s pipeline explosion which rocked Abule Ado area of Ojo, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

A massive explosion was heard on Sunday morning, accompanied with thick smokes and balls of fire. The explosion shook several houses miles away from the scene.

Emergency management officials were seen evacuating the remains of several dead victims.

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The headquarters of the Lagos Province 3 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) located on 24 Road, Festac Town, Lagos was burnt along with over 70 …

Network Failure Mars 2020 UTME, Destroy Students' Hopes

Network Failure Mars 2020 UTME, Destroy Students’ Hopes

March 15, 2020 6:23 am

Power and network failures reportedly marred commencement of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday in some centres in Lagos and Abuja.

According to reports, some candidates in a few Computer-Based Test centres in Lagos State, scheduled for 7am, were unable to take the exam until 1pm, and when they were called in to commence the exam, their computers reportedly went off after writing just two or three papers.

The newspaper learnt that the Virtual Private Network, which transmits the questions from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, failed in a handful of those centres, leading to anxiety …

Lagos Assembly Spends ₦2.4Bn On 80 Cars In 11 Months

March 1, 2020 9:40 am

About ₦2.4b has been spent within 11 months to procure 80 cars for the 40 members of the Lagos State House of Assembly.  The information available to The Guardian revealed that sometimes last year, a contract was awarded for 40 cars to be purchased for the lawmakers. And less than a year after, another contract was awarded for the purchase of cars for the Assembly members in December and January.

In the document, there was disparity between the cars for principal officers and floor members. While the principal officers got Toyota Land Cruisers, the floor members got Toyota Prado.

It …

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