Mrs Abosede Aloba, the mother of the late singer Ilerioluwa, aka Mohbad, and actor Yomi Fabiyi have clashed over allegations against the late singer’s brother, Adura. It was learnt that Fabiyi on Friday, December 13, 2024, filed a petition at the Lagos State Police Command, alleging that the deceased’s brother initiated an Instagram chat wherein he claimed to have video evidence of how Mohbad died. Fabiyi in the petition he posted on his social media handles alleged that the chat went on with Adura demanding the sum of N3 million to be paid in Bitcoin in exchange for the video…
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Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa over allegations of abuse of office and gross misconduct. The lawmakers subsequently elected Mojisola Meranda, representative of Apapa I, as the new speaker. Also, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly removed the Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko Onafeko was said to have been singlehandedly brought to the assembly by Obasa. Both were behind the ban on journalists covering the activities of the assembly. Meanwhile, armed personnel of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS; Lagos Task Force, and the Police have taken over the premises and environs. They turned…
The Lagos State Police Command said it had recovered three rifles that were parts of the weapons stolen from its armoury during the #EndSARS protest. The Commissioner of Police, Ishola Olanrewaju, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the state command headquarters on Saturday. He said the rifles were found on December 27, 2024, after being kept in a bag placed on the rooftop of a building at Idunsagbe Street in the Lagos Island area of the state. He, however, noted that the weapons were traced to the ones carted away from Ebutte Ero Police Station during the protest. He…
Two factory workers, who were rescued after they got trapped while working on a diesel reservoir in the Ikosi area of Lagos State, have been confirmed dead. It was learnt that the workers were rescued by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and men of the Lagos State Fire Service. In a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the incident occurred around 10am on Saturday. Oke-Osanyintolu stated that the victims fell into the reservoir while carrying out repair work. He disclosed that preliminary investigations revealed that one of the victims accidentally fell into…
The Lagos State Police Command has dismantled robbery gangs targeting Uber drivers, arresting seven suspected members of separate gangs. One of the gangs, a four-man group, included a United States returnee who stabbed an Uber rider to death in an attempt to steal his Toyota Camry, on Thursday, January 9, 2025 The suspects according to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Olarewaju Ishola, who briefed journalists on the breakthroughs recorded by the command between September 2024 and January 10, 2025, at the Command headquarters, ordered the ride on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at Chevron in Lekki area.…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has convicted and sentenced a man, Tobi Paul-Augustine, to 18 months imprisonment for impersonating an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The judge handed down the verdict following his guilty plea to the charge of impersonation. Oshodi, in his judgement held, considered the severity of the offence, noting that Augustine’s actions had undermined public confidence in the EFCC, a vital law enforcement agency. He said: “Section 380 of the Criminal Law prescribes a punishment of three years imprisonment for the offence of impersonation. “Your actions impersonating an EFCC…
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, DSVA, has confirmed the arrest of a teacher following a viral video showing the suspect allegedly physically abusing a three-year-old boy at a school in Ikorodu. The announcement was made in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. The video, shared by Oyindamola, who identifies as #dammiedammie35, captured a female teacher slapping the child’s face. The video was captioned, “Footage from Christ-Mitots School in Ikorodu, a teacher named Stella Nwadigo was witnessed mistreating and physically abusing a three-year-old boy, Abayomi Micheal. The footage has raised serious concerns about the safety…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has refuted claims that promotions at the nation’s oil company in recent years have been reduced to ethnicity, religion and political affiliations. Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, in his rebuttal article titled ‘Setting the record straight: Meritocracy and milestones at NNPC’, said the important concerns raised by Kperogi’s recent article, “Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC”, necessitated his article to clarify some of the misconceptions about the operations and leadership structure of the NNPC Limited. According to him, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not interfering in the operational or leadership movements within the…
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, on Sunday, said the forthcoming Local Government elections will hold across the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 LCDAs in the state. According to him, the impacts and contributions of the LCDAs cannot be discounted in the political and socio-economic development of the state. Ojelabi, who made this known in a statement, disclosed that the Local Council Development Areas have not only been the closest to the grassroots but have also brought the desired developments across the state. With this move, the leadership of the party…
The Alagbeji Royal Family of Isolo Kingdom in Lagos State has raised the alarm over the activities of impostors masquerading that they have the backing of the family regarding the Osolo throne, affirming that Alhaji Saheed Ishola Aregbeshola from the Alabe branch of the family remained the popular choice for the vacant stool. Head of the family (Olori Ebi), Alhaji Taorid Faronbi, popularly known as Alado, made this known in a statement, a copy of which was made available to newsmen, saying the impostors, of whom he did mention their names, were using all sorts of unwholesome tricks to hoodwink…