Photo: Police Arrests Ex-Banker, Undergraduates For Kidnapping And Robbery

Thirty-two-year-old Edet Ekuno, an ex-banker, and seven others are currently in the police net for alleged kidnapping, robbery and illegal dealing in arms.

Ekuno, it was learnt, worked with one Hope Okon, an ND 2 Computer Engineering student at a polytechnic in Akwa Ibom; Sunday Samiga, Unagbon Isaiah and other suspects at large, to kidnap unsuspecting well-to-do residents around Lagos and Akwa Ibom states.

Bloody Clash between Ladipo Traders and Mortuary Attendants Wound Many

There was a bloody clash between traders and mortuary attendants on Wednesday at the Ladipo Market in Mushin, Lagos, after the mortuary attendants formed a parallel executive. Many traders were wounded following the clash during which guns, machetes and axes were freely used. The market was temporary closed before the police intervened and restored peace.

Ebola Scare: Pregnant passenger vomits blood, rejected by 3 hospitals in Lagos

The prompt intervention of Chisco transport officials has saved a pregnant wom­an, who after alighting from one of the company’s buses at its terminal, Jibowu, Lagos, started vomiting blood through her mouth and nose.

The bus, with registration number KJA 950 XR, was said to have arrived from Abuja at about 10am on the fate­ful day when the incident occurred. Scared by the development, other passengers were said to have taken to their heels as one of the passengers screamed that the pregnant woman was displaying Ebola symptoms.

Okada rider kills policeman for seizing bike

A police corporal, Joseph Ebosele, has been confirmed dead at a Lagos hospital after he was hit with an iron rod by a motorcyclist, Bakare Lukman, in the Meiran area of Lagos State. 

 PUNCH Metro learnt that around 11pm on October 11, 2014, policemen on patrol arrested Lukman for contravening the traffic law which prohibits the movement of commercial motorcycles after 10pm.

Two killed as PDP, APC thugs clash in Lagos

A lottery agent, Sheriff Alasia, was on Monday shot dead during a brutal cult clash at the Fadeyi end of Ikorodu Road, Lagos State.

Our correspondent, who visited the area, learnt that the killing was as a result of a clash between thugs loyal to the All Progressives Congress on the one hand, and thugs loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party on the other.

A resident said the 30-year-old victim was married and had a son.

Eid-el-Kabir: KAI seizes 35 rams

Officials of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade yesterday impounded 35 rams, which they had taken from a makeshift selling point in Agege area of the state.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), about 20 KAI officials stormed the stall and took the rams, one after the other into their truck before they drove to their office, Alausa.

South African Coach Nabbed At Lagos Airport For Drugs

A 38-year old South African Football coach, Steven Darlugar has been arrested by the men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, for trying to smuggle drug out of Nigeria to South Africa.

Sadly, Darlugar said they promised to pay him $6,000 if he succeeded in smuggling the drugs.

Body Of Ebola Victim Cremated In Lagos To Avoid Outbreak

The body of the first victim of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria, who died in Lagos on Friday, has been cremated. Details of the cremation were not available at press time but Sunday Vanguard gathered that the event was witnessed by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, led by its Project Director, Professor Abdulsalam Nasidi, among others.

The decision to cremate the body of the victim, it was further gathered, may not be unconnected with the deadly nature of the Ebola Virus which is known to be easily transmissible from human to human during handling of corpses of victims.

The World Health Organisation recommends that in communities where there is an outbreak of Ebola, appropriate containment measures including burial of the dead should be properly handled.

While stating that people who die from Ebola should be promptly and safely buried, WHO notes that cremation, which is the application of high temperature to reduce bodies to basic chemical components (ashes), is ideal for safe disposal of bodies of persons who die during outbreaks of highly infectious diseases such as Ebola Virus in order to minimise further transmission.

In 2013 the Lagos State Government introduced its Voluntary Cremation Law under which a person may signify interest to be cremated at death or a deceased’s family members who must attain the age of 18 years, can decide to have the corpse cremated.

Under the law, the state government can also cremate unclaimed corpses in its mortuaries after a period of time and the ashes disposed after a 14-day notice with approval of the Commissioner for Health.

Woman caught trying to smuggle marijuana into Kirikiri prison

A female caterer in Lagos has gotten into trouble with the law after she was caught trying to smuggle illicit drugs into a prison.

35-year-old Oyinyechi Ezirim is said to have made an attempt to sneak marijuana (cannabis sativa) into the Kirikiri prison where her boyfriend was being held.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Acquires Second Private Jet for $50 Million

Former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, reportedly just purchased his second private jet. The over $50 million aircraft, a Bombadier Global Express XRS, is rumoured to be the same type owned by the likes of Mike Adenuga, Aliko Dangote, and  Folorunsho Alakija. It was allegedly purchased from the US.

Graphic Photo: LAWMA cleaner dies after trailer crushes legs

A female cleaner, attached to Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has died after a tanker, loaded with fuel crushed her two legs, along Ikorodu Road, Ojota, Lagos State.

The woman, identified as Kikelomo Bamidele was said to have been on duty along the expressway, when the DAF tanker, marked NSR593, loaded with PMS, appeared from nowhere and rammed into her, crushing her two legs.

Lagos Shuts 28 Illegal Hospitals

The Lagos State Government says it has shut down 28 substandard hospitals and 319 illegal pharmacies across the state for not meeting up with the standard set by the government.

The government also disclosed that 9,498 pupils in Lagos public primary schools have visual impairment after tests carried out on them.

Monarch’s Son Arrested For Robbery

                                          
According to PM NEWS, the son of the monarch of Ojokoro, Lagos State, Ade Taiwo, has been arrested on suspicion of armed robbery by the Nigerian Police Force.

Shocking News: OPC Rescues Raped Teenager

                                     

Members of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, and concerned Lagosians have rescued a teenager (name witheld), who was raped, robbed and abandoned by an unidentified man in Agege area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

P.M.NEWS learnt that the OPC members saw the secondary schoolgirl on Sunday, 9 March in a traumatized state at a public toilet near NITEL Office, at Oko Oba, Agege.

Don’t play with your destiny, Fawehinmi tells LASU students

                                 
Mohammed, son of the late human rights activist, Gani Fawehinmi, has urged students of the Lagos State University to adopt the “intellectual approach” to compel the state government to reduce the high tuition fees demanded in the institution.

31 Students Unconcious after inhaling chemical in Lagos

                             

Thirty-one students of Ogba Junior Grammar School in Lagos, again, on Thursday, lost consciousness and were rushed to the hospital after  inhaling chemical substances.
Occupants of a nearby shopping centre were also affected by the chemical substance, as many of them were forced to prematurely close their business operation for the day

Landlord jailed for assaulting tenant

I hope they now live in peace.

Via Vanguard

A Chief Magistrate Court in Surulere, Lagos on Thursday sentenced a landlord, Samuel Olofin, 60, to six months imprisonment, but allowed him to go home, having spent more than a year in prison custody.

Mrs O. Olajuwon, the Magistrate, said that Olofin’s discharge was in view of the fact that he had been in prison custody for the past one year since his arraignment.