Couple Burnt To Death In Lagos After Power Surge

Lagos – Tragedy struck in Lagos in the early hours of Saturday, as a young couple was burnt to death in their apartment.
The victims, simply identified as Ayo and Jumoke, were said to have died in the fire which razed their apartment at 34, Associate Crescent, Abimbola Awoniyi Estate, New Oko-Oba area of Agege.

18-Year-Old Caught Having Sex With Mad Woman In Lagos

Detectives attached to the Oke-Odo Police Station, Ile-Epo, Abule-Egba area of Lagos State have started quizzing an 18-year-old man caught pants down having sex with a mad woman on the road.

The suspect, Chimaobi Peter, said he had not yet penetrated before the screams of the woman alerted people.

But the woman’s family members said Peter had already penetrated.

Man Kills Student In Lagos Over Girlfriend

A 26-year-old man, Wisdom Okafor, has been killed after a scuffle with a car wash attendant, Monday Ekwekuba, in the Ojokoro area of Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro learnt that 38-year-old Ekwekuba, an indigene of Imo State, attacked the victim with a stick before chasing him into the path of a speeding vehicle after he saw him (Wisdom) in his girlfriend’s house.

Wisdom was reportedly crushed to death.

Police Arrests Man Who Uses Monkeys And Snakes For Robbery In Lagos

The police in Lagos State have arrested a 27-year-old robbery suspect, Mohammed Nafiu, who specialised in using monkeys and snakes to dispossess people of their money and valuables.

One of the monkeys was also arrested and is presently in police custody.

Nafiu told the police that apart from the conventional tool (gun) used by most robbers, the sight of a snake or monkey unsettles and scares people. He said he was able to dispossess his victims of their valuables when confronted with these animals, especially fully grown ones.

How Gov Fashola & I Manage Our Religious Differences In Our Marriage - Wife

Speaking to Channels TV In an interview yesterday, First Lady of Lagos state, Dame Abimbola Fashola explained how she and governor Fashola have been able to manage their home despite their religious differences. Abimbola who is Catholic, while her husband, Fashola is a Muslim, has this to say;

Woman, 25, Crushed To Death By LAWMA Refuse Truck

A 25-year-old woman, identified simply as Pamela, was on Friday morning crushed to death by a truck belonging to one of the partners of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, TFOB Ventures.

The incident was said to have happened at the Kudirat Abiola Way junction, on the Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja Lagos at around 6:30am.

Police Parade Dogs That Attacked 4Yr-Old Boy In Lagos

 

The Lagos State Police Command has stated that only the courts could decide the fate of the two dogs, which attacked and ate off the scalp on a four year old boy, Omonigho Abraham’s head in Akesan Estate, Igando area of Lagos State, earlier this month.

The command, which paraded the two dogs at its headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos State on Tuesday, added that the dogs had been medially examined and found to be rabies and Ebola-free.

Woman arrested for faking pregnancy

The Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences on Thursday in Ikeja paraded a 29-year-old woman it arrested for faking pregnancy.

The woman was arrested under the Ikeja Bridge where she had been using her“ heavy pregnancy “to deceive and solicit alms from residents.

Bodies Of Ebola Victims Cremated In Lagos

Bodies of the four Nigerians, who died of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, have been cremated in line with World Health Organisation, WHO, requirements for disposal of such corpses. The body of the index (first) case, Patrick Sawyer was the first to be cremated on July 25, 2014.

A health official at the Emergency Operation Centre, EOC, of the Mainland Hospital, Lagos, who confirmed the development, said

Another Nurse, Obi Justina Ejelonu has Died In Lagos of Ebola

Obi Justina Ejelonu, a nurse who attended to Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American Ebola carrier who flew to Nigeria on his way to attend a conference in Calabar, has died. Her relatives rang SaharaReporters moments ago with news that she passed away this morning. Ms. Ejelonu had been kept in a quarantine facility in Lagos.

Prostitutes take over 1004, Lekki, Oniru Estates

It’s no prostitution but clean business –Pimp

Some highbrow residential areas of Lagos especially estates reserved for the high net worth individuals have all virtually lost their prestige and serenity. This is certainly not just due to the conversion of buildings to business premises but the rate at which homes are being converted to brothels where young ladies are camped to meet the sexual needs of the rich and noble in such neighbourhood.

'I was strangled, tied up' ─ Kidnapped six-year-old boy recounts

A six-year-old boy, Emmanuel Emeka, who was rescued from a suspected kidnapper on Wednesday in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, has recounted how he was lured, seized and tied up by his abductor.

Emmanuel said the suspect, identified as Mama Ifunaya, who was a neighbour, lured him into her room, strangled him, covered his mouth with clothes before tying him up with rope to prevent him from screaming.

Ritualists’ Den Discovered In Lagos

A ritualists’ den has been discovered in Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.The den, where kidnapped children and adults were allegedly kept as hostages was found beside a church, Holy Family Church, situated in the remote area of the town.

A member of the church who spoke with our correspondents said that the discovery was made Wednesday morning when a lady was caught with two children kept inside a Ghana-must-go sack by residents of the area. The children, four years old were found alive and tied with a rope.
Before the lady was handed over to the police, she allegedly confessed to the residents that her blood was being used by the owner of the church for ritual and was asked to bring the two children for replacement.

Why I buried ex-customs official, daughter alive ─ suspect

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded a 64-year-old native doctor, Alhaji Olatunji Azeez, who confessed to have killed a retired customs officer, Mrs. Angela Kerry, and her 10-year-old adopted daughter, Obiagulum, on May 10, 2014.

PUNCH Metro had reported on Monday that the decomposed bodies of the woman and her daughter were found in Azeez’s house in Ire Akari Crescent, Ajuwon Akute, Ogun State by operatives of the Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The police subsequently marked the building as a kidnapper’s den.

LUTH reduces healthcare charges by 50%

 

The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, has agreed to reduction of cost of healthcare services in the hospital by 50 per cent.

Dr Omojowolo Olubunmi, President, Association of Resident Doctors, LUTH branch, told journalists in Lagos that this was part of the agreement reached between the hospital’s management and health workers.

Passenger boat capsizes in Lagos, one missing

A passenger boat carrying ten passengers capsized in the afternoon of Monday June 16th in Lagos. According to passengers on the boat, which was heading to Coconot Island from Tincan Island, waves from bigger boats passing around them at the time caused the boat to lose balance and capsize.

And despite the fact that all the passengers were wearing life jackets, one person drowned and his life jacket was seen floating around. Other passengers were rescued. The body of the missing person is yet to be recovered.

Robbers snatch bag containing N200 and baby faeces

Robbers who specialise in operating on motorcycles in Okokomaiko area of Lagos State, on Sunday June 8th, snatched a bag containing N200 and faeces from a woman.

The breastfeeding mother, Mama Ikechi, told Leadership that she was returning from Ikorodu area with her baby and got to Okokomaiko around 6.15am. She said she was heading to Shibiri area when two men on a motorcycle stopped beside her and snatched her bag.

Boy,19, Arrested For Raping 80-Year-Old Blind Woman In Lagos

A young man in Lagos has been arrested and charged after reports that he raped an elderly woman.

19-year-old Avoseh Satingo is said to have taken advantage of the unnamed 80-year-old woman who is blind.

Pandemonium as residents claim bird transforms into old woman

There was pandemonium yesterday at the Ajegunle area of Lagos State after a strange bird, allegedly transformed into an old woman.

Resident who witnessed the incident, which took place along Ojo Road, said they were shocked to see a bird turn into human being. 

Police arrests `mad man’ with arms, ammunition in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested a suspected mad man who is being held for allegedly being in possession of arms and ammunition.

The spokesperson of the command, DSP Ngozi Braide, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.