CRIME
BREAKING: Lagos Airport Hotel On Fire [VIDEO]
The popular Lagos Airport Hotel was on Thursday evening gutted by fire. Firefighters and other emergency responders are battling with putting off the inferno as at the time of filing this report. The public Affairs Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency(LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the incident. https://youtu.be/xa7gPE6P5Lc Details shortly…
BREAKING: Lagos Joggers Bag 14-Day Quarantine
A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has sentenced 34 persons to one-month community service for violating the social distancing directives of the Lagos State Government. The court convicted the defendants following their plea of guilty to a one-count charge of working out in a group larger than 20 persons on the Gbagada-Oworonsoki Expressway. The violators will be quarantined for 14 days...
BREAKING: Journalists Barred From Naira Marley’s Trial In Lagos
Journalists were on Wednesday prevented from covering the trial of Nigerian singer Fashola Azeez popularly known as Naira Marley. Naira Marley is being tried for alleged violation of the lockdown order in Lagos State. The Lagos State Government charged the musician before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba for attending a crowded birthday party in violation of the social distancing...
BREAKING: Fire Guts Accountant-General’s Office In Abuja [VIDEO]
Fire on Wednesday gutted the Treasury House which is the office of the Accountant General of the Federation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was gathered that the fire started from around the third floor, razing the building upwards including the Accountant General’s office and most of the important offices. The cause of the fire is however unknown as at...
University Professor Suspended For Concealing Information On Suspected COVID-19 Case
In a statement issued by the hospital on Monday evening, David Odaibo, UITH director of administration, said the management approved Mr Salami’s suspension sequel to his conduct in the management of the COVID-19 patient. “The Management of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital hereby suspends Prof A.K. Salami as a Senior Consultant in the hospital.” “This is as a result of his...
Man Arrested For Alleged Rape Of 68-Year-Old Woman In Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command on Monday said it arrested a middle-aged man, Abba Kyari Mohammed, for assault and alleged rape of a 68-year-old woman in Umulungbe Community in the Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. The suspected rapist, who hails from Jalingo, Taraba State, was said to have committed the offence on Saturday. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr...
Lockdown: Driver Escapes Death As Police Kill Petrol Station Attendant In Abia
An inspector of police identified as Stanley Azu serving under Azumini Police Division in Ukwa East LGA of Abia State has reportedly killed a petrol station staff in Obingwa LGA. The incident happened along popular New Umuahia road. Inspector Stanley was said to have tried stopping a vehicle that violated the lockdown order but the driver defied the instruction. Sources in the...
Abia COVID-19 Taskforce Invades Aba Market, Destroys Wares (Photos, Video)
The task force team inaugurated by Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu to enforce the stay-at-home order in the state in order to contain the spread of coronavirus has invaded the popular Orji Uzor market by Tonimas Junction Aba and destroyed traders' wares. This is coming after the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Rt. Hon. Cosmos Ndukwe Ph.D had...
Hoodlums Invade Bayelsa Emergency Warehouse, Cart Away Bags Of Garri
Suspected hoodlums have reportedly carted away bags of garri from the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency’s warehouse at Igbogene, Yenagoa, that is being distributed as relief materials to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. It was gathered that the boys moved over 150 bags of garri out of the warehouse and carted them away through a bush path. The state...
BREAKING: Court Arraigns Funke Akindele And Husband
The Lagos State Police Command has taken Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz, to court for flouting the lockdown order in Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, confirmed that the actress, popularly called ‘Jenifa’, had been taken to a Chief Magistrates Court in Ogba, Lagos. They were arraigned for breaching...
