A yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly gunned down by soldiers in the Otto area of Lagos mainland following a clash with some yet-to-be-identified soldiers. Sources claimed that the soldiers were deployed to secure some Chinese workers carrying out maintenance construction along the railway tracks but some boys in the area had been at loggerheads with the
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The driver of the staff bus involved in a collision with a train, Oluwaseun Osinbajo, may soon be charged for manslaughter by the Lagos State Government. The collision occurred on March 9 at the PWD railway crossing in Ikeja, the state capital. The bus, which had employees of the state government onboard, was then dragged
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…as government shuts down Chrisland International School The Lagos State Government has ordered the shut down of Chrisland International School pending the outcome of the investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a pupil, Whitney Adeniran, who died during the school’s inter-house sports at Agege stadium, in the Agege area of the state.
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…the Guard allegedly punched the victim during and argument A private security guard, Desmond Gudyu, has allegedly punched a 26-year-old man, Akeem Nuhu, to death during an altercation on Lugard Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos State. Gudyu, a staff of Corporate Victoria Gardens Security Company, who was employed to guard a building in the area, was said
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‘Issuing the red alert, the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources stressed the need for residents to be vigilant’ Lagos State Government has alerted residents of the state especially those residing on the banks of Ogun River to relocate upland. The state government also directed property owners and developers to desist from embarking on any
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‘Details of the salary increment is still sketchy’ Civil servants in Lagos State have every reason to be excited as the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved an increment of their salaries. Gov Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Tuesday during his courtesy visit to the Head, Office of Public Service in Alausa, Ikeja,
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‘The suspects claim the children were suffering from ailments’ Operatives of Lagos State Police Command have arrested four members of a syndicate that allegedly specialised in endangering the lives of child beggars to attract alms from members of the public in the state. Sources claimed that a good Samaritan was on his way to a
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‘Officers were said to have demanded N610,000 from the widow for investigation… she paid the money’ A 45-year-old widow, Olabisi Ayinla, has accused men of the State Criminal Investigation Department(CID) Yaba, Lagos State, of extorting N610,000 from her. Sources said that on August 27, Ayinla hired a truck to convey 15,000 litres of diesel, worth
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‘Two rescued from being lynched by angry mob for allegedly possessing the corpse of a child in Lagos’ The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four suspects for allegedly attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old girl in the state. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development said
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‘A nurse gave boy an injection aside from the ones initially given and he vomited everything he had eaten because he reacted to the drugs’ The family of a three-year-old boy, David Nwogu, has been thrown into mourning after he died while being treated at the Maternal and Child Hospital in the Ajah area of
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‘On that very day, the policemen were grossly at fault and we ensured that the policeman who shot the security guard faced the full wrath of the law’ A security guard, Koleosho Abayomi has demanded justice after a policeman allegedly shot him in his thigh at the Lekki Peninsula Scheme II, in the Eti Osa
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Residents of Abule Taylor community in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State have lamented incessant gunshots every midnight in the area. The residents, who spoke to our correspondent, also decried the activities of burglars and miscreants who terrorised people in the community. A resident, who pleaded for anonymity said he realised he was not
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Tragedy struck at the exit of 3rd Mainland bridge from Charlie Boy’s area en route Ajah of Lagos as eighteen seater bus summersaulted and caught fire. Eye witnessed account claimed that the lone fatal accident claimed the lives of at least sixteen of the passengers who got trapped in the inferno. Two of the eighteen
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Tragedy struck in Lagos State on Saturday when a teenager, Daniel Akindele, reportedly stabbed his friend, Ayo Bameke, to death during a fight over food. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the incident occurred at the Abattoir Complex in the Agege area of state. It was learnt that Akindele and Bameke, alongside other friends, usually visited
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…Fraudsters have been deploying different tactics to swindle unsuspecting members of the public The Police in Lagos have arrested two suspected fraudsters, Rotimi Fisher and Sherif Adebayo, who allegedly defrauded a 23-year-old girl in the Ipaja area of the state. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the suspects also lured the victim to an uncompleted building
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