Tag: Lagos State news
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Lagos tanker explosion kills two, razes several vehicles
A tanker driver and his motor boy have been feared killed with several vehicles gutted after a petrol tanker exploded in Lagos. The incident occurred around 1am on Saturday on Kara Bridge, outward Lagos. It was gathered the tanker went up in flames after its break failed and it rammed into a barricade. Commercial vehicles…
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Ex-banker bags 98 years imprisonment over fraud
A former employee of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Oreoluwa Adesakin has been handed a cumulative 98 years in prison on Monday. Adesakin was found guilty of stealing N49,320,652.32 and another $368,203 belonging to the bank. She was said to have converted the sums to her personal use. The convict was prosecuted by the Ibadan…
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Lottery win: Man takes his life in Lagos, leaves note
A lottery shop operator, identified simply as Baba Pool, on Thursday committed suicide over his alleged failure to pay some of his customers their winnings. It was gathered that the deceased hanged himself inside his shop in Kayode Market, Abule Ijesha, in the Sabo area of Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt that the deceased, in…