Tag: Lagos State Police Command
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Driver Sets Self On Fire To Protest Arrest By LASTMA Officials Over Alleged Traffic Violation
There was a mild drama Tuesday at Ajao Estate area of Lagos when a bus driver set himself on fire to prevent officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) from impounding his vehicle. It was learnt that the driver was arrested for allegedly violating the state traffic laws. Witnesses said while the…
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Man kills, buries girlfriend in Lagos
The decomposing body of a bar attendant, Oritoke Manni, has been found at a site in Otolu town, Akodo, in the Lekki Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Manni went missing after visiting her boyfriend, Segun Titilayo, at his house in the area. When efforts by Manni’s family members to…
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Suspected arsonists who torched BRT buses, TVC station arrested
The police in Lagos on Tuesday paraded 520 suspects arrested for their roles in last week’s violence. Six policemen and four others were killed in the state during the mayhem unleashed on Lagos, the police added. No fewer than 38 policemen were injured; 16 police stations were torched and 13 vandalised by hoodlums who hijacked…
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Police rescue man after failed suicide attempt at Lagos lagoon
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have prevented a businessman, Abiodun Adeyinka, from committing suicide by jumping into the lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge during the Eid-el-Kabir festival on Friday. PUNCH reports that Abiodun had approached a microfinance bank for N390,000 to boost his business but could not repay the loan and the…