Agency launches outreach after viral assault video in Lagos
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has launched an outreach effort to locate and support a young woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted, following a viral video…
Danfo bus driver stabs LASTMA officer in Ojota
A commercial bus driver has allegedly stabbed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority in the Ojota area of Lagos. The incident involved a painted Caravelle GL Volkswagen…
Lagos: Army arrests fake Major General
The Nigerian Army has arrested one Alhaji Tijjani Abdul Rauf for allegedly impersonating a retired Major General and misleading the public while abusing the prestige of the military institution. In…
Gov Abiodun hails President Tinubu for Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has commended President Bola Tinubu for the vision that gave birth to the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway. The governor described the project as a game-changing investment…
Two suspected extortionists busted by Lagos task force
OPERATIVES of the Lagos State Taskforce have arrested two suspected street urchins, popularly known as Omotaku, along the Oshodi–Agunlejika–Apapa Expressway for allegedly extorting motorists. The suspects, AbiodunAjasa, 44, of No.…
Why Makoko could become Lagos’ boldest urban experiment
By Owede Agbajileke At a glance, the sight of bulldozers rolling into Makoko provokes an instinctive reaction. Images of wooden homes collapsing into the lagoon are distressing, not merely because…
Firm seeks IGP’s intervention over alleged threat to life in Ikorodu over land
A firm, Labionar Services Ltd, has sought the intervention of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over alleged threats to lives by gun-toting land grabbers in the Ikorodu area…
Stop violating child rights, Lagos warns content creators, influencers, producers
The Lagos State Government has warned content creators, influencers and digital media producers that the use of children in online content that violates child protection laws could attract criminal sanctions.…
Groups condemned police over crackdown on Lagos anti-demolition protesters
Human rights groups, activists and social media users have condemned the Lagos State Police Command and the Lagos State Government over the arrest and the use of force on residents…
NHRC caution Anambra govt over market closure, condemns Lagos govt over demolition without adequate notice, compensation, or resettlement plans
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has expressed grave concern over house demolitions and evictions of occupants in Lagos and Anambra States. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr Tony Ojukwu…