The Lagos State Police Command has reached an agreement with 15 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the conduct of planned protests taking place on Thursday, 12 June. It was gathered that they all agreed that Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota will serve as the only approved protest venue for citizens participating in the protest in Lagos. This was disclosed in …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over the Enugu State-based native doctor, Obi Obieze, to the Lagos State Police Command after he was arrested on Wednesday at the Gbaji checkpoint along the Badagry-Seme Expressway, in an attempt to flee the country. The suspect, who was brought in by NIS operatives yesterday, was seen wearing a mask and restrained with …

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old man, Samson Oghenebreme, in Lagos while transporting human organs from Edo State to a native doctor for use in money-making rituals. In a statement by its spokesperson, Chief Superintendent (CSP) Benjamin Hundeyin, the command said, ‘Operatives of Odo-Noforija Division have arrested one Samson Oghenebreme “m” aged 25 in Odomola …

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of 11 victims and arrest of three individuals involved in operating a baby factory in the Ijegun area of the state. Speaking to newsmen, yesterday, at the state police command, the command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, noted that the illegal operation was uncovered on 5 April 2025, following a tip-off. Police operatives …

Following a report on the abduction of five-year-old Memunah Abdulrahman by an unidentified man in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State, the family has confirmed that officers from the State Criminal Investigation Department have taken over the case. PUNCH Metro reported on Wednesday, 2 April, that the family appealed to the public for help following the abduction. The five-year-old girl …

The Lagos State Police Command said it had recovered three rifles that were parts of the weapons stolen from its armoury during the #EndSARS protest. The Commissioner of Police (CP) Ishola Olanrewaju, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the state command headquarters on Saturday. He said the rifles were found on 27 December 2024, after being kept in a …

The Lagos State Police Command has debunked claims that Monalisa Osayi, arrested for assaulting a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official on 7 December 2024, is a police officer. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. He stated that Osayi was arrested and prosecuted by the Ajah Division of the Lagos State Police Command for …

A yet-to-be-identified man has succumbed to the injuries he sustained after falling into a canal in an attempt to escape arrest by policemen who reportedly labelled him a fraudster in the Ayobo area of Ipaja, Lagos State. City Round gathered that a friend to the wife of the deceased man claimed in a series of tweets on X.com that two …

A 45-year-old man identified simply as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun states. According to Punch Metro, the incident occurred on Friday, around 11 am. Before the incident, Kazeem was said to have taken a hard drug suspected to be Colorado. The deceased who soon started to act under the …

The Lagos State Police Command has invited the National Coordinator of the Take It Back Movement, Juwon Sanyaolu, to a meeting with the newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Ishola. The Take It Back Movement is one of the organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest, which took place in August in Lagos and several other states, including the Federal Capital Territory, …