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, …

The Lagos state police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, has raised concerns over the explicit content in rising singer Ayo Maff’s new song, “Last Week”. The fast-rising artist has faced intense criticism after the release of his new song, with many fans lambasting him over the song’s lyrics. The song’s lyrics glorify drug use, with the artist boasting about using cannabis and …

The Lagos State Police Command said it has given permanent contact numbers to the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) across the Divisions and Area Commands in the state. This was contained in a statement released by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday. According to the statement, the purpose of assigning permanent phone …

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 37-year-old apprentice, Ayuba Ezekiel, for alleged kidnap and stealing. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred on 24 November 2023, at the CMD Road, Ikosi Ketu. Ayuba was employed as a sales boy by the kidnapped victim, Juliana Adamma, a horticulturist. On 24 November 2023, the victim’s brother reported the incident …

The police on Thursday continued their investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. This followed the invitation extended to Mohbad’s family and the group of persons mentioned in the ongoing probe of the illegal embalming of the deceased’s body following his death. PUNCH Metro reported that Boluwatife Adeyemo aka Darosha who was …

Men of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos, Lagos State have allegedly refused the lawyers of the detained journalist with Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Daniel Ojukwu, access to him. A lawyer, Ridwan Oke, disclosed this on X.com, on Saturday. It was reported that Ojukwu was said to have gone missing on Wednesday and was unreachable as his numbers …

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a one-year-old baby during an attack at Egan Oriomi, in the Otto Awori Local Council Development Area of Ojo, Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that some residents of the community, who got caught up in the attack, also sustained …

Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a dispatch rider, Matthew Odah, 27, for selling three iPhones worth N1.7 million entrusted to him for delivery. The RRS disclosed this in a statement on its X handle on Sunday. The statement partly read, “Odah, on August 23, 2023, while working as a …