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Truck Crushes Pedestrian To Death In Lagos

A yet-to-be-identified pedestrian was crushed to death after a truck suffered a brake failure in the Iyana Ishashi area of Lagos State on Tuesday.  VOA news gathered from a statement by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Taofiq Adebayo, that the accident occurred when the truck attempted a U-turn inward Mile 2. […]

Suspected Robbers Kill Guard In Ogun State

Some suspected armed robbers on Sunday night attacked a community in the Atan-Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State and killed a security guard who was guarding a mini carpark in the area while absconding with a truck parked in the park. VOA NEWS gathered on Tuesday from a resident of the community who […]

Ogun State Resident Slumps, Dies In Hospital

Residents of the Edu area in Idanyin community in the Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State were left in shock after an unidentified man allegedly collapsed and died on Sunday, VOA news reports. According to information obtained on Monday from the state police command, the man, believed to be in his late 40s, was […]

FUNAAB Staff Member Found Dead In Apartment

A member of the security team at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Oriyomi Fatai, was found dead in his apartment on Anigilaje Street, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital VOA News learnt on Sunday. Our correspondent learnt that Fatai might have died from a fall, as his body was discovered in the apartment around 10 […]

Suspected Herdsmen Kill Baale On His Farmland In Imeko-Afon

   Members of the Oke-Oha Village in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State were left in shock after the body of the community chief, Ogunleye Olaegbe, was discovered on his farmland. Newsmen gathered that villagers found the chief lying in a pool of blood about noon on Wednesday. The Ogun State Police […]

IGP launch Safer School Protection Squad

The Ogun State Police Command has concluded plans to launch the Safer School Protection Squad. According to available information, it will take place at the Command Headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital. The two-day event will be held on November 26 and 27, 20224. A statement by the spokesperson of the Command, Omolola Odutola, […]

Driver Flees After Killing Lagos Revenue Collector To Death

A yet-to-be-identified transport union revenue collector was crushed to death while attempting to collect dues from the truck driver in the New Garage area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. The Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed the incident in a statement obtained by […]

Man Jailed 13 Years For Stealing In Lagos

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday convicted and sentenced a man Michael Enegbuma, to 13 years imprisonment for fraud. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after finding him guilty of the two counts bordering on obtaining and stealing. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned Enegbuma before the court for obtaining, stealing, and issuing […]

Fire Guts Multimillion Naira Lagos Furniture Market

A fire incident that occurred on Thursday at a furniture market in the Ojota area of Lagos State has destroyed goods worth millions of naira. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the fire started at about 1 pm on […]