The HoS noted that there has been controversy about the actual number of alleged deaths at the Lekki Toll incident. The Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has told the Judicial Panel of Inquiries on Police Brutality in the state that injuries recorded in the aftermath of the Lekki shooting during the EndSARS demonstrations … Read more
“In the room, he was praying in God’s name and he brought out a black oil and said: ‘In the next five minutes, your father is going to get up from his sick bed and walk’ A teenager (name withheld) on Tuesday narrated before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, the gruesome details … Read more
The baby has been taken to the hospital for medical examination and expert report for further investigation. The Police in Lagos have arrested Kingsley Achugbu, 35, for allegedly defiling his 2-year-old daughter and house maid. A statement on Tuesday by Police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the maid reported the matter to the police at Festac … Read more
Passengers have escaped death as a commercial bus somersaulted on the Third Mainland Bridge. The occupants of a commercial bus, on Tuesday, escaped death in an accident on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the incident occurred when the driver lost control of the commercial bus, causing it to somersault in … Read more
The suspect confessed to baking the cookies with skunk in her statement while under interrogation. A medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma has been arrested in Auchi, Edo State, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for operating an online catering service, Omachi’s kitchen, through which she sells drugged cookies and biscuits. Femi … Read more
A fuel tanker has exploded on the Lagos-Ibadan highway. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a fuel-laden tanker has exploded along the Lagos-Ibadan highway. A source at the scene of the incident disclosed that the tanker fell and went up in flames around Ogere Remo via Toll Gate. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the incident occurred … Read more
The convict was sentenced for “attempting to defraud foreigners through Facebook while presenting himself as a United States Army General serving in war-torn Syria”. Murtala Abdullateef, a scammer posing as a US Army General on Facebook, has been sentenced by Justice Malami Dogondaji of the Sokoto State High Court on Monday to 10 years in … Read more
“Director of Operations, LASTMA, got a distress call about an empty trailer that plunged into the above location.” Tragedy was averted in Lagos State on Sunday as a trailer overturned and fell into the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) terminal in the Oshodi area of the state. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the trailer with number … Read more
“In an interview with the student by the team, she disclosed that the school proprietor during the school’s Children’s Day celebration made advances towards her. The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, has arrested one Emmanuel Madueke, the 62-year-old proprietor of Megland Comprehensive School, Lekki in Lagos State, for allegedly sexually assaulting … Read more
He was said have taken his life with a large piece of cloth in one of the wardrobes in the rooms of the large apartment while his younger ones were in the parlour. A 12-year-old primary school boy has allegedly committed suicide in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State. The bizarre incident took place … Read more
The complainant, who is a food vendor, finished cooking on the fateful day and Kalu went to steal from the food she cooked. A man, Obinna Kalu, was on Friday dragged before an Abeokuta Magistrates Court for shooting his neighbour, Miss Adijat Balogun in the waist after she accused him of stealing from her pot. … Read more
He reported that the suspect had, on June 15, allegedly had canal knowledge of his 85-year-old stepmother in her room. The Police Command in Ekiti State, has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele for allegedly raping his stepmother twice. Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s Spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement in Ado-Ekiti. According to Abutu, … Read more
“I believe that there is more to what is happening in the institution despite what we are seeing.” The speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, has said there is more to what the public knows about the crisis rocking the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, over the appointment of the institution’s 9th substantive … Read more
Police officers have arrested a man for defiling his daughter in Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Kayode Adeyanju, for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old daughter in the Ikorodu area of the state, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure via … Read more
Odumosu said the police had nothing against protesters as long as they were peaceful in their conduct… The Lagos State Police Command has said that five persons who participated in the Democracy Day protest at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park were arrested and later released. Hakeem Odumosu, the police commissioner in the state, said no … Read more
By_ Babatunde Kaka & Ronny Ikpoto “I’ve looked forward to this day.” – Mariam “She’s my better half.” – Soliudeen It was a deluge of summer rain for the families of His Royal Majesty, Oba Abdul Aderibigbe Asunmo and Alhaji Hassan Adekunle, as their progenies, Mariam Aderinsola Omolade and Soliudeen Adeoniye Babatunde sealed matrimonial rites … Read more
“This vital line establishes an end-to-end logistic supply chain in railway transport within its short corridor, Lagos – Ibadan, as goods to the hinterland would now be transported by rail…” President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the commercial operations of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station, Ebute Metta, Lagos, and stressed … Read more
The suspect, who is from a wealthy home, was reported to have boasted that no one could punish him for the crime after he was released. 39- year- old Louis Okandeji, who allegedly defiled a toddler girl in Ogunu Community, Warri South has been released from custody by the Police. The suspect, who is from … Read more
The Governor recalled that his administration had drawn out the THEMES Agenda as a blueprint to serve as a focal point for infrastructural and economic development in the State. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has expressed delight that his administration has made good on its promise to hoist the State to enviable heights when … Read more
In a bid to resuscitate her, it was gathered that Isibor and members of staff of the hotel quickly rushed Esther to a nearby hospital, but she died on the way. A lady, identified only as Esther, has died after lodging with her boyfriend, Emmanuel Isibor, at the T1 Suites in the Festac area of … Read more