Lagos Govt Nabs 4 Hawkers, Confiscates Over 2000 Litres Of Products

The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences, Enforcement Unit, has arrested four petroleum products hawkers at Mile-2 area and recovered over 2000 litres of the products. The agency’s spokesperson, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, disclosed this in a statement Lagos on Tuesday. Abdulraheem said the raid of illegal petroleum products hawkers became necessary, in view … Read more

Lagos CP Fayoade, DPOs Move To Stop Thugs Seizing Residents’ Phones

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade,

Lagos residents have recently faced incidents of thugs seizing their phones in some parts of the state. The police commissioner in the state has given instructions to DPOs to arrest the situation. He also ordered the immediate prosecution of 303 suspects arrested during weekend raids of criminal hideouts. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Commissioner … Read more

Make-up Artist, Three Others Fake Kidnap, Demand ₦5 Million Ransom

The four fake kidnap suspects: Margret Itodo, Agnes Ogbeh, Esther Anyanwu, and Anthony Chinakwe

A fake kidnap attempt has gone wrong in Lagos. Four people worked together to extort ₦5 million from one of their families. However, police detectives in Lagos foiled the attempt. Eko Hot Blog reports that an attempt by four people to fake a kidnap in Lagos State has been foiled by police detectives in the … Read more

‘Not All Cases Lawyers Handle’ — Policeman Beats Lagos Lawyer At Police Headquarters

Lagos Lawyer Timothy Olaniyi

Eko Hot Blog reports that an unknown policeman, on Wednesday, allegedly beat up a Lagos-based lawyer, Timothy Olaniyi, who was at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja to find out about a client who was arrested in February. The lawyer, who alleged that he was beaten like a condemned criminal, disclosed his plight … Read more

Relief For Nigerians As Police Chief Bans Officers From Searching Citizens’ Phones

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, has said that no police officer is permitted to search the phones of any Nigerian. He noted that the Police Force had a cyber section responsible for that, adding that if a police officer suspected anything, they would take the person to … Read more

Lagos NBA Members Protest Brutality Against Lawyers At Police HQ As CP Makes Promises

Eko Hot Blog reports that lawyers who are members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Chapter, have protested against the unlawful arrest and detention of a lawyer, Olumide Sonupe, by the police in the state. Lawyers from about five branches of the NBA marched from its Ikeja secretariat, while displaying banners, to the Lagos … Read more

Lagos CP Fayoade Sacks DPO For Detaining Lawyer Seeking Client’s Bail

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade,

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Adegoke Fayoade, has sacked the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Gown Estate Division, Austin Arase, for ordering the unlawful arrest of a lawyer seeking his client’s bail. The Lagos Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced the development in a statement on Tuesday night. … Read more

Police Arrest Teenager, Two Others For Staging Street Carnival In Lagos

Eko Hot Blog reports that operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspects in Shasha, Akowonjo area of Lagos for staging a street carnival. The police spokesperson in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday. According to Hundeyin, the suspects, Julius … Read more

Intervene In Search For My Missing One-Year-Old, Blind Mother Begs Lagos CP

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade,

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has been begged to intervene in the search for a missing one-year-old. In an interview with PUNCH Newspaper, Agnes Forte, the visually impaired mother of the missing baby, made the appeal to CP Fayoade. Agnes had raised the alarm over the disappearance … Read more