Category Archives: LAGOS NEWS

Lagos police rescue American International School student after 10 day...

April 29, 2013 no comments

Lagos state police have rescued 16-year-old Olufolabi Adeniji, the 11th grade student at the American International School who was kidnapped two weeks ago. Authorities believe Adebayo John, the famil...

16-year-old American International School student kidnapped in Lagos

April 20, 2013 no comments

Unidentified kidnappers abducted 16-year-old Olufolabi Adeniji, an 11th grade student at the prestigious American International School in Lagos, school authorities have confirmed. Punch reports that ...

How UNILAG student, Eniola Abiola, drowned at Elegushi beach

April 19, 2013 no comments

Witnesses say strong currents at the Elegushi beach in Ikate, Eti-Osa caused the death by drowning of University of Lagos student, Eniola Abiola. Abiola, who was in her second year studying to be a D...

Solomon Akiyesi wedding scam: Church responds, deceived ex speaks out ...

April 15, 2013 no comments

A house of worship was at the center of some scandal this weekend, when a wedding between Nollywood actor, Mr. Solomon Akiyesi and a church member, Ms. Uloma Agwu, was violently disrupted by an alrea...

Police ignore woman trapped under trailer

April 13, 2013 no comments

Witnesses say a middle-aged woman, the victim of a near-fatal auto crash, was left trapped under a trailer for hours, even with police officials present at the scene. The woman, identified as Ifeoma ...

Gunmen in police uniform kill foreigner in Lagos

April 12, 2013 no comments

It was a bloody Thursday morning at Daleko Bus Stop where men dressed in police uniform shot and killed a foreigner in cold blood. According to witness reports the uniformed men boarded a bus and the...

7 dead as Kogi, Anambra states clash over oil wells

April 2, 2013 no comments

Conflict over disputed oil-rich land on the border of Kogi and Anambra states turned bloody, leaving at least seven people dead and property destroyed, reports have said. According to the Vanguard, t...

Man traveling with over half a million dollars arrested in Lagos

April 2, 2013 no comments

A passenger aboard an Emirates flight, departing Lagos for Dubai, was arrested on Tuesday with $540,000 in his possession, reports have said. Operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service arrested the s...

Three Lebanese abducted in Lagos freed

March 29, 2013 no comments

BEIRUT: Lebanese nationals abducted in a Nigerian city were released overnight Thursday, the director-general of the Foreign Affairs Ministry told The Daily Star. Three Lebanese were abducted by gunm...

MTN staff abducted in Lagos

March 29, 2013 no comments

LAGOS— A staff of a telecommunication giant, MTN, one Yemi Owadokun, has been kidnapped in Lagos. The 44-year-old man was said to have been abducted, Thursday , at about 6.10a.m, at Ologunfe junction...