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    Metro Mob Beat Teenager, Parade Him Naked For Stealing Chicken on Christmas Day [SEE PHOTOS]

    An irate mob on Christmas Day, pounced on a teenager accused of stealing chickens in Lagos State. The teenager, who was caught in the act in the Ikorodu area of the state, was stripped naked, beaten to stupor with the stolen chickens tied round his neck. He was paraded round the streets as...
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    Metro Nigerian Breweries Issues Statement on Fire Incident

    The management of Nigerian Breweries has said that no life was lost in the fire that gutted the company on Christmas Day. In a statement issued on Sunday by its Corporate Affairs Adviser, Mr Kufre Ekanem, said the inferno affected some sections of the bottle holding bay, including empty...
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    Metro Woman Beats 10-year-old Girl To Death in Lagos

    A middle-aged woman, Linda Alapa, has been arrested in Lagos State for allegedly beating her 10-year-old housemaid, Joy Mbafan, to death. Alapa, before beating the minor to death, was said to have also starved her severally. The Punch reports that Mbafan lived with the suspect on Bolanle...
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    Metro Gov Ambode Inaugurates Low Cost Housing Scheme in Lagos

    Governor Akinwumi Ambode has inaugurated the Rent-To-Own and Rental Housing policy in Lagos state. The scheme aims to make low and middle level income earners house owners. Twelve housing estates spread across the three senatorial districts had been dedicated to the implementation of the...
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    Politics APC Defeats PDP, Wins Lagos By-Elections

    The APC has defeated PDP to win the Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency By-Election in Lagos. APC's Nurudeen Akinwunmi, polled 7640 votes to defeat his closest rival, Babatope Akinyele, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 1771 votes. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) polled...
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    Metro NDLEA Saves Nigerian From Being Executed in China for Drug Trafficking

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have saved 38- year-old Augustine Uchenna from being execution in China on drug related offences. According to a statement signed by the Head Public Affairs of NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju...
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    Metro Lagos: Two 'Robbers' Arrested while Stuffing N1.5m Loot Into Private Part [PHOTOS]

    Two suspected robbers, Goke Wale and Ganiy Idowu, have been arrested by the Lagos state Rapid Response Squad in Oshodi. The men were nabbed as they were stuffing N1.5M abandoned robbery loot into their private parts.
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    Metro Nigeria: Police Issues Statement on Rumored Militant Attack in Epe, Lagos

    The police has issued a statement denying reports of an attack in Epe area of Lagos state. POLICE PRESS RELEASE DATED 28/11/2016. RE: MILITANTS INVADES EPE AXIS OF LAGOS The attention of Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to a publication circulating on social media that EPE axis of...
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    Politics Atiku's Wife Defrauded of N1bn by Ex Akwa Ibom Gov Aspirant

    Aminat Titi Abubakar, the wife of Nigeria's former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday testified how she was defrauded of N918 million by a former former governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State Nsikakabasi Akpan. “I have never been inside a court before. Not even a police station in all...
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    Sports Lagos Coach Arrested for Sodomizing Teenage Players "For Fun"

    Frank Darlington, Manager of Soccer Warriors Football Academy, Pen Cinema, has been arrested for sodomising three of his teenage players in Agege, Lagos state. The 49 year-old Imo state indigene took the players home on several occasions and raped them. He was divorced in March 2016. His ex...
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    Metro Nigeria: Police Releases Update on Lynching of '7 Year-old Garri Thief'

    The Nigerian police has stated that the lynching of a '7 year-old' boy for allegedly stealing garri did not happen in Lagos as earlier believed. Reports say the alleged thief was burnt to death at Alafia, along the Badagry expressway when him and some of his gang members tried to steal the bag...
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    Metro Nigeria: Police Arrest Thieves Who Specialize in Robbing Corrupt Politicians

    A robbery gang who reportedly specialize in stealing from corrupt politicians in Abuja, Kano and Kogi states has been arrested by the Nigerian police. Rekia Musa, a divorcee and Accounting graduate of the Kogi State University, is the "spokesman and informant of the group." She said she joined...
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    Metro Nigeria: Why '7 Year-old Garri Thief' was Lynched - Lagos Lawyer

    A Lagos practitioner has reacted to the diverse reports about the lynching of an alleged 7 year old boy lynched by an angry mob in Lagos state for stealing garri. According to Kingsley Ughe, General Counsel for Joint Action Aids, the victim was a member of a gang of notorious thieves and not a...
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    Metro Lagos: Hired Killer Falls For Target, Offers Sex in Exchange for Her Life

    Twenty four year-old Tayo Adeyemi has been arrested for attempting to murder a lady at a hotel in Alakija, Satellite Town area of Lagos state. Adeyemi is an indigene of Kwara state. Reports say he sneaked into the hotel, White House, and demanded that his target, Rosemary, had sex with him so...
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    Metro Lagos Set To Enter Guinness Book of Record

    Lagos State is on the verge of making the Guinness Book of World Records via sports having successfully hosted the biggest ever Monopoly tournament. The competition, tagged “City of Lagos Monopoly’’ was purposely organised by the Lagos State Sports Commission in collaboration with...
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    Metro Lagos School Abduction: Kidnappers Reduce Ransom To N30m

    The kidnappers of four students, a teacher and the Junior School Principal of Lagos State Model College, Igbonla in Epe, Lagos State have reduced their ransom demand to N30 million. The initial demand was N120 million. The incident occurred on Thursday as the school was resuming. It was...
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    Metro Police Arrests Man, Woman With Human Heads Crushed in Loaves of Bread [PHOTOS]

    The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man and a woman, Jamiu Alabi and Yemi John, for being in possession of suspected crushed human heads. The human heads were placed inside breads like sardines. The spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Dolapo Badmus, said Alabi, 24, and...
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    Metro Kidnappers Storm Lagos Govt College, Abduct Principal, Students

    The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the security agencies in the country to intensify rescue efforts for high school students and teachers kidnapped in Lagos State on Thursday morning. The call came just as police confirmed to Premium Times that two of the students have...
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    Metro Lagos: 20-year-old Who Lures Minors With Cartoon Before Rape Arrested

    20-year-old Bassey Johnson has been arrested for allegedly luring children into his room at the Egbeda area of Lagos, with kids cartoon television shows on cable network, and then raping them. According to the police, Bassey who hails from Akwa Ibom State, met his waterloo when one of his...
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    Metro Lagos Govt Gives Update on Cholera Outbreak That Killed Six

    The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris has assured that last week’s outbreak of cholera in Isolo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of the state has been successfully curtailed, noting that no new case or death had been recorded. Idris, who said several of those earlier...
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