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    Politics Lagos Senators Issues Statement in Support of Tinubu

    Senators representing Lagos state in the Nigerian Senate have issued a statement condemning Senator Dino Melaye's threat to beat up Senator Remi Tinubu. See statement below: We deplore in very strong terms the use of abusive, threatening, uncouth, vulgar and un-parliamentary language by...
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    Metro 500L UNILAG Student Dies After Playing Football With Friends [PHOTO]

    A 500-level undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Odusami Matthew, has died after slumping at the Biobaku Hostel. According to a report by Punch, Matthew, a student at the Estate Management Department, was playing football with some of his friends on Friday when he slumped. He was...
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    Metro Bullets Can’t Kill Me - Cult Leader Boasts Before Police [PHOTO]

    A suspected cult leader, Andrew Awalebi, has told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command that no amount of bullets can pierce through his body. Awalebi, a member of the Eiye Confraternity, reportedly told the police that a charm he got from an herbalist made...
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    Metro Lagos: I Love Cuddling Female Breasts During Operation – Robber Confesses

    The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday nabbed two suspected robbers around Ijora-Badia axis of the state. The suspect, Abdullah Isiaka, and his partners in crime, identified simply as Governor, Abel and Brigadier, used to operate at Ebute-Metta, Lagos State. The duo, it was...
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    Metro Lagos: 5 Factory Workers Arraigned For Allegedly Stealing 'Ponmo' Worth N2.8m

    Five factory workers were on Tuesday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s hides and skin (pomo) valued at N2.8 million. The accused are three security guards — Nathaniel Ojo, 33; Olokwu Daniel, 30; and Jude Thomas, 25. Others are Richard Daniel...
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    Metro Nigerian Police Arrests Madman With 22 ATM Cards, Phones in Lagos

    A suspected madman was arrested by the Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command with 22 Automatic Teller Machine, ATM, cards, two mobile phones and power bank in along Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island. The man, who identified himself as Lanrewaju Jaiyeola...
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    Metro Nigerian Pastor In Adultery Mess, Flees Housewife’s Home Unclad

    Residents of Wahab Close in Ejigbo in Lagos State, western Nigeria, were stunned by the drama that played out in their area after a pastor who sneaked into a man’s house to make love with the man’s wife was caught in the act. The pastor, who had already pulled off his pair of trousers and...
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    Metro Lagos State Government Constructs January 27 Road

    Residents of the popular January 27 road, a monumental location where over one thousand people perished during the Lagos Armory explosion tagged “Lagos bomb blast” in 2002 are full of jubilation as Lagos State Government commences a full construction of the long stretch of the road. It was...
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    Metro Renowned Radiologist, Dr Irene Damola, Burnt to Death in Lagos

    A retired radiologist and the eldest child of late Ologbosere of Warri Kingdom, Chief O. N. Rewane, was yesterday burnt to death in an early morning fire in Lagos. The cause of the fire that killed the 75-year-old Dr. Irene Damola (nee Rewane) at her Lagos residence, could not be ascertained...
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    Metro Lagos: LIST of 7 Traffic Offences That May Land You In Jail

    The state government last Friday inaugurated five Mobile Court buses for road traffic offenders, with a pledge to end impunity on the roads. The Chief Judge of the State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade‎ and the State’s Attorney General, Kazeem Adeniji, restated their commitments to ridding Lagos...
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    Sports Kenyan Athlete, Abraham Kiptom Wins Lagos City Marathon [See Photos]

    Abraham Kiptom of Kenya on Saturday emerged the winner of the maiden edition of the 2016 Access Bank Lagos city Marathon. He clinched the prize with a two hours, 16 minutes and 21 seconds time. The Kenyan will go home with a whopping $50, 000 for winning the tournament. Halima Husein...
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    Sports Lagos City Marathon: 6 Important Things Nigerians Need To Know

    The Lagos State Government has affirmed its readiness to host over 20,000 Local and International Marathoners in the forth coming Access Lagos City Marathon race scheduled to come up tomorrow, February 6, 2016. Here are 6 Important things you need to know about the event: - Lagos City Marathon...
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    Metro Lagos: [Photo] 11 People Survive Helicopter Crash [PUNCH]

    Eleven people have survived a helicopter crash that occurred around the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, eyewitnesses told PUNCH. The crash has also been confirmed by the Public Relations Officer, South-West National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye. Related: Bristow...
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    Metro Lagos: Commercial Bus Driver Attacks Task Force Officer With Iron Rod

    A police officer attached to the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Task Force), Adepoju Oluwasogo was allegedly injured with an iron road by a commercial Volkswagen bus driver, Mr Idris Shittu, at Ketu Oluwasogo, who was, during the last environmental sanitation exercise in Lagos...
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    Business Lagos Releases New Electricity Tariff

    Ikeja Electric company has announced the implementation of its new cost reflective tariff, effective 1st February, 2016. This is in line with the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO 2.1) as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in line with NERC’s mandate of fair...
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    Metro Lagos: 6 Die as Boat Capsises Along Badore-Lekki Route

    Six people feared dead after a commercial boat taking them to Lekki area of Lagos capsized in the Badore. The boat was on the way to Lekki from Ijede in Ikorodu when it capsised. PUNCH gathered that 11 of the passengers were rescued while six died. It is, however, unclear how many...
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    Metro Boko Haram Kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto Sues Federal Government For N300m

    The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has fixed February 4 to hear a fresh suit lodged against the Federal Government by the convicted kingpin of the Boko Haram sect, Kabiru Umar. a.k.a. Kabiru Sokoto. Meantime, Sokoto who earlier instituted N300 million suit against the government over...
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    Metro EFCC Operative Impregnates Teenager, Batters Her in Lagos

    One of the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, allegedly battered a 19-year old canteen attendant after impregnating her in Lagos State, western Nigeria. The teenager was allegedly assaulted at the EFCC office located on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos where the...
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    Metro Lagos: Traders Count Losses as Fire Guts Ketu Sawmill [See Photos]

    Over 200 shops were destroyed after fire razed the popular sawmill in Ketu area of Lagos today. The inferno, which started around 4.30am also razed four cars, two houses and a toilet facility within the sawmill. According to PUNCH, It was learnt that the fire was caused by an electric surge...
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    Metro Lagos: General Overseer Defiles 11-Year-Old in Brothel

    A pastor, who is the General Overseer of a church (name withheld) located at Oworonshoki area of Lagos State has been accused of raping an 11-year-old girl. A witness told New Telegraph that the incident occurred January 23 at a brothel in the area. The witness said the GO lured the girl to the...
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