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By Samson Folarin The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old welder, Sunday Hycenth, for allegedly killing his friend, Onwe Ozoemelem, in the FESTAC Town area of the state.

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The death of Nze Hon. Patrick Nnodumele Ezeonyilimba popularly known as Lazimba has been announced by the family members and burial arrangements has been scheduled for April 1 st 2016.

The Igunnuko festival is one of the many cultural festivals celebrated in Lagos state. Several communities in the state celebrate the yearly festival in style.

My people I wish to appreciate you all for the support, encouragement and believe you have bestowed on me during my first year in office as your Representative.

Last week, the Minority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency II presented two buses to the two biggest churches in Kirikiri town community, St. Joseph Catholic Church and St. Pauls Anglican church

By Ola Ajayi Sunday Shodipe. The 19-year-old serial killer, re-arrested by the Oyo State Police Command, said a herbalist detained with him at the police cell advised him to escape to shed more blood to appease spirits tormenting the herbalist. He confessed, yesterday, during his parade alongside other 32 criminals by Oyo State Police Commissioner, Mr Joe Nwachukwu. He said: “The herbalist with whom I was detained told me to escape from detention to provide blood to appease some spirits, who were sucking his (herbalist) blood since he could no longer get access to hard drinks and other ingredients like kolanuts and alligator pepper for sacrifice in the cell.” Shodipe said after escaping from the police cell, he attacked another woman, Mrs Oladeji Funmilayo, last Sunday. Confessing how he went back to Akinyele area to kill the woman, he said: “After I escaped from Mokola Police cell in Ibadan, I went to do what Baba Adedokun asked me to do to save him from dying. “I went from Moniya, wh...

A dormitory manager and five others have been detained in southern Turkey after a fire claimed the lives of 11 schoolgirls and a teacher, reports say.

AS part of its support for the effective rehabilitation of prison inmates, the Nero Asibelua Foundation (NAF) has donated some educational materials to Cottage of Hope Institute located within the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Lagos. The items included computer printer/photocopy machine, writing materials, devotional books, tables and chairs. According to the Chairman of the foundation, Mr. Nero Asibelua, who was represented by Mrs. Vivian Asibelua, “We need to rehabilitate people in our prisons, so they can come out as better Nigerians.” He commended the competency of the prison authority, saying ‘I am particularly moved by the initiative of the prison authorities at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison for setting up such a laudable programme that accepted our humble support’. He prayed Almighty God to keep them strong and enable them to transform the lives of the inmates assigned to them for good. Asibelua said the foundation is simply supporting the ongoing reformatory structure al...

By Jesutomi Akomolafe Aggrieved residents of Oba Ogo Community Development Association (CDA), Ije-ododo in Iba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State yesterday morning stormed the Oshodi district office of Ikeja Electric, Okota to protest estimated billing despite 10 months of power outage due to spoilt transformer. Leading the residents who carried placards expressing their frustrations was the secretary of the CDA, Mr Olufemi Onasanya, who said for nearly a year, they have suffered in darkness. “Our transformer was taken away since November last year for repairs and was returned to us last month. Ikeja Electric has refused to energise the community after meeting their agreement of 1+1. We worked round the community to recover money for them, yet they still went ahead to issue us estimated billing for July when we have been without light since last year. “This is why we came here as early as 7:00a.m. so they can meet us at their gate when they resume for work.” After mee...