Confusion and panic surround residents of Ikorodu area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria as cultists are on the loose in the area, wiping out a family of three. It was gathered that the cultists struck at Ojuirowo area of Ikorodu and killed a family of three – father, mother and child on Friday morning. The cultists […]
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The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said women’s rights of movement in Lagos State, will not be restricted on Tuesday by the traditional Oro Festival in Ikorodu, east of Lagos. The Commissioner of police, Imohimi Edgal, made the clarification in a statement signed by the spokesman of the command, SP Chike Oti. Edgal said […]
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Ahead of the Magbo festival scheduled for Tuesday, May 8, all female residents of Ikorodu have been asked to stay indoors. Kabiru Shotobi, the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, traditional ruler of the town, said tradition forbids females to step out of their homes or move around town on the said day which he says is the […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved N20.8billion for the rehabilitation of Ikorodu–Shagamu road. It also approved N4.2billion for the procurement of aviation firefighting equipment. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the disclosure when he briefed State House correspondents alongside the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika and […]
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The Lagos State command of the Nigerian police on Monday raided an Ikorodu shrine belonging to suspected members of the Badoo cult group. As part of the raid, a 51-year-old man, Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, who was said to be working with the group, was arrested along with two others.Lagos command’s spokesperson, Olarinde Famous-Cole, said a […]
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Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State has started a road project aimed at connecting the Agric area of Ikorodu to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway through the Arepo area of Ogun State. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday on the road in the Agric area of Ikorodu, Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Rotimi Ogunleye, who […]
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The police in Lagos on Thursday arrested a pastor for allegedly beheading a seven-year old boy and burying his head at the church’s altar. The command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) confirmed the arrest to newsmen, stressing that the suspect was arrested with an accomplice at Ikorodu. Famous-Cole said the policemen […]
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Fatai Owoseni, commissioner of police in Lagos state, says the command is working with sister security agencies to arrest the suspected militants that killed four policemen, an army captain and a civilian in the Ikorodu area of the state. Owoseni made the promise in a statement on Sunday while responding to the killings. He said the […]
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