The  Lagos State Police Command  has  arrested members of ‘Aiye’ and ‘Eiye’  confraternity who engaged themselves in a battle for supremacy over the weekend at Iso Isu area of Ijora Badia. A statement signed by the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana and released to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos, said that they were arrested by officers from the Ijora Badia Police Station. Elkana said that five suspects were arrested from the two...

Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), former Nigeria Head of States and National Chairman of ‘Nigeria Prays’ on Sunday, led the group in a prayer rally for peace to reign in the North East zone and Nigeria at large. Speaking during the one-day prayer rally organised by Nigeria Prays, North- East zone held in Bauchi, with the theme: ‘The Lord of Hosts is with Us’, Gowon said the purpose of the prayer rally was to fervently intercede...

A 34-year-old bus conductor, Dolapo Pine, who allegedly stole a passenger’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card and withdrew N82,000 with it, on Monday appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. The police charged Pine who resides on Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos, with conspiracy and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge. According to the Prosecutor, Insp. Ajaga Agboko, the conductor committed the offences on Feb. 8, at 11.05 a.m. at...

The  Osun State Fire Service, on Monday confirmed a midnight fire outbreak at the Odo-Ogbe, Ile-Ife New Market razing four shops and property worth N2 million. Mr Adeyinmi Adeleye, Senior Fire Superintendent, Osun State Fire Service, Lagere, Ile-Ife, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ile-Ife. Adeleye disclosed that the midnight fire which razed four shops at first gate, erupted late on Sunday night when the traders had...