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A 13-year-old girl was electrocuted to death while fleeing from a dog in the grounds of her home in the Makoko district of Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The deceased was on her way to the toilet located within the premises when the dog started barking,” reports said. …

A 30-year-old man was arraigned by the police before a Magistrates Court for stealing phones valued at N680,000, belonging to two students in Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria. The suspect was arraigned before Magistrate O. Y Adefope on two counts bordering on stealing. “The suspect stole one iPhone 13 Promax and …

Four people were injured to varying degrees after gas cylinders exploded in a gas store in Ijaiye, Agege, Lagos State, Nigeria. “The gas cylinders exploded as a result of gas leakage and caught fire in the process,” the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said. …

A woman and her two daughters were found dead in shop by the men of the Lagos State Police around PPL, Ijagun Okokomaiko area of the state, Nigeria. “The deceased have locked themselves inside the shop for days before their corpses were recovered,” according to reports. People were worried as …

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a 54-year-old woma, a cleaner for stealing an HP laptop valued at N633,700 at the Yaba College of Technology in Nigeria. “The laptop, belonging to one of her bosses has been declared missing after she cleaned his office and left,” reports said. “The …

A 21-year-old housemaid was arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court for stealing N4m from her employer at 1004 Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos State, Nigeria. “The defendant committed the offense on April 22, 2023,” according the prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji. “The suspect stole $5,500, which is equivalent to N4m, property of …

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a tenant for assaulting his landlady in Olaniyi Street, Nigeria, reports said. “The defendant assaulted his landlady when she demanded him money for payment of his electricity bill,” reports said. “The defendant hit the complainant’s head against an iron gate which caused her …

An Ogudu Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos State remanded a couple for allegedly assaulting and raping their 19-year-old housekeeper in Igbonla, Ketu, Lagos State, Nigeria. “The woman beats the victim up and penetrated her vagina with her fingers till she started bleeding. She also denied the victim of her salaries,” …

A 42-year-old woman has been remanded to the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for the murder of her co-wife at her residence in Alejo Street, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The suspect learnt that her husband had married another wife,and became angry” according to her. “She visited the pregnant …

A male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street,  in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State, Nigeria, reports said. The deceased, a regular meat hawker was hawking along the street when a woman called him to sell meat for her. “The deceased had …