The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has arrested the driver of a tanker allegedly involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a commercial dispatch rider in the Maryland area of Lagos. The incident occurred along Kodesho Road, opposite Mrs Filling Station, inward Awolowo Way/Oba Akran, where the victim was reportedly…
•Traders recount how incident happened By Esther Onyegbula, Florencemary Nwabueze & Mike Akande Police in Lagos, yesterday, dispatched particles recovered from the explosion, which took place in Oke Mushin area of the state, to Force Headquarters, Abuja, for more forensic analysis. The suspected Improvised Explosive Device, IED, detonated beneath a parked vehicle in the area…
Less than a day after a dispatch rider was killed by a hit-and-run driver on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, another rider has lost his life in a separate crash along the Ilupeju Bypass area of Lagos State, highlighting a deeply troubling pattern of fatal road incidents in the state. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority’s spokesperson,…
Mark Sanchez 911 Dispatch Audio … Two People Believed to Be Stabbed Published October 4, 2025 5:26 PM PDT Play video content Mark Sanchez‘s stabbing incident early Saturday morning drew a large police response … and, we’ve obtained the 911 dispatch audio from the incident. In the clip, first responders are asking if there are…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu; and a 30-year-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The development was revealed by the spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a…
