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Tragedy struck at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos, after a deaf commuter was crushed by a mini commercial bus popularly called Korope.   Report said  an unidentified driver of the mini commercial bus lost control and veered off his lane.  In the process of controlling the bus, he rammed into another mini bus stationed , before mowing down the unsuspecting pedestrian. Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA Adebayo Taofiq, who confirmed the incident, said “ The   fatal collision involved two Suzuki mini commercial buses   with registration numbers EPE 279 YJ and BDG 558 YG “Demonstrating swift crisis intervention in alignment with the United Nations Response Time, UNRT operatives of the LASTMA promptly arrived at the scene, cordoning off the affected area and summoning law enforcement personnel from the Area “F’ Police division, who assumed custody of both vehicles for an exhaustive investigation.   Simultane...

THE Ogun State government, yesterday, confirmed a case of Lassa fever, officially declaring an outbreak in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, in a statement, disclosed that the index case was a 25-year-old female National Youth Corps member who fell ill while in Ondo State and was brought to a secondary health facility in Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state on March 18, 2025. Coker said: “The individual sadly passed away the same day. “Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that presents with symptoms such as high-grade fever, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and, in severe cases, unexplained bleeding from body openings.  “I, hereby, urge residents to seek immediate medical attention if they experience any of these symptoms, particularly if a fever does not improve within 48 hours of malaria or antibiotic treatment.” Emphasising the need for heightened precautions, the Commissioner said: “Healthcare workers w...

 THE House of Representatives, yesterday, approved a constitutional amendment bill seeking to upgrade the 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in Lagos State to full-fledged Local Government Areas. The bill, which was among 42 constitutional amendment bills passed, yesterday, aims to increase Lagos’ local government count from 20 to 57, cementing its status as the state with the highest number of LGAs in Nigeria. Sponsored by the lawmakers representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Lagos Island I Federal Constituency, James Faleke, Babajimi Benson and Enitan Badru alongside 19 other lawmakers, the proposed legislation marks a significant step in addressing Lagos’ administrative and infrastructural needs. Titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to Accommodate the 37 Development Area Councils of Lagos State as Full-Fledged Local Government Areas, Increasing the Total Number of Local...

Justice Deinde Dipeolu of a  Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday convicted  and sentenced Okorie Sunday to six months imprisonment for laundering the sum of $299,000 and 100 Euro into the country. The judge also ordered the forfeiture of the the sun of $299,000  and 100 Euros, which were intercepted by the Nigerian Customs Service, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on March 19, to the Federal Government due to non declaration.  Justice Dipeolu delivered the judgment after the counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chineye Okezie lead one witnesses from the Nigerian Customs Service,  Nanaowe Tonbo, who narrated how Okorie approached the declaration desk and was asked to declare what he had in his luggage. “My names are Nanaowe Tonbo. I work with the  Nigerian Customs Service under anti money laundering section in MMA Lagos.  “On March 19, 2025, about 9 to10p.m.,  Mr Sunday Okorie approached the declaration desk...

 Police in Rivers State have arrested four persons over their alleged role in the ritual killing of two children in Rukpokwu community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The incident was said to have happened on Monday and reported at Rumuokoro Special Area. It was gathered that the prime suspect had sent the two children on errand and when they returned, the suspect took them to an uncompleted building, drugged them and later killed them. It was also learned that the suspect had cut off some vital parts of the two children and scooped their blood into a bottle. It was further learned that the corpses of the victims were recovered and sent to mortuary, while police have started investigation. Confirming the development in Port Harcourt, yesterday, the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said four people have been arrested in connection to the killing.Iringe-Koko narrated that four people, a native doctor, the prime suspect, h...

A motorcyclist and a student have been crushed to death by a truck in Amaekpu, along the Ohafia - Arochukwu highway,  in Ohafia council area of Abia State. Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the accident occurred when  the truck lost brakes and rammed into the motorcycle rider and the schoolboy, killing them  on the spot. The truck loaded with stones, was said to be speeding when it lost control, crushing the young boy, who was on his way to school, and the  motorcyclist. Vanguard gathered that the accident sparked outrage among the youth of Amaekpu community who set the truck on fire.   However, the fire was immediately extinguished following the appeals of  some elders of the community. Some community residents asked the federal and Abia State governments to install speed breaks along the highway to prevent motorists from excessively speeding. The corpses of the student and the motorcycle rider were still trapped under the truck while efforts were being...