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The Lagos state government has arrested 62 persons found sleeping on the road. The arrest was carried out during a raid on some roads in the state by some members of the State Environmental Taskforce team in the early hours of Friday, May 23.

The state Commissioner for Environmental and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who disclosed this on X, wrote;

“In continuation of the agency’s clean up enforcement operation to rid the State of criminal elements, operatives of Environmental Taskforce team set out at about 0130hrs on Friday, 23rd May, 2025 and embarked on its ongoing clean up enforcement operation on the Island.

The areas visited during the operation includes; Victoria Island, Falomo, Eko Hotel, Osborne and other adjoining streets where the presence of some undesirable elements was noticed.

During the raid exercise, a total number of 62 suspects were arrested which comprises 59 males and 3 females. Sanity was restored in all the areas.

All the Suspects will be charged to court accordingly.”

A 23-year-old woman, Abigail Victor, was on Wednesday arraigned by the Nigeria Police before a Kaduna Magistrate’s Court for allegedly st@bbing her boyfriend during a domestic dispute over cheating allegations. Nigerian home decor ideas

Abigail, who resides in Ungwan Sunday, in Kaduna State, is facing a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and causing bodily harm, preferred against her by the Police.

The Prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, told the court that the incident occurred on May 17, 2025, at Sabon Tasha, Kaduna.

He told the court that Abigail, following a misunderstanding with her boyfriend, Dominic James, accused him of infidelity

“In anger, she reportedly called two friends who joined her at the complainant’s residence, where they allegedly beat him and st@bbed him in the shoulder with a knife,” Leo said.

The prosecutor also added that neighbours intervened and rushed the injured Dominic to the hospital for treatment.

According to him, the offences committed are contrary to Sections 58 and 284 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.

Section 58 provides for a one-year prison sentence on conviction for conspiracy, while Section 284 carries a minimum of five years imprisonment for causing injury.

However, Abigail pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.

Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel granted her bail in the sum of N200,000, with one surety in like sum.

The court ordered that the surety must be a blood relative and present evidence of three years of tax clearance from the Kaduna State Government.

Magistrate Emmanuel consequently adjourned the case to June 17, 2025, for a hearing.

A 15-year-old Nigerian boy d!ed from drowning after jumping off a pier in South Wales, a coroner has concluded.Nigerian home decor ideas

David Chiaka Ejimofor d!ed on 19 June 2023 after jumping into the sea from the breakwater in Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot, shortly after 7pm.

At an inquest into his death, coroner Edward Ramsay said there had been a “lack of effective deterrents on the day in question” to prevent David from jumping in.

“I have no idea if he saw the signage stating no access,” the coroner said.”Secondly, even if he did, there was no physical barrier deterring entry.”

Mr Ramsay said that had a lifeguard been on duty at the time, it was possible David “would not have jumped and therefore not have drowned”.

15-year-old Nigerian boy drowned after jumping off the pier in South Wales, coroner concludes

David had received swimming lessons in the past, the inquest heard, and his mother Maria Ejimofor described him as a “cautious” swimmer.

Internet searches on David’s phone suggested he was “anticipating going swimming later that day” but he had expressed “some caution about jumping”, the inquest heard.

Mr Ramsay said the breakwater “should not have been used” for jumping into the sea but there was “effectively unrestricted and undeterred access”.

Upon entering the water, David “very sadly found himself in immediate difficulty”, the coroner said.

“This was because whilst he had swam, and could swim, his swimming ability was not good,” he added.

Despite the “frantic efforts” of David’s friends, his swimming ability “was not sufficient to keep him afloat”, Mr. Ramsay said.

The coroner formally recognised the efforts of paddleboarding off-duty police officer Tyler Rowland, who helped get David to shore, and the members of the public who delivered CPR.

“Providing lifeguard cover is one of a range of safety measures a landowner or Council can implement to mitigate risk,” and RNLI spokesperson said after the conclusion of the inquest.

“RNLI lifeguard patrols routinely operate between the hours of 10am-6pm, because this is the time period which incident data tells us is the busiest and highest risk period.”

Despite their efforts, and that of the emergency services, David was declared dead at the scene at 8.05pm.

Mr Ramsay expressed his sympathy to David’s family and said he would issue a prevention of future deaths report at a later date.

Following the conclusion of the inquest, the owner of the breakwater said its “deepest sympathy and thoughts remain with David’s family, friends and all who knew him”.

“We continue to work with local stakeholders and partners regarding water safety at Port Talbot,” the spokesperson for Associated British Ports added.

A spokesperson for Neath Port Talbot Council said it wanted to “reiterate our sincere condolences to David’s family and many friends”.

On the concerns raised by the coroner about the safety on the beaches at Aberavon, the council said it and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) were “in the process of monitoring activity for the 2025 season and will continue to review beach safety provision”.

The council will respond to the assistant coroner’s concerns in due course, the spokesperson added.

A delivery driver, who allegedly fled with medical equipment valued at N34m has been tracked and arrested by police detectives attached to the Zone 2 Police Command Headquarters, Onikan-Lagos.

Disclosing this to newsmen, the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer (ZPPRO), CSP Ayuba T. Umma, in a statement released, explained that the suspect was contracted by an Osun-based medical doctor to deliver the equipment from Ikotun and Ikeja Lagos to Idumota, for onward delivery to a client in Zamfara State.

According to the statement, the medical doctor, Ajefolakemi John of Iloromu Quarters, Ile-Ife, gave the job to the suspect on April 15, 2025, only to discover that he had made away with the equipment, adding that he had since then been out of reach, as all efforts to reach him proved abortive.

To compound it all, according to Ajefolakemi, the suspect’s known telephone lines were all switched off, prompting him to petition the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, AIG Adegoke Fayoade, who directed the Zonal Anti-crime Unit to embark on discreet investigation, with the ultimate goal of arresting the suspect.

The investigating team swung into action and tracked the suspect to Adoka Community in Benue State, and eventually apprehended him in his hideout at Ugbokpo Community.

All the equipment, comprising a Mindray SV 300 laptop ventilator XI; Mindray 3-part hematology analyzer XI; Mindray patient monitor X2; patient monitor trolley X2; Zoncare 12 lead ECG XI; and Mindray DP 10 laptop ultrasound XI, were recovered.

The only missing item was a Mindray DP 10 laptop-ultrasound, valued at N3,400,000.00k, which the suspect claimed he sold to one Chukwudi Eyinaya in Mushin for N1m.

However, in his confessional statement to the police, the suspect confessed that the remaining items are intact, and kept in his sister’s custody in Ihiala area of Anambra State.

The PPRO stated that on completion of the ongoing investigation, the suspect would be charged to court.

 

 

 

A 25-year-old woman was shot and k!lled outside Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town, South Africa.

Western Cape police said Mfuleni police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident which occurred in Bentley Road, Blue Downs on Monday afternoon, May 19, 2025.

It is understood that the woman identified as Edmincha Wildebees, was due to appear in court on drug-related charges shortly before she was gunned down while walking towards her car.

The car, a red VW Polo, had been peppered with bullets.

Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said police members responded to a complaint of a shooting, and upon arrival on the scene, they found the victim inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds to her body.

“The victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The motive for the attack forms part of the police investigation, and arrests are yet to be made,” Twigg said.

Twigg said a murder case is being investigated.

Police urged anyone with any information about the shooting incident to contact the police.

Court dismisses VeryDarkMan’s objection in Falana, Falz’ defamation suit.

Justice F. Afeez of a Lagos High Court has dismissed the preliminary objections by social critic, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), in the N1 billion defamation suit instituted against him by activist and lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, and his son, music artiste, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz.

Vanguard reports that while ruling on the objection on Tuesday, May 20, Justice Azeez held that the application lacked merit and consequently, awarded cost of N200,000 against VDM, N100,000 each in favour of Femi and Folarin Falana.

The judge also directed the defendant to immediately file his defence in the suit.

The Falanas are seeking redress over a video published by VDM on his Instagram page (@verydarkblackman) on September 24, 2024. According to the Falanas, the video was defamatory and injurious to their reputation, and they are each claiming N500 million in damages, bringing the total claim to N1 billion.

At the hearing, Femi Falana was represented by his lawyers, Ernest Olawanle and Femi Akinyemi, while his son, Folarin, was present in court. VDM was absent but was represented by his counsel, Marvin Omorogbe.

In their suits, the claimants alleged that VDM made libellous, scandalous and defamatory remarks targeting them in his video.

They are asking the court to declare the publication as defamatory and to issue a perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, or any associates from making or distributing similar statements in the future.

 

A man identified as Esosa Imasuen has been accused of k!lling his wife named Chinwedu Nnadozie in Benin City.

According to reports, the man allegedly assaulted the mother of three and inflicted injuries on her following a misunderstanding between them at Oza street in the Ogbelaka area of the Sakponba road axis of the state capital.

Chinwendu was said to have been rushed to the hospital where a doctor diagnosed that she had internal bleeding as a result of the beating.

Speaking, the father of the deceased Everistus Nnadoze said he was called that his son-in-law, Esosa Imasuen had be@ten his daughter and left her with serious injuries.

“They said he took her to the hospital where a doctor was said to have carried out some tests on her, and the result showed that she has internal bleeding”, he said.

He said she later d!ed at the hospital before he could reach her, adding that he was not able to see her corpse as Imasuen had taken her body to an undisclosed mortuary alone.

“I went to his house, they said he had absconded,” the bereaved father said.

He said he had been calling the son-in law to come and show him the mortuary where his daughter’s corpse was deposited, but he has failed to show up.

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly threatening to k!ll his father.

Spokesperson of the command, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 said operatives swiftly responded to a distress call from a man (name withheld) of Ikot Imoh village, reporting that his son, Ubong Friday Benson, had barricaded himself and was threatening to k!ll him with a dagger.

“The complainant further stated that the suspect had previously threatened to shoot him with a locally made pistol, which he habitually concealed in a nearby bush,” the statement read.

“Upon receiving the report, a team was immediately mobilized to the scene, leading to the successful arrest of the suspect, Ubong Friday Benson.

“During the course of interrogation, the suspect confessed to possessing the firearm and subsequently led the police team to a bush where the alleged locally made pistol was recovered.”

Further search of the suspect’s possession led to the recovery of the following dangerous weapons, including one dagger, an iron filer, long iron chisel, iron hammer and a penknife.

“Preliminary reports indicate that the suspect had allegedly inflicted injuries on some community members prior to his arrest. However, at the time of this release, only the suspect’s father has come forward to provide a statement.”

“Investigations are currently ongoing, and the Akwa Ibom State Police Command is committed to ensuring the swift prosecution of the suspect.”