Tag: Badagry

  • Police arrest customs officer for shooting motorist

    The police have arrested a customs officer for shooting a motorist at Iya-Afin checking point, Badagry, on Wednesday. Police sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the customs officer (name witheld) allegedly shot the victim at the right arm because he allegedly refused to stop for a check. According to the…

  • Teenager remanded in Badagry prison for raping 4-year-old girl

    Teenager remanded in Badagry prison for raping 4-year-old girl

    A Badagry Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 19-year-old man, Joseph Godwin, be remanded in prison over alleged rape of a four-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaya, ordered that the accused be remanded in Badagry prison and adjourned the case until Sept. 26, for further hearing. Godwin, whose residential address was not…

  • Cultists surrender arms, ammunition in Badagry [PHOTO]

    Dozens of youths of Badagry community of Lagos State on Thursday surrendered their arms and ammunition to the Police in the area. Members of the Eiye and Aiye cult groups renounced their membership at the Badagry West Local Government Headquarters. Weapons surrendered include AK47, pump action, live rounds, axes, machetes, locally made pistols and SMGs…

  • Four die in Badagry gas explosion

    An explosion by leaking gas cylinder at artisan’s shop in Ajara area of Badagry, Lagos, on Monday, killed four persons and left several others with severe burns. A correspondent, who visited the scene at Ajara Vetho, saw the dead bodies of two men and a woman lying in the area. Six buildings located near the…