Tag: Mushin
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Fire engulfs one-storey building in Mushin, Lagos
A one- storey building on Saturday morning was engulfed by fire. The building is located at 10 Moliki Street in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fire started around 8am and destroyed the entire first floor of the residential building. Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Emergency…
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Many collapse as fire guts popular Lagos plank market
About 15 shop owners were said to have collapsed due to the wildfire that razed Amu Timber, a Lagos popular plank market on Saturday morning. Residents were divided over when the fire started. Some said the fire started around 11pm while others said it was around 12am. Goods worth hundreds of billions were lost to…
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Drain-stuffing in Mushin, other areas worries FG
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Adedamola Kuti, on Thursday expressed worry at drain-stuffing by some residents of the state especially in Mushin. Kuti told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that such residents deposit various wastes into drains, blocking them and increasing flooding. He said that the situation had…
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Lagos student, four others killed as police, hoodlums clash in Mushin
Not less than five people including a student and a policeman were feared killed in cult-related violence in Mushin area of Lagos on Monday and yesterday. Two traders were killed inside Ladipo International Market on Monday evening by suspected cultists. A policeman, a hoodlum and a pupil died during a clash at Idi-Oro area in…
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LAGESC van kills two, injures three others in Mushin
Two persons were reportedly killed on Thursday at Ojuwoye Market junction in Mushin by an operational van belonging to the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC). It was learnt that a combined team of LAGESC and the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit had raided the area around 9am to…
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Police arrest five for lynching suspected ritualists in Mushin
The police in Lagos on Thursday said that five persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the lynching of two suspected ritualists in Mushin area of the metropolis. The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspects would be charged to court for jungle…
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Photos/Video: Mob uncover another ritualists’ den in Mushin, set suspects ablaze
Another ritualist’s den on Wednesday was discovered in a tunnel at the Challenge area of Mushin, Lagos State, TheNewsGuru.com can authoritatively report. pic.twitter.com/SHut7ri7MH — Adeleke Ismail Seun (@seunny2020) August 30, 2017 TheNewsGuru.com reports that one of the suspected ritualists was burnt alive, while two others were rescued by the Police. The tunnel where they were…
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Banire shuns Lagos APC disciplinary committee
Hundreds of All Progressives Congress, APC members converged on the Bishop Aggey Sports Centre in Mushin, Lagos on Monday where one of the party chieftains, Dr Muiz Banire, was expected to appear before a Ward disciplinary committee. The crowd, however, waited in vain to see Banire, as he failed to show up before the committee.…
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Suspected Badoo member caught after invading nursery school in Mushin
Suspected member of Badoo cult has been caught after he stole into a nursery school in Mushin, Lagos State. The suspect, an 18-year-old man, Fred Minima, reportedly had the logo of the cult on his left hand. He allegedly entered the premises of the nursery and primary school with the intention to kidnap some pupils.…
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Lagos LG poll: APC members protest, call for Muiz Banire’s removal [Photos]
Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Mushin area of Lagos, on Tuesday protested to the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja, demanding the expulsion of the APC National Legal Adviser, Dr. Muiz Banire (SAN), from the party. Recall that TheNewsGuru.com had earlier reported that Banire who is dissatisfied with…