A woman was rescued by a boat operator after she reportedly jumped into the lagoon from the Idumota-Carter Bridge in Lagos.

This incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, August 4.

A video shared online shows the woman looking disoriented as she sat in the boat after being pulled out of the water.

Passersby who gathered on the bridge to look down at the woman are heard begging the boat man not to hand the woman over to the police.

Other voices on the bridge are heard questioning the woman's state of mind as they wondered what made her jump into the lagoon.

According to eyewitnesses, the woman was attempting to take her own life when local boat operators quickly responded and pulled her out of the water.

The family of Mr. Ogunseye Seun has reported him missing since 3rd July, stating that he was last seen around Alago Meji Train Station, Ebute Meta, Lagos.

If you have any useful information that could help locate him, please contact the numbers on the flyer or report to the nearest police station.

Kindly contact Mr Bodun Ogunseye 08033780944 or Mrs Onohi Ogunseye 08023044899

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine concealed in local mortar and false bottom of a backpack packaged for shipment to China and Italy respectively through a logistics company in Lagos.

The seizures made by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations (DOGI) on Thursday 30th July 2026 include 250grams of cocaine factory fitted into the base of a local mortar packed in a carton for export to China, and 500grams of the same class A drug hidden in the false bottom of a backpack being shipped to Italy.

Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in Rivers state have arrested a 38-year-old notorious drug dealer, Ugo Gift Okonkwo, at Eagle Island Port Harcourt, following credible intelligence.

The suspect was nabbed with various quantities of cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, swinol, tramadol and codeine syrup at the time of his arrest on Sunday 26th July.

NDLEA officers on a stop and search operation at DMGS roundabout, Onitsha, Anambra state on Monday 27th July intercepted a truck marked XK 131 BDG loaded with 26,000 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 3,960kg while the truck driver Chinedu Nwanze, 40, was arrested.

While 331.84 kilograms of skunk were recovered from a Toyota Sienna bus with registration number KUJ 26 DV along Kwale/Ughelli expressway, Delta state on Sunday 26th July, NDLEA officers in Nasarawa state on Tuesday 28th July arrested a 64-year-old man Joseph Nwaeke with 68kg skunk and 29grams of methamphetamine at Asso Angwan Muazu, Karu area of the state.

In Zamfara, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Zaria- Gusau highway on Monday 27th July intercepted a suspect, Sani Umar, 27, conveying 7,400 pills of tramadol 225mg suspected to be supplies for criminal elements.

The Lagos State Police Command said it has commenced an investigation into a viral video of a jeweller accusing some policemen in the Festac area of the state of harassing him.

The command disclosed this in an X post on Saturday.

The video, which circulated on X on Saturday morning, shows the businessman engaged in a struggle with some policemen. Later in the video, the businessman could be seen with a bloody face after allegedly sustaining a cut beside his right eye during the struggle with the police officers,

The jeweller later explained that the policemen from the Festac Division had stopped him for a routine search. He said the officers accused him of peddling drugs after finding a scale on him.

“I went to deliver a necklace to someone when police officers stopped and searched me in Festac, Lagos. They found nothing on me but saw the scale I use to measure gold and accused me of using it to weigh weed.

They ordered me to follow them to the station, but I refused because I had done nothing wrong.

They were not properly dressed as police officers, and the bus they arrived in had no registration.

They then dragged me, tried to force me into the bus, and one of them hit me on the head with a gun before they started beating me.”

Reacting to the viral video, the state police command via its X handle, said it had launched an investigation and identified the policemen involved in the incident.

“The Lagos State Police Command has seen the video and has commenced an investigation into the incident. The officers involved have been identified as personnel attached to Area E Command.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, has directed the Area Commander to immediately produce the officers at the Command Headquarters for further investigation and appropriate action.

The individual featured in the video is kindly urged to contact the Command’s Complaint Response Unit (CRU) on 09111111150 or 09111111151 to assist with the ongoing investigation.”

President Bola Tinubu has asked state governors to “stop building flyovers where there is no numeric traffic” and do more to improve the quality of life of citizens.

The President made the call while receiving traditional rulers from Oyo state led by Oba Rashidi Ladoja, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, at the State House,Abuja on Thursday, July 30.

Speaking directly to Oba Ladoja, President Tinubu said the financial allocations of states had increased more than four times compared to when the monarch and himself served as state governors.

Tinubu was governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007, while Ladoja served as governor of Oyo from 2003 to 2007.

The president said owing to the increased financial allocations, governors are no longer borrowing money to pay salaries.

An American investigator tracking cybercrime syndicates in Nigeria has revealed details regarding the integration of ritual practices—locally referred to as “***** Plus”—by internet fraudsters operating in Lagos.

In an account documenting her field investigation in the commercial capital, the visitor detailed navigating high-risk environments and refuse dumps to locate hidden shrines where fraudsters obtain spiritual charms intended to manipulate victims overseas.

“On our trip to track down scammers in Lagos, Nigeria, we uncovered something shocking. We found out that ‘***** Plus’ is a real thing and that some ***** Boys perform rituals and obtain charms to help them manipulate their victims. We even had to search through heaps of dirt and refuse to find the hideout where these charms were made.”

The investigation confirmed that beyond conventional phishing and social engineering, there is a reliance on occult shrines, herbalists, and ritualists who prepare specialized charms designed to psychologically subdue targets. The fraud operators utilize these charms alongside online manipulation tactics to fleece foreign victims, relying on belief in spiritual influence to guarantee successful financial extraction.

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Nigerian singer Ajebutter22 has lamented the current state of Lagos, saying the city has become significantly worse compared to 10 years ago.

In a video shared online, the singer described Lagos as “the big bad world” and said he would rather return to the city as it was a decade ago.

According to him, things were already difficult in Lagos 10 years ago, but the situation has become even worse, with the cost of everyday things rising significantly. He recalled buying drinks for about ₦5,000 in the past, saying they are now much more expensive.

Ajebutter22 also claimed that many people are leaving Lagos because of how difficult life has become, adding that, in his opinion, the people currently enjoying the city are scammers, those who made their money years ago, or people who have travelled or are planning to leave.

The Benue State Police Command h!s arrested a young woman for allegedly staging a fake kidnapping to extort money from her mother.

The spokesperson for the command, DSP Orchia Peter Aondongu, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 said the suspect, Mary Torkuma, was arrested alongside her accomplice, Evergreen Samuel.

According to the PPRO, the command uncovered the alleged plot following an intelligence-driven investigation by operatives of the Violence Crime Response Unit (VCRU).

The police said the case was reported on July 15, 2026, after Miss Mary Torkuma of Akpehe, Makurdi, reportedly left her apartment on July 12 to visit a friend in the North Bank area of the state capital.

The following day, her mother, who resides in Lagos State, allegedly received a phone call from an unknown number claiming that her daughter had been kidnapped and demanding ransom.

Acting swiftly on the report, VCRU operatives launched an investigation that led them to a hotel in the Ankpa Quarters area of Makurdi, where Mary Torkuma was found alongside her accomplice, Miss Evergreen Samuel, who had travelled from Abia State.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the two women allegedly conspired to stage the kidnapping in a bid to deceive the victim’s mother into paying ransom.

The suspects are currently in police custody, while investigations continue.

OAP Dotun has called for the boycotting of South African singer Tyla’s scheduled concert in Lagos. His calls comes amidst renewed Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African Nationals.

Tyla recently released schedules for her World Tour, which includes a Lagos performance on December 22.

Like some Nigerians, Dotun believes that with the recent happenings in South Africa, no Nigerian should attend her concert and if anyone those, he categorised them as ‘’B@stards’’

The mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister in-law of young widow, Tosin, who cried out after she was allegedly being harassed and intimidated by her husband’s family eight days after his demise, have all vacated his home.

Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who initially brought the story online, said the late husband’s family members have vacated the home of the young widow while the father in-law is still in police custody.

Tosin, 28, lost her husband on July 20 and according to Harisson, her in-laws immediately moved into her matrimonial home and have subjected her to fear and intimidation,

The Lagos state government has since waded into the matter.