Residents of Amuwo-Odofin and neighboring communities woke up on Saturday to reports of a major drug bust close to home, after operatives of the National… Read More »Notorious Drug Trafficker Nabbed in Ago, See Details
On this week’s episode of FestacOnline Voices, where we spotlight real stories and lived experiences from residents across Amuwo-Odofin, a young medical doctor shared how he narrowly escaped police extortion at Area E Police Command, FESTAC.
A suspected thief ran out of luck in the early hours of Thursday, July 17th, after he was caught attempting to steal air conditioning units… Read More »Community Robber Nabbed: See Details
Earlier yesterday morning at about 3 am, the alert residents of 22 Road, Festac town, had their attention drawn to an attempted theft in the Sweet Sensation complex.
In the early hours of Wednesday, April 22, 2025, residents of 401 Road, Festac Town in the Amuwo-Odofin area of Lagos, were awakened by a harrowing incident involving two suspected robbers.
A Lagos State High Court, presided over by Justice Sherifat Sonaike at Tafawa Balewa Square, has sentenced Benjamin Ogundero to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of his wife, Chinyere Ogundero, and her brother, Ifeanyi Joseph, in April 2022.
It was gory sight and a terrible way to jump-start 2025 as two men, names yet unconfirmed, were sent to their early graves in the Mile 2 axis of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government area.
The arrest of 61-year-old Lagos socialite and fabric merchant Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye, popularly known as “Iya Ruka,” has sent shockwaves through the social and criminal underworld.
Anita Amarachi Uchola boarded a bus to go about her daily activity. She didn’t know that her life was about to change for the worse.
An Amuwo-Odofin based business man, Arinze had been nabbed and arrested by the NDLEA for alleged involvement in
Agents of the NDLEA nabbed an automobile spare parts dealer in Amuwo over the attempt to export consignments of heroin and loud, a strain of… Read More »Auto Parts Dealer Nabbed In Amuwo
The family of a 15-year-old victim of alleged defilement has accused the Festac Police Division of not doing the needful as they have failed to charge the suspects to court.
In the charge filed before the court by the NAFDAC prosecutor, B.Simon, it was alleged that “Omorodion Sylvester, male, adult, 41 years old, of No 2, Surulere Street, Volts, Ojo, Lagos on or about the 20th day of February, 2021, within the jurisdiction of the Court did aid Inderpreet Singh, Male, adult, 49 years old, of 306, Apple Estate, Festac, Lagos, to sell fake drugs.
Amuwo-Odofin has of recent seen a mass invasion of persons who some call scavenger’s. Over the past months there have been numerous reports of thefts ranging from manholes, to scrap metals and iron related items.
It was a gory sight and a horrible day in Festac Town axis of Amuwo-Odofin LGA as Domestic violence claimed the life of a resident of Amuwo LGA as a Lady, Name unmentioned lost her life in the hands of her loved one.
