It was a sad tale as thugs, hoodlums over hundred in number earlier this month attacked residents of Satellite Town, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State and destroyed properties worth millions of naira.
Read More »Satellite Town: Thugs Invade Community, Destroy Valuables & Properties
For many years , residents have complained bitterly of the disappearance of manhole of drainage systems in Festac Town area of Amuwo-Odofin LGA.
Read More »Manhole Cover Thieves Nabbed By Amuwo LG Taskforce
Police operatives from Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos have arrested a 30-year old robbery suspect.
The 30-year old robbery suspect identified as Chizoba Okeke, have been apprehended in the 2nd Rainbow area of Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State.Read More »Crime: Fake Military Robbery Suspect Nabbed In Amuwo-Odofin
Mr Adisa Ojo , a 20-year-old unemployed man on Wednesday confessed to stealing a truck battery valued at N65,000 when he was brought before an Ajegunle-Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Five men were on Wednesday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly vandalising one Lexus car and stealing car accessories worth N550,000 in Lagos.Read More »Crime: Five Nabbed For Vandalizing Cars In Amuwo-Odofin
Hasky Ibrahim, a 27-year-old commercial motorcyclist,was on Monday brought before an Ajegunle Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly assaulting a businessman who turned in his motorcycle to the police as a stolen one in the Festac Area of Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State.
Illegal land sale has recently taken over the real estate scene in Festac phase 11 development.
Mystery and confusion surrounds circumstances surrounding the untimely death of a sixteen-year-old boy, Ezekiel Chukwu in FESTAC town, Lagos State, as police authorities are yet to unearth the cause of his death.
Read More »Crime: Confusion Surrounds Murder Of 16-Year-Old In FESTAC Town
A 33-year-old man, Kendrick Oladamore Zinsu and a 20-year-old woman, Christabel Patrick, were on Monday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly attempting to rob Shoprite store in Festival Mall, Amuwo-Odofin.
A suspected ritualist , name withheld has been nabbed in an estate in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State.
Read More »Photos: See How Suspected Ritualist Was Nabbed With Victim’s Body
On November 27, 2025, the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, set aside the conviction previously entered against Hilary Ogbobe by the lower court and discharged and acquitted him of the charges. The appellate court’s decision is a subsequent development to the proceedings reported in this article.
FestacOnline has published a separate report on the Court of Appeal’s decision and provides this update to ensure that readers are aware of the subsequent outcome of the case.
A 42-year-old car dealer, Christian Obiagwu, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing the sum of N780,000 under false pretence to sell a car in Lagos.
Read More »Festac Town : Car Dealer Arraigned For N780,000 Theft
Car theft has been a common crime in Lagos state, Nigeria.
Earlier this month on May 2nd 2019, three men Yusuf Ezekiel (36), Onyekachi Onuoha (42) and Ibrahim Aliu (37) allegedly stole a car in Festac Town valued at about 2.5 Million Naira.
Read More »Three Men Nabbed For Stealing A Car In Festac Town
On Friday, 10th May 2019 some operatives of the Lagos State Police Command arrested two suspected traffic robbers at FESTAC area of Amuwo-Odofin, LG, Lagos State.
A notorious cultist, Ibrahim Abdullahi, popularly known as Tiny, who operates around the Satellite-Town area of Amuwo-Odofin LGA , has been arrested In Lagos State.
He was arrested during an operation led by the Divisional Police Officer of Satellite Town Division, CSP Chike Oti alongside one of his accomplices, Obinna Kelvin Okey, 23, on Friday, March 23, at his hideout in the Ijegun-Egba area of the community.Read More »Satellite Town: Alleged Cultist & Serial Killer Arrested Alongside Four Others
