Lagos Crime
Touts arrested at Lagos Airport, Girl nabbed with hard drugs and more

What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. FAAN arrests 21 touts, others at Lagos Airport (Guardian) The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)…

Round and about Nigeria
Sirika justifies plan to demolish FAAN, NAMA offices for new airport city

Apparently in reaction to protests by stakeholders, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has justified the plan to demolish former headquarters of aviation agencies in Lagos for a new airport city project. Sirika said the cleanup is in the best…

Round and about Nigeria
FG set to reopen Lagos airport domestic runway

Domestic airline operations will soon receive a massive boost as the domestic runway 18 left of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, which was shut down for repairs about three months ago, will soon be reopened. The reopening of the domestic…

Round and about Nigeria
Tension as engine of Lagos-bound plane catches fire mid-air

A major air accident was averted when an Overland Airways aircraft made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, from Ilorin International Airport in Kwara State.  The incident happened on Wednesday night when one of the engines…

Sunset News
*2 Immigration officers barred from Lagos Airport for extorting 14-year-old girl (DailyTrust)*Lagos man allegedly defrauds 2 brothers N2.3m after ‘visa to Dubai’ promise to play football (Vanguard)

2 Immigration officers barred from Lagos Airport for extorting 14-year-old girl (DailyTrust) The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has withdrawn the On-Duty Card (ODC) of two officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport…

Sunrise News
*Ayanwole: Family relives deceased’s ordeal as LBSL withdraws BRT services (Guardian)*Furore over relocation of facilities at MMIA (Nation)

Ayanwole: Family relives deceased’s ordeal as LBSL withdraws BRT services (Guardian) Public outrage, yesterday, trailed the gruesome murder of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who got missing after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle, and her body was found at Carter…

Sunrise News
*Landlords, residents protest against property demolition in Lagos slum (Punch)*LASTMA warns against assault on officials (Guardian)

Landlords, residents protest against property demolition in Lagos slum (Punch) Landlords and residents at Ikota slum, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, have been thrown into panic as officials suspected to be working with the state government alongside men…

Sunrise News
*Land agent dies in Ogun hotel after sex with ex-wife (Punch)*Dayo Amusa reads riot act to critics (Vanguard)

Land agent dies in Ogun hotel after sex with ex-wife (Punch) A real estate agent, 50-year-old Diran Elijah, has lost his life after having sex with his former wife identified simply as Idowu, at a hotel in the Agbado area…

Sunset News
*Secret cameras revamped at Lagos airport to curb sharp practices – FAAN (Sun)*Woman, 37, docked for alleged N1.5m theft (Vanguard)

Secret cameras revamped at Lagos airport to curb sharp practices – FAAN (Sun) The Federal Government has revamped all secret cameras at Lagos Airport to curb the sharp practices of airport officials. All agencies at the airports have been urged…

Round and about Nigeria
Why FAAN security personnel yet to bear arms at airports ― MD

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu has attributed reasons why the authority has not deployed weapons to its aviation security personnel to its resolve to put in place necessary infrastructure that…

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