Lagos closes Marine Bridge for repairs

The Lagos State Government, on Thursday, announced the diversion of traffic on the Marine Bridge, as part of the continuation of the repair works by the Federal Ministry of Works. Marine Bridge is located between Ijora and Ajegunle in Apapa…

Ogun communities lament 100-year darkness, electricity project rots

No fewer than 53 communities in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, have lamented the hardship of living in darkness for more than 100 years despite a World Bank Electrification Project in the area. The landlords, residents,…

*I only defiled my neighbour’s 10 year old daughter twice – Suspect (DailyTrust)*LASWA begins clearing of water hyacinth on Lagos waterways (Guardian)*2 cases of ‘worst ever’ Omicron variant detected in UK (Metro)

I only defiled my neighbour’s 10 year old daughter twice – Suspect (DailyTrust) A 34-year- old married man, Godwin Iroro, arrested for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 10 year old daughter in Ajegunle, Lagos State, has admitted that he only defiled…

Oyan Dam… agony of residents of Agboyi-Ketu, Ajegunle, Isheri, others

Whenever Lagos State government says it is taking giant strides towards attaining the status of a mega city, some Lagosians usually take such assertions with a grain of salt. Among these skeptics are residents of Agboyi-Ketu, Owode Onirin, Isheri, Ajegunle,…

Fire razes shops at plank section of boundary market, Ajegunle

Traders of the plank section of the boundary market, at the Ajegunle area of Lagos were still counting their loses as fire gutted parts of the market. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed that some shops were gutted…

‘I went into crime because neighbours were calling me thief’

A 21-year-old armed robbery suspect, Rasheed Sulaimon, has told his police interrogators that he went into crime to prove a point to neighbours who were always calling him a thief in Ajegunle, Lagos, when he was growing up. The police…

Our deadly robbery operations in Oyo, Osun, Lagos – 23-year-old gang leader

The ringleader of a notorious gang terrorising Ibadan, Oyo State, Osun and Lagos States, Enioluwa Adebayo, has opened up on his four-year stint in robbery. Popularly known as Judgement, an alias he earned for killing victims who put up resistance,…

*How Nigerian Twitter helped keke rider raise over N1m to pay hospital bills (Guardian) *‘Police broke into our houses like robbers, arrested our children’ (Punch)

How Nigerian Twitter helped keke rider raise over N1m to pay hospital bills (Guardian) When Emmanuel Nweke’s wife Gift was delivered of a baby through a Caesarean section (CS) on November 5, he was happy the child and his wife…

Lagos residents accuse police of illegal raid (Punch)

Residents of Ilaje in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State have accused men of the state police command of arresting innocent persons during a raid to restore normalcy in the area after pandemonium broke out between two groups of hoodlums…

*Lagos residents accuse police of illegal raid (Punch) *Lagos prosecutes alleged environmental offenders, fake LAGESC officer (Guardian)

Lagos residents accuse police of illegal raid (Punch) Residents of Ilaje in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State have accused men of the state police command of arresting innocent persons during a raid to restore normalcy in the area after…

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