What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Lagos bizman granted N30m bail over alleged N10m fraud (Punch) A Federal High Court sitting in…
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)…
Lagos Taskforce denies extortion of septuagenarian
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offenses Unit Taskforce has said the operatives were not involved in the extortion of a 77-year-old man by some unscrupulous individuals parading themselves as officials of the state’s taskforce. The Taskforce chairman, Shola Jejeloye,…
Street trading: Stiff punishment awaits both seller, buyer — Lagos task force
The Lagos State Task Force has warned commuters and pedestrians to refrain from patronising illegal street traders, as a stiff punishment awaits both the buyer and the seller once apprehended. A statement on Sunday by Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, spokesman, Lagos…
Lekki coastal road: Lagos declares zero tolerance on environmental degradation
Lagos State Government, through the state Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit Taskforce, has reiterated commitment of the agency in ensuring that environmental degraders across various parts of the state are either brought to book or leave the state. Chairman…
Agency arrests 2 ex-convicts for alleged fraud in Lagos
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce) has arrested two ex-convicts. This is contained in a statement in Lagos on Thursday by Mr Abdulraheem Gbadeyan, spokesperson of the agency. The statement said the ex-convicts specialise in defrauding…
Gunmen fire NDLEA operatives, Court remands cultists, LASUTH nabs impostor 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. Gunmen fire NDLEA operatives, soldiers rescue Lagos baron (Punch) Suspected gunmen numbering about 20 on Tuesday…
Teenager hacked to death, Task Force arrest land grabbers 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. Teenager hacked to death in Lagos apartment (Vanguard) A 15-year-old boy, Jerome Emeka Akwuene, was reportedly…
Lagos monarch jailed for fake kidnap, Teenager stabs friend to death 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. Lagos monarch who faked kidnap jailed 15 years (Punch) Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High…
Taskforce nabs 5 armed suspected land grabbers
The Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Taskforce has arrested five alleged armed land grabbers said to have terrorized property owners in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. The suspects were arrested at the weekend during an operation to dislodge…