In a move to crackdown on growing infrastructure vandalism, a Lagos court has handed down prison sentences to two individuals convicted of tampering with electricity transformers. The Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ejigbo sentenced Abubakar Alido to one year in…
10-year-old boy strangles friend during football match in Lagos
A 10-year-old boy identified simply as Israel, has strangled his friend, Ezekiel, at Powerline in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State. PUNCH Online learnt that the incident happened on Friday while they were playing football in the community. A police…
2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup: Football fans in Ejigbo excited about Ghana’s victory
Football fans in Ejigbo, Lagos State, have applauded the splendid display of the Black Stars of Ghana as they beat South Korea 3-2 in their second group game of the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Ghana, needing a…
He’s lying, I did not moan while being raped!
You know, since the incident that happened to me 6 years ago…yes, it’s been that long, it didn’t happen yesterday…though it often feels like yesterday. Since then, people have been telling me to come out and tell my own…
killer hit-and-run bus driver, robbers in repose, a yahoo boy story and a whole lot 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. Hit-and-run bus driver kills LNSC officer in Lagos (Guardian) The Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC), Ejigbo,…
Police discover oil well in Ejigbo area of Lagos where residents siphon, sell petroleum products
Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), have discovered two wells, at Ejigbo area of Lagos State, which they said is being used in siphoning and selling petroleum products from a pipeline belonging to the…
Lagos communities resort to self-help, keep vigil to check rising invasion by robbers
After a day of rage across communities in Agege, Alimosho, Ejigbo and Oshodi areas of Lagos State yesterday, the president’s broadcast at 7 pm which extended the lockdown by two weeks, heightened tensions as robbery attacks spiked in the mainland…
Lagos is a city where opportunities meet you -Fred Iwenjora
The journalist Fred Iwenjora, who lives in Ejigbo, has said the Lagos is a city where opportunity meets you as long as you are looking for it, and that is the reason he loves it. It is the drive of…
*Osinbajo orders 72-hour operation to clear Apapa gridlock (Punch)* Oseni, others emerge newly elected Lagos NMA executives (NewTelegraph)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE JULY 21, 2018 Osinbajo orders 72-hour operation to clear Apapa gridlock (Punch) Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has ordered a 72-hour joint operation to clear the gridlock around the Apapa Expressway caused by stationary trailers. The…