Detectives from the Special Squad Unit of the Lagos State Police Command have uncovered the identity of a key member of the notorious gang of billionaire kidnappers killed during their raid at Ladipo Market last month. Previously, only one gang…
Lagos doctor bags life jail, Man rapes septuagenarian 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 cancer doctor, Olaleye, bags life jail for rape (Punch) Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos…
1 dead in cult attack, Police arrest gun makers, Man jailed for kidnapping 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. Cult reprisal attack claims 1 in Lagos (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed…
*War: Lagos suspends airlifting of Christian pilgrims to Israel (DailyTrust)*Fela Durotoye, 4 others make Tinubu’s media advisory team (Tribune)
War: Lagos suspends airlifting of Christian pilgrims to Israel (DailyTrust) The Lagos State Government has suspended airlifting of the second batch of intending pilgrims to Israel due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Some Christians from the state…
Lagos shuts Ladipo market over filthy environment, others
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has ordered the immediate closure of Ladipo Market, Mushin, for several environmental offences including, reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises, and non-payment of waste bills, among others. He said the…
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…
Shops razed as midnight fire guts Ladipo market
A midnight fire on Saturday gutted a shopping plaza in the popular spare parts market in the Ladipo area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fire incident occurred early Saturday morning and affected a one-storey building, the Aguiyi…
COVID-19: I turned agbero to survive, laments boxing champion
National featherweight champion, Taiwo Agbaje, says he has resorted to collecting toll fee from drivers at the popular Ladipo market in Lagos to survive, in the wake of COVID-19, The PUNCH reports. Agbaje, popularly known as Esepo, revealed that he…
LASTMA to clamp down on Ladipo market traffic obstructers
The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) has threatened to clamp down on traders who obstruct free flow of traffic at the Ladipo market, on the Oshodi-Apapa expressway corridor. The expressway is currently undergoing road reconstruction as the Oshodi-bound route…
LAWMA threatens to shut down Ladipo market (Punch)
The Lagos Waste Management Authority said on Friday that it might close Ladipo Market in Mushin, till further notice, if the poor waste management situation continued. LAWMA’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Obinna Onyenali, said that the attention of the authority…