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…
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…
Lagos Task Force, Okada riders clash in Lagos
Commercial motorcycle (Okada) riders and Lagos State Task Force were reportedly involved in a clash in the Idi Araba area of the State. The Lagos government banned motorcycle operations in Apapa, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Lagos Island, Surulere, and Lagos Mainland…
Okada ban: Lagos says June 1 deadline won’t stop enforcement
The Lagos State Government says the seizure of commercial motorcycles by the Lagos State Task Force will continue, in spite of the June 1 deadline. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State had on Wednesday issued a fresh total ban on…
Passengers stranded as commercial drivers protest against alleged extortion in Lagos
Commercial bus drivers, yesterday, protested around the Agege-Ogba-Berger axis of Lagos State against alleged extortion by officials of the Lagos State task force. The development left passengers stranded around the area. The protesters barricaded the road at the popular Omole…
Task Force arrests 71 at Oshodi drug spots (Guardian)
The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested another 71 miscreants around railway-line in Oshodi as part of efforts to rid the State of criminal elements, especially those operating at notorious blackspots across the metropolis. The Chairman of…
Lagos prosecutes 13 over alleged assault on LASTMA officials (Punch)
The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force has arraigned 13 workers of 7Up Bottling Company for allegedly assaulting officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). Chairman of the Task Force, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed in a press…
Lagos mobile court prosecutes 13 Seven Up company workers for alleged assault on LASTMA officials (Guardian)
The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force Thursday arraigned 13 workers of ‘Seven-Up Bottling Company’ for allegedly assaulting Officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that…
Task Force arrests notorious criminal in Lagos (Nation)
Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences has nabbed a notorious criminal for robbery and pick-pocketing in Lagos. CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, Chairman of the Task Force, in a statement, said that the suspect was…
