The Lagos State Police Command has stated that suspected motorcyclists, commonly known as Okada riders, whose motorcycles were seized, are believed to be responsible for the alleged attack on a BRT bus on Wednesday in the Orile area of the…
Convicts nabbed for kidnapping, Coroner okays Whitney’s autopsy report 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. 4 Lagos ex-convicts nabbed for kidnapping, robbery (Punch) The Lagos State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba…
Traffic robber arrested for robbing motorist, Court remands teenagers over murder 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. Traffic robber arrested after dispossessing motorist of valuables (Punch) The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos…
*How Ataga’s body was found on his birthday, by witness (Nation)*Why I wasn’t close to my dad as a child – Davido (Punch)
How Ataga’s body was found on his birthday, by witness (Nation) A Lagos high court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, heard yesterday how the family and friends of SuperTV owner Usifo Ataga searched for him until they found his body…
All I wanted was my wife; but what I got was a corpse
My wife is a beautiful woman. I first met her when she was just 16 years old; she lived in the same community as my mother in our home town. I was there one day when she came to help…
The evil Boko Haram did is just beginning to manifest – Peju Akande
I live in an area that is steadily getting quite populated by many young people from the North. It wasn’t always so. Many of our new neighbours serve as gatemen, shoemakers, okada riders et al. I have also come to…
Lagos clamps down on okada riders, hawkers in renewed onslaught (Guardian)
With the general elections concluded, there has been a renewed onslaught against motorcycle operators to enforce the Lagos State Traffic Law 2012. In the last one week, officials of the state task force with the full complement of mobile policemen…
To win the battle, the NLC must copy Okada riders -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) can’t get anything done! See the minimum wage matter and how the NLC is going yoyo with the government. The labour union needs to take necessary lessons from the Okada riders on the high art…