A tanker, fully loaded with fuel, reportedly exploded on Thursday at Toyota bus stop, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. According to The Guardian, the fire service are putting out the fire at the time of the report. A Punch newspaper report said the…
1 dies after bus, SUV collide with train in Oshodi
One passenger was killed on Monday after a bus and a highlander sport utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a moving commuter train in the Oshodi area of Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, announced…
Lagosians make gradual return to pre-Covid lockdown
Life is gradually returning to pre-COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos State, The Guardian observed yesterday, which shows that Lagosians are tired of staying at home without food after more than three weeks of the lockdown. At Iyana Ipaja yesterday, commercial vehicles…
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…
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…
Good or bad, it’s mixed feelings in countdown to Christmas (Guardian)
Oshodi, the heart of Lagos State, typifies the city that never sleeps. For most hours of the day, it is swarming with people and vehicles, the ongoing expansive terminus notwithstanding. With the constant reconstruction of the markets and bus parks,…
Banky W to auction car for charity after being trolled (Punch)
Nigerian Music star, Olubankole Wellington, a.k.a Banky W, says his nine-year-old Range Rover Sports will be auctioned for charity. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the car had been a subject of ridicule when two ladies released a video ‘dragging and…
Lagos to Complete Oshodi Transport Interchange First Quarter 2019 (ThisDay)
The Lagos State Government has disclosed that the ongoing Oshodi Transport Interchange being executed to evolve a seamless way by which Lagos residents commute across the state daily will be completed within the first quarter of 2019. Consequently, the state…
Lagos 419 can only catch long throat – Lucia Edafioka
Once upon a time I was a little long throat. The type of kid that sits near you when you want to eat, eyeing your meat. My mum had warned me several times but did I listen? So one day…