Commuters stranded as Lagos bus drivers protest extortion

Commuters were left stranded in Lagos on Monday following a protest by commercial bus drivers over alleged extortion by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and Task Force. Some parts of the state, such as Egbeda, Agege, and Iyana…

Touts arrested at Lagos Airport, Girl nabbed with hard drugs 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. FAAN arrests 21 touts, others at Lagos Airport (Guardian) The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)…

Task Force clears traders under Apongbon Bridge in overnight raid

The Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Task Force) says it carried out an all night raid to clear illegal structures and business centres under Apongbon Bridge, Lagos Island. The agency’s spokesperson, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, disclosed this to…

*Lagos magistrate slams traffic officers, orders release of impounded car, motorist demands compensation (Punch)*Dowen school: Family demands Coroner Inquest into Sylvester Omoroni’s death (Guardian)

Lagos magistrate slams traffic officers, orders release of impounded car, motorist demands compensation (Punch) A magistrate has ordered the release of a vehicle impounded by officials of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, aka task force, over…

*Govt warns residents on poisonous ponmo in Lagos market (Punch)* Task force arrests 90 suspected cultists, miscreants (Nation)

Govt warns residents on poisonous ponmo in Lagos market (Punch) The Lagos State Government has warned residents of the state against buying ponmo (cow skin), being sold in some markets in the state. A statement by the Director of Public…

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…

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