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Disquiet in Lagos transport unions over alleged O’pay dues
•We pay N700, get N100 receipt –Riders •Task Force spits fire, NURTW keeps mum
•We didn't demand bribe –Police
How hold-up shortens life in Lagos —Experts
SUBAIR MOHAMMED, BOLA BADMUS and EMMANUEL UDOM sought answers to the seeming intractable traffic crises in Nigeria’s state of opportunities.
Suspicion, accusations as fire batters Lagos
From flood to fire, there has been no respite for the aquatic city. SYLVESTER OKORUWA, BOLA BADMUS, TOLA ADENUBI and SEGUN KASALI tell the stories of a traumatised people and a worried government.Lagos, in recent months, can…
No record of Boko Haram arrest in Lagos, police denies army’s claim
SHOLA ADEKOLA, TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE and LEKAN OLABULO searched for more answers as questions swirl over a controversial arrest. A fresh row may be brewing between the Nigerian Army and the police over the former’s claim that it…
Police, CBN kick as microfinance institutions’ agents paste debtors’ obituaries, detain them in…
The tales of woe will melt even the hardest of hearts and bring tears to the driest of faces. Traders in Lagos are resorting to self-help which is taking their dignity and humanity away. CHIMA NWOKOJI, OLALEKAN OLABULO, TOLA ADENUBI and…
Most-dangerous-mega-city tag: Fresh debate as deadly floods expose Lagos
SHOLA ADEKOLA, OLALEKAN OLABULO and SEGUN KASALI checked the pulse of a mega city, described as the worst to live in.
Help us beg the government to open the borders; many of us have gone bankrupt.
LEKAN OLABULO and TOLA ADENUBI spoke with rice traders just as they unearthed new smuggling strategies to beat the law, in the face of the closure of the nation's borders. The Sango Park Market and Ogba Fadina in the Sango Ota…
Okada: We’re considering options, including total ban —Lagos govt
BOLA BADMUS and SEGUN KASALI dug inside the information trough to present residents of Lagos with the thinking in government circle on the coming war against the ubiquitous commercial motorcycle operation, otherwise known as okada.…
‘How we handle men from Niger, Chad, Cameroon who troop into Lagos’
Is Lagos truly a no-man’s land? TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE and SHOLA ADEKOLA seek answers in the wake of the controversy trailing the alleged profiling of 123 youths from Jigawa State, storming Lagos like a thief in the night.In the…
Fresh threats against new Lagos traffic laws
Is the roll-out of fines for traffic offences in the aquatic city a new gold mine for the enforcers? AYOMIDE OWONIBI-ODEKANYIN attempted finding an answer.THE proliferation of task forces on the enforcement of the…