Weekend Lagos

Super highway, super pains

DAYO AYEYEMI and TOLA ADENUBI write on the issues surrounding the construction of super highway in Lagos. Weeks after the…

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Proscribed local gangs still rule over Lagos land

BOLA BADMUS, SUBAIR MOHAMMED and LEKAN OLABULO write on the complex world of land grabbers. IN Lagos State, land-grabbing activities…

1 year ago

Night ferry trips persist in Lagos despite accidents, deaths

Amid regular accidents and deaths, passengers and ferry operators won’t stop sailing at night. TOLA ADENUBI writes on these journeys…

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Unending controversy over 146-year-old Lagos mission school

For about 12 years, contenders in the land dispute involving a school, owner-mission and old students have refused to back…

1 year ago

After organ harvesting saga, Katangua to host 8,000 Computer Village traders

DAYO AYEYEMI, SUBAIR MOHAMMED and OLUWASEGUN ILARA write on the imminent relocation of Africa’s largest ICT hub. After at least…

1 year ago

Extortion galore at Lagos NIN centres, WAEC, JAMB candidates stranded

SUBAIR MOHAMMED writes on the frustration, disappointment and large-scale extortion ruling the NIN registration and modification exercise in Nigeria’s most…

1 year ago

Victims, community leaders recount ordeals as Lagos battles criminals

THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Oladimeji Johnson is a bus conductor plying Orile-Ajah route in Lagos. Before he ventured into commercial transportation business, he…

1 year ago

How we handle market boys who tap our bums, snatch bags —Shoppers

KEHINDE AKINSEHINDE-JAYEOBA and SEGUN KASALI write on the extreme marketing strategies in Lagos markets and why those who indulge in…

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22 arrested in five months as one-chance robbers return to Lagos roads

SUBAIR MOHAMMED writes on the return of one-chance robbers to Lagos roads. DESPAIR best describes the emotion of 32-year-old Ikenna…

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‘We now supply just one truck of tomatoes instead of 10’

BOLA BADMUS, KEHINDE AKINSEHINDE-JAYEOBA and SUBAIR MOHAMMED speak with a cross-section of residents on the rising cost of living and…

1 year ago

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