Commercial motorcycle riders in Lagos State are not happy with plans by the state government to replace them with minibuses. Those who spoke with our correspondent Chukwuemeka Obioma are of the view that the government police could expose more residents of Lagos to hardship. They appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to reconsider the plan and find a…
Some women in Akwa Ibom State have staged a protest to the Government House in Uyo over the rape and murder of a female jobseeker, Iniobong Umoren. The women of Akwa Ibom State said they have had enough of gender-based violence, and demanded that the rape and murder of Iniobong should be the last. The protesting women…
Calm is gradually returning to a section of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, from Volks to Iyana-Iba, a day after clashes between Okada riders and motor park union members. Business activities are also picking up slowly at the Iyana-Iba bus-stop area, but with reduced number of number of commercial vehicles as at 11AM. Lasgidi FM’s Chukwuemeka Obioma visited the…
Security operatives have restored calm on a section of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, between Barracks Bus-Stop to Alaba Rago. This followed an outbreak of violent clashes earlier today, which was said to be between some motor park touts and commercial motorcycle operators, also known as Okada riders. Reports say trouble started following a disagreement between some motorcyclists from…
A popular Nollywood actor, Olarenwaju James, who is popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been detained by the police for alleged defilement of a minor. Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said investigations revealed that the forty-eight-years-old Olarenwaju had been assaulting a fourteen-year-old girl she was seven. Adejobi disclosed in a statement that the…
The man who was seen in an online video smashing a bottle on the head of a police officer around Oko-Oba area of Lagos State is still on the run. The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the DPO of Abattoir Police Division and the…