Officials of the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, better known as task force, have arrested traders of fake affidavits following a report detailing their activities. TheCable understands that the task force officials carried out the raid on December 23 in the environs of the Lagos state high court, Ikeja division. Over the […]
CONTINUE READINGAbiodun Alabi, the Lagos commisioner of police, says his command will launch a probe into the report of officers violating the ban on commercial motorcycles in the state. Alabi also said the command will look into claims of officers demanding mobilisation fee before handling reported cases. TheCable had, in separate investigations, exposed some police officers […]
CONTINUE READINGResidents of many communities in Lagos state struggle to get potable water. Aside from spending money, the search for water has also led to lifestyle changes as some residents have to wake up at midnight or stay up late to use the wells when others are asleep. All over Lagos, residents are trying to find […]
CONTINUE READINGBY DESMOND OKON AND VICTOR EJECHI Edith Akimuleya had risen on a humid morning to start her trade for the day. The sun soon accompanied her, casting a beam to reveal the flour dust on her chest. She continued mixing the flour in a black bowl, getting set for baking. Small-scale baking businesses mostly […]
CONTINUE READINGThe ban on commercial motorcycle taxis, known as okada, in 10 LGAs in Lagos was meant to restore sanity, reduce crimes, injuries and deaths on major roads in the state. But the policy has also provided an opportunity for security operatives to make quick money. TheCable’s JAMES OJO went undercover to unveil how law enforcement […]
CONTINUE READINGOn a sunny afternoon, two-year-old Dorcas Okon was asleep on her mother’s back; unperturbed by her environment, she intermittently cooed, prompting Esther Okon, her 28-year-old mother, to change position on the plastic chair. Except one is told, it is hard to tell that Dorcas had once been severely malnourished. When she turned six months, Dorcas […]
CONTINUE READINGOn May 15, 2019, Akinwunmi Ambode, former Lagos governor, flagged off the construction of a link bridge to connect the Ayobo-Ipaja and Egan-Igando communities in the Igando-Ikotun local council development area of the state. The idea of initiating the project was to shorten travel time for commuters while improving communal living for residents. Three years […]
CONTINUE READINGOndo, a south-west Nigerian state answers to the slogan “The Sunshine State,” but has millions of its people plunged in darkness. For almost two decades, a prominent district in the state has suffered the inhumanity of zero electricity supply. TAIWO ADEBULU examines the ongoing tussle for electricity in the Ondo south senatorial district and chronicles […]
CONTINUE READINGLagos residents throng courts to acquire affidavits and other documents on a daily basis. Some engage legal practitioners while many undertake the process themselves. Those in the latter category often fall prey to agents/traders who loiter around court premises advertising affidavits with falsified government seals. To curb the falsification of affidavits, the Lagos state judiciary […]
CONTINUE READINGIn 2010, the Sokoto government, led by Aliyu Wamakko, initiated a 1000-housing project for flood victims in Goronyo, Gada, and Silame LGAs in the state. Several years later, an investigation by TheCable uncovered that the project, said to have gulped N3.8 billion, lies in ruin while several of those affected still live in pitiable conditions. […]
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