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“The day I left Ibadan, my mother gave me N200 to buy N150 food and…

Some persons have been arrested by military operatives for unspecified reasons in Oshodi.

There have been pockets of violence in some areas of Lagos.

The installed CCTV is helping the Rapid Response Squad with arrests of notorious pickpockets at Oshodi.

The agency acted quickly and averted a disaster.

The buses had stopped, illegally, to pick up passengers along the expressway.

Traders’ chairman: “The place Ambode is taking us to is no longer a death trap. It’s now our promised land.”

Emmanuel: “The downfall of a man is not the end of his life.”

The eventual demolition of Owonifari Market in Oshodi area of Lagos State was long coming.

“I’m still a young man and I have a wife and two children…I don’t want to die.”

The demolished market has been standing under the bridge in Oshodi for about 40 years.

The traders are living their worst fears.

“They just came here and gave us two weeks to pack our loads,” the visibly angry trader said.

“There were no official fire fighters in sight so the young men took things personal.”

Oshodi residents have been warning each other via BBM BCs. Take a peek.

“Shops were also looted and burnt down. The hoodlums do that whenever they fight.”