MC Oluomo: Lagos Family Seeks Oba Akiolu’s Intervention Over Oshodi Stool It is not a yesterday’s claim but an established historical fact that Oshodi belongs to us, and this has endured for more than two centuries or over 200 years, and this has also been re-established and reinforced by the courts EKO HOT BLOG reports that … Read more
by Tunde Odesola When the British-American documentary film producer, Theroux, flew into Lagos from the US in 2010, looking for the hotbed of gangsterism in Nigeria, Oshodi stood naked in the sun. Theroux’ choice of Oshodi as the General Headquarters (GHQ) of disorder wasn’t a product of fate, fancy or accident. His choice was informed … Read more
by Tunde Odesola They wear the nation’s green-white-green flag as uniform. They have their own army, arms and ammunition. Their constitution is superior to the laws of the land. They’re state-backed bandits. They’re a clan of killers. They’re the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Though Lagos is the centripetal force in this discourse, … Read more
Residents and passersby flee the Alagbado area of Lagos as 2 NURTW factions clash in Lagos over ticket collection EKO HOT BLOG reports that there was pandemonium as residents and passersby in the Agbado area of the Alimosho Local Government Area in Lagos State have to run for their lives as two factional members of … Read more
By Tunde Odesola In a jaw-dropping revelation, Ade Lawyer, the self-confessed hired killer, accentuated how subsequent Lagos State governments of Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola, and Akinwunmi Ambode, had indirectly made life unsafe, cheap and nasty through the abetment of NURTW activities in the state. In a front-page story, “Confession Of An Alleged Assassin: How I Killed … Read more
…the application sought for, is to enable the police conclude investigation of a case of threat to life and property, violence, cultism, mayhem… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, has ordered the remand of Alhaji Azeez Adekunle Lawal, a.k.a. Kunle Poly, and two others, in the facility of the Nigeria … Read more
Lagos Govt Suspends NURTW Operations Indefinitely over clashes in Idumota EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has suspended the operations of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) around Lagos Island particularly on Church Street, Eyin Eyo, and Idumota bridge indefinitely due to the recent clashes that crippled activities in Idumota axis … Read more
NURTW is set to suspend operations indefinitely in Lagos. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the President of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Tajudeen Baruwa, has threatened to place an indefinite suspension on the union’s operations in Lagos State due to the unrest linked to some members of the union that was reported to … Read more
[JUST IN] Lagos: Kunle Poly Didn’t Report Idumota Mayhem – MC Oluomo EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo has denied knowledge of the mayhem that happened on Lagos Island last week. In a chat with GoldmyneTV on Monday … Read more
RRS Arrests Lagos NURTW Leaders Kunle Poly and Sego over Idumota crisis EKO HOT BLOG reports that Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), led by its Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, on Monday evening, arrested prominent members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in the state, Kunle Poly and Sego. The arrest was effected … Read more
Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, MC Oluomo to be installed as Oba of Oshodi EKO HOT BLOG reports that the stage is now set for the preparation towards the installation of Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as, MC Oluomo, as the next Monarch of Oshodi Kingdom following the reconciliation meeting championed by Alhaji Akinola from the … Read more
Kunle Poly Fingers Mc Oluomo in Idumota Fracas EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alhaji Adekunle Lawan, popularly known as, Kunle Poly, has accused the National Union Of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Lagos State Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as, MC Oluomo, of being the brain behind the renewed violence on Lagos Island. Kunle Poly, … Read more
Opposition gang members had, on Thursday, attacked each other, leaving many injured… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has appealed to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to end their violence. The government appealed to the union to desist from destruction, which gives credence to insinuations that Lagos allows hoodlums … Read more
Hoodlums have NURTW boss at home and shot him dead in hospital. EKO HOT BLOG reports that suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the Lagos state have murdered a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade. It was gathered that the assailants stabbed the 28-year-old … Read more
Many residents have been injured as transport workers clashed over ticket fee in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that no fewer than 15 people have been injured with gunshot wounds as suspected members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) launched an attack on members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) over ticket … Read more
During the protest, some of the NURTW members refused to convey commuters to their various destinations along some areas on Ikorodu Road. The branch chairmen of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the areas where commercial transportation were grounded due to the protest against Lagos State Task Force and the Lagos State … Read more
A man has lost his life over N500 bet in Lagos. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), Rasheed Yinusa popularly known as ‘Apase’, has been confirmed dead following a fight with a lotto agent, Abdulazeez Olasupo, around the Benson area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. It was gathered that … Read more
In his statement, he admitted to owning the vehicle used for conveying the drugs The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Babatunde Babade, for trafficking illicit drugs. A statement issued on Sunday by the … Read more
Hassan said Ekpo Kinkin was trying to shield a politician, Wale Yusuf, from harassment when a bullet hit him. Executive Chairman of Oriade Local Council Development Area, Lagos, Ramotalai Hassan, has narrated how an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain who also doubles as NURTW Vice-Chairman in Agboju, Kayode Samuel, popularly called, “Epo Kinkin,” was shot … Read more
Unknown gunmen have killed a popular politician at a rally in Lagos State on Thursday. Unknown gunmen have killed a politician, identified simply as Ekpo, in the Agboju area of Lagos State, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. It was gathered that the politician, until his death, was a member of the National Union of Road … Read more