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  • Community leader Fashina dies

    The death has been announced of a community and political leader in Idi-Oro, Musin Local Government, Alhaji Muftau Fashina. He was 90.

    A statement by the family said Fashina died at his 3, Labinjo Court house in Mushin on June 8 after a brief illness.

    He has been buried according to Islamic rites in his country home at Sabo, Abeokuta.

    A graduate of St. Patrick’s Catholic School, Ebute Meta, Lagos, the deceased was one of the most popular Property Managers in Musin, through his company, M.A. Fashina and Brothers.

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    He is survived by wife, brothers, sisters and children, among whom is the Special Assistant to the Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria and Head of Public Relations, Mr. Adebola Fashina.

  • Task force arrests eight miscreants in Idi-oro

    Task force arrests eight miscreants in Idi-oro

    Lagos State Envitonmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) operatives yesterday arrested eight miscreants for attacking its operational vehicle around Idi-oro, Mushin, Lagos.
    Its Chairman, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said in a statement that, the miscreants and hoodlums attacked the agency’s enforcement team and vandalised its operational vehicle.
    He said the miscreants usually attacked the agency’s enforcement team with dangerous weapons, such as broken-bottles, cutlasses, stones and iron-rod whenever it tried to enforce the Lagos State Road Traffic Law of 2012 around Akala and Idi-oro.
    Egbeyemi said Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni had directed that the miscreants be charged to court.
    The miscreants’ activities, he said, had become worrisome, adding that no government would allow innocent citizens to be terrorised.
    Those arrested include Ahmed Gafar, 31, Onuoha Cajetehan, 35, Lateef Hamsat, 40, Femi Adebayo, 34, Bello Olasukanmi, Yusuf Kazim, 2, Olalekan Alleluyah, 24 and Obina Emgba, 39.

  • Ikeoluwa and Idi-Oro, best for cheap plantain

    Ikeoluwa and Idi-Oro, best for cheap plantain

    I shop here because this is the only place I can get cheap plantain to buy and resell. My customers are sure of cheap plantain when they visit my stall.” These were her words, Mrs Adigun Boluwatife, a regular trader at the Ikeoluwa plantain market, along ikorodu express way where according to her plantain is sold cheaper than anywhere else in Lagos.

    Findings by the Nation Shopping  confirms that indeed Ikeoluwa perishable food market situated at Owode Onirin- Mile 12 and Alumutu Market, Idi Oro- Mushin are two markets mainly for cheap heap of plantain, ripe and unripe. For instance, at Ikeoluwa market, more than12 bunches are sold for N10, 000, N15, 000 and N20, 000 depending on their sizes, those  arranged in bags are between N2, 500 and N 3,000.

    It is the same at Idi Oro market where a heap of plantain sells for  N9, 500, N 12,000, N15, 000 and N20, 000 while those in bags for N3, 500, N4, 000.

    ?Idi Oro market takes care of Mushin, Yaba, Oshodi, Daleko, Ojuelegba and its environ, while Ikeoluwa market serve people in Ikorodu, Ketu, Ikeja, Magodo/Shangisha, Ojota, Ojodu/Berger up to Sango and Agbado-Ijaiye axis.

    However,The Nation Shopping observed that Idi Oro market has more patronage compare to Ikeoluwa as some regular traders to Idi Oro say they cannot cope with the distance to the other markets from their homes.

    Mrs Olawale Ibidun visits the market regularly, her words: ” I cannot afford to transport plantain from Owode ?to Isolo where I resell and even if i get, how much will be my gain considering cost of transportation.”

    Ikeoluwa market has existed since March 2014 and gathered more traders from various outlets , some of whose markets were either razed by fire or displaced traders who were forced to relocate. Also Idi Oro market, which has been in existence for decades has its own peculiar stories.

    Aside the main trade, plantain,  other items like yam, Koko yam, pepper, plastics, bags of Garri, bags for packaging and cherry fruits, are

    sold in bulk.

    Available at these markets is the Lagos State Waste and Management Agency (LAWMA) truck always available  for waste disposal.

  • Ikeoluwa and Idi-Oro: Home for cheap plantain

    A shop here because this is the only place I can get cheap plantain to buy and resell. My customers are sure of cheap plantain when they visit my stall.” These were the words of Mrs. Adigun Boluwatife, a trader at the Ikeoluwa plantain market, along Ikorodu express way, a market prided as the cheapest place to get plantain in Lagos.

    Findings by The Nation Shopping  confirms that indeed Ikeoluwa perishable food market situated at Owode Onirin- Mile 12 and Alumutu Market, Idi Oro- Mushin are two markets mainly for cheap plantain.

    For instance, at Ikeoluwa market, more than12 bunches are sold for N10, 000, N15, 000 and N20, 000 depending on their sizes, those  arranged in bags are between N2, 500 and N 3,000.

    It is the same at Idi Oro market where a heap of plantain sells for  N9, 500, N 12,000, N15, 000 and N20, 000 while those in bags for N3, 500, N4, 000.

    YIdi Oro market takes care of Mushin, Yaba, Oshodi, Daleko, Ojuelegba and its environ, while Ikeoluwa market serve people in Ikorodu, Ketu, Ikeja, Magodo/Shangisha, Ojota, Ojodu/Berger up to Sango and Agbado-Ijaiye axis.

    However, The Nation Shopping observed that Idi Oro market has more patronage compare to Ikeoluwa as some regular traders to Idi Oro say they cannot cope with the distance to the other markets from their homes.

    Mrs Olawale Ibidun visits the market regularly, her words: “ I cannot afford to transport plantain from Owode ýto Isolo where I resell and even if i get, how much will be my gain considering cost of transportation.”

    Ikeoluwa market has existed since March 2014 and gathered more traders from various outlets , some of whose markets were either razed by fire or displaced traders who were forced to relocate. Also Idi Oro market, which has been in existence for decades has its own peculiar stories.

    Aside the main trade, plantain,  other items like yam, Koko yam, pepper, plastics, bags of Garri, bags for packaging and cherry fruits, are sold in bulk.