You know, since the incident that happened to me 6 years ago…yes, it’s been that long, it didn’t happen yesterday…though it often feels like yesterday. Since then, people have been telling me to come out and tell my own…
Robbers plucked out my eyes because I had no money to give them, says 49-year-old PhD holder
Dr. Michael Ebonhor was not born blind but lost his two eyes at the age of 23, when armed robbers attacked him and plucked out his eyes. The Guidance Counsellor shares with ANGELA ONWUZOO his traumatic experience and how he…
Lagos traffic robbers get more audacious
They lurk around areas prone to traffic in Lagos and sometimes at bad spots, waiting for their prey. Sometimes, they pretend to be beggars and at other times hawkers or commuters. They are between ages 16 and 40, all males.…
Robbers stab Lagos airport baggage carrier to death
The family of one Idowu Olawuyi has been grieving after he was stabbed to death by robbers around Bunkas junction, AIT Road in the Alagbado area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the 33-year-old was on his way to…
I divorced my wife because she was moaning while being raped
My wife is a young woman, she is in her thirties and she has been a good woman to me, let’s speak the truth and shame the devil. But I have divorced and the reason I divorced her is because…
Why did Area boys rape me? I am still looking for answers o
Why did I let Area boys rape me? That’s a question I will never be able to truly answer. Who asked this question of me? My husband; he asked me when I came running home one morning after I…
*Four notorious Lagos ‘cultists’ arrested in Ogun (Nation)*Man steals brother-in-law’s police vest, cap for robbery (Punch)
Four notorious Lagos ‘cultists’ arrested in Ogun (Nation) The police in Ogun State have arrested four suspected Eiye cult members declared wanted in Lagos State. Owolabi Rasaq, 28, Chidi Michael alias Chiboy, 26, Sunday Adetiba, 30, and Idris Jimoh, 27,…
This Lagos can drive somebody mad o – Lucia Edafioka
Just when I think I have run out of things to write about Lagos, the city points and laughs at me. This city is – one week, one madness. As a child, I had relatives in Lagos who when they…
Robbers kill priest on his way to bank to deposit Sunday offering (Punch)
A reverend father, John Njoroge, has been murdered by armed robbers, on his way to the bank to deposit Sunday’s offering. Father Njoroge of Kinoo Parish in Kikuyu, Kenya was ambushed by four men who were riding two motorcycles, as…