What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Man gets life jail for defiling daughter (Nation) Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences…
Police read riot act to herdsmen, youths over killings, arson in Ondo community
The Ondo state police commissioner, Abayomi Oladipo, has warned herdsmen and youths in Uba/ Eshimeri Akoko and Aduloju camp, in Akoko South West, against killings and arson in the community. Abayomi, vowed to bring to book the killers of a…
Niger Gov blows hot as Hoodlums Burn down RCCG Zonal Headquarters
Hoodlums have burnt down the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Champion Zonal Headquarters along Federal College of Education Road in Kontagora, Niger State. Daily Trust gathered that valuables were looted during the incident which happened this weekend. In a…
Man found nailed to a fence in ‘sinister attack’
A man was left with ‘life-changing injuries’ after he was nailed to a fence by his hands. He is now being treated in hospital for his wounds, as well as for injuries to his nose. The ‘sinister attack’ happened in…
Kwara: Police arrest 3 suspected cult members over killing, arson
Kwara State Police command has arrested three suspected members of secret cults in connection with recent clash, death and arson at Budo-Oke, Eiyenkorin area of the Asa local government area of the state. In a statement by the Police Public…
Obaseki orders reaccreditation of over 6,500 vigilante personnel
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the reaccreditation of all operatives of the State’s Security Vigilante Network, numbering over 6,500, in a renewed effort to strengthen the state’s security architecture to combat crime and ensure the security…
Russian schoolboy gets 6 years in prison for arson
A 17-year-old schoolboy in Russia was sentenced to six-years in a prison camp on Thursday for attempted arson attacks against military facilities. The court in Saint Petersburg found him guilty of “attempted terrorism’’ for throwing Molotov cocktails at the buildings…
2 arraigned for stealing inverter batteries, Man threatens people with machete and more
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. 2 in court for stealing firm’s inverter batteries (Punch) Two men, Olaleye Oladeji and Jamiu Mustapha,…
New Zealand police suspect arson caused Loafers Lodge hostel fire that killed 6
New Zealand police say a fire at a hostel in Wellington, in which at least six people were killed, is suspected to have been arson and they have opened a homicide inquiry. A blaze broke out on the top floor of…
India town mourns burning of historic library at Muslim school
Glass shards, stones, bricks and liquor bottles are spread all across the compound. The door at the entrance of the main building is missing. The wreckage of burned fans, windows, doors and furniture is lying on the floor, blackened with…