Multiple suitcases apparently filled with body parts were found inside a Brooklyn apartment Wednesday afternoon, according to police sources. Cops made the gruesome discovery at 315 Linwood Street in East New York around 1:30 p.m. after a foul order was…
Brothers and accomplices jailed for robbery, Man arraigned for damaging property 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. Lagos brothers, accomplice jailed for life over robbery (Punch) An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced…
Investigators seek more time to comb through evidence in Salman Rushdie stabbing case
Officials are looking through tens of thousands of pieces of evidence in the investigation surrounding the stabbing of bestselling author Salman Rushdie last month. Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of stabbing Rushdie roughly a dozen times at the Chautauqua Institution…
Man narrowly escapes assassination in Lagos
There has been apprehension in the family of a man simply identified as Sunny Afuye as he narrowly escaped being killed by some assailants who invaded his residence in Ikorodu area of Lagos state. Sources disclosed that some gunmen invaded…
Police arrest two herders over Lagos killing
Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, said it has arrested two suspects in connection with the killing of a man by some suspected cattle rearers in Age-Mowo area of Badagry. However, the Command said the victim was neither a bus…
Remains found in remote Amazon those of British journalist, Brazilian police say
Federal police said Friday that some of the human remains found deep in Brazil’s Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips. The remains of two people were found Wednesday near the city of Atalaia do Norte…
Suspected car snatcher beaten to death in Katsina
Police in Katsina State have confirmed the death of a car snatcher, who is a member of a notorious syndicate of armed robbers and car snatchers. He was said to have robbed a motor vehicle at gunpoint. Upon getting the…
Bayelsa NNPP demands justice for assassinated member
The New Nigeria People’s Party on Sunday has condemned the rising spate of killings across Nigeria and the assassination of its member in Bayelsa State, Sunday Frank Oputu. While describing killings in the country as a threat to the country’s…
Bayelsa Police arrest 3 suspected kidnappers
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command, on Saturday, arrested three suspected kidnappers. They also recovered one .9mm ammunition, a red Toyota Camry car with a mutilated number plate and N1million cash from the suspects. This was contained in a…
Police arrest husband of late popular singer, Osinachi
Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi, has been arrested by the police over the death of his wife. The 42-year-old artiste died on Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Colleagues of Osinachi,…