The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Sunday directed the suspension of the ongoing Egungun festival over reported cases of violence, arson and looting of shops. A statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan by the Olubadan’s Personal Assistant on…
Journalists denied access to Banana Island collapsed building site
Journalists seeking to visit the site of the collapsed seven-storey building in Banana Island, Lagos State have been denied access to the estate. The reporters from various media houses including The PUNCH, Channels TV, TVC, Arise, Guardian and others, have…
Tension as hoodlums enforcing court judgement clash in Lagos
Hoodlums reportedly enforcing a court judgment have been clashing with their counterparts in the Magodo Isheri area of Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that during the clash, the hoodlums, who were armed with weapons, engaged themselves in a free for…
Hoodlums invade Lagos school, chase students, destroy property
No fewer than 40 hoodlums invaded a private school, Shalom Group of Schools in Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos State and displaced students and teachers. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the students and management of the school could…
Hoodlums ambush skit maker Zicsaloma in Lagos
Popular skitmaker Zicsaloma has decried the rate at which hoodlums assault filmmakers in Lagos. He spoke after being allegedly ambushed in Lagos while shooting a video. Narrating the incident on his Twitter handle, Zicsaloma said street hoodlums attacked him and…
Many injured as hoodlums clash with traders at Alaba International Market
There was tension early Wednesday as many people were injured as traders at the popular Alaba International Market clashed inside the market in the Ojo area of Lagos State. The hoodlums also vandalised some vehicles, belonging to the traders and…
Suspected hoodlums pelt Kwankwaso in Kogi
Suspected hoodlums on Wednesday pelted the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, with sachets of water while on a visit to Kogi State. Kwankwaso was in Lokoja, the state capital to inaugurate the party’s secretariat…
Man arraigned for robbing passengers, NDLEA arrests Lagos airport cleaner 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. Fake Lagos driver robs passengers of N1.2m valuables (Punch) A 39-year-old man, Charles Inibu, has been…
Hoodlums burn INEC office in Enugu
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been set ablaze by hoodlums. According to a statement released Monday and signed by INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education…
1 shot, many injured as hoodlums go on rampage in Kwara
One person was shot and several others were injured as hoodlums went on a rampage in Ilorin on Tuesday. The incident, it was gathered, began on Sunday night following a disagreement at a social function that degenerated to a free-for-all.…