What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Court remands Canadian returnee over alleged N360m fraud (Guardian) For allegedly engaging in N360 million fraud,…
Court indicts Police in extrajudicial killing of Jumoke Oyeleke
A coroner’s inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jumoke Oyeleke, a lady reportedly killed by a stray bullet during a Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos state, has returned a verdict indicting the police. The coroner, Magistrate Mukaila Fadeyi,…
Yoruba Nation rally: Jumoke Oyeleke buried in Lagos
A sachet water seller who was killed during the Yoruba Nation rally in Ojota, Lagos, Jumoke Oyeleke, has been buried today. She was buried at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos. The PUNCH had reported that Oyeleke’s body was found during…
*Lagos NURTW generates N123b annually –Report (Punch)*Former council vice chair remanded on drug trafficking charge (DailyTrust)
Lagos NURTW generates N123b annually –Report (Punch) The Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, locally called agberos, generates about N123.08 billion annually which could service the annual budget of Nasarawa, Niger, and Yobe states put together,…
A driver’s ordeal by former employer and the usual suspects
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Court orders employer to pay ex-driver N3m over rights abuse (Guardian) A Federal High Court, Lagos has…
*Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho arrested in Cotonou (Punch)*Missing nightgown: Court refuses to discharge Danish accused of killing wife (Vanguard)
Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho arrested in Cotonou (Punch) Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, The PUNCH has learnt. He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday…
*Lagos Assembly CSO, others brutalise lawyer over council poll suit (Punch)*Sallah ram sales at Kara market halt movement on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Guardian)
Lagos Assembly, CSO, others brutalise lawyer over council poll suit (Punch) A lawyer, Yakubu Eleto, has accused some workers at the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by the Chief Security Officer, of brutalising him when he attempted to serve…
Family of slain salesgirl threatens to sue Lagos, police
The family of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, has threatened to sue the Lagos State Government and the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu,…
Yoruba Nation rally shooting: My daughter was 25 years old, not 14, says victim’s mother
Mother of the victim of the Yoruba Nation rally shooting, Jumoke Oyeleke, says her daughter was 25 years old and not 14 as widely reported. She was also the first of four children by her parents, her mother, Ifeoluwa Oyeleke,…