A nursing mother and three children have been kidnapped by bandits in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Residents say the bandits invaded the community on Sunday night between 7pm and 9pm and abducted a…
Convicted doctor appeals rape judgment, EFCC arraign man for fraud, Navy intercepts bags of cannabis 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 doctor, Olaleye, convicted for rape appeals judgment (Punch) The Medical Director, Optimal Cancer Care Foundation,…
Mehmet Koray Alpergin: 2 men guilty of killing radio DJ who was kidnapped and tortured
Mehmet Koray Alpergin was pictured on Instagram in exotic locations around the world, mingling with celebrities including rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and the chef Salt Bae. But in October last year, the DJ’s naked body was found dumped in Essex…
Abductors showed me where they kept corpses, demanded N30m – Benue ex-LG chair
A former chairman of the Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, Amina Audu, who regained her freedom recently after she was abducted on November 13, 2023, shares her experience with ABDULLATEEF FOWEWE You regained your freedom days after you…
Tension as gunmen abduct Lagos govt official in Ikorodu
An official of Lagos State government, whose name is yet to be ascertained, was reportedly kidnapped by some hooded gunmen at his residence in Igbe-Oloja, Ikorodu, Lagos on Monday. The incident which sent shock waves in and around the serene…
1 dead in cult attack, Police arrest gun makers, Man jailed for kidnapping 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. Cult reprisal attack claims 1 in Lagos (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed…
Mexico police rescue 34 migrants kidnapped from bus
Authorities on Thursday, said Mexican police rescued 34 migrants in a farm, who were kidnapped from a bus in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon bordering the U.S. The migrants were kidnapped in Los Medina, a village near the city of…
Convicts nabbed for kidnapping, Coroner okays Whitney’s autopsy report 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. 4 Lagos ex-convicts nabbed for kidnapping, robbery (Punch) The Lagos State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba…
2 dead, 2 alive after Americans kidnapped in Mexico
Two of the four Americans kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico last week are dead and two are alive and now safe in the US, Mexican officials said. Four US citizens were kidnapped by armed men on 3 March while driving…
Kidnapped Americans were in Mexico for tummy tuck
Four Americans kidnapped by heavily armed men in Matamoros, Mexico, had travelled there for cosmetic surgery, relatives told US media. One of them was to have a tummy tuck – removing abdominal fat – in a border town, said the…
