What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Drugs: Wanted Lagos hotelier’s 6 houses, N217m seized (Punch) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has…
Traffic robber arrested for robbing motorist, Court remands teenagers over murder 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. Traffic robber arrested after dispossessing motorist of valuables (Punch) The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos…
Court acquits woman accused of killing husband
A Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) yesterday discharged and acquitted a housewife, Mary Alilu, who was accused of killing her husband, Kingsley Perewe, by slitting his throat. Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay cleared the woman of the…
End of the road for 4 burglars, Kidnappers kill pastor after collecting ransom and a lot 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. Court remands 4 over burglary in Lagos (DailyTrust) A chief magistrate court sitting in Ogba, Lagos…
*Boko Haram claims responsibility for missing Air Force jet, releases video of dead pilot (DailyTrust)*Easter: Prices of perishables soar in Lagos markets (Vanguard)
Boko Haram claims responsibility for missing Air Force jet, releases video of dead pilot (DailyTrust) The Boko Haram sect has claimed responsibility for bringing dowm the missing Jet of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). A jet deployed against the sect…
N2.55bn fraud: Court jails hackers, orders restitution to bank
The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere on Friday convicted and jailed two hackers, who defrauded Union Bank to the tune of N2.55bn. The convicts, Abass Mohammed and Ibrahim Saidu Jogal, bagged one and three years’ imprisonment, respectively. Justice K.A.…
Court dismisses Ambode’s suit to stop Lagos Assembly from probing him
A Lagos State High Court has dismissed a suit by former Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, seeking an injunction to restrain the State House of Assembly from probing him. The former governor had asked the court for an order…
My brother stabbed our father to death – Witness (Punch)
A hairdresser, Patience Oamen, on Tuesday, narrated to a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja how her brother, Nelson, stabbed their father, Sunday Oamen, to death with a broken bottle. Nelson is facing one count of murder contrary to Section…
Court sentences Cameroonian house help to death by hanging over boss’ murder (Punch)
The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has sentenced a Cameroonian house help, Leudjoe Koyemen Joel, to death for murdering her Nigerian employer, Mrs Dayo Adeleke. In a judgment delivered on Tuesday morning, two years and five months after the…
Group sues Lagos over Land Use Charge (Punch)
A coalition of citizens, under the aegis of The EIE Project Ltd./GTE, has dragged the Lagos State Government to court, seeking the reversal of some portions of the state’s Land Use Charge Law 2018. Specifically, the plaintiff is praying the…