The Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annex, Igbosere, Lagos island has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, a suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi for the murder of Lagos-based lawyer Mrs Omobolanle…
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…
*7 injured as commercial bus somersaults in Lagos (Punch)*Bolanle Raheem: Court dismisses no case submission asks Vandi to open defence (Channels)
7 injured as commercial bus somersaults in Lagos (Punch) Seven persons were injured after a commercial bus somersaulted in Lagos on Monday as the driver tried to dodge an oncoming vehicle. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,…
Court adjourns trial for Raheem’s murderer, Agent jailed for drug trafficking 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. Policeman standing trial over murder of Lagos lawyer knows fate on April 3 (Vanguard) A Lagos…
*Graduate drowns in Abuja hotel’s pool (DailyTrust)*Tension as policemen stab soldier to death in Ikorodu (Punch)
Graduate drowns in Abuja hotel’s pool (DailyTrust) A woman, Ms Promise Ekong, who completed her one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year in November, 2022, has reportedly drowned in a swimming pool of a hotel in Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja.…
Bolanle: Burial postponed, lawyers to pay last respect
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday said it would schedule a special programme to honour a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, who was shot dead on the last Christmas Day. Raheem was allegedly shot dead by a police officer…
Bolanle Raheem’s gruesome death: Will the police learn any useful lessons? — Ehi Braimah
It is difficult to comprehend – not even in our wildest imagination – how life was snuffed out of Omobolanle Raheem, an enterprising young woman who was a lawyer, realtor, wife and mother. Bolanle, who was pregnant with a set…
*Calabar carnival tragedy: Death toll now eight, relatives narrate ordeal (Guardian)*Lagos community raises the alarm on damaged road (Punch)
Calabar carnival tragedy: Death toll now eight, relatives narrate ordeal (Guardian) The death toll in Calabar Bikers Carnival tragedy has now increased to eight with three more deaths announced yesterday by unofficial sources. A nurse at the University of Calabar…
Killing of Omobolanle: Reps seek ban of alcohol consumption by Police
The House of Representatives has called for a ban on police officers from consuming alcohol and other hard substances capable of inhibiting their sense of reasoning. Adopting the motion, the lawmakers while agreeing that the Nigerian police act on the…