Essex lorry deaths: Driver charged with manslaughter of 39 people (BBC)

A lorry driver has been charged with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead inside a refrigerated trailer. Maurice Robinson, 25, was arrested after the bodies of 31 men and eight women were found in Grays on Wednesday. He is…

*Police impersonator charged to court (DailyTrust) *Whereabouts of superintendent’s body unknown, says witness (Nation)

Police impersonator charged to court (DailyTrust) A 38-year-old man, Abiodun Ajayi, has been arraigned before an Ikeja, Lagos, magistrate court for alleged impersonation and falsely representing himself as a police sergeant to one Ariyo Arinola attached to the Special Anti-Robbery…

67-year-old randy Lagos landlord, thieving security guard, his friends and other suspects

What is a city without crime? Every Friday, thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Don’t get caught!!! 67-year-old Lagos landlord allegedly defiles, impregnates minor (Punch) Contrary to her…

*Church orders pastor to step down over sexual assault (Guardian)*Sex for Grade: Boniface needs justice like his alleged victims – Jiti Ogunye (Vanguard)

Church orders pastor to step down over sexual assault (Guardian) The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria Monday has ordered Pastor Boniface Igbeneghu who was caught on camera sexually harassing a BBC undercover reporter to step down. “The general public is…

London faces another two weeks of disruption by Extinction Rebellion (Metro)

Large parts of central London were this morning blocked by groups of climate change protesters from Extinction Rebellion. Hundreds of people are taking place in demonstrations, gluing themselves to the floor and one another. Among the roads that were blocked…

AbdulRazaq tasks police over abduction of Kaduna-bound Kwarans

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called on the police to intensify efforts to free the six Kwarans who were abducted at the weekend along Abuja-Kaduna expressway way on their way to Kaduna. “We urge the police and other security…

Does Biodun Fatoyinbo know the meaning of shame? – NFNF

The dictionary defines shame as – noun “a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.” Often seen as a word it can also refer to a sense of being, a cognition as…

How do I escape from this dangerous love?

I had just got the licence and number plates on my new car. Nothing was going to stop me from celebrating. So, I went out that night to celebrate. It was a night for celebration. Friday nights were celebrated all…

Police charge Adeleke with certificate forgery (Vanguard)

The police in Abuja have charged Senator Ademola Adeleke with certificate forgery. He was charged this morning at an Abuja magistrates’ court. Adeleke is also the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, in the election held…

Argue with police and blame yourself! – Lucia Edafioka

Police brutality is so rampant in Nigeria such that almost everyone I know has a sad story to tell. But until these things happen to you or around you, they seem like fleshed up stories. I was at Sabo at…

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