Lagos CP rescues abducted corps member, arrest kidnappers’ kingpin (Punch) Men of the Lagos State police command have rescued a corps member, Faith Onyiwara, who was kidnapped around Ilamija, in the Epe area of Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that…
One night with the police – Lucia Edafioka
Recently, I found myself at Hardrock for a press conference scheduled to start by 7 pm, so I thought by 9 pm it would be over, and I’d be on my way home to my lovely bed. One thing led…
Argue with police and blame yourself! – Lucia Edafioka
Until police brutality in Nigeria happens to you or around you, it seems like fleshed up stories. I was at Sabo at about 8pm on Monday evening. A bus was parked just before the bus stop, but it was parked…
Mother ‘strangled to death by huge python’ in house filled with 140 snakes (Metro)
A mother was allegedly strangled to death by a massive eight-foot-python in a home filled with 140 snakes, police said. Laura Hurst, 36, was found dead with the snake wrapped around her neck in the ‘reptile home’ in Battle Ground,…
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…