What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Headteacher who defiled 2 pupils jailed for life (Nation) Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual…
Man sells wife and son for N2million: Let’s not mistake poverty for reason to act like animals
My dad has a saying I wished at some point he would stop telling us his kids, “you can’t say because you are hungry go picking food from the dustbin.” He used this to illustrate to us that, no matter…
Buying and selling human beings – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Many Nigerians will gladly sell themselves to travel out of Nigeria for keeps. Back in time, there were plenteous noises against the capturing of Nigerians – and sundry Africans – and selling them as slaves. Now, many Nigerians are ready…
Pimp jailed for 30 years for raping schoolgirls and forcing women into prostitution
A ‘depraved and dangerous’ pimp who subjected eight women and girls to a horrific campaign of physical and sexual violence has been handed a 29-year extended sentence. During a reign of terror spanning two decades, Junior Chester Bryan got some…
South African sex workers call on government to decriminalise trade (AfricaNews)
Violent clients, police harassment, and stigma are just some of the main reasons sex workers and the NGOs that collaborate with them are fighting for the South African government to decriminalise the trade. Sex work has been criminalised in South…
*Lagos and the menace of articulated vehicles (Nation)* Possession order: Lagos residents protest Supreme Court’s judgement (NewTelegraph)
Lagos and the menace of articulated vehicles (Nation) The menace of articulated vehicles parked indiscriminately on Lagos roads and obstructing the free flow of traffic has now become the new identity of Lagos. Hardly can one move around Lagos without…
Decriminalise sex work to protect us from crime – prostitutes (Guardian)
Prostitution should be decriminalised in the UK to make it safer for vulnerable women, a sex worker organisation has said. The English Collective of Prostitutes is calling for the removal of laws relating to consensual adult sexual behaviour, arguing that…
I ran from sleeping with men in Nigeria to sleeping with animals in Libya
Every time I heard about human trafficking, I never thought I would be involved. I never thought I would be one of the people anyone will point to as being a part of the trade. But here I am, a…