What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Lagos SARS brutalise, extort money from man for holding brother’s passport (Punch) A man, identified simply…
Police arrest 4 suspects over car theft
The police have arrested four armed robbery suspects who they alleged to be specialists in snatching exotic cars in Lagos and Abuja. The police said they trailed the suspects, whose operational base was said to be located at Agege, to…
*Man impersonates SARS Commander to extort Lagos residents (Vanguard) *Lagos confirms three monkey pox cases in one month (Punch)
Man impersonates SARS Commander to extort Lagos residents (Vanguard) A 38-year-old man, Abiodun Ajayi, has been arrested for allegedly masquerading as the Officer in-charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Lagos State Police Command, CSP Peter Gana, to…
Nigeria’s tech community launches a campaign against alleged police harassment (CNN)
The tech community in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is fighting back against what its leaders say is alleged police harassment and extortion of tech workers. The campaign, titled #StopRobbingUs, was launched in September after Akinmolayan Oluwatoni, a software developer…
Imo SARS arrests nurse, five others for robbery (Punch)
Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Imo State Police Command have arrested a nurse, Harrison Okoroafor, for robbery. Five other suspects, who allegedly specialised in snatching vehicles from residents, were also apprehended. The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, who…
Presidential panel okays state police, SERAP, CACOL seek NASS action (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday gave the Inspector-General of Police, Ministry of Justice and National Human Rights Commission three months to work out the modalities for the implementation of the report of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the…
Buhari receives report on SARS reform (Guardian)
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Monday received the report of the presidential panel on the Reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) months after it was constituted. “Today I received the Report of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the…
Father of five nabbed while selling stolen car (Guardian)
A 41-year-old man has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State command, for snatching a Toyota Corolla car from its owner and attempting to sell it for N1 million in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The…
SARS intercepts truckload of fake Panadol in Lagos (Guardian)
It was the end of the road for a syndicate that specialized in importing fake drugs from China into Nigeria, following the arrest of one of its suspected members and the recovery of a truckload of Panadol Extra and Chloramphenicol…