A Badagry Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded a 37-year-old man, Waheed Bello, in Awahjigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry, for allegedly stealing aluminum window valued at N500,000. The Magistrate, Mr L A Layeni, ordered the remand of Bello in the correctional…
Court remands 2 over theft of motorcycle
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has remanded two men, John Simon and Yusuf Nikie in a correctional facility after they pleaded guilty to stealing a motorcycle. The Magistrate, Michael Bawa, however, reserved sentence until May 2. Simon and…
Police arrest 4 men over tricycles theft in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it arrested four men for allegedly stealing three tricycles from an Ojota, Lagos-based Mobility Company. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency…
30-year-old charged with stealing N1.2m from dead man’s bank account
The police on Thursday brought a 30-year-old man, John Timothy, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for alleged N1.2 million theft from a dead man’s bank account. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing charges of conspiracy and…
Carpenter bags life for rape, man arraigned for rifle possession, police arrest suspects in 6 days and a lot 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. Carpenter bags life jail for raping neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter (Punch) Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja…
Osun: Amotekun arrests security guard for allegedly stealing 9 air conditioners
The Osun Amotekun Corps on Friday says it arrested a 25 year-old man, who works as a private security guard, for allegedly stealing nine air conditioners in Osogbo. In a statement by Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun Amotekun Commander, the suspect,…
AEDC official, others arrested for ‘transformer theft’
A staff member of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has been arrested alongside five others for allegedly vandalising and stealing a transformer in Abuja. SP Josephine Adeh, spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, announced this in a…
Driver arrested for killing pedestrian, Police arrest fake soldier, Court remands man for theft 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. Driver arrested for allegedly killing pedestrian in Lagos (Punch) The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has…
Residents loot Gov’t, private warehouses in Kebbi
In a startling breach of security, residents of Kebbi State, including the capital city of Birnin Kebbi, engaged in widespread looting of both government and private-owned warehouses on Saturday night, exacerbating the state’s cost of living crisis. The looters targeted…
2 doctors arraigned for manslaughter, 4 arrested for fake abduction, Man gets jail term for rape 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. 2 doctors arraigned for involuntary manslaughter in Lagos (Punch) Two medical doctors, Michael Atiba and Ugbeye…