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10 hotbeds of crime in Lagos
10 Hotbeds Of Crime Every Lagos Resident Should Be Wary Of

Here are some of the most notorious areas Lagos citizens should be very wary of due to recent robbery incidents.

Man, 27, attempts to rape 60-year-old woman in Ondo

Olatomide allegedly dragged the woman to a nearby bush and attempted to rape her.

Toni Kan’s The Carnivorous City makes CrimeReads’ best new crime novels list

Toni Kan’s The Carnivorous City follows a young man in search of his missing brother.

How pastors deceive gullible followers, commit heinous crimes under God’s name

Fake clergymen capitalise on the gullibility of some of their members to commit crime.

Impersonation: Robbers in Police uniforms landed in custody

During an attempt to rob passengers of a commercial bus along Ninth Mile/Nsukka Expressway, four…

Looking at the perceptions of Nigerians to crime and punishment

The focus of this post is to see exactly how Nigerians and all residents in…

Robber “disguises as hijab-wearing woman to rob victims” in Niger

The suspect allegedly disguised to rob victims of phones and other belongings.

Obinna Obioha: 31-year-old Nigerian “hacks US computers to steal money”

He reportedly confessed to the crime.

It’d soon be impossible to get married in Kaduna without undergoing blood test

Government will pay for the test.

Lagos state unleashes neighbourhood “police” to combat crime

The state hopes to combat crimes in neighbourhoods with the new initiative.

Man, 29, poses as Police IG, defrauds Saudi Arabian doctor

A 29-year-old suspect, Ekperebuike Akadonye has been apprehended by the police for allegedly impersonating the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and defrauding his victim on the Internet.

Police arrest four-man robbery gang “terrorising” Ikorodu residents

The suspects after spending six hours in the victim’s house carted away his car, money, phones generator and other valuable items.

Security guard assaults employer’s 10-year-old daughter in Lagos

The incident took place at a private apartment in Victoria Island.

Police search Chris Brown’s house, recover drugs, weapons

Police have been at the house since 3:00 a.m.

Five times Eko hotel owner, Chagoury, has been on the ‘wrong side of the law’

The 70-year-old Nigerian-Lebanese is no stranger to controversies.

Man murders, buries business associate in Delta

The victim was reportedly buried in a shallow grave.

Man, 57, arraigned for stealing toilet seats worth N85,000

Okeke was arraigned on a two-count offence of breaking into a building and stealing.

EFCC arrests man for duping Vietnamese “lover” of N50 million

He reportedly promised to marry his vietnamese victim, H. Uyen.