Neusroom Armed Robbery Series

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Shina Rambo – The robbery kingpin who vanished in 1992 and resurfaced as a preacher years after

Olusegun Adeshina Adisa Kuye popularly known as Shina Rambo was one of the last robbery…

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Lawrence Anini – the cab driver who became Nigeria’s most notorious robbery kingpin

“Anini will forever be remembered in the history of crime in this country, but it…

Isiaka ‘Mighty Joe’ Busari – the ‘Strongman of Idi Oro’ whose execution still generates controversy

On the morning of June 6, 1973, armed policemen arrived at Kirikiri prisons, in Apapa,…

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Ishola Oyenusi: The robbery kingpin and serial jail breaker who boasted to police he would escape before execution

“Many rich men who ride in cars are thieves,” Ishola Oyenusi told a fellow inmate…

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Babatunde ‘Baba Oni Lace’ Folorunso – the bandit getaway driver who made Nigerians stop wearing lace

Legendary Nigerian juju musician Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi is not only famous for using his music for…

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Abiodun ‘Godogodo’ Egunjobi – the one-eyed monstrous bandit who terrorised Southwest Nigeria for over a decade

When the history of crime is told in Nigeria, names like Lawrence Anini and Ishola…

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Kayode Williams – the former robbery kingpin championing prison reforms

Bishop Kayode Williams was only a teenager in secondary school when circumstances led him into…

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Neusroom series to focus on Anini, Shina Rambo, Oyenusi, others goes live on Friday

A new series highlighting the profile, atrocities, and previously untold stories about seven of Nigeria’s…