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One Million Boys is the code-name of a robbery gang known for its notorious robbery activities around Lagos and its surroundings. [1] [2] Originally formed in Ajegunle by a group of about 20 boys with the objective of "fighting perceived injustice in the city", [3] some members of the group however hijacked the group into being involved in robbery activities, rape and maiming. [4]
In 2008 US authorities in Olympia, Washington, sentenced Edna Fiedler to two years in prison with five years of supervised probation for her involvement in a $1 million Nigerian cheque scam. She had an accomplice in Lagos, Nigeria, who shipped her up to $1.1 million worth of counterfeit cheques and money orders with instructions on where to ...
Murder in Lagos (1 C) ... Area boys; O. One Million Boys This page was last edited on 19 October 2019, at 00:54 (UTC) ...
One year after the evictions, the bank loaned Lagos authorities $200 million to support the state government’s budget. The World Bank said it was “not a party to the demolition” and that it advised the Lagos government to negotiate with displaced people, leading to compensation for most of those who said they’d been harmed.
Area Boys (also known as Agberos) [5] are loosely organised gangs of street children and teenagers, composed mostly of males, who roam the streets of Lagos, Lagos State in Nigeria. [6] They extort money from passers-by, public transporters and traders, sell illegal drugs , act as informal security guards, and perform other "odd jobs" in return ...
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A 1996 study of area boys on Lagos Island by Abubakar Momoh showed that only 26.4% of area boys were from Lagos State, while the rest were natives of Ogun State (22.6%), Kwara State (14.2%), and Oyo State (14.1%), amongst other states. Most were between twelve and thirty-five years old. [13]
Lagos (/ ˈ l eɪ ɡ ɒ s / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ s / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwest Nigeria.With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent.