Wednesday 10 February 2016

Man nabbed in Enugu for operating baby factory


A 72-year-old man, Mr. Ozor Akpudachie, is being held by the police in Enugu for allegedly operating a baby factory.

12 men jailed for 140 years for raping girl


A gang of 12 men have been jailed for a combined total of 140 years over the grooming and rape of a girl.

Police arrest minor for raping, impregnating pupil


The police in Lagos have arrested a 17-year-old boy, Opeyemi Odujobi, for allegedly raping a schoolgirl, Sade (pseudonym) – an act which has resulted in pregnancy.

Osun pupils remanded in prison over attack on radio station


An Osogbo Magistrate Court has ordered that two secondary school pupils arrested in connection with the attack on Orisun FM based in Ile Ife be remanded in prison custody.

Woman escapes death as van somersaults, explodes


A woman and her driver cheated death by a whisker on Tuesday after their delivery van somersaulted and went up in flames on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

My husband wants to kill me, woman tells court


A housewife, Kafilat Mukaila, has accused her husband, Olaoye, of attempting to strangulate her to death before an Osogbo Customary Court .

Gunmen kill NSCDC officer attached to Ooni


Some yet to be identified gunmen have shot and killed one of the officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps attached to the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.

Police arrest barber, teacher for raping minors in Kaduna


The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a 55-year-old barber, Haruna Ibrahim, and a 38-year-old primary school teacher, Danlami Lawal, over allegations that they raped minors.

Trailer kills 58-year-old, crushes four


A trailer driver has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly ramming his vehicle into five persons in the Alakara, Mushin area of the state.

Court jails teenager six months for stealing mattress


An Osogbo Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced a 19-year-old boy, Kabiru Abdulahi, to six months imprisonment for stealing a mattress worth about N8,000.00.

Dead baby resurrects just before burial


A Chinese baby boy who was declared dead and spent the night in a morgue showed signs of life just as he was about to be cremated, local TV reported.