Tuesday 24 May 2016

3,716 Lagos hoodlums jailed in four months


The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Alausa, has said it charged 4,522 hoodlums across the state to court between January and April, 2016, out of which 3,716 were convicted.

Suspected wife killer has child outside wedlock – Victim’s family


The family of late Ronke Shonde (nee Bewaji) has reacted to the allegations levelled against her by her husband, Lekan.

Kaduna beggars begin strike


Beggars stormed the secretariat of the Kaduna Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists along Muhammadu Buhari Way, on Wednesday with a demand that the state Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, should fulfil his campaign promises before placing a ban on their activities.

I forged certificates to help the needy –75-year-old retired teacher


A 75-year-old retired teacher, Onuzuruike Udu, paraded by the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly forging different certificates said he committed the act “out of milk of human kindness.”

Kidnapper joins search party to rescue abducted boy


A driver to a Port Harcourt-based lawyer identified as Jerry Igiri has been arrested by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command for kidnapping his employer’s four-year-old son, Goodnews.