Man, 33, remanded for allegedly defiling minor

Apapa Senior Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded Chibuike Dike, 33, in prison for allegedly defiling an eight-year old girl. 

Housemaids, artisans to pay taxes in Lagos – LIRS

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced that it had widened its tax net to include domestic workers and artisans. The Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, made the announcement at a news conference in Alausa.

Dangote driver accused of diverting 900 bags of sugar

A graduate driver of the Dangote Sugar Refinery, Kolawole Odetunde, has been arrested by policemen from the Ikoyi Police Division.

Daily cup of tea may lower heart attack risk – Research

A new research has shown that drinking as little as a cup of tea everyday may be good for your heart.

Nigerian killed over Messi, Ronaldo row

A man was killed after arguing with a friend over whether Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo was the best footballer in the world.

I Beg for Lift and Rob My Victims of Their Cars - Suspect

Nemesis has caught up with a 25-year-old armed robbery suspect currently cooling off in the detention of operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command.

Dangers Of Being Overweight

Human beings are a free moral agent, and therefore has the liberty to chose whatever they chose , how ever and whenever. This includes eating excessively and indulging in practices that invariably make them unhealthy, by piling on , excess weight.

Loud Whispers: Rev King: Don’t Cry for Me

That is the message the Honourable Reverend King sent out to all of us his followers after the Supreme Court proved one more time that it had powers that superseded the spiritual. Those justices must have very strong Juju for them to be able to withstand whatever Rev. King threw at them. 

Olorunfunmi Basorun: I Hawked ‘Ogi’ to Raise 25 kobo to Buy High School Entrance Form

At the age of six, shortly after his father passed on in 1945, he had lost hope in his education pursuit until luck smiled on him when his mother and stepfather, a year after he dropped out of school, took up the responsibility and re-enrolled him.

Clearing agents disguise N222m drugs as hair extension, foodstuff

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have seized a drug haul worth N222m and arrested two clearing agents who allegedly disguised the drugs as artificial hair and foodstuffs.

Gunmen behead Rivers APC chief, kill wife, son

Gunmen struck again in Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State and killed the Ward 4 chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the area, Mr. Franklin Obi.

Serial killer jailed 75 years

Serial killer Sal Perrone was sentenced Friday morning in Downtown Brooklyn, New York.

Pastor catches wife in hotel with choirmaster

A middle aged pastor (name withheld) in one of the new generation churches in Asaba, Delta State, has revealed how he caught his wife allegedly having sex with a choirmaster of his church.

Anambra Court jails mother, daughter for false information

A Magistrate Court sitting in Nnewi, Anambra State, has sentenced a woman, Agnes Izuegbunam, and her daughter, Chiamaka, to six and two months in prison respectively for giving the police in the area false information on an alleged kidnap matter.

40, 000 pregnant women die annually in Nigeria – US

No fewer than 40, 000 pregnant women in Nigeria lose their lives each year, the United States government said on Friday.

Woman in court for bathing neighbour with faeces

A trader, Tope Akinside, on Friday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly beating and bathing her neighbour with faeces.

Mother, four-year-old daughter killed by assailants, buried amidst tears

A 28-year-old woman, Mrs. Itohan Enagbare, and her four-year-old daughter, Iwinosa, who were gruesomely hacked to death by suspected assailants on December 9, 2015, have been buried.

Mile 12 crisis: Community turns to ‘ghost town’ as situation remains tense

Twenty-four hours after a bloody clash between Hausa traders and their Yoruba hosts left at least 10 people dead in Mile 12 area of Ketu, Lagos, the atmosphere on Friday was still like a graveyard with malevolent ghosts.

I don’t want to die like this – Woman shot by SARS men, abandoned at LUTH for eight months

A very fair skin with a face adorned with tribal marks and tattooed eyebrows would have made one conclude that 57-year-old Mrs. Roselyn Adewunmi is hale and hearty, as she sat on a corner bed in Ward B1 of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

Housewife bathes husband with hot water for denying her sex

An aggrieved housewife, Awele Nwani, 35, has allegedly bathed her husband, Frank Nwani, with hot water, claiming that her hubby denied her sex for three weeks.

Teacher beheads proprietor’s granddaughter over unpaid salaries

A teacher in a private school, Edet Umoren, in Esugbo, Itamerin near Ijebu-Ife, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Thursday, allegedly beheaded a 10-year-old pupil, Precious Adedeji.

Tourists arrested for taking nude photos

Authorities in Peru on Thursday arrested a pair of European tourists who had stripped naked to take photos at the Machu Picchu ruins, media reported.

Man steals from church offering box

A member of Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Ejigbo, Lagos, has been arrested for allegedly stealing money from the church’s offering box. 

16 die in Lagos, Ondo auto crashes

No fewer than 16 persons died on Thursday in separate auto accidents in Lagos and Ondo states.

In Lagos, at the Abule Tailor bus stop end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, a widow and trader,

Gunmen kill 82-year-old chief priest in Edo

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead an 82-year-old community leader, identified as Pa Clifford Omosomwan,‎ in Aruogba, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.

Man to die by hanging for killing 12-year-old

A Minna High court has sentenced a 42 year old man to death by hanging after finding him guilty of killing a 12 year old Shamsideen in a bush in Rafi local government area of Niger state.

Teenager shoots grandmother, siblings for waking him up

A teenage boy opened fire on four family members, including his grandmother and two young children, in an East Nashville, United States home.

Rector warns undergraduates against indecent dressing, cultism

The Rector, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Dr. E.C. Sogbaike, has warned the students of the institution against indecent dressing, cultism and examination malpractices, stressing that any student found wanting risked expulsion or rustication for a period of not less than one year.

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NYSC member dies treating Lassa fever patient

The National Youth Service Corps has confirmed the death of a corps member, Dr. Kelechi Ogboji.

The medical doctor died after treating a patient suspected of having Lassa fever in Kaduna State.

BRT driver in the dock for manslaughter

A BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) driver, Gbadebo Musiliu, who allegedly knocked down a 68-year-old woman, was on Thursday arraigned at an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State, the News Agency of Nigeriareports.

Bloody clashes in Lagos, Ambode declares curfew

Bloody clashes in the Mile 12, Ketu area of Lagos State on Thursday left no fewer than 10 persons dead and about 100 others injured.

Air force officer denies beating Osun female doctor

An Air Force officer, Dr. Chukwuemeka Okpara, accused of assaulting a female medical doctor, Dr. Theresa Ugalahi, of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, has denied the allegation.

UNILAG chancellor’s brother killed during convocation

A former Auditor-General of Borno State, Mallam Kaka Kyari, was among two persons who lost their lives during the University of Lagos convocation ceremonies that ended on Thursday.

Pirates kill man, seize cash, boat in A’Ibom

EIGHT pirates on Tuesday shot and killed an indigene of Ituk-Mbang, Mr. Hansley Edet, on Oron waterway when he was returning from Cameroun to Nigeria.

Suspected vandal electrocuted in A’Ibom

A middle-aged man suspected to be a cable thief has been electrocuted in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.

The incident, which was said to have occurred in early hours of Tuesday, caused confusion as residents of the area gathered to see the lifeless body of the suspect.

Guards accused of stealing N500,000 tithes

Four security guards, who allegedly stole the sum of N500,000 from a tithe box, were on Monday brought before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State.

Fuel-laden bus explodes, kills three

Luck ran out on four suspected marketers of stolen fuel on Tuesday after a civilian bus with number plate, KTU 418 XK, loaded with petrol went up in flames.

Gang leader, Adigun Oriyomi, to die by hanging

Notorious Lagos gang leader and suspected serial killer, Adigun Oriyomi, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere.

Buhari congratulates Adeboye at 74

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who turns 74 on Wednesday.

Father sells day-old baby for N2m

Controversy is brewing in Orhuwhorun community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State following the alleged sale of a day-old baby for N2million by her father, Happy Fashion, a member of vigilante group in Orhuwhorun.

Police arrest fake naval officer in Enugu

A panel beater, Sunday Oka, who allegedly impersonated a naval officer in Enugu, has been nabbed while attempting to effect the release of two fraudsters from police custody.

Ritual killer forces stick into girl’s private part

A suspected ritual killer, whose identity has yet to be ascertained, has reportedly abducted a three-year-old girl and forced a stick into her vagina.

Ambode silent as 15 gunmen abduct three Lagos schoolgirls

Parents of pupils of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School, a private school in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, have blamed the abduction of three schoolgirls of the college on security lapses in the school.

Robber set ablaze for stealing plasma TV

A mob on Saturday set ablaze a suspected robber at Funmilayo junction, Agege, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing a plasma television.

Man rapes 8-year-old stepdaughter

A 40-year-old man, (name withheld) has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for allegedly raping his eight-year-old stepdaughter at Okpanam, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state.

Man kills 14 members of his family with knife

A 35-year-old man allegedly murdered 14 members of his family including seven children with a butcher’s knife before committing suicide outside India’s financial capital of Mumbai, police said Sunday.

Police arrest five teenagers, other for sex trade

Police detectives attached to ‘A’ Division Police Station Warri, Delta State, have arrested five female teenagers and a young lady, (name withheld) for alleged sex trade with a man identified as Burkar Hassan.

Cultists kill man for obstructing land deal

POLICE detectives in Calabar are searching for a group of suspected cultists that hacked a man simply identified as Godspower for reportedly obstructing the sale of a parcel of land in the Eight Miles axis of the Cross River State capital.

Money tips for single mums

The current economic climate presents enormous challenges for most families; for the single mum, there is an additional strain on an already stretched budget.

Artisan nabbed in Enugu for reshaping stolen cars

An auto electrician is in police net in Enugu for reshaping stolen vehicles.

Our correspondent gathered that the suspect, John Chijioke, was part of a syndicate that specialised in stealing and remodeling vehicles, before selling them.