Police arrest six suspected homosexuals in Edo

The Nigeria Police have arrested six men for allegedly engaging in acts of homosexuality in different areas within Benin, the Edo State capital.

Police inaugurates gender unit to fight sexual, gender-based violence

The Nigeria Police Force had created a ‘public friendly’ gender unit across the country to prosecute anyone culpable of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.

Kano police arrest 18 suspects over violent protest

Kano State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of 18 suspects who have allegedly destroyed the houses of two law makers from Kano, Senator Kabiru Gaya and Honourable Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya.

Cocaine trafficker jailed for 12 years

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, sentenced Michael Nwobodo, 31, to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for trafficking in cocaine.

Civil servant jailed six months for N109m fraud

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, on Thursday sentenced a former accountant of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Babatunde Abisuga, to six months imprisonment for offences bordering on stealing of N109m pension funds.

72-year-old woman gives birth to baby boy

A seventy-two-year old Daljinder Kaur delivered a healthy baby boy after 46 years marriage and about 20 years after menopause.

Lagos ‘doctor’ rapes, impregnates 26-year-old patient

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a ‘doctor’, identified only as Abiodun, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 26-year-old ulcer patient in the Ipaja Ayobo area of the state.

Nanny who abducted one-year-old boy arrested

Covenant Bassey, the nanny, who abducted one-year-old David Robinson in Calabar, has been arrested by the police after a manhunt.

11-year-old sets school bus on fire

An 11-year-old boy has been accused of setting a school bus on fire while hanging out with his young friends in Brooklyn.

Police arrest boy, 15, for kidnapping boss

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 15-year-old boy, Kabiru Ali, for allegedly planning and executing the kidnapping of his boss, Sani Rebo, with the aid of others who are at large.

Cops shot victims at close range –Pathologist

A consultant pathologist at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Calabar, Cross River State, Dr. Theophilus Ugbem, has told the court that the six victims who were killed by policemen had bullet wounds from close range gunshots.

Police arraign father as son accused of stealing flees

The police have brought a 66-year-old man, Sule Abdullahi, before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court on Lagos Island for failing to produce his son, Rahman Abdullahi, who allegedly stole a sum of N825,000.

US woman rushed to hospital with shark stuck to arm

A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a shark — with the whole animal still clutching on to her right arm, local media reported.

Petrol tanker explodes, kills three, injures one

Reports reaching us says that a petrol tanker fell over and exploded along Benin-Ore Road, some 28 kilometers away from Ore.

Man kills wife in lover’s defence

A middle aged man, Mr. Christopher Okon, on Wednesday hacked his wife, Mrs. Nsikak, to death during a quarrel over his lover.

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.

Ambode, wife seek stronger family ties in Nigeria

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and his wife, Bolanle, on Sunday said terrorism, insurgency and other challenges in the country were caused by poor family ties and values.

Angry youths set Senator, Rep’s houses ablaze

Angry youths in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano on Wednesday set buildings belonging to Senator Kabiru Gaya and House of Representatives member, Abdullahi Gaya, on fire.

Kidnappers abduct two reverend sisters, demand N20m ransom

Suspected kidnappers have abducted two reverend sisters and their driver in the Kajola area of Ondo State.

Police rescue boy from abductors

OPERATIVES of the Rivers State Police Command have rescued an 11-year-old boy identified as Chisom Okafor from four men suspected to be ritual killers.

Two die, six injured as government building collapses in Ogun

Tragedy struck in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Friday morning when one of the buildings in a shopping complex owned by the state government still under construction at Itoku Market, collapsed.

Dangote to create 210,000 jobs in agriculture

Dangote Group of Companies on Tuesday said the organisation would create 210,000 jobs for the unemployed Nigerians in agriculture between now and 2018 in agricultural sector. 

3 ex-Kogi council officials jailed for stealing N160m

Justice J.J. Majebi of the Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State has convicted and sentenced three former officials of Bassa Local Government Council, Kogi State to 12 years imprisonment over a N160 million theft.

2 teenage girls wearing explosives die at checkpoint in Cameroon

Two teenage girls wearing explosives died on Monday in Northern Cameroon after being stopped at a checkpoint, an official said. 

30-year-old in court over alleged possession of stolen car

A 30-year-old man, Egbo Nwachukwu, was on Tuesday docked at a Badagry Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being in the possession of a stolen car valued at N850, 000. 

My husband forced me to make a covenant with him, wife tells court

A 44-year-old woman, Susan Lijadu, on Tuesday told a Lagos Island Customary Court, Lagos, that her husband, Folarin forced her to make a covenant with him. Folarin, 47, had in April urged the court to dissolve his 20-year-old marriage for alleged lack of trust and love. 

Man remanded for allegedly killing his friend while hunting

A 38-year-old hunter, Emmanuel Lamidi, was on Tuesday remanded in Prison Custody by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly shooting his friend in the farm. 

Police arrest UPDC workers for stealing N22m

The police in Lagos have arrested three officials working with the UACN Property Development Company Plc, for allegedly stealing a sum of N22m belonging to the firm.

Suicidal man climbs electric pole, says he’s koboless

There was drama on Adebisi Oguniyi Crescent, Lekki-Ikate Round About, Lekki, after a Cameroonian, identified as Fredrick Gino, climbed an electric pole on the street and threatened to kill himself.

23-year-old arrested for dropping human head on road

The police in Lagos State have arrested a 23-year-old suspected cultist, Idris Adebayo, who confessed to have dropped the head of a rival cult member on the Old Apapa Road, in the Oyingbo area of the state.

Impotent boy blames, kills mother

A 17-year-old boy, Iorzenda Agayio, who killed his mother for allegedly making him impotent, has been apprehended by the police in Benue State.

Lagos declares zero tolerance for building collapse

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensure zero tolerance for building collapse in the state, just as it revealed that about 500 buildings that are either defective or abandoned have been discovered, threatening to take appropriate actions on the building if the owners refuse to take ownership of their structures.

Fake town planner nabbed by govt officials

A middle-aged man, Adeyemi Adebayo, who allegedly specialised in serving fake demolition notices and stop-work orders on buildings under construction in exchange for inducement, has been arrested in Lagos.

Police arrest 50-year-old man for raping pupil by roadside

A 50-year-old man, Kelvin Ezeigbo has been apprehended by the police for reportedly raping a 10-year-old pupil, Esther, by the roadside in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos.

Police nab 11 suspects for robbery, cultism

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers and five persons involved in cultism in the state.

Policemen kill father of one during Lagos raid

There was panic on Osogbo Street in the Itire area of Lagos State after policemen on a raid shot indiscriminately, during which a father of one was killed.

One killed, several injured in German train station knife attack

A suspected Islamist at a railway station near Munich shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ has killed one person and injured several others.

Lagos water destroys houses in Ogun, displaces residents

Dwellers of Iludun community, Oke-Aro, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, say they are overwhelmed by the wastewater discharge from Adiyan Waterworks owned by the Lagos State Water Corporation.

How alleged wife killer surrendered to Lagos police

Mr. Lekan Shonde, who allegedly killed his wife, Ronke, surrendered himself to the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday.

ISIS throws man off five-story-building for being gay

The Islamic extremist group, on Saturday threw a young man off a five-story building in Manbij city in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo for being gay.

UK arrests three in Nigeria for human trafficking

British National Crime Agency said it had arrested three individuals in Nigeria as part of an international operation targeting criminal networks involved in the trafficking of human beings across Europe.

Child rapist jailed for writing child-grooming ‘manual’

A peadophile, Alan Holmes, 36, has been jailed for 12 years after writing a manual showing how to groom a child using the sex ordeal of one of his victims.

Family tackles DSS as son dies in agency’s custody

The family members of a 39-year-old man, Damilare Eyitayo, have accused the Lagos State Command of the Department of State Services of torturing their son to death.

Navy averts hijack of three vessels in Bayelsa

he Nigerian Navy has averted an attempt by pirates to hijack three vessels in the Brass axis of Bayelsa State.

Woman accuses husband of bed-wetting, seeks divorce

A businesswoman, Juliana Okoli, on Tuesday told a Jikoyi Customary Court in Abuja that she was tired of living with her husband because he ‘bed wets’.

Police arrest suspected kidnappers

The police in Bayelsa State have arrested three suspected kidnappers and recovered arms and ammunition.