Mechanic burns daughter’s eyes, private parts with iron

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Surakat Idowu, for allegedly brutalising his five-year-old daughter with a hot iron in the Ikotun area of the state.

Man plans sister’s kidnap for being stingy, demands N300,000

A 27-year-old man, Chigozie Egegonye, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly planning the kidnap of his sister, identified only as Franca.

NDLEA seizes N15m fake cough syrup

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency in Adamawa State has seized a truck load of cough syrup worth N15m.

11-year-old boy convicted for raping sister

A 12-year-old boy who is believed to be Britain’s youngest ever rapist was convicted after he admitted to raping his younger sister twice when he was just 11-year-old.

The small boy carried out the sex attacks on his nine-year-old sister on two separate occasions while at their home in Plymouth, a court heard.

Foster mother cages girl in bush for five months

A 28-year-old woman identified as Mary Mathew has been arrested by the men of the Ondo State Police Command for child abuse.

The suspect allegedly caged her four-year-old foster daughter inside the bush for over five months at Imafon Village in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State.

10-year-old girl rescued from Italy quake rubble after 17hrs

It took 17 hours and several firefighters to rescue a 10-year-old, Giulia, was from the rubble alive today after an earthquake struck central Italy Wednesday.

According to ABC news, as rescue workers raced to find survivors beneath the crumbled buildings in the town of Pescara del Tronto, about 100 miles northeast of Rome, they spotted Giulia’s legs and carefully removed wreckage around the trapped girl to get her out this morning.

My pastor husband fond of beating me, wife tells court

A housewife, Oluseyi Mark, on Thursday sought the dissolution of her five-year-old marriage to her estranged husband, Jonathan Mark, a pastor over alleged violence and long separation.

Man rapes 13-year-old IDP in Borno

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Borno on Thursday said that it had arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping an Internally Displaced Person.

‘My husband abandoned me for refusing to abort pregnancy’

A 40-year-old housewife, Amudalat Afolabi, has told an Ilorin Area Court that her husband, Tajudeen, sent her packing because she refused to terminate a six-month-old pregnancy.

Grandma, 51, nabbed with heroin in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a grandmother, 51-year-old Monsurat Akinyemi at the Murtalla Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for being in possession of 180 grammes of heroin.

Woman spends four months trying to revive dead husband

Unable to cope with the death of her husband, a Russian woman reportedly spent at least four months trying to bring him back to life with the help of holy water and prayer.

Chickens forced to skip meals as cost of poultry feed rises by 100%

The recent increase in the cost of poultry feed in the country has been forcing farmers to ration food for their birds.

Findings have shown that the cost of ingredients for the composition of poultry feeds, particularly maize, has increased by 100 per cent.

I made N10, 000 daily for carrying robbers – Okada rider

Twenty-year-old Oluwole Sunday is not your average commercial motorcyclist.

In fact, the only thing “commercial” about his okada business is that while other okada riders transport members of the public from one point to another in the Lagos metropolis, he made his money by transporting robbers on their daily operations.

Doctors remove 40 knives from man’s stomach

A man in India spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed from his stomach, according to the doctor who led the operation.

Job seeker steals car in Lagos, arrested in Ondo

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old man, Dele Adeoye, for allegedly stealing a car from the roadside on Victoria Island.

Man returns home one year after being confirmed dead by family

An Indonesian family got the shock of their life after their husband and father, 62-year-old Waluyo, showed up at their doorstep one year after they thought they had buried him. He was pronounced dead on May 15, 2015, after supposedly being involved in a car accident.

Police arrest 20-year-old over Enugu herdsmen attack

The police in Enugu State on Friday evening said it had arrested a 20-year-old man over Thursday’s herdsmen attack in Attakwu community, where a Catholic seminarian was killed.

Mother, boyfriend, rape, set nine-year-old on fire

New Mexico police said they found charred body of a nine-year-old girl who had been raped, murdered and dismembered in an apartment.

Men, beware! Watching TV for hours can mar your fertility

From his favourite sports channels to movie channels, and sometimes news channels, watching television is one of the ways Emeka Okon, a civil servant, unwinds anytime he comes back from work. And on weekends, watching the TV is like a ritual for him.

Police arrest 29 robbery suspects, recover 12 cars

The police have arrested 29 suspects for alleged involvement in carjacking and stealing nationwide.

A statement on Friday in Abuja by the police spokesman, Donald Awunah, said 12 cars were recovered from the criminals.

GPS trackers to keep children safe

Keep your child safe with a GPS (Global Positioning System) tracker designed to make you aware of your child’s location at all times. Different gadgets for different budgets, but they all do one thing for you – grant you peace of mind.

Those who almost killed me are walking free — Journalist beaten to coma

Over a year after he was beaten to a coma by his attackers, a Nigerian journalist, Yomi Olomofe, has yet to get justice, ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes

Yomi Olomofe is still a troubled man. Most times, he watches his back whenever he is in the public to convince himself that no suspicious persons were on his trail. He also now wears glasses to aid his vision. He still carries the physical traces and psychological scars from an incident that almost cost him his life 14 months ago.

NSCDC arrests boy, 15, with hard drugs, fake currency in Niger

The Niger State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Saturday, said it had arrested a 15-year-old boy, identified as Umar Alhassan, for allegedly supplying cannabis (otherwise known as Indian hemp) to residents close to Minna, the state capital.

How to enjoy sex after childbirth

Sex after childbirth can be scary for many women; even though childbirth makes them to have all it takes to make their husbands want more sex on mere sighting them; talk of larger (milk-filled) breasts and pointed nipples. It is even for this reason that some men ‘compete for’ or ‘alternate’ the breasts with their new babies.

Special forces kill five Niger Delta militants, recover arms

Troops of the Special Forces Battalion have killed five militants and recovered some arms and ammunition from their camp in Rivers State.

Woman stabs husband for drinking her last beer

45-year-old Tracey Lee Giffin allegedly flew into a rage when she woke up from a nap and discovered her last can in the house was gone.

Customs seize N20m fake malaria drugs

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized over 33 cartons of alleged substandard anti-malaria drugs and antibiotics valued at N20m.

HIV Woman jabs boy with needle of body fluids

32-year-old HIV-positive woman jabbed a boy with a hypodermic needle containing her ‘body fluids’ after he flushed her drugs down the toilet.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard Jacqueline O’Neil pricked the 12-year-old, whose name can not be mentioned for legal reasons, culpably and recklessly.

16 die in warehouse fire

At least 16 migrant workers died in a fire that broke out at a Moscow warehouse on Saturday morning, Russian authorities said.

12-year-old boy found hanged after being bullied at school

A mother found her 12-year-old son hanged after he was bullied at school, an inquest heard.

Matthew Wooby, who had mild autism, was discovered on February 13.

FG destroys 15 containers of imported frozen fish

The Federal Department of Fisheries on Saturday destroyed 15 containers of frozen fish allegedly belonging to a company, Food Solution Nigeria Limited.

ATBU student stabbed to death in gang war

Tragedy struck in Bauchi State on Wednesday night when a second-year student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), identified as Yusuf Musa, was stabbed to death.

Boy drowns in water drum, police arrest grandma, father

A two-year-old boy, Eniola Ajakaye, has drowned inside a drum of water while holidaying with his grandmother in Aboru, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State.

Police force woman to remove her clothing in France

Armed police have forced a woman on a beach in Nice to remove her burkini as part of a controversial new ban.

The incident occurred on the beach at the city’s Promenade des Anglais, the location of the lorry attack on Bastille Day in which 84 people were killed last month.

Police arrest two women having sex in park

Police have arrested and charged two semi-naked women for having sex in a park.

Exeter Crown Court heard the two drunk women were found at Pilton Park in Barnstaple on the ground and performing sex acts on each other.

Man stabs woman to death

A 29-year-old Frenchman shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two people at a backpackers’ hotel in Australia, police said on Wednesday.

Two rape 27-year-old man in park

Police are hunting two men for raping a 27-year-old man in a park.

According o Metro UK, the man was attacked as he walked through Goffs Park in Crawley, Sussex, on Friday morning by the pair.

36-year-old man arraigned over abduction of teenage girl

A 36-year-old man, Ezechi Uwazie, who allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl, has been arraigned before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Police arrest native doctor with human parts in Abia

Police in Abia have arrested a 28-year-old man, who claimed to be a native doctor, for allegedly being in possession of some human parts.

Hotel workers kill boss, disappear with CCTV, car

The Niger State Police Command has started investigations into the killing of the owner of Deploo Hotel and Suites, Mr. Lucky Okonkwo, who was murdered in his hotel in Suleja, Niger State.

Mother kills four-day-old baby by putting him in fridge.

A woman in South Carolina has been accused of killing her four-day-old baby by putting him in a fridge.

66-year-old company driver commits suicide over unpaid salaries

A 66-year-old man, Mr. John Ekue, has committed suicide in the Mende area of Maryland, Lagos State.

Man, 23, arraigned for stealing two turkeys

A 23-year-old man, Chukwu Darlington, was arraigned before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for stealing two turkeys.

Man remanded in prison for having sex with daughter

A 56-year-old man, Abdullahi Zakari, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter, is to remain behind bars pending the perfection of his bail condition, a Lagos court has ruled.

Police arraign herdsman arrested with arms in Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned a herdsman, one Ibrahim Adamu, who was caught with arms and ammunition. 

Driver impersonates military officer, begs for money

A 28-year-old driver, Mr. Salami Wuraola, has been arrested by the officials of the Nigerian Navy School of Health Sciences, Offa, Kwara State, for allegedly parading himself as an officer of the Nigerian Army.

Three feared killed as gunmen invade Rivers community

THREE persons were feared killed as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded Ezelaka Igbodo community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday.

Katsina police arraign prison inmate for attempted suicide

A middle-aged man alleged to be a member of a gang of thieves in Dutsin-ma town, Katsina State, is currently standing trial before a Katsina Chief Magistrates’ Court for his alleged attempt to commit suicide while in police detention.

Mother, son arrested in Imo for stealing baby

OPERATIVES of the Imo State Command on Monday arrested a woman and her son for allegedly stealing a day-old male child, Chukwunoso, from a maternity in Isiala Mbano Council Area of the state.

Prophet chains 28 ‘sick’ persons in Lagos apartment

A self-proclaimed prophet, Emmanuel Adeyemi, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State after 28 persons were allegedly found chained in his apartment in the Oke-Ira, Ogba area of the state.