Couple machetes neighbour over land dispute

 

A couple, Kola and Kuburat Fatola, were on Wednesday arraigned in an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court, Ondo State for allegedly beating their neighbour, one Mr. Kunle Akinbo over land boundary issue.

Herdsman severs Kogi farmer’s hand, ear

 

The police in Kogi State have arrested a Fulani herdsman for allegedly cutting off the hand and ear of a farmer in the Idah area of Kogi State.

Passenger kills okada rider, steals motorcycle in Ondo

A man identified as Kayode Agboola is currently in police custody following his arrest for allegedly killing a commercial motorcycle (okada) rider, Akinola Emmanuel in Ajowa Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Police arrest woman for removing veil on Twitter

Police in the Saudi capital said on Monday they had arrested a woman for taking off her veil in public and posting pictures of her daring action on Twitter.

NDLEA laments drug use by married women in Niger

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has stated that the use of control drugs was more prevalent among married women in Pandogari area of Rafi Local Government of Niger State.

Banana hawker kidnaps, sells boy, three, in Imo

A banana seller in Owerri, Imo State, Chibuzor Eze, has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old boy and selling him for N450,000.

The suspect was said to be a family friend of the boy, who hails from Umuifa village in Oru-East Local Government Area of the state.

Couples should share bills

Last Sunday, I was on Hot Fm 98.3 Abuja, discussing the issue of married couples sharing bills. I have come to notice that a lot of men and women have a belief that a man has to be the one paying all the bills in the home and the woman does nothing to assist, even if she is working and earning a salary.

Nurse sacked for preaching to patients

A nurse at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Kent, who gave a patient a bible she did not want and spoke about religion with patients has been dismissed by the hospital.

Fake embassy found in Lagos, two Chinese arrested

The Lagos State Police Command says it has discovered a fake embassy operating in Lagos where many innocent members of the public had allegedly been defrauded.

It was gathered that policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) had swooped on the ‘embassy’ and arrested two Chinese and two Nigerians.

Girl,16, starved, tortured to death by own parents

A 16-year-old girl has allegedly been starved and tortured to death by her own parents.

According to authorities, Natalie Finn died from emaciation due to denial of critical care on October 24.

Gambler incurs N145,000 debt while celebrating N36,000 win

The police in Lagos have arrested a gambler, Yakubu Bashir, for alleged fraud at the Bendel Inn on Ipodo Road, Ikeja, Lagos.

Bashir was picked up for his inability to pay for drinks and food worth N145,000.

Tenant flees home with neighbours’ 10-month-old son

An unemployed young man, John David, has left a couple –Abdulrahman Balogun and his wife, Bunmi – in sorrow after he allegedly abducted their 10-month-old boy.

David and the couple live in Okokwu community, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Clearing agent arrested for hiding N4bn drug in hair

A 42-year-old clearing agent, Daniel Unegbu, has been arrested in connection with 83.4 kilogrammes of drug that tested positive for ephedrine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State.

Police arrest dropouts for stealing N1.4m wires

Two secondary school dropouts – Musa Hassan, 18, and Lawal Salako, 18 – are cooling their feet in police custody for allegedly stealing wires worth N1.4m at Ola Diamond Hotel in Asore community, in the Atan area of Ogun State.

When you are too fat, your sex life suffers

Experts have said that being too fat can impair your sexual functioning.

A 2010 multi-centre study that included the department of psychiatry at Toronto General Hospital and universities in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany conclude that being overweight can cause hormonal imbalances and, if you’re trying to get pregnant, can disturb the growth of a healthy egg.

Man arrested for issuing fake NYSC call-up letters

A suspect, Richard Olayinka, who paraded himself as a staff member of the Osun State University, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.

He was arrested for allegedly issuing fake National Youth Service Corps call-up letters to four students.

Newborn baby found dead near Osun River

There was confusion in the Ibu Amon area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Friday when residents of the area found a newborn baby which was dump close to the Osun River.

Our correspondent gathered from residents of the area that the baby was dumped on Thursday, but was found dead on Friday near the Osun River.

Police arrest dropouts for stealing N1.4m wires

Two secondary school dropouts – Musa Hassan, 18, and Lawal Salako, 18 – are cooling their feet in police custody for allegedly stealing wires worth N1.4m at Ola Diamond Hotel in Asore community, in the Atan area of Ogun State.

Best sex positions to conceive twins

In terms of natural conception, twins occur in about one out of every 89 births. In other words, it’s not everyone who wishes to have a set of twins that can get them!

Police probe kidnap, killing of 17-year-old girl

The Kebbi State Police Command has commenced investigation into the alleged kidnap and murder of a teenager, Zara’u Bello, in Kimba, Jega Local Government Area of the state.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr Kabiru Ibrahim confirmed the commencement to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday.

Army school commandant found dead inside military formation

The Commandant of Command Secondary School, Ibadan, Col. Anthony Okeyim, was on Monday found dead in his apartment within the school premises.

Some of those who were close to the deceased said he was strangled to death by suspected assassins after he was attacked in front of his official quarter.

Hunger would have killed me if I didn’t learn how to rob – Suspect

An armed robbery suspect, Saheed Olanrewaju, on Wednesday said a friend of his taught him how to rob because he was about to die of hunger.

According to the 39-year-old suspect, his friend, a man he called “SV” introduced him to the life of crime he led until he was nabbed by officers of the Kwara State Police Command, to “save him”.

I only grabbed her neck to scare her –Suspect who killed girlfriend in scuffle

What truly transpired between a 27-year-old Computer Science graduate of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Okonikhere Joy, and her boyfriend on the night of Sunday, December 4, 2016 causing the former’s death may never be known.

Police arrest truck driver involved in OSCOTECH student’s death

It is no longer news that a 200 -level student of the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese, Ijebu Ode, Miss Blessing Ighenegbai, was killed by a truck in a gruesome manner on Tuesday.

Pastor makes members drink Dettol for healing

A South African cleric, Prophet Rufus Phala has made his church members drink disinfectant, Dettol, in order to get healed..

Phala, a pastor with AK Spiritual Christian Church, Makgodu, Limpopo in the north eastern area of South Africa, instructed his followers to drink the disinfectant, while also acknowledging that it was dangerous to do so.

Drunk driver plays dead to avoid arrest

The man was driving without a licence when he spotted the Police making the rounds of drivers and dashed toward pavement before lying face down and not moving.

Used bras, pants can cause bacterial infections – Doctor

A dermatologist, Dr Ayoola Adeyemi, has warned against the use of fairly used bras and pants, saying it could cause bacterial infections.

The doctor noted that since the health status of the initial user could not be verified, it would be advisable for individuals to desist from buying used pants and bras.

I joined Aiye because I was hungry – Suspect

A suspect, Salisu Imam, has blamed unemployment for his involvement in cult-related activities.

He stated that he was lured into cultism by one of his unnamed friends, who, he said, told him that membership of a cult would guarantee him daily meals.

My husband shaved my hair for rituals, wife tells court

A Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, on Friday dissolved the five year-old marriage between Mr Olumide Asogbon and her wife, Idowu, a mother of two, over threat to her life.

Idowu had told the court that her husband was threatening her life by shaving some portions of her hair and using it for spiritual purposes.

Police arrest five for circulating fake US dollars, euro

The Police in Enugu have arrested five suspects, including a female juju priestess, for printing and circulating fake U.S. dollars and for swindling unsuspecting members of the public.

Trying to control sex urge, man wounds himself

A man has strained his penis as he attempted to wear his wedding ring on it.

According to reports in The South African Medical Journal, wife to the 28-year-old unnamed man has just had a baby, and his friends had advised him that in order to put his sexual urge under control, he should wear his wedding ring on his manhood.

Court remands fake military man for forgery

An Ilorin Magistrate Court on Thursday remanded a 27-year-old man, Amusa Olatunji, for allegedly forging a military identity card.

Man rapes 12-year-old niece

A man is standing trial before Chief Magistrate B. O. Osunsanmi of an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for alleged sexual assault of his 12-year-old niece.

YABATECH undergraduate disappears, parents panic

An undergraduate of the Yaba College of Technology, Emmanuel Kolade, has reportedly gone missing.

Effects of ageing on your manhood

For the typical man, his sex organ comes top among his priorities. And rightly so.

However, urologists warn that, like every organ of the body, ageing also affects the penis, not just in terms of how hard it should be during sexual intercourse, but also in the way it looks, its length, and so on.

Thirty women pose naked to protest Facebook’s nudity rules

Photographer Trina Cary, who posts nude pictures of herself regularly on facebook is fed up of being told that her naked body is unacceptable.

My husband left because I refused to give him oral sex, wife tells court

A 42-year-old woman, Fausat Ayinde, has approached a Lagos Island Customary Court on Thursday for the dissolution of her 15-year-old marriage on the grounds of emotional abuse.

Fausat told the court that her husband deserted her because she refused him oral sex, adding that he made her feel inferior because of his complaints and verbal abuse.

Suspected herdsmen behead graduate farmer in FCT

A farmer, Ndubuisi Uzoma, has been beheaded in his farm at Iddo community along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road, Abuja by assailants suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

Father, mother, son missing as boats collide

The police in Lagos State on Thursday declared missing a father, mother and son after two boats collided in the Badagry area of the state.

A statement by the state command Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the actual number of passengers aboard the ill-fated boats had yet to be ascertained.

Police hunt UK deportee for killing father

The Lagos State Police Command has declared a suspected drug addict, Babalola Rotimi (jnr.), wanted, for allegedly killing his father, Babalola Rotimi, and stabbing his mother, Adijat, in Magodo Phase 2.

Marriage dissolved over wife’s bed-wetting

An Ibadan Customary Court in Oyo State on Thursday dissolved a six-year-old marriage between Femi Bankole and his wife, Modupeoluwa, following the man’s consent to her request for divorce.

Fake policemen kidnap Lagos businessman, demand N50m ransom

Kidnappers, who disguised as policemen, have left the family of a Lagos-based businessman, Mr. Basil Agha, in misery after they abducted him.

Soldiers torture Adamawa man to death for stealing phone

The police in Adamawa State have launched a manhunt for some soldiers, who allegedly tortured a man, Umar Abdulaziz, to death for stealing a phone in the Ganaye Local Government area of the state.

Man kills girlfriend, asks spiritualist to tie her ‘spirit’

THE Department of State Services has arraigned three persons before a Magistrate’s Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for the killing of an employee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Miss Sophia Horsefall.

Man arraigned for alleged laptop theft

A 19-year-old man, Emmanuel Monday, was arraigned on Wednesday in an Ota Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a laptop and other valuables, valued at N178,000.

Police arrest minors, tiler for defiling seven-year-old pupil

The police have arrested two minors, identified simply as Segun and Kalesanmi, and a 22-year-old tiler, Samuel Osholo, for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl.

14-year-old girl chained by her parents regains freedom

A teenage girl, identified as Onyeka John, has regained freedom after she was allegedly chained by her mother to the burglar-proof bars for about one month.

The girl lived with her parents in a rented apartment on Serebe Street, Abaranje, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State.

Man jailed six months for stealing batteries, assault

An Iyaganku Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Friday sentenced one Kehinde Akinpade, 33, to three months’ imprisonment for stealing two batteries from a vehicle parked on the street he resided.

The Senior Magistrate, Mrs. Patricia Adetuyibi, said, “Having found the convict guilty of the offence and seeing that he was not in a good frame of mind, the court sees that he needs rehabilitation.

Man on trial for disappearing with 65 goats

A 45-year-old man, Kazeem Fatai, who allegedly obtained 65 goats under false pretences, and also beat up the seller, was on Monday in Lagos granted bail in the sum of N200,000.

The accused, who resides at Ajegunle area of Apapa Lagos, is facing a three-count charge of stealing, assault and obtaining money under false pretences, to which he pleaded not guilty.

Man docked over alleged theft of 4 bags of cement

A 21-year-old man, Rilwan Adebayo, was on Monday brought before a Modakeke Magistrate’s Court in Osun for allegedly stealing four bags of cement.

The Prosecutor, Sgt. Ona Glory, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Nov. 25, around 10:00 a.m. at Olorunsogo Area, off Ogunofeke, Modakeke, in the Ife North-East local government area of Osun.