Mega city in trash crisis as LAWMA, cleaners fight

There is more to Lagos than urban life and fancy bridges.

The metropolis has a dark side and Christiana Falade knows this ugly side because she comes out by 5am daily to clear some of the mess that many residents do not get to see.

NSCDC nabs seven for diverting fuel to Niger Republic

The Oyo State Command of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested seven men for their involvement in the diversion of 66,600 litres of Premium Motor Sprit from Saki, Oyo State to Niger Republic.

Bus kills sisters on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Tragedy struck at the Ibafo area of Ogun State on Friday, as two women were hit by a commercial bus as they crossed the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

I caught my wife in bed with her ‘brother’, hubby tells court

A 40-year-old man, Mr Sunday Oladipupo, has asked an Orile Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his marriage with Bukola over alleged adulterous behaviour by his wife. 

One killed as fence collapses on construction workers

A perimeter fence belonging to a petrol station along Murtala Muhammed Way in Benin, Edo State, has killed a construction worker after it collapsed on him and four others.

Disowned by family: Calabar homeless children tell tales of harsh street life

I want to go back home, but my father has rejected me outright. He told me he does not want me as his son anymore. My mother died in 2009 and my father remarried. I am not appy that I am in the street,” says 14-year-old boy, Victor Okon, who has been roaming the streets of Calabar for the past seven years.

Pastor Felix Libarty to Tiwa-Tee Billz: Your marriage is under spiritual attack

Following the lingering marital crisis involving popular singer, Tiwa Savage and her husband, Tunji Balogun, a.k.a TeeBillz, the lover boy “old school” singer-turned- pastor, Felix Aigbe Libarty has called

Footballer slumps, dies during league game

The Romanian Cup final has been put back a week following the death of Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng during a league match, the Romanian Football Federation announced Saturday.

NDLEA arrests corps member with 9kg of Indian hemp

The Sokoto State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency on Friday arrested a female Youth Corps member currently serving in Zamfara with 9 kilogrammes of Indian hemp.

Police arrest suspected female child kidnapper in Bauchi

Bauchi Police Command said on Saturday that they have arrested a suspected female child kidnapper, while trying to escape with the victim.

Crazy things women do to save their marriages

In February 2016, a 43-year-old traditional medicine practitioner, Ahmed Akinlade, was arrested in Akure, Ondo State, after allegedly “turning a mother of two, who approached him for help on her marriage to a sex slave.”

I want to go back to Sambisa to meet my husband- rescued 9-year-old girl

A nine-year-old girl who was among the 65 young girls rescued by the troops from Sambisa forest has embarked on hunger strike, saying she wanted to go back to Sambisa forest to meet her Boko Haram husband. 

Bride kidnapped days after surviving acid attack by rejected suitor

Hell has no fury like a woman scorned, so goes a popular saying. But in the case of 19-year-old Fatima Audu, a trader, who recently got married in Lagos, the fury of a man rejected can equally be lethal.

Indian police charge legislator for allegedly raping minor

Police authorities in India on Thursday said a former education minister of Western State of Goa had been booked on charges of child trafficking and raping a minor girl.

Police arrests son for raping his 70-year-old mother

A 40-year-old alcoholic man has been arrested for repeatedly raping his 70-year-old mother.

Four children die after locking themselves in car

Tragedy struck in Dattawa, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, as four children suffocated after mistakenly locking themselves in a car.

Driver impersonates air force officer, extorts money

A fake Nigerian Air Force officer, Muhammed Abdullahi, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, for allegedly using the force uniform to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public.

Baby girl rescued four days after Kenya building collapse

Kenyan rescuers pulled a seven-month-old baby alive from the rubble of a six-storey building on Tuesday, four days after the block collapsed during heavy rains killing at least 23 people.

Ogun policemen torture father of six to death

A mason, Adeshina Adewuyi, has been tortured to death by a team of policemen who raided his community in Itoki, Ogun State.

Policeman rides seized tricycle, hits mother, baby

An eight-month-old baby, Jamiu Oniyemi, is currently admitted to a hospital after a policeman allegedly hit him and his mother, while riding a seized tricycle in the Isheri Oshun area of Lagos State.