Plateau United player dies in road crash one week to wedding

Fresh from the controversy over the sacking of its coach, Plateau United Football Club of Jos on Sunday, lost one of its most resourceful players, Soboye Shehuin, an auto crash.

Man dies clearing abandoned well in Lagos

A 52-year-old man, Ishaku Lawal, has been killed while clearing an abandoned well on Liasu Road, in the Idimu area of Lagos State.

Man impersonates Buhari, dupes job seekers

As the Federal Government prepares to make N500bn available for poverty alleviation, Nigerians have been urged not to fall prey to groups which claim to be acting on behalf of the Government only to dupe vulnerable citizens in the process.

Kidnappers tortured us over expired ATM card ─Victim

A businessman identified as Fortune, who was kidnapped alongside his childhood friend, Jane, on May 11, 2016, said they were tortured for giving their captors expired ATM card.

Baby factory: Nine pregnant women in police net

OPERATIVES of the Anti-Kidnap Unit of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested nine pregnant women during their raid of a suspected baby factory in Umuikpe in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State.

Your child’s poor performance at school may be caused by snoring – Study

Researchers have found that snoring can adversely affect children’s thinking abilities.

According to data presented at the American Thoracic Society Conference, while periodic snoring is usual in children, persistent snoring can lead to a disorder called sleep apnea that affects the quality of sleep, which in turn, can be linked with concentration and learning difficulties.

I slept with 400 men in five months – 22-year -old trafficking victim

A human trafficking victim, Love John, says she slept with more than 400 men in less than five months in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State.

Love, 22, and her 23-year-old sister, Happiness, were lured into prostitution sometime in January by their eldest sister, Mary.

Police arrest man for stabbing friend to death

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 25-year-old Samson Tella for stabbing his friend, Abiodun Abdulkareem, to death on Tuesday at Iyesi Ota, in the Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area.

Man kills father, mother, two siblings

A 28-year-old man, Adamu Mai Bisco, has killed his parents and two sisters in the Potiskum area of Yobe State.

It was gathered that the four victims were murdered in their sleep with a shovel by the suspect.

12 die after drinking bootleg alcohol

Twelve men have died after drinking bootleg liquor, Indonesian police said Tuesday.

The victims died in Bantul district in the main island of Java in recent days, said local police spokeswoman Anny Pudjiastuti.

‘Why you should not eat apples at night’

Mrs Opeoluwa Olufeko, the Managing Director of Pino Degrees Nigeria Ltd, a herbal medicine outfit based in the UK, has cautioned the public against eating of apples at nights.

Truck crushes man fighting with friend over debt

A speeding truck crushed a motor park boy, popularly called agbero, to death on Wednesday at the Berger bus stop, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

It was learnt that the deceased, identified simply as Agba Akin, had lent a friend some money which the friend, Jimoh, had yet to repay.

Mother of five caught with marijuana, jailed

A Federal High Court in Calabar has sentenced a 35-year-old mother of five children, Grace Asuquo, to one year and six months’ imprisonment without option of fine for being in possession of 400 grams of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as marijuana.

Man stabs sleeping twin brother to death

A 27-year-old man, Mfom John, has stabbed his twin brother, Israel John, to death on Olorunkemi Street in the Somolu area of Lagos State.

Police arrest artisan for killing doctor

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested an artisan, Henry Silas, 28, for allegedly killing a pathologist, Dr. Ivy Umana, of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, at her home in Shelter Afrique, Uyo.

Shepherd Digest Magazine - June 2016 Edition

To appreciate you our esteemed readers, here is the Shepherd Digest Magazine - June 2016 Edition.

One thing you can't recycle is wasted time. May this month never be wasted by any event on your path.

Happy New Month!

Councillor tortures nephew to death over missing phone

A councilllor representing Nsogwu Umunze, Ward 2 in Orumba South Local Government of Area of Anambra State, Chidiebere Onyema, has been arrested by police for allegedly killing his nephew, Nnanyere, over a missing cell phone.

Customer abducts trader’s one-year-old daughter in Lagos

A woman, identified only as Mama Oyin, has allegedly abducted a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

Defendant on bail arrested for breaking into houses

A suspected burglar, Lucky Joseph, has been arrested by the police for allegedly breaking into churches and houses in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State.

Pastor allegedly rapes friend’s daughter, remanded

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ibadan has remanded a 62-year-old pastor, Isaiah Akinojo, in prison custody for alleged raping his friend’s daughter.