Two jailed for stealing Nokia battery, phones, others

AN Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced a 19-year old man, Happy Okotie, to six years’ imprisonment for stealing.

NDLEA official drowns while chasing drug baron

The Borno State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency has confirmed the death of one its staff who got drowned in a river while chasing a notorious drug baron.

Woman abandons day-old baby in Katsina

An unknown woman on Monday abandoned a day-old baby girl near the main gate of Government College, Katsina.

Teenager remanded for raping five-year-old niece

A Kano Magistrates’ court on Monday remanded Musa Abdullahi, 17, in prison custody for allegedly raping his five-year-old niece.

Man bags 12 weeks imprisonment for breaking into Shoprite

A Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Hassan Jamilu, to twelve weeks in prison for breaking into Shoprite’s cash room and attempting to break the safe.

My husband abandoned me twice, wife tells court

An Alimosho Customary Court in Lagos State on Monday dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between a 40-year-old businessman, Abraham Jokotola, and his wife, Adekemi, over adultery and abandonment.

Speeding trailer driver kills pedestrian

A trailer driver, Kabiru Ademola, has been arrested by the police for allegedly crushing a pedestrian to death in the Mushin area of Lagos State.

‘How I lured kids with biscuits’

A 32-year-old suspected kidnapper has told detectives at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters how he lured two under-aged children with biscuits before he abducted them.

Muslim cleric, daughter insert needles inside bean-cake for beggars in Lagos

The police have charged a 50-year-old Muslim cleric, Mohammed Yusuf, and his daughter, Salamat, 18, before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court in Tinubu for allegedly distributing poisoned ‘akara’, a local snack, to beggars.

Woman, 35, commits suicide in Ogun State

A house wife on Tuesday committed suicide in her apartment at Ilisan-Remo, Ikenne Local Council of Ogun State.Mrs. Omolola Atejioye, 35, was found dangling from the ceiling at 5:30p.m. by her husband, Ayodele Atejioye, a member of staff of Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, when he returned from work to their apartment along Ago Iwoye Road.

Police bust alleged rapists using army uniform to rob

The Lagos State Police Command yesterday paraded two men it arrested who disguised as soldiers to rob and rape women in Oworonshoki and Bariga areas of the state.The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed this while briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Lagos.

‘I poisoned pot of soup because of insult’

A family of three escaped death in Ajegunle area of Lagos State yesterday following a failed attempt by a neighbour to kill them with rat poison.The suspect, one Gordon Daniel, had deposited the rat poison into his neighour, Mrs. Saidat Shakiru’s pot of soup.

Ekiti court jails herdsman two years for destroying crops

A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Ali Haruna, 18, to two years imprisonment for taking his cows for grazing in a farmland in Ado Ekiti and destroying crops.

Fake taskforce official nabbed for allegedly robbing Okada riders

The suspect

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man impersonating officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Special Offences in robbing motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada, in Agege and its environs.

Four killed in cult related acts, as residents raise alarm over robbery attacks

No fewer than four persons were in the early hours of yesterday allegedly killed, while two others were seriously injured in a cult related war which occurred in Alihami community, Ika South local government area of the state. It was gathered that the killings heightened apprehension and tension around the students’ dominated area of Agbor, a development that had also crippled business activities within the area.

FUNAAB students protest robbery attacks, burn vehicles

Scores of students of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, went on the rampage, on Thursday, over alleged incessant robbery attacks on school hostels within and outside the campus.

NSCDC impounds ‘oil wells’ in Lagos, arrests two

The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has taken over two new wells containing petrol in Egbeda and Iyana Odo areas, LASU-Igando Road.

Persons displaced by 2012 flood in Edo still live in camps

Four years after the 2012 flood disaster that ravaged Edo, Delta and Kogi states, many displaced persons are still staying in public buildings in the affected local councils, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

School- leaver rapes four-year-old girl in her brother’s presence

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old suspect, Bassey Johnson, for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in the Idimu area of the state.

Sexual harassment: DELSU sacks six lecturers

The Delta State University, Abraka, has sacked six of its lecturers for their involvement in several offences including alleged sexual harassment of female students.