Truck crushes boy, 7, to death in Bayelsa

A sand-laden truck has crushed a seven-year-old boy, identified as Prosper Eta, to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Customs seizes N108m imported poultry products

The Area Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone C Owerri, Mohammed Garba, has said that the Unit, on October 31, intercepted a DAF Truck loaded with 11,315 cartons of imported frozen poultry products with Duty Paid Value of N108,624,000.00.

Girl, 17, claims ownership of abandoned baby in Lafia

The Nasarawa State Police Command on Thursday said the mother of a day-old baby, abandoned along the road in Lafia, had submitted herself to the police.

Court grants church usher N1m bail for defiling six-year-old girl

A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday slammed a one million naira bail on a 33-year-old man, Roland Olise, for alleged defilement of a six-year-old girl in a church in Lagos.

Police break up anti-corruption rally with tear gas

The anti-corruption protest had barely begun when it was brought to an abrupt end, baton-wielding policemen firing volleys of tear gas and charging at a group of hundreds gathered in Nairobi’s centre.

Woman beats 10-year-old girl to death in Lagos

The police in Lagos State have arrested a middle-aged woman, Linda Alapa, for allegedly beating her 10-year-old housemaid, Joy Mbafan, to death.

Mbafan lived with the suspect on Bolanle Oduniyi Street, Okegbegun, in the Ikorodu area of the state.

Bike snatchers kill 20 Okada riders in Kebbi

The Association of Commercial Motorcycle Operators says 20 of its members were killed by thieves in the last six months in Kebbi State.

Pakistan train collision kills 16

Two trains collided in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, police said, in the country’s second major rail collision in less than two months.

NDLEA arraigns deaf and dumb man for peddling marijuana

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday arraigned a 23-year-old deaf and dumb man, Abass Hamed, for allegedly dealing in cannabis sativa, popularly called marijuana.

My problem is spiritual – Driver arrested for failed suicide

A driver, Jacob Elegbede, who attempted to hang himself behind a primary school in Zanda, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has blamed spiritual forces, saying he did not know what came over him.

Shepherd Digest Magazine - January 2017 Edition

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Woman dies during sex romp with lover in Ibadan

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ibadan on Tuesday remanded a 50- year old man, Fatai Busari, in Agodi prison for allegedly causing the death of his concubine.

Ghanaian rents out gun abandoned by Lagos robbers

A 22-year-old Ghanaian, John Kojo, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly supplying a locally-made pistol to a suspected robber in the Morogbo, Badagry area of the state.

Command arrests 30 pupils for razing classrooms

The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested 30 pupils for their alleged involvement in the destruction of classrooms of public schools during a protest against the state government’s decision to stop automatic promotion in secondary schools.

Hoodlums take over abandoned school, terrorise residents

The residents of Igbaye community in the Ilesa North East Local Council Development Area of Osun State have lamented constant attacks from hoodlums, who have taken over the premises of the Apostolic Primary School in the community.

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Mother, three children, two neighbours die after eating ‘amala’

Six people, including a mother, three of her children and two of their neighbours, on Tuesday lost their lives in Ogaminana area of Okene in Kogi after eating a meal made from cassava flour.

Lagos hotelier turns job seeker into sex worker

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a hotelier, Victor Obano, for allegedly turning a 23-year-old female job seeker into a commercial sex worker in the Ijegun area of the state.

The police said Obano, who owned Tisa Hotel, allegedly lured the victim, Elizabeth, from Akwa Ibom, promising her employment in Lagos State.

Police loot community, torture farmer to death

A 42-year-old farmer, Segun Elegbede, has died in the custody of policemen from the Magbon Police Division, Ogun State.

Couple, siblings burnt to death in Osun auto crash

A couple and five other persons were among those who were burnt to death in an accident along the Gbongan-Ibadan Road in Osun State.