Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Selfie-seeking tourist bitten by Thai crocodile



A French tourist was bitten by a crocodile inside a Thai national park as she tried to get close to the fearsome animal to take a selfie, an official said on Monday.

Teacher allegedly rapes two-year-old pupil, arrested


A 46-year-old teacher, Adenekan Adegboyega, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl.

Two risk imprisonment for fondling boobs

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Idris Sodiya and Sodiq Odebiyi of no given addresses were arraigned at Magistrates’ Court in Isabo, Abeokuta on Wednesday charged with fondling breast.

NDLEA arrests tricycle rider, trader with heroin at MMIA


The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Wednesday arrested a commercial tricycle rider and a trader with heroin at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.

Man who sexually abused pupil on wife’s wedding dress jailed


A boarding school teacher will spend the next 12 years in confinement for sexually abusing four teenage girls.

Monday, 27 February 2017

60 inmates killed, many beheaded, in Brazil riot



Rioting inmates in Brazil decapitated and brutally assaulted their rivals, killing at least 60, when fighting erupted between two gangs at a prison in the Amazon region, officials said Monday.

Trader arraigned over alleged N314,200 fraud


A 27-year-old trader, who allegedly obtained N314,200 from a customer on the pretext of supplying oil filters, on Wednesday appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

Prostitute, entertainer in court over alleged N1.6m theft

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A prostitute and an entertainer, both aged 22, who allegedly stole property valued at N1.6 million, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

Man bags four-year jail term for burglary, stealing


An Egor Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday in Benin sentenced 54-year-old Eze Oba to four years in prison for burglary and stealing.

Court sentences 16 to life for adulterating diesel


A Federal High Court in Calabar on Tuesday sentenced 16 persons to life imprisonment for adulterating about 100 tons of petroleum product suspected to be Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel.

Sunday, 26 February 2017

Judge hangs himself amid corruption scandal

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A senior Egyptian judge hanged himself in custody on Monday a day after his arrest in connection with an investigation into a corruption case, his lawyer said.

School supervisor accused of molesting two-year-old pupil


A supervisor at a private school, Mr. Adegboyega Adenekan, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly molesting a two-year-old pupil.

The 46-year-old suspect was alleged to have lured the girl under the pretext of taking her through sex education in the school.

Police arraign man for allegedly burning N3.5m Jeep


The police on Wednesday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Joseph Okwuese, before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for allegedly setting fire to a Honda Acura belonging to another man.

20-year-old man arrested for hacking motorcyclist to death


A 20-year-old man, one Cephas Appaf, has been arrested by the police in Edo State for allegedly hacking a motorcyclist to death in the Ovia South-West Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that Appaf, a rubber tapper who hails from Benue State, had asked the victim, identified as Aniete Okon, to give him a ride to Benin, the state capital on November 3, 2016.

Police arraign bricklayer for defiling 12-year-old pupil

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A 44-year-old bricklayer, Tunde Babalola, has been arraigned by the police in a Lagos Magistrate’s Court, Ogba, for allegedly defiling a 12-year- old pupil.

Saturday, 25 February 2017

Scissors pulled from Vietnam man’s stomach 18 years after surgery

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A Vietnamese man has had scissors removed from his abdomen which were left behind during surgery 18 years ago, after reporting a stomachache that was nearly two decades in the making. 

NDLEA arrests newly-wed, tricycle rider with N575m heroin

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A newly-wed, Sunday King, and a tricycle rider, Chinedu Egwin, have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for allegedly smuggling heroin worth N575m into the country.

Man’s ear bitten off after criticising hemp smokers


A 25-year-old man, Tolani Ajisefini, has lost one of his ears in a fight that ensued after speaking against hemp smoking in the Mushin area of Lagos State.

Robbers break warehouse with acid, steal N19m goods


Luck has run out on four members of a robbery gang who allegedly break shops in the Alaba International Market, Lagos State.

Court remands 62-year-old, others for attacking firm


A Tinubu Magistrate’s Court sitting on Lagos Island has ordered the remand of a 62-year-old man, Shafideen Bakare, and 13 other suspects in prison for allegedly invading an agro-allied firm in Ogombo town, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.