I thought my N350,000 SUV was a blessing – Pastor nabbed with stolen vehicle

On a 2005 edition of Mitsubishi Pajero parked on the premises of the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, was a church sticker bearing the picture of a 32-year-old Presbyterian pastor from Umuahia, Abia State, Rev. Titus Onwuchekwa.

Cop to sue family of black teen he killed

A Chicago police officer plans to sue the family of a black teenager he shot and killed, claiming emotional distress, United States media reported Friday.

Villagers burn three armed robbers in Kogi

Three armed robbers have been burnt at Orunu junction in Ofu Local government area of Kogi State by angry youths suspected to have hailed from the adjourned communities ‎ in the area.

Pupil needs N2.5m to survive after drinking acid in school

Life for three-year-old Darasimi Ogunwunmi has become a daily dose of agony and struggles for survival.

How four friends raped me –14-year-old girl

Four friends, Femi Olatunji, 17; Oyekanmi Rasheed, 18; Oladele Habib, 18 and John Alade, 16, are currently chilling at the police net in Lagos, for allegedly raping 14-year-old Habibat Adeolu (not real names).

EFCC operative batters, abandons lover over refusal to abort pregnancy

A teenager, who alleged that she had been abandoned after being impregnated by an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has appealed to authorities of the commission to intervene.

Police arraign boy for beating 60-year-old over dog

The Lagos State Police Command has brought a boy, Arinze Opiomachie, before a Tinubu Magustrates’ Court for allegedly beating up his 60-year-old neighbour, Mrs. Tina Emebele.

Undergraduates rape, rob job seeker, take nude photos

The police in Lagos have arrested two undergraduates for allegedly raping a job-seeker, identified only as Nike, and robbing her of valuables in the Igando area of the state.

Fire destroys shops, filling station in Lagos

No fewer than 200 shops were destroyed on Thursday after fire razed some sections of the sawmill in the Jakande Market, in the Ikosi-Ketu area of Lagos State.

2 ‘lunatics’ caught with rotting human head in Osun

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun Command, has arrested two suspects, who pretended to be mad, for being in possession of a decomposing human head.

Hoodlums cut Lagos firefighter’s ear, damage truck

No fewer than five firefighters with the Lagos State Fire Service were injured in the Ajegunle and Surulere areas of Lagos State.

Human fetus found outside Catholic Charities’ office

A human fetus was found inside a box outside a Catholic Charities’ office in Trenton, New Jersey, police tellWPVI-TV in Philadelphia.

Carpenter, wife killed in high -tension wire tragedy

There was confusion in the Mushin area of Lagos State after a 51-year-old carpenter, Muritador Ajayi, was electrocuted by a live high-tension wire.

Seven men abduct, gang-rape fashion designer

A fashion designer, Funmi (pseudonym), has been abducted and gang-raped by seven men on Powerline Road, Oko Oba, in the Agege area of Lagos State.

Police arrest diploma holder for assaulting pregnant woman

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a diploma holder, Samuel Onochie, for allegedly sexually assaulting a pregnant woman, Esther (pseudonym), in Jakande, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.

Lagos goes after cultists, gangsters

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni

The Lagos State Government says it has decided that there is no room for cultism in the state, adding that anyone found engaging in cultism and criminal activities will be decisively dealt with.

Suicide bombers attack Chibok, kill 14

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai

No fewer than 14 persons were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack on the Chibok Market in Borno State.

Lassa Fever: Second Death Recorded In Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide Idris, on Tuesday disclosed that Lagos State has recorded twenty (20) suspected cases of Lassa Fever as at January 26, 2016, since the outbreak of the disease in the country in November, 2015.

Three corpses exhumed from Enugu building

Three decomposing corpses and a human skull were exhumed on Monday from the foundation of a building located in the Ugwuaji area of Enugu, on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. The building is under construction.

Ogun police arrest man for killing friend

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali

The men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Lamidi Yusuf of Opeji Village in the Odeda Local Government Area for killing his friend, Oladepo Abiola.

Traffic warden knocks out motorist’s teeth over N50

There was pandemonium at the Omole bus stop on Oba Ogunnusi Road in the Ojodu area of Lagos State on Tuesday after a traffic warden, Sunday Charles, engaged in fisticuffs with a motorist, identified only as Kingsley.

Family abandons Lassa fever victim’s corpse in National Hospital

About two weeks after his death, the corpse of the patient that died of Lassa fever is still at the National Hospital in Abuja and yet to be buried.

Police arrest woman for selling her baby for N300,000

The police in Bayelsa State have said their operatives have apprehended a woman for selling her three-month-old baby.

Man picks prescription papers, makes N300,000 begging

Olatunbosun and Ajayi

A suspected drug addict, Kehinde Olatubosun, says he picks prescription papers from the waste bins of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, and has made over N300,000 in one month, begging Lagosians to help him with money to buy the drugs.

I know my four-year-old brother’s abductor – Sister, 8

Oyindamola Ojelabi, the eight-year-old sister of a Nursery 1 pupil, Michael Ojelabi, who was abducted on Wednesday, says she knows the captor of her four-year-old brother.

Mum was bedridden ─ Son of woman burnt by cultists

Gbenga Adefuye, the son of Adejoke Adefuye, a 65-year-old woman, who was killed by cult members in the Bariga area of Lagos State, says his mum was on her sick bed when their house was set on fire during a cult clash on Saturday.

Lagos gang leader, Sunday Terror, killed

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni,

A gang leader popularly known as Sunday Terror has been shot dead in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State during a shootout with policemen.

Lagos bloody clash suspects paraded

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded eight suspected cult members said to have been involved in a brutal clash that claimed three lives.

Security man arrested for using unlicensed pistol

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a security guard, who claimed to be working with the Yaba College of Technology, Babatunde Lawal, for allegedly being in possession of an unlicensed pistol.

Court jails cop for killing student

An Edo State High Court in Benin on Monday sentenced a police corporal, Amadin Idahosa, to life imprisonment for killing a 22-year-old student, Ibrahim Momodu, in 2013.

Hoodlums slaughter 23-year-old, ask residents not to panic

Some hoodlums have invaded Iya Agan Street on Old Apapa Road in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State, killing a 23-year-old, identified only as Dada.

We use charms to steal cattle from grazing sites – Suspects

The menace of cattle rustlers has assumed a violent and worrisome dimension in the country, with the attendant cases of rape, murder and destruction of farmlands in some parts of the country.

Tenant removes neighbour’s 7-mth pregnancy with kitchen knife

A mother of two, Mrs. Oyinyechi Chinaka, is recuperating after she was reportedly stabbed several times by her neighbour (names withheld) in Mushin area of Lagos.

Woman, 53, dies of Lassa fever in A’Ibom

The Lagos State chapter of the Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria on Monday said it had killed no fewer than 7,243 rats in eight major markets in the state under its ‘De-rat Market’ programme.

Evaluate your relationship

A new year often calls for some introspection and mind searching especially in your private life. This year, evaluate your relationship to know if its time to call it quits or not

Police arrest man with human head in Enugu

A young man, John Igwe, has ended up in police net in Enugu for illegal possession of human head while attempting to acquire wealth through money ritual.

She’s my lover; I had sex with her, not rape – Prime suspect

The scenario at the Gender Office of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, Wednesday, where a teenager who alleged that she was gang raped was brought face-to-face with the suspects, left everyone, except the policemen, in the dark over the true position of things.

Edo court convicts man for assaulting neighbour

An Oredo Magistrate’s Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced a 20-year-old man, Okoro Onuwa, to seven months imprisonment for assaulting his neighbour and inflicting an injury on her forehead.

Man arrested for N11m bank fraud in Enugu blames poverty

A 56-year-old man, one Felix Onyebuchi, who is in police net in Enugu for allegedly using fraudulent means to withdraw the sum of N11m from the account of a bank customer, has blamed “lack” for his venture into crime.

I went into robbery to maintain my chieftaincy title–Ex-Niger Delta militant

Before his recent arrest by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, 42-year-old Clement Millions was a titled chief, perhaps a respected one at that.

I have been Alfa’s sex slave for two years –Lagos housewife •I’m just a spiritual doctor – Alfa

It was like madness had come over 50-year-old Dayo Kamorudeen, a taxi driver in the Lekki area of Lagos, when he heard the most shocking secret his wife of more than 20 years had been keeping from him.

NDLEA intercepts 3,000kg of Tramadol disguised as condoms

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted a shipment of Tramadol disguised and packaged as condoms and other illicit drugs at the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos.

Man, 51, dies of Lassa fever in Lagos

A 51-year-old man has died of Lassa fever at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.

9-year-old arrested for making terror threats against school

A 9-year-old child has been arrested in Orange County, accused of making a terror threat against a school.

22 years old pregnant woman rapped to death in Kano

It was a painful end for a 22 years old House wife, Aisha Abdullahi who was rapped to death by unknown person at her matrimonial home at Ungogo quarters, outskirt of Kano municipal.

World of couple with quadruplets after eight years of waiting

They waited on the Lord for eight years for children. They fasted and prayed and travelled far and wide in search of medical solution.When they had almost lost hope, God answered their prayers.

He sowed the car as seed into my life – Arrested pastor

An alleged Presbyterian Church cleric arrested by the police for buying a stolen Pajero jeep, 2006 model at N380, 000, said on Friday the car was sowed as a seed into his life.

I bought seven certificates for N100,000 – Fake LUTH doctor

A 43-year-old man, Opeyemi Adesina, who allegedly paraded himself as a consultant gynaecologist with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, says he paid N100,000 to buy the seven forged certificates he used.

Police arrest four men for possessing human skull

The police said in Enugu on Wednesday that they had nabbed four suspects in possession of a human skull on the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway.

Student stabs colleague to death in Kano

A student of First Grade College in Kano, Sadik Ado-maje, has stabbed his colleague, Usman Salisu, to death.