Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Nine-year-old tortured with hot water for ‘stealing’ crayfish


A nine-year-old housemaid, Precious Chinwedu, says she is still having pains two weeks after her boss, Mrs. Ifeoma Mbakwe, poured hot water on her for allegedly stealing crayfish.

Lassa fever: Senate orders FG to embark on massive sensitization




Worried by the increasing number of deaths, occasioned by the outbreak of Lassa Fever in many parts of the country, the Senate, yesterday,

CHRISTMAS CON MAN: Fake major-general dupes trader of bags of rice, drinks, money

65-yr-old suspect, Bassey

A 65-year-old man is being investigated by operatives of X-Squad of Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja for allegedly impersonating an army general and defrauding victims.

Suspected cultists paraded in Edo over attack on church


Five suspected cultists have been paraded by the Edo State Police Command in connection with an alleged attack on a Pentecostal church in Igueben Local Government Area of the state

Gunmen kill police corporal, friend in Lagos


Gunmen on Sunday shot dead a police corporal, David Sunday, and his friend, identified as Taiwo Balogun, in the Agege area of Lagos.

Gonorrhoea still deadly, causes blindness


Medical experts have defined gonorrhea as a bacterial infection transmitted during sexual activity. This disease, they noted, is caused by the bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.