Monday, 18 January 2016

Police arraign cook for alleged theft of N1.5m jewelries

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A cook, Sati Kwasu, on Monday appeared in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing his employer’s jewelries valued at more than N1.5 million.

NDLEA arrests 140 drug traffickers, seizes 404.411kgs of drugs

Acting NDLEA Chairman, Roli Bode-George

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Bayelsa State Command, said it had arrested 140 drug traffickers and seized 404.411 kilogrammes of different types of narcotics in the state.

All you need to know about Lassa fever


Lassa fever is an acute viral infection caused by the Lassa virus.

Man kills three-year-old son to continue in relationship

Father and Son

A 22-year-old father has killed his three-year-old son, Brendan Creato, because he felt the child was an impediment to his relationship with a teenage girlfriend, prosecutors say.

Bauchi recorded 97 maternal deaths in three months


The Bauchi State Ministry of Health says it is worried about a recent statistics released by the Maternal and Peri-natal and Technical Working Group in the first three months of its operation

Kidnappers’ boss started bleeding when he saw me – Abducted Lagos schoolgirl


Like a scene out of a horror movie, a 10-year-old girl, Damilola Fasanya, who went missing on Saturday, January 9, 2016 in Ipaja area of Lagos, came home two days later to recount horrific tales of her short time in the hands of her kidnappers.

Landlord covered my face with pillow – 14-year-old girl raped by ExxonMobil official


On Monday, January 4, a 14-year-old girl, Chigozie (not real name), who had just been brought to Lagos from Enugu State two weeks before, to live with his uncle at Ajah area of Lagos, became a victim of one of the now common crimes in Lagos – child rape.

Trafficker wanted in three countries arrested in Oyo


The Comptroller of Immigration, Oyo State Command, Innocent Akatu, said a notorious trafficker, 30-year-old Falilat Janta, has been arrested.