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.

Court jails fake NDLEA operative four years

One Okoro Anthony has been sentenced to a jail term of four years for falsely parading himself as an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

Police commissioner’s aide accused of flogging, raping lady

An aide to the Commissioner of Police, Railway Command, Lagos State, identified as Agu, has been arrested for allegedly raping and beating a lady until she fell into a coma.

Pastor arrested for raping 14-year-old stepdaughter

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old cleric, Pastor Chidiebere Ikpa, for allegedly raping his stepdaughter, Ngozi (pseudonym), in the Surulere area of the state.

Police arrest 88 kidnappers, robbery suspects in Imo

The Imo State Police Command, led by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, arrested 88 kidnap suspects, 41 armed robbery suspects, 24 child-trafficking suspects, recovered 7 children, 8 stolen vehicles, 32 live arms and rescued 16 kidnapped victims between September 2, 2015 and January 18, 2016.

TRACE, immigration officers clash in Ogun

There was pandemonium in Abeokuta on Tuesday after about 26 armed officers and men of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Ogun State Command, invaded the Abeokuta zonal command headquarters of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps in the Ibara area of the state.

It takes killing of three to be promoted to next level – 10-year-old boy

Babajide Akiola

Standing among forty other suspects arrested over various crimes ranging from robbery, rape, impersonation and cultism, at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja , Wednesday, was an under-aged boy whose appearance struck this reporter.

Gunmen kidnap Redeem pastor during service

A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God Mission has been kidnapped by yet to be identified persons.

Five men rape pupil for refusing tailor’s advances

The police in Lagos State are investigating an alleged rape of a Primary five pupil, Zainab (pseudonym) by a gang of five men in the Bariga area of Lagos State.

Police arraign RCCG pastor for alleged N30m fraud

The Special Fraud Unit of Nigeria Police Force has arraigned a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Felix Fadare, before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for his alleged involvement in N30m fraud.

Court remands native doctor for impregnating client

A Lagos magistrate’s court sitting in Ikeja has remanded a native doctor, Ifatade Elegbeleye, in the Kirikiri Prison for allegedly impregnating and swindling his client, Cecilia (pseudonym) to the tune of N7.9m.

Calabar sanitation workers assault female food vendor

The victim, Mrs. Grace Francis

There was confusion at the Oando filling station by the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar on Tuesday as sanitation workers from the Calabar Urban Development Authority assaulted a food vendor, Mrs. Grace Francis.

Trader pours hot water on 12-year-old over N100

The police in Lagos have arrested a 39-year-old trader, Chinwe Abasi, for allegedly brutalising a 12-year-old boy, Chinedu Okorie, with hot water in the Apapa area of the state.

12-year-old victim of torture shuns home

A 12-year-old boy, Michael Agu, has been brought to the Lagos State Government by a neighbour in the Victoria Island area of the state after five years of being allegedly tortured by her aunt, identified only as Mama Sarah.

Police flee as robbers abduct couple, kill guard

Tragedy struck on Monday as armed robbers shot dead a security guard, identified only as Kayode, in front of the Ibafo Police Division.

Man in court for biting off neighbour’s nose

For allegedly biting off a neighbour’s nose, a mechanic, Augustine Orivba, was on Monday arraigned in Lagos.

Student nurse contracts Lassa fever in Ekiti

Lassa fever has spread to Ekiti State with authorities announcing that one index case of the deadly virus has been recorded in the state.

Baby dies in biscuit carton

A baby girl, dressed and abandoned by her mother in a biscuit carton near Eco Bank, along Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo, died after hours of battling for survival.

I have lost interest in our marriage, wife tells court

A housewife, Aisha Ibrahim, on Monday sought a separation from her husband, Nuhu, before a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court

Man docked over alleged rape of minor

An Ile-Ife Chief Magistrate’s Court in Osun on Monday remanded a 25-year-old man, Seun Adeoti, in prison custody, over the alleged rape of three girls.

58-year-old in trouble for defiling 11-year-old girl, another man in court for raping 3 girls

A 58-year-old driver, Emmanuel Egejuru, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl.

Army arrests suspected fake officer in Delta

The 222 battalion, Sector 1, Operation Pulo Shield in Delta State on Thursday paraded a fake army officer identified as ‘Group Lieutenant’ Ajedegba Benjamin Agatefe.

Three arrested for stealing 17 goats

Three men in Ekiti State have been arrested for allegedly stealing 17 goats a few weeks after they were granted bail for a similar offence.

Internet scam suspect nabbed for impersonation

An Internet scam suspect, Elom Nzube, says he hacked into the Twitter account of a Tanzanian, Dr. Reginald Remengi, in order to “just impersonate” him.