Lagos fire razes 100 buildings, kills two traders

No fewer than 100 makeshift structures were razed on Monday after fire ravaged a part of Small Kuramo in the Lekki area of Lagos State.

Soldiers beat woman, damage her car in Edo

Soldiers on Monday assaulted a motorist, Joy Agboghide, for allegedly obstructing traffic on Forestry Lane, Benin, Edo State.

Scores injured, 50 vehicles vandalised as police, hoodlums clash

There was tension in the Lafiaji in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State on Monday after some hoodlums engaged in a shootout with policemen from the Lion Building division.

Rapists strangle UTME candidate, dump corpse inside bush

Parents of 20-year-old Joan Egemba, have been thrown into mourning after their daughter was stabbed and strangled by some suspected rapists in the Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State.

Two killed as cultists fight in Ondo

No fewer than two persons lost their lives while many others sustained injuries in a clash between rival cult groups in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, our correspondent gathered on Sunday.

Court remands three siblings for raping mum, daughter

AN Osun State Magistrate’s Court in Osogbo has ordered the remand of three siblings accused of raping a woman and her daughter.

UNILAG undergraduate dies after taking poison in hostel

A 300-level microbiology student of the University of Lagos, Jacob Eniola, has died after allegedly consuming a poisonous substance known as sniper.

Trailer crushes tricycle passenger to death in Lagos

There was commotion on Saturday on the Abbatoir Road, in the Agege area of Lagos State after a trailer driver, identified as Emmanuel George, crushed a tricycle passenger to death.

Man arrested for selling pirated Nollywood movies

A 23-year-old man, Eze Obasi, has been arrested for allegedly selling pirated copies of Nollywood movies.

‘Boko Haram : Female bombers now dress in men attire’

The Defence headquarters Friday alerted Nigerians that Boko Haram has devised new tactics towards perpetuating their bloody and murderous activities disclosing that female bombers sent by the group now dress like men to deceive security agencies.

“How we kidnapped Ikorodu school girls” —Suspects

Barely 48 hours after three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Ikorodu regained freedom from captivity, Crime Guard gathered that operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT

Gunmen kidnap three Kaduna pastors, demand N100m

Members of the Taraya Ekklesiyoyin Kristi A Nigeria (Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria, TEKAN), have been thrown into confusion following the kidnapping of their President, Dr. Emmanuel Dziggau.

We are responsible for most kidnaps in Oghara —kidnap suspect reveals

Oghara town in Ethiope West Local Government area of Delta state , is one of the three major clans of the Urhobo ethnic group. Aside benefiting from successive governments through the provision of social amenities such as stadium, teaching hospital,

Wanted militant gunned down at Seme border

IT was jubilation time at the Lagos State Police Command following the end of the reign of terror of a notorious armed robber Tokiwe Joseph aka TK who was gunned down by security operatives during a foiled robbery at the Republic of Benin border, Seme last week.

Police detain eight-year-old pupil in Ogun

Eight-year-old pupil of Prospect Primary School, Akute, Ogun State, Oyindamola Onimole, has been detained by the Ajuwon Police Division.

Marital sex: The love medicine

A Peacher once preached on “Better Lovers,” and as I grow older, I realised that I gave several points and expectations of a person that should be awarded a love certificate in marriage.

Lagosians groan under darkness, fuel scarcity

In spite the suspension of strike by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), last week, mad rush for the Premium Motor Spirits,

Lawless Fulani herdsmen take over BRT lane

As the nation appears to be helpless on the activities of the Fulani herdsmen, causing incessant clashes and killings in several rural and semi urban areas, Lagos is having its own share of this misdemeanour,

Court remands 6 Lagos schoolgirls’ kidnappers

SIX persons recently ar­rested by the police in con­nection with the kidnap of three students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School, Ikorodu have been remanded in Prison by the Lagos State Magistrate, Ebute-Metta.

Six-year-old female pupil abducted in Lagos military barracks

A six-year-old schoolgirl, Oluwajuwon Akinsanya, has been abducted by unidentified persons at the Ojo Military Cantonment, Lagos.

Bus conductor in prison for alleged damaging passenger’s scrotum

A bus conductor, Taheed Adekunle, who was accused of damaging a passenger’s scrotum during dispute over transportation fare, was on Thursday remanded in prison by a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Police arrest two-man fake recharge cards syndicate

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested two men who allegedly specialised in printing fake vouchers, popularly called recharge cards.

Deacon, 44, rapes seven-year-old, blames evil forces

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a deacon of Jesus Saves Church, a Lagos Pentecostal church, Obinna Aneke, for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl, Ngozi (pseudonym).

Man attacks Scanfrost workers over actress, Omotola

A man, identified only as David, caused a stir at the retail outlet of Scanfrost, at the Ketu end of the Ikorodu Road, Lagos State.

Mourners, police fight over corpse of NURTW member

There was tension in the Bolade, Oshodi area of Lagos State on Monday as mourners and family members fought off efforts by policemen from the Akinpelu division to take away the corpse of a slain member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Akeem Lawanson, 38.

Man arrested for stealing 4,000 pants

A taxi driver accused of stealing some 4,000 items of women’s underwear in Thailand has been publicly paraded by police, the second time in six years the alleged panty thief has been nabbed for fuelling his fetish.

Teenager jailed for defrauding American of $40m

Justice Lateef Akapo of a Lagos High Court on Wednesday convicted a 19-year old school-leaver, Tobechukwu Igbokwe, and sentenced him to 37 years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American of $40m in an inheritance scam.

Students protest against killing of colleague in Jos

Students of the University of Jos and some youths on Wednesday took to the streets to protest against the shooting of a student by suspected security personnel in Jos on Tuesday.

Bank marketer flees with Lagos traders’ deposits

A marketer with Diamond Bank Plc, Okota branch, Lagos, who reportedly fled with a sum of N309,000 collected as deposits from traders, has been arrested by the police.

Man held for threatening schoolboy with knife

A trader from the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, identified as Okezie, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly threatening a schoolboy with a kitchen knife.