Crazy things women do to save their marriages

In February 2016, a 43-year-old traditional medicine practitioner, Ahmed Akinlade, was arrested in Akure, Ondo State, after allegedly “turning a mother of two, who approached him for help on her marriage to a sex slave.”

I want to go back to Sambisa to meet my husband- rescued 9-year-old girl

A nine-year-old girl who was among the 65 young girls rescued by the troops from Sambisa forest has embarked on hunger strike, saying she wanted to go back to Sambisa forest to meet her Boko Haram husband. 

Bride kidnapped days after surviving acid attack by rejected suitor

Hell has no fury like a woman scorned, so goes a popular saying. But in the case of 19-year-old Fatima Audu, a trader, who recently got married in Lagos, the fury of a man rejected can equally be lethal.

Indian police charge legislator for allegedly raping minor

Police authorities in India on Thursday said a former education minister of Western State of Goa had been booked on charges of child trafficking and raping a minor girl.

Police arrests son for raping his 70-year-old mother

A 40-year-old alcoholic man has been arrested for repeatedly raping his 70-year-old mother.

Four children die after locking themselves in car

Tragedy struck in Dattawa, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, as four children suffocated after mistakenly locking themselves in a car.

Driver impersonates air force officer, extorts money

A fake Nigerian Air Force officer, Muhammed Abdullahi, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, for allegedly using the force uniform to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public.

Baby girl rescued four days after Kenya building collapse

Kenyan rescuers pulled a seven-month-old baby alive from the rubble of a six-storey building on Tuesday, four days after the block collapsed during heavy rains killing at least 23 people.

Ogun policemen torture father of six to death

A mason, Adeshina Adewuyi, has been tortured to death by a team of policemen who raided his community in Itoki, Ogun State.

Policeman rides seized tricycle, hits mother, baby

An eight-month-old baby, Jamiu Oniyemi, is currently admitted to a hospital after a policeman allegedly hit him and his mother, while riding a seized tricycle in the Isheri Oshun area of Lagos State.

Man, 40, arraigned for raping handicapped pupil

The Osun State Police Command has arraigned a 40-year-old man, Kamoru Shittu, for allegedly raping a physically-challenged pupil.

Six feared dead as customs, smugglers clash

No fewer than six persons were feared dead on Sunday after the men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun State Command, and smugglers clashed at Oke-Odan, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of the state.

Filling station accuses police of blackmail

The Manager of the Oando Filling Station on the Otedola Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Mr. Rasak Fakayode, and the Director of the station, Mr. David Adegbite, have accused the police of blackmail.

I bought 4,000 stolen phones – Suspect

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Kazeem Bamidele, who claimed to have bought 4,256 phones from robbers and hoodlums.

19-year-old suspect dies in Lagos police custody

There was anger at the Denton Police Division on Saturday after the family members of a 19-year-old barber, Gafar Ayoola, discovered that he had died in detention.

10,000kg of cannabis lands 73 Edo cannabis farmers, dealers in NDLEA net

Seventy three suspects who specialise in cultivating and dealing in cannabis have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

Court jails graduate for manufacturing fake drugs

A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has sentenced a 35-year-old Economics graduate, Osita Ely, to five years imprisonment without an option of fine for manufacturing fake drugs.

I regret marrying two wives — 100-year-old businessman

One-hundred-year-old Samuel Oluwomoju (formerly Ogunwomoju) talks about his life:

My husband killed my child, but police want to cover it up – Mother of girl found dead in well

The maternal instinct of any mother is to ensure that their toddlers do not leave their care at any time unless absolutely necessary. For such mothers, they cannot simply risk anything bad happening to their children when they leave their sight.

Stabbed in father’s presence, twin dies as police hunt for killer

The view from the veranda of house No 5, Olalekan Adeoya Street, Off Liasu Road, Ikotun area of Lagos is one that is likely to send shivers down the spine of whoever knew what took place on April 15, 2016 right in front of the building.

Catholic church weds 109 couples in Nasarawa

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Most Reverend Mathew Audu, wed 109 couples in Masakaon Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Tension, as soldiers kill pregnant woman in Warri

A pregnant woman, hit with the bayonet of a rifle by an angry soldier, died, yesterday’s morning at Effurun, in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.

Horror: Rejected suitor butchers MTN worker, stabs victim’s mother

The tragic incident of Sunday, April 24, was one that the family of Ashinwo, did not see coming.

Had a prophet told Oluwatosin, her siblings and their widow mother, of the danger that lurked around the corner that day, it is unlikely they would have believed it.

I regret ever coming to Lagos – 11-year-old girl brutalised by aunty

When her dream of coming to Lagos eventually took shape and she found herself in Nigeria’s commercial capital about two years ago, 11-year-old Okenya Amaka said her joy knew no bounds, as that was all she had always wanted, based on the sweet things she had heard about Lagos.

Woman sentenced to 100 years for cutting baby from stranger’s womb

A judge in Colorado has sentenced a woman to 100 years in prison for cutting an eight-month-old baby from a stranger’s womb with kitchen knives, local media reported.

Now I’m like a leper in our community – Kaduna girl raped by six boys

Life is no longer the same for 17-year-old Linda. In her community in Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, being gang-raped is almost the same as being stricken with a deadly and contagious disease.

My victim’s daughter ‘betrayed’ me – Suspected serial burglar

A suspected burglar, Samson Ugbusun, has revealed how the daughter of his victim gave him up to the police after he made love overtures to her.

My madam opened my legs and poured pepper in my ‘thing’– Housemaid, 8, brutalised for stealing food

The police in Lagos on Monday took into custody, a 40-year-old trader, Mrs. Deborah Gabriel, who brutalised her housemaid, eight-year-old Glory Ugbon, and then put pepper in the girl’s eyes and private part when the girl decided to steal a plate of rice when she was hungry.

Our son vanished without any explanation one month to his wedding – Family of missing driver

It was December 2013. When Nigerians were preparing to end the year on a high note, the family of 36-year old Dantala Da’u, was ending the year in a limbo; one caused by the mysterious disappearance of the young man, while on his way to Lagos to deliver cement.

NYSC rejects two for registering with spouses’ thumbprints

Two prospective female members of the National Youth Service Corps have been rejected participating in the Batch ‘A’ 2016 orientation exercise of the corps, following their failure to meet registration requirements.

Canada detains man posing as 17-year-old student

Canadian authorities have detained a 30-year-old South Sudanese man for lying about his age, saying he claimed to be 17 in order to play high school basketball.

NSCDC arrests pastor for burying juju inside church

The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church, identified as Moses Abiodun for burying fetish items inside his church located at Ikota in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state.

Tenant beats landlord’s wife to death in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a resident of Shobowale Street in the Alagbado area of the state, Victoria Alaba, for allegedly killing the wife of her landlord during a scuffle.

Towed car vanishes from LASTMA yard, owner kicks

A businessman, Abiodun Richards, has asked the Lagos State Government to produce his Honda Accord which was towed from his residence on Imaria Close, in the Anthony area of the state.

Fake FG worker arrested for selling appointment letters

No fewer than 21 job seekers have fallen victims to a fake official of the Federal Ministry of Education, Abayomi Owoyale, after giving him money to secure teaching jobs.

Man, 40, docked for raping deaf-mute girl in Osogbo

A 40-year-old man, Kamoru Shittu was, yesterday, arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court by men of Osun State Police Command for allegedly raping a 21-year-old deaf and mute girl in her school. 

Six feared killed as lovers clash over Kaduna lady

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai

There was confusion in some parts of Kaduna on Wednesday following the killing of six over a girl palaver.

‘Memories of children that I killed haunt me’

A 26-year old secondary school leaver, Oluwaseyi Babatola, who burnt to death five family members while they were sleeping, says he is being haunted daily by the memories of the children he murdered.

Command arrests fake policeman with bags of hemp

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a fake Superintendent of Police, George Oliseh, with 10 bags of weed suspected to be cannabis.

Lagos youth killed during shootout over sharing formula

Gunshots paralysed activities on Arumoh and Ugbonwankwo streets in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State on Tuesday as members of a vigilance group clashed with hoodlums over formula for money sharing.

Man who fell from two-storey building in Lagos dies

Residents of Ijegun community in Lagos are mourning the death of a man who mysteriously fell from an uncompleted two-storey building in the area.

Recruitment: Police arrest five for extorting applicants

The police have arrested five suspected fraudsters for allegedly extorting applicants in the ongoing recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force.

16-year-old hacks Lagos resident to death

The police in Lagos State have arrested a 16-year-old suspected cultist, Rilwan Okegbenro, for allegedly killing a man, Olawale Adebayo, who resided in Imosun in the Ikorodu area of the state.

Soldiers torture lawyer who accused them of causing gridlock

A Lagos-based lawyer, Olajide Sipe, is in a critical condition at a private hospital after he was tortured and shot at by some soldiers on the 7th Avenue, FESTAC Town, Lagos State.

Motorist avoids killing rider, plunges into building

Tragedy was averted on Tuesday in Ibadan, Oyo State after a woman veered off the main road and plunged into a house witsh her car while trying to avoid killing a commercial motorcyclist.

150 females raped, 31 babies abandoned in Lagos

No fewer than 150 females were raped, while 31 babies were abandoned on the streets of Lagos in the last one year.

10 worst stadium disasters in history

On Tuesday, the longest inquest in British legal history was concluded with the jury announcing its findings. It was an inquest into the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.

48-year-old man arraigned for defiling two minors

A 48-year old trader, who allegedly defiled two under-age daughters of his co-tenants, was on Monday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

DSS smashes certificate forgery syndicate in Kwara

The Kwara State Director, Department of State Services, Mr. Abdullahi Shinkafi, on Friday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, paraded three men and a woman for the alleged forgery of certificates of academic institutions in the state.

Ogun residents arrested for battering FRSC officials

Policemen from the Ibafo division have arrested some residents of Arepo, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, for allegedly attacking and injuring four officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps.