UK arrests three in Nigeria for human trafficking

British National Crime Agency said it had arrested three individuals in Nigeria as part of an international operation targeting criminal networks involved in the trafficking of human beings across Europe.

Child rapist jailed for writing child-grooming ‘manual’

A peadophile, Alan Holmes, 36, has been jailed for 12 years after writing a manual showing how to groom a child using the sex ordeal of one of his victims.

Family tackles DSS as son dies in agency’s custody

The family members of a 39-year-old man, Damilare Eyitayo, have accused the Lagos State Command of the Department of State Services of torturing their son to death.

Navy averts hijack of three vessels in Bayelsa

he Nigerian Navy has averted an attempt by pirates to hijack three vessels in the Brass axis of Bayelsa State.

Woman accuses husband of bed-wetting, seeks divorce

A businesswoman, Juliana Okoli, on Tuesday told a Jikoyi Customary Court in Abuja that she was tired of living with her husband because he ‘bed wets’.

Police arrest suspected kidnappers

The police in Bayelsa State have arrested three suspected kidnappers and recovered arms and ammunition.

Confusion in Ebonyi as women protest naked

There was confusion in Nkwegu community near Abakaliki on Monday when over 200 women from the Afikpo-South Local Government Area stripped naked to protest the alleged continued detention of the President General of the community, Ndubuisi Ekumankama, by the police.

Mob lynches armed robber for killing Lagos OPC leader

All hell broke loose on Wednesday on Olaleye Street, in the Iponri area of Lagos State, after an armed robber shot dead a leader of the Oodua People’s Congress, Sanjo Akintoye, during a failed attack.

EFCC arrests Lagos lawyer, Adegboruwa for N61m scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested popular Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, for an alleged N61m scam.

Police arrest alleged killer husband

The Police have arrested Mr. Lekan Shondi for allegedly killing his wife Ronke.

NSCDC arrests civil servant for stealing transformer parts

The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has apprehended a senior civil servant with the Osun State Ministry of Works, Mr. Julius Adetokunbo, for allegedly stealing some components of a transformer.

Nanny abducts one-year-old boy, steals boss property

The police in Cross River State have launched a manhunt for a nanny, Covenant Bassey, who allegedly abducted her boss’ one-year-old son, David Robinson, in the Satellite Town area of Calabar.

Mega city in trash crisis as LAWMA, cleaners fight

There is more to Lagos than urban life and fancy bridges.

The metropolis has a dark side and Christiana Falade knows this ugly side because she comes out by 5am daily to clear some of the mess that many residents do not get to see.

NSCDC nabs seven for diverting fuel to Niger Republic

The Oyo State Command of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested seven men for their involvement in the diversion of 66,600 litres of Premium Motor Sprit from Saki, Oyo State to Niger Republic.

Bus kills sisters on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Tragedy struck at the Ibafo area of Ogun State on Friday, as two women were hit by a commercial bus as they crossed the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

I caught my wife in bed with her ‘brother’, hubby tells court

A 40-year-old man, Mr Sunday Oladipupo, has asked an Orile Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his marriage with Bukola over alleged adulterous behaviour by his wife. 

One killed as fence collapses on construction workers

A perimeter fence belonging to a petrol station along Murtala Muhammed Way in Benin, Edo State, has killed a construction worker after it collapsed on him and four others.

Disowned by family: Calabar homeless children tell tales of harsh street life

I want to go back home, but my father has rejected me outright. He told me he does not want me as his son anymore. My mother died in 2009 and my father remarried. I am not appy that I am in the street,” says 14-year-old boy, Victor Okon, who has been roaming the streets of Calabar for the past seven years.

Pastor Felix Libarty to Tiwa-Tee Billz: Your marriage is under spiritual attack

Following the lingering marital crisis involving popular singer, Tiwa Savage and her husband, Tunji Balogun, a.k.a TeeBillz, the lover boy “old school” singer-turned- pastor, Felix Aigbe Libarty has called

Footballer slumps, dies during league game

The Romanian Cup final has been put back a week following the death of Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng during a league match, the Romanian Football Federation announced Saturday.

NDLEA arrests corps member with 9kg of Indian hemp

The Sokoto State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency on Friday arrested a female Youth Corps member currently serving in Zamfara with 9 kilogrammes of Indian hemp.

Police arrest suspected female child kidnapper in Bauchi

Bauchi Police Command said on Saturday that they have arrested a suspected female child kidnapper, while trying to escape with the victim.

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.