Grandma, seven grandchildren roam Ibadan streets for food

The Oyo State Police Command came to the aid of a 75-year-old granny and her seven grandchildren found roaming the streets of Ibadan on Friday.

DSS arrests five for kidnapping personnel, three others

Five members of a kidnap gang have been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Service for abduction of one of them, a journalist, businessman and a managing director of a Port Harcourt-based company.

Outrage as 30 men rape 16-year-old, post video online

Two gang rapes of teenage girls including one supposedly involving 30 men that was filmed and posted online have shocked Brazil.

Police arrest 13 cultists for vandalising vehicles

No fewer than 13 suspected cultists have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in the Ilasan, Ajah end of the Lekki-Epe Expressway for allegedly vandalising cars and shops.

CCTV captures customer who abducted one -year-old girl

A Closed Circuit Television Camera at a supermarket in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State has shown that a woman, identified only as Mama Oyin, who disguised as a customer, strapped a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, to her back before allegedly escaping with the girl.

Robbers invade school hostel, kill pupil

Tragedy struck on Thursday at the Nnewi Government High School, Anambra State, after some suspected robbers stormed the schoolboys’ hostel, shooting sporadically.

NSCDC man kills loader in A’Ibom

An operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has killed a truck loader with the Dompec Global Resources Limited, Mr. Chukwudi John.

Boy, 15, drowns in swamp while fishing

A 15-year-old boy, identified only as Ikponmwosa, has drowned in a swamp at Uselu, in the Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.

Police arrest pipeline vandals in Oyo

The Oyo State Police Command has apprehended two suspected petroleum pipeline vandals with 100 kegs of the product in Ida village, Ibadan.

Protesters block Lagos road as policewoman kills driver

Motorists and youths blocked the Igando end of the Lagos State University-Iyana Iba Road on Monday to protest against the alleged killing of a commercial driver, identified as Muyiwa Ijaduola, by a female police corporal attached to the Igando Police Division.

Mob beats rider to death for stealing goat

A 24-year-old man, identified as Ilemobayo Anjorin, was beaten to death by a mob in the Palmgroove area of Ondo State for allegedly stealing a goat on Saturday.

Man rapes 15-year-old girl at gun point in Enugu

A man by the Casmir Eze has been arrested by the police in Enugu for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 15-year-old girl at gun point.

The victim, Marcillus Ogechi, an orphan, is a student in a public secondary school.

Trader dies after paying N10m to kidnappers

A trader, Mr. Kenneth Ekeanyanwu, has died barely two weeks after he paid N10m as ransom to secure his release from kidnappers in Calabar, Cross River State.

ISIS suicide bombers kill 148 in Syria

No fewer than 148 people were killed on Monday in bomb explosions in Jableh and Tartous on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Monday in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, Reuters quotes monitors and state media as saying.

Interstate driver kills passenger over N5,000 fare

Tragedy struck in the Ojota end of the Ikorodu expressway after an interstate bus driver, Eze Gabriel, crushed his passenger, identified as Sunday, to death.

Court remands Lagos teacher for raping 10-year-old pupil

A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the prison remand of a teacher of Maromipin Nursery and Primary School, a private school in Makoko, Lagos, for allegedly raping a 10-year-old pupil.

Policemen celebrated our son’s death with beer, family alleges

The Uchenwoke family in Mbosi, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State and the State Chapter of the Civil Liberties Organisation, have petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, accusing the police in the state of allegedly clubbing 40-year-old Nonso Unchenwoke to death.

Seven feared killed in Anambra students’ hostel collapse

No fewer than seven persons were feared dead when a three-storey building collapsed at Nwagu village near the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, on Sunday night.

Gunmen kill eight worshippers in Sudan’s Darfur May 23, 2016

Arab tribesmen shot dead eight ethnic minority villagers as they prayed in a revenge killing in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, a medic and a tribal leader said on Monday.

Lagos to introduce water kiosks

The Group Managing Director, Lagos Water Corporation, Mr. Muminu Badmus, says the government has designed water distribution kiosks across the state to bridge the shortfall in water supply and connect more residents to the central water system operated by the government.

Octogenarian hangs self in Ondo

An 82-year-old man, Oriola Adegoke, has been found hanging in his room in a house on 45, Ayeyemi Street, Ondo State.

15-yr-old murder suspect escapes from Edo custody

A murder suspect, identified as Gift Edosomwan, who was arrested for allegedly killing a mother and her three-year-old daughter, has reportedly escaped from a juvenile welfare home, where he was being detained in Benin, the Edo State capital.

Nigerian arrested for sex offence in South Korea

A Nigerian man has been arrested for sexual harassment in South Korea.

The man was accused of sexually harassing an Australian school teacher, Airdre Mattner by the Korean authority.

Plateau United player dies in road crash one week to wedding

Fresh from the controversy over the sacking of its coach, Plateau United Football Club of Jos on Sunday, lost one of its most resourceful players, Soboye Shehuin, an auto crash.

Man dies clearing abandoned well in Lagos

A 52-year-old man, Ishaku Lawal, has been killed while clearing an abandoned well on Liasu Road, in the Idimu area of Lagos State.

Man impersonates Buhari, dupes job seekers

As the Federal Government prepares to make N500bn available for poverty alleviation, Nigerians have been urged not to fall prey to groups which claim to be acting on behalf of the Government only to dupe vulnerable citizens in the process.

Kidnappers tortured us over expired ATM card ─Victim

A businessman identified as Fortune, who was kidnapped alongside his childhood friend, Jane, on May 11, 2016, said they were tortured for giving their captors expired ATM card.

Baby factory: Nine pregnant women in police net

OPERATIVES of the Anti-Kidnap Unit of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested nine pregnant women during their raid of a suspected baby factory in Umuikpe in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State.

Your child’s poor performance at school may be caused by snoring – Study

Researchers have found that snoring can adversely affect children’s thinking abilities.

According to data presented at the American Thoracic Society Conference, while periodic snoring is usual in children, persistent snoring can lead to a disorder called sleep apnea that affects the quality of sleep, which in turn, can be linked with concentration and learning difficulties.

I slept with 400 men in five months – 22-year -old trafficking victim

A human trafficking victim, Love John, says she slept with more than 400 men in less than five months in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State.

Love, 22, and her 23-year-old sister, Happiness, were lured into prostitution sometime in January by their eldest sister, Mary.

Police arrest man for stabbing friend to death

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 25-year-old Samson Tella for stabbing his friend, Abiodun Abdulkareem, to death on Tuesday at Iyesi Ota, in the Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area.

Man kills father, mother, two siblings

A 28-year-old man, Adamu Mai Bisco, has killed his parents and two sisters in the Potiskum area of Yobe State.

It was gathered that the four victims were murdered in their sleep with a shovel by the suspect.

12 die after drinking bootleg alcohol

Twelve men have died after drinking bootleg liquor, Indonesian police said Tuesday.

The victims died in Bantul district in the main island of Java in recent days, said local police spokeswoman Anny Pudjiastuti.

‘Why you should not eat apples at night’

Mrs Opeoluwa Olufeko, the Managing Director of Pino Degrees Nigeria Ltd, a herbal medicine outfit based in the UK, has cautioned the public against eating of apples at nights.

Truck crushes man fighting with friend over debt

A speeding truck crushed a motor park boy, popularly called agbero, to death on Wednesday at the Berger bus stop, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

It was learnt that the deceased, identified simply as Agba Akin, had lent a friend some money which the friend, Jimoh, had yet to repay.

Mother of five caught with marijuana, jailed

A Federal High Court in Calabar has sentenced a 35-year-old mother of five children, Grace Asuquo, to one year and six months’ imprisonment without option of fine for being in possession of 400 grams of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as marijuana.

Man stabs sleeping twin brother to death

A 27-year-old man, Mfom John, has stabbed his twin brother, Israel John, to death on Olorunkemi Street in the Somolu area of Lagos State.

Police arrest artisan for killing doctor

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested an artisan, Henry Silas, 28, for allegedly killing a pathologist, Dr. Ivy Umana, of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, at her home in Shelter Afrique, Uyo.

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Councillor tortures nephew to death over missing phone

A councilllor representing Nsogwu Umunze, Ward 2 in Orumba South Local Government of Area of Anambra State, Chidiebere Onyema, has been arrested by police for allegedly killing his nephew, Nnanyere, over a missing cell phone.

Customer abducts trader’s one-year-old daughter in Lagos

A woman, identified only as Mama Oyin, has allegedly abducted a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

Defendant on bail arrested for breaking into houses

A suspected burglar, Lucky Joseph, has been arrested by the police for allegedly breaking into churches and houses in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State.

Pastor allegedly rapes friend’s daughter, remanded

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ibadan has remanded a 62-year-old pastor, Isaiah Akinojo, in prison custody for alleged raping his friend’s daughter.

Police arrest fake lawyer in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a fake lawyer, Adeleye Balogun, at Ota in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of Area of the state.

24-year-old arrested for robbery dies in police cell

The Man Centre Police Division, Ikeja, Lagos State, has raided a nightclub on Oba Akran Road, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, arresting a 24-year-old, Gabriel Faleye, who died a few hours later.

EFCC arraigns woman for N9m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a suspected fraudster, Bisi Olagunju, before Justice Munta Abimbola of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for collecting N9m from a contractor under false pretences.

Ronke Shonde died from respiratory seizure – Autopsy report

INFORMATION reaching us as of 11.23pm on Wednesday says the late Ronke Shonde, who was allegedly killed by her husband, Lekan, died from respiratory seizure.

I swallowed cannabis, says man who killed brother

The suspect who allegedly killed his sleeping twin brother on Olorunkemi Street in the Somolu area of Lagos State, Mfom, 26, says he was not in his right senses when he committed the crime.

Woman slays father for alleged witchcraft

THE Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Glory Dan, 31, over the murder of her 75-year-old father, Mr. Bassey Udo.