Monday, 24 October 2016

My policeman friend led team that killed my son – Father


The father of a teenager, Master Innocent Kokorifa, allegedly killed by a police team in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on August 18, 2016, has demanded justice from the police authorities and the government.

Pastor rapes 13-year-old-boy to cure homosexuality


A pentecostal pastor with the Jesus Miracle Ministries, Awka, Anambra State (names withheld) is on the run after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy.

A source who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the gay pastor was told by a native doctor that his homosexual ‘sickness’ would be cured if he slept with a male teen.

Prisoner jumps to death after sentencing at court


Authorities say a man took his own life at an eastern Ohio courthouse moments after he was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Guard beats salesgirl to coma, steals N2.1m goods


A security guard, Uchenna Okoh, has been arrested for alleged theft of goods worth N2.1m at a shop on Ikotun-Idimu Road, Lagos State.

Sunday, 23 October 2016

Girl, 12, dies after falling into pit latrine


A 12-year-old girl, Blessing, reportedly died when she fell into a pit latrine at Asin-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

Coffee may lower risks of chronic diseases


A daily consumption of coffee may lower the risk of diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, Parkinson and some forms of cancer, a nutritionist, Nike Oshinowo, has said.


Oshinowo, who works with the Gbadaga General Hospital, Lagos, made this assertion on Friday in Ibadan.

22 dead as bus plunges into river


A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early Friday in central Nepal, killing 22 people, a senior local official said.

The bus fell into the swelling Trishuli river, off the highway at Chandi Bhanjyang village in Chitwan district.

Abia police uncover baby factory, rescue pregnant girls


Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Abia State Police Command have uncovered a suspected baby factory at Ogbor Hill, in the Aba area of the state.

Mechanic burns daughter’s eyes, private parts with iron


The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Surakat Idowu, for allegedly brutalising his five-year-old daughter with a hot iron in the Ikotun area of the state.

Man plans sister’s kidnap for being stingy, demands N300,000


A 27-year-old man, Chigozie Egegonye, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly planning the kidnap of his sister, identified only as Franca.

Saturday, 22 October 2016

NDLEA seizes N15m fake cough syrup


The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency in Adamawa State has seized a truck load of cough syrup worth N15m.

11-year-old boy convicted for raping sister


A 12-year-old boy who is believed to be Britain’s youngest ever rapist was convicted after he admitted to raping his younger sister twice when he was just 11-year-old.

The small boy carried out the sex attacks on his nine-year-old sister on two separate occasions while at their home in Plymouth, a court heard.

Foster mother cages girl in bush for five months


A 28-year-old woman identified as Mary Mathew has been arrested by the men of the Ondo State Police Command for child abuse.

The suspect allegedly caged her four-year-old foster daughter inside the bush for over five months at Imafon Village in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State.

10-year-old girl rescued from Italy quake rubble after 17hrs


It took 17 hours and several firefighters to rescue a 10-year-old, Giulia, was from the rubble alive today after an earthquake struck central Italy Wednesday.

According to ABC news, as rescue workers raced to find survivors beneath the crumbled buildings in the town of Pescara del Tronto, about 100 miles northeast of Rome, they spotted Giulia’s legs and carefully removed wreckage around the trapped girl to get her out this morning.

My pastor husband fond of beating me, wife tells court


A housewife, Oluseyi Mark, on Thursday sought the dissolution of her five-year-old marriage to her estranged husband, Jonathan Mark, a pastor over alleged violence and long separation.

Man rapes 13-year-old IDP in Borno


The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Borno on Thursday said that it had arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping an Internally Displaced Person.

Friday, 21 October 2016

‘My husband abandoned me for refusing to abort pregnancy’


A 40-year-old housewife, Amudalat Afolabi, has told an Ilorin Area Court that her husband, Tajudeen, sent her packing because she refused to terminate a six-month-old pregnancy.

Grandma, 51, nabbed with heroin in Lagos


The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a grandmother, 51-year-old Monsurat Akinyemi at the Murtalla Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for being in possession of 180 grammes of heroin.

Woman spends four months trying to revive dead husband


Unable to cope with the death of her husband, a Russian woman reportedly spent at least four months trying to bring him back to life with the help of holy water and prayer.

Chickens forced to skip meals as cost of poultry feed rises by 100%


The recent increase in the cost of poultry feed in the country has been forcing farmers to ration food for their birds.

Findings have shown that the cost of ingredients for the composition of poultry feeds, particularly maize, has increased by 100 per cent.

I made N10, 000 daily for carrying robbers – Okada rider


Twenty-year-old Oluwole Sunday is not your average commercial motorcyclist.

In fact, the only thing “commercial” about his okada business is that while other okada riders transport members of the public from one point to another in the Lagos metropolis, he made his money by transporting robbers on their daily operations.

Doctors remove 40 knives from man’s stomach


A man in India spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed from his stomach, according to the doctor who led the operation.

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Job seeker steals car in Lagos, arrested in Ondo


The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old man, Dele Adeoye, for allegedly stealing a car from the roadside on Victoria Island.

Man returns home one year after being confirmed dead by family


An Indonesian family got the shock of their life after their husband and father, 62-year-old Waluyo, showed up at their doorstep one year after they thought they had buried him. He was pronounced dead on May 15, 2015, after supposedly being involved in a car accident.

Police arrest 20-year-old over Enugu herdsmen attack


The police in Enugu State on Friday evening said it had arrested a 20-year-old man over Thursday’s herdsmen attack in Attakwu community, where a Catholic seminarian was killed.

Mother, boyfriend, rape, set nine-year-old on fire


New Mexico police said they found charred body of a nine-year-old girl who had been raped, murdered and dismembered in an apartment.

Men, beware! Watching TV for hours can mar your fertility


From his favourite sports channels to movie channels, and sometimes news channels, watching television is one of the ways Emeka Okon, a civil servant, unwinds anytime he comes back from work. And on weekends, watching the TV is like a ritual for him.

Police arrest 29 robbery suspects, recover 12 cars


The police have arrested 29 suspects for alleged involvement in carjacking and stealing nationwide.

A statement on Friday in Abuja by the police spokesman, Donald Awunah, said 12 cars were recovered from the criminals.

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

GPS trackers to keep children safe


Keep your child safe with a GPS (Global Positioning System) tracker designed to make you aware of your child’s location at all times. Different gadgets for different budgets, but they all do one thing for you – grant you peace of mind.

Those who almost killed me are walking free — Journalist beaten to coma


Over a year after he was beaten to a coma by his attackers, a Nigerian journalist, Yomi Olomofe, has yet to get justice, ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes

Yomi Olomofe is still a troubled man. Most times, he watches his back whenever he is in the public to convince himself that no suspicious persons were on his trail. He also now wears glasses to aid his vision. He still carries the physical traces and psychological scars from an incident that almost cost him his life 14 months ago.

NSCDC arrests boy, 15, with hard drugs, fake currency in Niger


The Niger State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Saturday, said it had arrested a 15-year-old boy, identified as Umar Alhassan, for allegedly supplying cannabis (otherwise known as Indian hemp) to residents close to Minna, the state capital.

How to enjoy sex after childbirth


Sex after childbirth can be scary for many women; even though childbirth makes them to have all it takes to make their husbands want more sex on mere sighting them; talk of larger (milk-filled) breasts and pointed nipples. It is even for this reason that some men ‘compete for’ or ‘alternate’ the breasts with their new babies.

Special forces kill five Niger Delta militants, recover arms


Troops of the Special Forces Battalion have killed five militants and recovered some arms and ammunition from their camp in Rivers State.

Woman stabs husband for drinking her last beer


45-year-old Tracey Lee Giffin allegedly flew into a rage when she woke up from a nap and discovered her last can in the house was gone.

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Customs seize N20m fake malaria drugs


The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized over 33 cartons of alleged substandard anti-malaria drugs and antibiotics valued at N20m.

HIV Woman jabs boy with needle of body fluids


32-year-old HIV-positive woman jabbed a boy with a hypodermic needle containing her ‘body fluids’ after he flushed her drugs down the toilet.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard Jacqueline O’Neil pricked the 12-year-old, whose name can not be mentioned for legal reasons, culpably and recklessly.

16 die in warehouse fire


At least 16 migrant workers died in a fire that broke out at a Moscow warehouse on Saturday morning, Russian authorities said.

12-year-old boy found hanged after being bullied at school


A mother found her 12-year-old son hanged after he was bullied at school, an inquest heard.

Matthew Wooby, who had mild autism, was discovered on February 13.

FG destroys 15 containers of imported frozen fish

FG destroys Containers of frozen fish

The Federal Department of Fisheries on Saturday destroyed 15 containers of frozen fish allegedly belonging to a company, Food Solution Nigeria Limited.

ATBU student stabbed to death in gang war


Tragedy struck in Bauchi State on Wednesday night when a second-year student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), identified as Yusuf Musa, was stabbed to death.

Monday, 17 October 2016

Boy drowns in water drum, police arrest grandma, father


A two-year-old boy, Eniola Ajakaye, has drowned inside a drum of water while holidaying with his grandmother in Aboru, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State.

Police force woman to remove her clothing in France


Armed police have forced a woman on a beach in Nice to remove her burkini as part of a controversial new ban.

The incident occurred on the beach at the city’s Promenade des Anglais, the location of the lorry attack on Bastille Day in which 84 people were killed last month.

Police arrest two women having sex in park


Police have arrested and charged two semi-naked women for having sex in a park.

Exeter Crown Court heard the two drunk women were found at Pilton Park in Barnstaple on the ground and performing sex acts on each other.

Man stabs woman to death


A 29-year-old Frenchman shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two people at a backpackers’ hotel in Australia, police said on Wednesday.

Two rape 27-year-old man in park


Police are hunting two men for raping a 27-year-old man in a park.

According o Metro UK, the man was attacked as he walked through Goffs Park in Crawley, Sussex, on Friday morning by the pair.

36-year-old man arraigned over abduction of teenage girl


A 36-year-old man, Ezechi Uwazie, who allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl, has been arraigned before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Sunday, 16 October 2016

Police arrest native doctor with human parts in Abia


Police in Abia have arrested a 28-year-old man, who claimed to be a native doctor, for allegedly being in possession of some human parts.

Hotel workers kill boss, disappear with CCTV, car


The Niger State Police Command has started investigations into the killing of the owner of Deploo Hotel and Suites, Mr. Lucky Okonkwo, who was murdered in his hotel in Suleja, Niger State.

Mother kills four-day-old baby by putting him in fridge.


A woman in South Carolina has been accused of killing her four-day-old baby by putting him in a fridge.

66-year-old company driver commits suicide over unpaid salaries


A 66-year-old man, Mr. John Ekue, has committed suicide in the Mende area of Maryland, Lagos State.