Dangote to create 210,000 jobs in agriculture

Dangote Group of Companies on Tuesday said the organisation would create 210,000 jobs for the unemployed Nigerians in agriculture between now and 2018 in agricultural sector. 

3 ex-Kogi council officials jailed for stealing N160m

Justice J.J. Majebi of the Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State has convicted and sentenced three former officials of Bassa Local Government Council, Kogi State to 12 years imprisonment over a N160 million theft.

2 teenage girls wearing explosives die at checkpoint in Cameroon

Two teenage girls wearing explosives died on Monday in Northern Cameroon after being stopped at a checkpoint, an official said. 

30-year-old in court over alleged possession of stolen car

A 30-year-old man, Egbo Nwachukwu, was on Tuesday docked at a Badagry Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being in the possession of a stolen car valued at N850, 000. 

My husband forced me to make a covenant with him, wife tells court

A 44-year-old woman, Susan Lijadu, on Tuesday told a Lagos Island Customary Court, Lagos, that her husband, Folarin forced her to make a covenant with him. Folarin, 47, had in April urged the court to dissolve his 20-year-old marriage for alleged lack of trust and love. 

Man remanded for allegedly killing his friend while hunting

A 38-year-old hunter, Emmanuel Lamidi, was on Tuesday remanded in Prison Custody by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly shooting his friend in the farm. 

Police arrest UPDC workers for stealing N22m

The police in Lagos have arrested three officials working with the UACN Property Development Company Plc, for allegedly stealing a sum of N22m belonging to the firm.

Suicidal man climbs electric pole, says he’s koboless

There was drama on Adebisi Oguniyi Crescent, Lekki-Ikate Round About, Lekki, after a Cameroonian, identified as Fredrick Gino, climbed an electric pole on the street and threatened to kill himself.

23-year-old arrested for dropping human head on road

The police in Lagos State have arrested a 23-year-old suspected cultist, Idris Adebayo, who confessed to have dropped the head of a rival cult member on the Old Apapa Road, in the Oyingbo area of the state.

Impotent boy blames, kills mother

A 17-year-old boy, Iorzenda Agayio, who killed his mother for allegedly making him impotent, has been apprehended by the police in Benue State.

Lagos declares zero tolerance for building collapse

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensure zero tolerance for building collapse in the state, just as it revealed that about 500 buildings that are either defective or abandoned have been discovered, threatening to take appropriate actions on the building if the owners refuse to take ownership of their structures.

Fake town planner nabbed by govt officials

A middle-aged man, Adeyemi Adebayo, who allegedly specialised in serving fake demolition notices and stop-work orders on buildings under construction in exchange for inducement, has been arrested in Lagos.

Police arrest 50-year-old man for raping pupil by roadside

A 50-year-old man, Kelvin Ezeigbo has been apprehended by the police for reportedly raping a 10-year-old pupil, Esther, by the roadside in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos.

Police nab 11 suspects for robbery, cultism

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers and five persons involved in cultism in the state.

Policemen kill father of one during Lagos raid

There was panic on Osogbo Street in the Itire area of Lagos State after policemen on a raid shot indiscriminately, during which a father of one was killed.

One killed, several injured in German train station knife attack

A suspected Islamist at a railway station near Munich shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ has killed one person and injured several others.

Lagos water destroys houses in Ogun, displaces residents

Dwellers of Iludun community, Oke-Aro, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, say they are overwhelmed by the wastewater discharge from Adiyan Waterworks owned by the Lagos State Water Corporation.

How alleged wife killer surrendered to Lagos police

Mr. Lekan Shonde, who allegedly killed his wife, Ronke, surrendered himself to the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday.

ISIS throws man off five-story-building for being gay

The Islamic extremist group, on Saturday threw a young man off a five-story building in Manbij city in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo for being gay.

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.