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.