EFCC operative batters, abandons lover over refusal to abort pregnancy

A teenager, who alleged that she had been abandoned after being impregnated by an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has appealed to authorities of the commission to intervene.

Police arraign boy for beating 60-year-old over dog

The Lagos State Police Command has brought a boy, Arinze Opiomachie, before a Tinubu Magustrates’ Court for allegedly beating up his 60-year-old neighbour, Mrs. Tina Emebele.

Undergraduates rape, rob job seeker, take nude photos

The police in Lagos have arrested two undergraduates for allegedly raping a job-seeker, identified only as Nike, and robbing her of valuables in the Igando area of the state.

Fire destroys shops, filling station in Lagos

No fewer than 200 shops were destroyed on Thursday after fire razed some sections of the sawmill in the Jakande Market, in the Ikosi-Ketu area of Lagos State.

2 ‘lunatics’ caught with rotting human head in Osun

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun Command, has arrested two suspects, who pretended to be mad, for being in possession of a decomposing human head.

Hoodlums cut Lagos firefighter’s ear, damage truck

No fewer than five firefighters with the Lagos State Fire Service were injured in the Ajegunle and Surulere areas of Lagos State.

Human fetus found outside Catholic Charities’ office

A human fetus was found inside a box outside a Catholic Charities’ office in Trenton, New Jersey, police tellWPVI-TV in Philadelphia.

Carpenter, wife killed in high -tension wire tragedy

There was confusion in the Mushin area of Lagos State after a 51-year-old carpenter, Muritador Ajayi, was electrocuted by a live high-tension wire.

Seven men abduct, gang-rape fashion designer

A fashion designer, Funmi (pseudonym), has been abducted and gang-raped by seven men on Powerline Road, Oko Oba, in the Agege area of Lagos State.

Police arrest diploma holder for assaulting pregnant woman

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a diploma holder, Samuel Onochie, for allegedly sexually assaulting a pregnant woman, Esther (pseudonym), in Jakande, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.

Lagos goes after cultists, gangsters

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni

The Lagos State Government says it has decided that there is no room for cultism in the state, adding that anyone found engaging in cultism and criminal activities will be decisively dealt with.

Suicide bombers attack Chibok, kill 14

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai

No fewer than 14 persons were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack on the Chibok Market in Borno State.

Lassa Fever: Second Death Recorded In Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide Idris, on Tuesday disclosed that Lagos State has recorded twenty (20) suspected cases of Lassa Fever as at January 26, 2016, since the outbreak of the disease in the country in November, 2015.

Three corpses exhumed from Enugu building

Three decomposing corpses and a human skull were exhumed on Monday from the foundation of a building located in the Ugwuaji area of Enugu, on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. The building is under construction.

Ogun police arrest man for killing friend

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali

The men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Lamidi Yusuf of Opeji Village in the Odeda Local Government Area for killing his friend, Oladepo Abiola.

Traffic warden knocks out motorist’s teeth over N50

There was pandemonium at the Omole bus stop on Oba Ogunnusi Road in the Ojodu area of Lagos State on Tuesday after a traffic warden, Sunday Charles, engaged in fisticuffs with a motorist, identified only as Kingsley.

Family abandons Lassa fever victim’s corpse in National Hospital

About two weeks after his death, the corpse of the patient that died of Lassa fever is still at the National Hospital in Abuja and yet to be buried.

Police arrest woman for selling her baby for N300,000

The police in Bayelsa State have said their operatives have apprehended a woman for selling her three-month-old baby.

Man picks prescription papers, makes N300,000 begging

Olatunbosun and Ajayi

A suspected drug addict, Kehinde Olatubosun, says he picks prescription papers from the waste bins of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, and has made over N300,000 in one month, begging Lagosians to help him with money to buy the drugs.

I know my four-year-old brother’s abductor – Sister, 8

Oyindamola Ojelabi, the eight-year-old sister of a Nursery 1 pupil, Michael Ojelabi, who was abducted on Wednesday, says she knows the captor of her four-year-old brother.