Barber stabs mother to death during argument

The police in Lagos State have arrested a barber, Ibrahim Oluyinde, for allegedly stabbing his mother to death in the Abule Egba area of the state.

Man yanks out neighbour’s four teeth over wife

A 51-year-old civil servant, Babatunde Ojulari, has lost four teeth during fisticuffs with his neighbour, Sunday Akinola.

Church music director charged for raping minor

A New Rochelle man already charged in the rape of a teenage girl is facing new charges in the Bronx after allegations that the sexual contact also happened inside the Baptist church where he serves as music director.

Father kills four children after dispute with wife

Police negotiators laid siege to a house in the country’s south Monday after a man allegedly shot dead four of his children following a dispute with his estranged wife.

Man left to die inside tomb discovered alive

A man who had been thrown down a tomb and left to die was discovered ALIVE by a grieving family member in Brazil.

Police arrest robbery suspects in Rivers

Men of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested four suspected armed robbers, including a 38-year-old female, operating within Port Harcourt and its environs.

NSCDC arrests blind man for aiding criminals

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kaduna State have arrested a blind man, for harbouring, aiding and abetting a criminal gang allegedly involved in cattle rustling, kidnapping and other crimes in the state.

Man beats up, stabs corps member wife

A 30-year-old corps member and housewife, Funmilayo (pseudonym) has been battered by her husband, identified only as Bade, who also allegedly poked his finger into her eye during a disagreement at their home in the Surulere area of Lagos State.

Policeman arrests goat for grazing in garden

Police in central India arrested a goat and its owner for repeatedly damaging a senior bureaucrat’s garden, a local official said Tuesday.

Man nabbed in Enugu for operating baby factory

A 72-year-old man, Mr. Ozor Akpudachie, is being held by the police in Enugu for allegedly operating a baby factory.

12 men jailed for 140 years for raping girl

A gang of 12 men have been jailed for a combined total of 140 years over the grooming and rape of a girl.

Police arrest minor for raping, impregnating pupil

The police in Lagos have arrested a 17-year-old boy, Opeyemi Odujobi, for allegedly raping a schoolgirl, Sade (pseudonym) – an act which has resulted in pregnancy.

Osun pupils remanded in prison over attack on radio station

An Osogbo Magistrate Court has ordered that two secondary school pupils arrested in connection with the attack on Orisun FM based in Ile Ife be remanded in prison custody.

Woman escapes death as van somersaults, explodes

A woman and her driver cheated death by a whisker on Tuesday after their delivery van somersaulted and went up in flames on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

My husband wants to kill me, woman tells court

A housewife, Kafilat Mukaila, has accused her husband, Olaoye, of attempting to strangulate her to death before an Osogbo Customary Court .

Gunmen kill NSCDC officer attached to Ooni

Some yet to be identified gunmen have shot and killed one of the officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps attached to the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.

Police arrest barber, teacher for raping minors in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a 55-year-old barber, Haruna Ibrahim, and a 38-year-old primary school teacher, Danlami Lawal, over allegations that they raped minors.

Trailer kills 58-year-old, crushes four

A trailer driver has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly ramming his vehicle into five persons in the Alakara, Mushin area of the state.

Court jails teenager six months for stealing mattress

An Osogbo Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced a 19-year-old boy, Kabiru Abdulahi, to six months imprisonment for stealing a mattress worth about N8,000.00.

Dead baby resurrects just before burial

A Chinese baby boy who was declared dead and spent the night in a morgue showed signs of life just as he was about to be cremated, local TV reported.