Boy sexually assaulted, murdered in private school

A boy was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Friday in a private school in Ranchi, India after possibly being subjected to sexual abuse.

Police arrest blind man, others for stealing N20m goods

A 61-year-old blind man, Monday Iruanya, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for alleged robbery and stealing tyres valued at about N20m.

‘I killed 10-year-old pupil because she provoked me’

A teacher in a private school, Edet Umoren, who beheaded a 10-year-old pupil, Precious Adedeji, last Thursday in Esugbo, Itamerin, near Ijebu-Ife, in the Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, said he was provoked by the victim and the head teacher, who is the wife of the proprietor.

US missionary jailed 40 years for raping Kenyan kids

A former missionary convicted of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya was sentenced on Monday to 40 years in a US prison.

Man jailed 10 years for trafficking six girls

A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State has sentenced one Favour Eboigbe to 10 years imprisonment for trafficking six girls to Burkina Faso for prostitution.

Family strips, parade pregnant woman

A pregnant woman was stripped and paraded by the kin of her husband’s first wife over a simple argument in Warangal district’s DC Thanda village in India.

Hotelier arrested for raping, impregnating 15-year-old niece

Apapa Magistrates’ Court

A 43-year-old hotelier, Femi Kulajolu, has been arrested by the police attached to the Isokoko division, Lagos State, for allegedly raping his younger brother’s 15-year-old daughter, Lola (pseudonym).

Man in court over N18,000 pepper soup

A 37-year-old man, Friday Benjamin, on Tuesday appeared before a Gudu Upper Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory charged with malicious damage and overturning a pot of pepper soup at a restaurant.

Overdose of insecticides can cause death, Physician warns

Dr Okezie Emenike, an Abuja based physician, said that over usage of insecticides and fumes could lead to life threatening diseases. 

Thugs kill man, set corpse ablaze in Rivers

Suspected political thugs on Monday set a middle-aged man popularly called Kpom-Kpom ablaze in Buguma, the headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Man, 33, remanded for allegedly defiling minor

Apapa Senior Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded Chibuike Dike, 33, in prison for allegedly defiling an eight-year old girl. 

Housemaids, artisans to pay taxes in Lagos – LIRS

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced that it had widened its tax net to include domestic workers and artisans. The Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, made the announcement at a news conference in Alausa.

Dangote driver accused of diverting 900 bags of sugar

A graduate driver of the Dangote Sugar Refinery, Kolawole Odetunde, has been arrested by policemen from the Ikoyi Police Division.

Daily cup of tea may lower heart attack risk – Research

A new research has shown that drinking as little as a cup of tea everyday may be good for your heart.

Nigerian killed over Messi, Ronaldo row

A man was killed after arguing with a friend over whether Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo was the best footballer in the world.

I Beg for Lift and Rob My Victims of Their Cars - Suspect

Nemesis has caught up with a 25-year-old armed robbery suspect currently cooling off in the detention of operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command.

Dangers Of Being Overweight

Human beings are a free moral agent, and therefore has the liberty to chose whatever they chose , how ever and whenever. This includes eating excessively and indulging in practices that invariably make them unhealthy, by piling on , excess weight.

Loud Whispers: Rev King: Don’t Cry for Me

That is the message the Honourable Reverend King sent out to all of us his followers after the Supreme Court proved one more time that it had powers that superseded the spiritual. Those justices must have very strong Juju for them to be able to withstand whatever Rev. King threw at them. 

Olorunfunmi Basorun: I Hawked ‘Ogi’ to Raise 25 kobo to Buy High School Entrance Form

At the age of six, shortly after his father passed on in 1945, he had lost hope in his education pursuit until luck smiled on him when his mother and stepfather, a year after he dropped out of school, took up the responsibility and re-enrolled him.

Clearing agents disguise N222m drugs as hair extension, foodstuff

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have seized a drug haul worth N222m and arrested two clearing agents who allegedly disguised the drugs as artificial hair and foodstuffs.