Panic as cultists kill ex-convict with stones

There was panic in Tinumola Estate in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Monday following the killing of a 25-year-old ex-convict identified simply as Deji.

Police nab Facebook kidnappers, NYSC member in Anambra

Men of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested four members of a syndicate which specialises in luring victims on the Facebook and kidnapping them afterwards.

Lagos gunmen attack commercial bus, kill passenger

Commuters on a bus on the Ikorodu Road, Lagos State, were shell-shocked after some gunmen in a Camry blocked their path and killed a passenger.

Police arrest tailor for raping eight-year-old

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, identified as Badmos Olajuwon, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl, Favour (pseudonym), in the Somolu area of the state.

NAFDAC nabs counterfeit drug dealer in Calabar

THE National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control in Cross River State says it has arrested a suspected counterfeit drug dealer, Mr. Ernest Chubuike, who had been on the agency’s wanted list.

Ijaws in U.S. pledge support for 60-yr-old JSS 2 student

60-year-old Adalabu Seribor in uniform

IJAW Community in the United States of America, USA, has pledged assistance to Mr. Adelabu Seribor, a 60-year-old Junior Secondary School (JSS) 2 student of Izon College, Bomadi-Overside in Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State.

Police arrest robbery suspects, cultists in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested five suspected armed robbers who specialise in snatching cars in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Governmment Area of the state.

Lagos seeks support for people with Down’s syndrome

The Lagos State Government has advised corporate bodies and non-governmental organisations to embrace people living with Down’s syndrome and explore their potential.

Vigilance group leader shoots six-year-old dead

The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a vigilance group leader in the Umuhuali community of Ishielu Local Government Area of the state, Peter Nwokpo, for allegedly killing a six-year-old girl, Chinaecherem Nwite.

Widow seeks justice after losing daughter to hoodlums

A widow, Mercy Nnah, from Iton Ikono, in the Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has called on the wife of Akwa Ibom State Governor,

Marriage may help fight cancer − study

Married people are more likely to survive cancer than unmarried people, a new study suggests. The researchers found that single men with cancer had a death rate 27 percent higher than it was for married male patients,

Hoodlums attack fuel attendants, steal N700,000

Hoodlums wielding dangerous weapons, yesterday attacked fuel attendants in Kioyer Filling Station along Ogbemudia road in Oleh community Isoko South local Government area of Delta State and allegedly stole N700,000.

My husband moved out, abandoned his children — Mide Martins

Yoruba actress, Mide Martins, has cleared the air over her marital crisis which was exposed on social media early last week.

I don’t want my female genitals anymore – Man with breasts, others

MOTUNRAYO JOEL writes about 29-year-old Oluwaseun Fajilade, who possesses both male and female genital organs:

Woman fakes pregnancy with N20m cocaine at Lagos airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday said it had apprehended a woman, Dorothy Onyekasi, for allegedly faking pregnancy at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, with 86 pellets of a white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine tied to her belly.

One in three Nasarawa children suffers starvation — Govt

The Nasarawa State Government has said one out of every three children in the state suffers from malnutrition caused by starvation.

NDLEA recovers 193 wraps of cocaine in passenger’s socks

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have discovered 193 wraps of cocaine, weighing 3.4kg on a passenger, Maduewesi Samuel, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

‘Kids found dead on church premises suffocated’

The police on Thursday said the report of an autopsy carried out on the two kids found dead inside a vehicle on the premises of Christ Crusaders’ Deliverance Ministry, Matogun, in the Lambe area of Ogun State, died of suffocation.

Suspected kidnappers kill member for alleged betrayal

Nemesis caught up with a kidnap suspect along Sapele-Benin Expressway in Delta State in the early hours of Monday after he and his gang members had indulged in series of criminal activities.

NDLEA arrests woman who faked pregnancy with wraps of cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday arrested a woman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, who faked pregnancy with wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine.