236 arrested at RCCG camp in police raid

Men of the Ogun State Police Command in conjunction with security units of the Redeemed Christian Church of God have conducted a raid on the Redemption Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during which 236 people were arrested.

Bayelsa teachers protest against half-pay

Some teachers in Bayelsa State on Friday protested against the decision of Governor Seriake Dickson to pay them half of May salaries out of five months they were owed.

The aggrieved teachers had gathered at the Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Memorial Centre in Yenagoa to receive their salaries earlier promised them by the governor.

Tears as victims of Enugu herdsmen attack are buried

Tears flowed freely on Friday as nine victims of Fulani herdsmen attack on Ukpabi Nimbo, an agrarian community in the Uzo-Uwani area of Enugu State, were buried.

Troops arrest 19 vandals, foil bombing of Agip pipeline

Troops of the Joint Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, have foiled an attempt by suspected vandals to destroy a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company in Okpoama community of Bayelsa State.

Sex scandal: House committee to summon accused Reps

The three members of the House of Representatives alleged to have committed sexual misconduct in the United States are to appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges to state their case, findings by Saturday PUNCH have revealed.

Robbers kill policeman, snatch seven cars in C’River

Bandits on Friday operated in Calabar freely for over three hours, killing an unidentified Inspector of Police that led a team to stop the robbery operations at a popular hotel located behind the headquarters of the Zone 6 Police Command.

Kids made orphans by mother’s death, father’s disappearance

When their parents were together, they never knew what it was to skip a meal. But things started wearing a different look when their father, Mr. Fred Agu, absconded from home in 2011. The children were then too young to be convinced why their dad would abandon them.

Abia governor’s wife rescues indigent nursing mothers detained over hospital bills

Wife of the Abia State governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, extended her hand of fellowship and humanity at the weekend when she rescued seven indigent mothers who were trapped in the hospital after their discharge for inability to settle their hospital bills.

Gunmen kill naval officer, 18 others in Rivers

Gunmen suspected to be cult members on Saturday killed 19 persons in Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area and Obite community in Etche council area of Rivers State.

‘Rate of sexual assault cases, frightening’

Rape incidents and other forms of sexual assault are on the increase. Most are neither investigated and if investigated at all, the perpetrators are not prosecuted.

Children’s place in society

I do not believe in the aristocracy of birth, but I believe in the aristocracy of moral ethics. This is the philosophy that inspires my writing of this piece. Aristocracy of birth has its selfish limitations. That of morality is altruistic – putting others into considerations.

Ogun police arrest six pipeline vandals in new offensive

The Ogun State Police Command in a new offensive has arrested six pipeline vandals in various locations in the state.

Those arrested include four notorious militants operating around the Ikorodu-Arepo axis.

Alfa abducts, rapes Dubai returnee in Lagos

The police in Ogun State have rescued a 24-year-old Dubai returnee from the custody of an Islamic cleric five months after he allegedly abducted her from the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.

Five guilty of Danish tourist gang-rape in Delhi

A court convicted five men Monday of the gang-rape of a Danish tourist in New Delhi in 2014, a crime which put India’s record on sexual violence back in the spotlight.

Shocking! Community where old women marry young ladies

Eighty-three-year old Nwanyidinma looked disconsolate as she sat in front of her thatched, mud house. There was no one to keep her company apart from her little ‘bingo’ dog and a host of chicken strolling round her premises.

34 oil thieves convicted

THE Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps on Friday said it secured 34 convictions recently in its fight against oil theft and pipeline vandalism in Rivers State.

Project Light Up Lagos’ cable vandal arrested

Barely 52 days after the launch of Light Up Lagos project by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the state Police Command, weekend, arrested a suspect attempting to steal the cables.

Pirates ambush boat, kill IYC official in Bayelsa

Hoodlums, suspected to be sea pirates, have killed an executive member of Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, Mr. Diepreye Peters.

It was learnt that the incident occurred on Saturday along Brass waterways in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

I stole cable to settle down in Lagos – Suspect

A suspected cable thief, Obaji Christopher, has told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command that he stole an armoured cable for the Light Up Lagos Project to raise money to settle down himself in Lagos State.

Court jails man 108 years for assaults on children

A court in Turkey has sentenced a Turkish man to 108 years in jail for sexually assaulting at least eight Syrian children at a flagship refugee camp, reports said on Saturday.

The 29-year-old man, identified only as Erdal E., worked as a cleaner at the tented refugee camp in Nizip in the southern Gaziantep province near the Syrian border.