Gov’s wife warns parents against child abuse

The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has warned parents and guardians against using their children and wards as hawkers, adding that such constitutes child abuse.

2,000-year-old skeleton found at Mediterranean shipwreck

Archeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old human skeleton at the same Mediterranean shipwreck that yielded the most sophisticated piece of technology, a clockwork, to survive Antiquity, Nature reported on Monday.

Teenager gets six-year imprisonment for phone theft

An Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced an 19-year old man identified as Happy Okotie to six-year imprisonment for stealing.

Suspect steals from policewoman during interrogation

A 28-year-old man, Deji Ayoola, who was arrested by the police in Lagos State for theft, has allegedly stolen money from the policewoman interrogating him.

Man brutalises wife’s niece for using air conditioner

A 27-year-old beautician, Latifat Adeyemi, has been battered by her aunt’s husband, Rasak Alabi, aka Alfa, for allegedly turning on an air conditioner in their house in Solebo, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Graduate impersonates Bishop Kukah, defrauds Oyedepo, Dantata, others

A graduate of Political Science, Jehu Kwasu, has narrated how he impersonated the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah and defrauded prominent Nigerians of millions of naira.

Kwasu said his victims included Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church Worldwide, who he claimed gave him N500,000; the Chairman, Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, N1m; Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, N500,000; businessman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, N2m.

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Six feared killed in Rivers cult clash

SIX persons were feared killed when suspected cult members struck in two communities of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday.

Despite infertility, your marriage can remain strong

The season of struggle is the best time you can build your self confidence and depend on one another in your marriage. Infertility is one struggle nobody ever prepares couples for during the courtship period, a no go area which may be misinterpreted as wishing the couple bad luck in marriage. Today it has become a major life challenge in many marriages, causing some certain kind of pains and confusion when not properly managed. Just like any other complication, it has the capacity to destroy marriage.

Gunmen attack Lagos estate, kidnap four residents

Some gunmen on Saturday attacked Lekki Gardens Estate, in the Isheri area of Lagos State and kidnapped four residents.

Gunmen kill vigilante member in Rivers

Unidentified gunmen on Thursday shot and killed a member of a vigilante group in Omoku town, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Boom time for herbal concoction sellers as men’s crave for sexual enhancers rises

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Police arrest two for stealing journalist’s car

Ondo State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers who allegedly attacked an Akure-based journalist, Mrs. Adeola Adekunle, and stole her car at gunpoint.

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Four fleeing robbers shot dead in Warri

The police in Delta State on Monday shot dead four suspected armed robbers around the Ajamimogha area of Warri after dispossessing a man of N126, 000.00.

Mother solicited men to rape 10-year-old daughter

The mother of a 10-year-old girl killed last month in a gruesome crime that shocked the United States told police that she had solicited men to rape her daughter, according to reports.

Man kills childhood friend after gambling with phone

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Ogadima Nkwaha, for allegedly slitting the throat of his friend, John Effiong, in the Olodi Apapa area of the state.

Jilted 19-year-old student commits suicide

Jessica Beer, a 19-year-old female student of Dyege Memorial College, Akpehe, Makurdi, Benue State, on Wednesday committed suicide after her boyfriend, identified simply as Labi, impregnated another girl and subsequently dumped her.

‘I prepared fake charm to test my wife’s fidelity’

A father of three, Olanrewaju Aluko, on Thursday said he prepared a fake charm for his wife, Tolu, to swear with that she was not flirting around

Family hangs woman, boyfriend over extramarital affair

A Pakistani mother-of-three and the man she was allegedly having an affair with were hanged from a tree on Thursday, with police blaming her husband, brother and father for carrying out the killings.