Photo: Man attempts suicide over unpaid salaries
A man who identified himself as Agada Okpanachi on Thursday, attempted suicide by hanging himself on a tree in Idah.
Okpanchi, a staff of the...
Student steals neighbour’s car at night, resells for N120, 000
A 21-year-old university student, Opemiposi Okunuga, who allegedly stole his neighbour’s car and resold it, was on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
Okunuga,...
Malaysia’s Mahathir becomes world’s oldest elected leader
Mahathir Mohamad, 92 years old, who ruled Malaysia with an iron fist from 1981 to 2003, is set to become the oldest elected leader...
Landlord’s children beat up couple over house rent
Two siblings — Isiaka Olaleye and Olaide Olaleye — are in serious trouble after they were on Thursday in Lagos hauled up before an...
Man allegedly kills 82-year-old mother, removes eyes, heart
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, Christopher Okadigbo, for allegedly killing his 82-year-old mother, Roseline Okadigbo.
Also arrested was a suspected...
Ebola fear: Nigeria’s airports, borders under surveillance
In an attempt to keep Nigerians safe from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday directed the Federal Ministry of...
95-Year-Old Great Grandmother Arrested For Smacking Granddaughter In The Face With Slipper
A 95-year-old great grandmother had reached her boiling point with her granddaughter who wouldn’t get out bed and decided to called police for help.However,it...
Wife divorces husband who trained her from primary school to university
A Zambian woman, Maria Tembo, has asked a local court for divorce from her husband of 20 years, after he educated her from primary...
Man jailed for 3 years after completing 5 year jail term for same offence
Five years after being released from prison for possession of hard drugs, a 40-year-old man, Olakunle Ayo, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment...
30-year-old woman stoned to death for allegedly having 11 husbands
Somalia’s al-Shabaab insurgents stoned to death on Wednesday a woman it accused of having 11 husbands, residents of a town in the south of...
1,596 corps members desert Adamawa state
The Adamawa State Coordinator of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Mallam Abubakar Mohammed said that about 1596 corps members out of the 2,126 registered...
Police bust Anambra gun dealer, 10 others in Benue-Taraba axis
The Nigerian police said they have smashed two gun running and arms dealing ring and a gang of robbers and kidnappers in the Benue-Taraba...
New outbreak of Ebola kills 17 in DR Congo
Seventeen people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died from Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday, describing the fresh outbreak as...
Nigerian lawyer sues Oxford University over wrong dictionary definitions
A legal practitioner, Ogedi Ogu, has filed a N10m lawsuit against Oxford University Press, publisher of Oxford Dictionary, over an alleged wrongful definition of the...
Housewife kills husband with ‘rat poison’ in Kano
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday remanded 16-year-old housewife, accused of poisoning the husband to death in children’s remand home.
The defendant, who lives...
17 Nigerian migrants sue Italy for returning them to Libya
Seventeen Nigerian migrants who survived a deadly sea crossing last year have filed a lawsuit against Italy for violating their rights by supporting Libya’s...
Son hacks 83-year-old father to death in Enugu
Enugu State Police Command has commenced investigation into the alleged killing of a father by his son at Ojinato, a community in the state.
The...
Codeine abuse: NAFDAC seals Emzor, other pharmaceuticals
NAFDAC has shut down the Peace Standard Pharmaceutical ltd., BIORAJ Pharmaceutical ltd. both in Ilorin, Kwara, and the Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Lagos as it...
New York Attorney General resigns after report of women abuse
New York state’s top prosecutor and a public champion of the #MeToo movement resigned on Monday, just hours after being accused by The New...
Cult member kills man over N20,000 politician’s gift
The police in Lagos have arrested a suspected leader of the Eiye Confraternity, Lukuman Agboola, in the Bariga area of the state, for allegedly...
