Boy rapes neigbour’s five-year-old daughter
Court An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday remanded a 14-year-old teenager (names withheld) at the Boys’ Correctional Centre, Isheri, Lagos, for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl. The Chief...
View ArticleFor lack of evidence, court discharges father who raped daughter
PHOTO: cityconjure.wordpress.com A 48-year-old man, Sanni Idowu, who was alleged to have raped his 15-year-old daughter, was yesterday discharged by an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, for lack...
View ArticleEulogies as Irene Rewane-Damola is laid to rest
Folakemi Damola (right), Bukola Ebisan, Jinmi, Toyin Damola-Akinrolabu, Dipo Akinrolabu and Dr. Biyi Damola during the funeral service of their late mother at the Church of Resurrection, 1004, Estate,...
View Article20 escape death on Gbagada Expressway
It was a narrow escape for commuters, who plied the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway yesterday as their 18-seater bus collided with a Mercedes Benz ML 350. There was, however, no casualty, though some of the...
View ArticleExpert gives fashion advice as weather gets hotter
PHOTOS: mirrorme.me Dr Arikawe Adeolu, a General Medical Practitioner, Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, on Wednesday advised against wearing dark coloured and heavy clothing as a protective measure...
View Article77-year old man divorces wife over sex starvation
A 77-year-old retired engineer on Wednesday pleaded with an Agboyi-Ketu Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 23-year-old marriage, alleging that his wife often starved him of sex. The...
View ArticlePolice arrest more suspects in Ikorodu schoolgirls’ kidnap
Group advocates intelligence-led policing Policemen attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja have arrested three more suspects over the kidnap of three female students of Babington...
View ArticleAkwa Ibom police smash two fraud syndicates
Akwa Ibom State Police Commissioner, Murtala U. Mani The Akwa Ibom State Police command has smashed syndicates that specialise in the printing of fake recharge cards of major networks and those that...
View ArticlePHEDC blames blackout in Bayelsa on lack of industries
Electricity Distribution Company The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), yesterday, disclosed that the lack of industries in Bayelsa State, was the reason for the frequent blackouts...
View ArticleMore tales of woe on the Badagry ‘road to hell’
Another deplorable portion of the road The excruciating anguish of commuters on the international superhighway, Lagos-Badagry Expressway, continued yesterday as more motorists bared their pains to The...
View ArticleLASG to transform TBs into tourist attraction
TBS during the experience 2015PHOTOS: thesheet.ng The Lagos State Government on Friday said that arrangements had been concluded to transform the Tafawa Balewa Square(TBS’s) Bus Terminal to attract...
View ArticleEgbeyemi appointed Lagos environmental taskforce chairman
Lagos State Governor, akinwunmi Ambode Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has sacked the Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Olubukola Abe,...
View ArticleRivers: Situation in polling units calm — Police
The police in Rivers have said that there has not been any adverse security report in the on-going re-run legislative elections in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in...
View ArticlePolice confirm 9 killed in village attack in Zamfara
The Nigerian Police Zamfara Command, on Saturday said that nine persons were killed by unknown gunmen at Fanteka Village in Daraga District , Zamafa Sate. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sanusi...
View ArticleFRSC convicts 54 motorists in Plateau
Men of FRSC on duty The FRSC has convicted no fewer than 54 motorists who violated various traffic rules and regulations in Plateau. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Crawford Oti, disclosed...
View ArticleRe-run poll: Voters commend electoral exercise
Many voters in Saturday’s re-run legislative poll in Rivers on Saturday commended the electoral process, describing it as hitch-free. Mr Dagogo Briggs, a 35-year-old teacher and father of four, said...
View ArticleRivers Election: Wike expresses satisfaction with security situation
Governor Nyesom Wike Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has expressed satisfaction with the security situation in the state as the people vote to elect their representatives in the state and national...
View ArticleRivers Re-run: Peterside calls for improved security
PHOTO: www.naijamighty.com Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said insecurity had remained a major challenge to free and fair elections...
View ArticleYobe Govt. constructs 90 toilets, bathrooms in IDP camps
The Yobe Government has constructed 90 toilets and bathrooms in four Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Damaturu , the state capital. The Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency...
View Article‘Army Yet To Be Served Court Order Against Participation In Polls’
Okorocha Seeks Establishment Of Military Against the background of military participation in securing lives and property during elections, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Yusuf Burutai has declared...
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