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Man arraigned for raping six-year-old girl
Court Scavenger charged with stabbing neighbour over water A twenty-seven-year-old John Akachi was yesterday arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja for allegedly raping a six-year-old...
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Child thieves on the prowl in Lagos
Children praying at an event Police rescue suspected syndicate leader from being lynched Suspected criminals, who specialise in abducting children and teenagers are on the prowl in Lagos. The police in...
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Easter: Lawmaker to convey 2,000 picnickers to Sultan Beach
Accord Party member representing Lagos State’s Mushin 1 Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, MR. Dauda Kako-Arehas said he would take 2,000 intending picnickers from his constituency...
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Ogun monarch, stakeholders disagree over proposed new councils
Oba Adedapo Tejuoso The Osiele of Oke-Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso and a number of stakeholders yesterday disagreed over the propriety of creating 37 new local council development areas (LCDAs) in...
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Assembly okays N173.8b as Oyo’s 2016 budget
Oyo-Assembly •Lawmakers explain increase in proposal The Oyo State House of Assembly yesterday approved the sum of N173, 769,404,444 as the state’s budget for the 2016 fiscal year. A breakdown showed...
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School girl narrates how grandma was killed
PHOTO: www.ndtv.com An 18 years old secondary school girl simply identified as Joy yesterday narrated how her grandmother Mrs. Clara Uwaifo, 65, a retired headmistress was shot dead by a neighbour...
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Woman who damaged Lagos magistrate’s car released on bail
Court Man arraigned over theft of ThisDay car Osijo Yetunde, the woman, who allegedly drove her car recklessly and damaged a magistrate’s vehicle in Lagos on Monday, has been released on bail. The...
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Absence of applicants stall proceedings in Lekki collapsed building matter
PHOTO: cityconjure.wordpress.com Hearing on the bail applications filed at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, by the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens, Mr. Richard Nyong and one of the...
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‘Our husbands, boys are not criminals’
The protesting women Women in Isale-Eko area of Lagos Island, Lagos, have protested against alleged unlawful arrest of their spouses and children by the police. The women, who stormed the Onikan’s...
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Police rescue pastor from land-grabbers
Builders at a site Their feet stomp menacingly into the building construction site kicking away all that lies in their way. “Oga yin da?” meaning where is your boss in Yoruba language rents the air...
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Man jailed two years for internet love scam
Justice Kudirat Jose of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday sentenced a man, Ibobo Frank, (a.k.a James Simmons) to two years imprisonment for defrauding two American women by posing as their...
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INEC should announce collated results, says Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike • Abe, PDP trade blame over threats of violence • NYSC mourns slain corps member Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has questioned the Independent National Electoral Commission...
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Exploit free maternal, infant healthcare – Enugu Govt
The Enugu State Government has urged mothers, guardians and care-givers to take advantage of the state’s free maternal and infant healthcare scheme. Dr Okechukwu Ossai, the Director of Public Health...
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It’s Good Friday today…
The crucufixPHOTO: GOOGLE .COM Osun offers free train ride for holiday •Clergyman admonishes Christians to be sober Many churches across the world will today conduct Good Friday services. Good Friday...
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Lagos shuts 23 churches, clubhouses over noise
One of the sealed churches, Prayer Ministry, a single shop apartment at No. 4, Bayo Osinowo Street, Ogudu, Lagos The Lagos State government yesterday clamped down on 23 churches in the state over...
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Where is Omunagbe Owolabi…?
Owolabi Edo family demands whereabouts of son, nine months after disappearance The family of Damasus from Ososo in Akoko-Edo Local Council of Edo State is lamenting and groaning over the disappearance...
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Man arrested with pounded human flesh in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command of the Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have arrested three suspects in connection with pounded human flesh stashed in a sack in Lagos State. One of the suspects...
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Group trains boys on gender-based violence
A crosssection of participants at the event The Working Group of Eight (WG8), a coalition of non-governmental organisations working on programmes aimed at curbing gender-based violence held a...
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Rotary provides bags, books to schools
Gbalubi (third right), Ajibo, Olufemi (left) and other members of Rotary with the children of the two schools at the event. It was a surprise package to the pupils and teachers of Olokun 1 and...
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Cement truck kills 4 in Sokoto
Men of FRSC on duty The Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Sokoto State Command, on Friday said four people were crushed to death by a truck conveying cement, at More Junction near Federal Science...
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