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Police wife allegedly bites off female Sergeant’s ear (Punch)

The wife of a police Inspector attached to Olosan Police Division, Mushin, Lagos, Onyinye Linda Nwadegwu, has allegedly bitten off a female Sergeant’s ear during a minor misunderstanding. She was also alleged to have bathed the female Sergeant, Unongu A.…

Teenager, street sweeper arraigned for allegedly stealing N1.7m jewelry (Guardian)

A 16-year old maid, Zainab Ibrahim, and a street sweeper, Shade Yusuf, 56, alleged to have stolen jewelry worth N1.7 million belonging to one Oyinkansola Olanipekun have been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos. The duo was arraigned…

Man, 58, sodomises two boys as father defiles two-year-daughter (Guardian)

The Gender Section of Lagos State Police Command is investigating one Abdullahi Garuba, 58, a security man attached to Oshodi Isolo Local Government Secretariat, for allegedly defiling two minors. Trouble started for Abdullahi Garuba, when concerned citizens who couldn’t understand…

Handshake across history? –Wole Soyinka

LONG READ! Let us begin with some collective introspection. I have become increasingly convinced that, between leadership and the led, there is only a very thin dividing line, often nearly indistinguishable. There is no question in my mind that, most…

‘Sleeplessness does not cause early death’ (Guardian)

Insomnia sufferers should rest easy as the largest ever study into the lack of sleep found it does not cause an early death. A review of more than 36 million people revealed there is no evidence struggling to nod off…

Four years to go but little World Cup joy for Qatar workers (Guardian)

Stonemasons Ojor and Raju take their lunch break sitting on a pavement near the smart central Doha complex they have helped build as Qatar prepares to host the 2022 World Cup in exactly four years’ time. “I made a mistake…

Two drug addicts drown in River Niger evading NDLEA arrest (Guardian)

Luck ran out of two alleged drug addicts in Lokoja on Sunday when the men of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) swooped on their joint called ‘Bunk’ behind Moremi, where they buy and smoke Marijuana, also known as ‘weeds.’…

California fire death toll rises to 81(Guardian)

The death toll from the devastating wildfire in northern California rose to 81 Tuesday with the discovery of two more sets of remains, officials said. The number of people listed as unaccounted for in the deadliest and most destructive fire…

A devotee to the public good -C. Don Adinuba

Very few leaders I have ever seen who have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of the public good as much as Chief James Agukwu Chukwudolue, Ogbuehi Omeihekwu X1 of Umuezeawala, Ihiala, Anambra State. It is doubtful that he was comparable…

Keep off Nigeria, ex-British minister tells investors (Punch)

A former Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, Priti Patel, has warned investors to be wary of investing in Nigeria. In an op-ed for City A.M., Patel, who is a member of the British parliament, claimed that…

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