The police on Friday arraigned a prophet, Vincent Adewunmi, in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly defrauding one Apostle Austin Okeke of N6.35 million. Adewunmi, 36, of no fixed address, is charged with two counts of conspiracy and obtaining by…
Mental health: One in four young women struggling (BBC)
The official NHS report found young women aged 17 to 19 were twice as likely as young men to have problems, with 23.9% reporting a disorder. Problems are less common in younger age groups, but are rising albeit slowly. In…
S. Korean cult leader jailed for raping followers (AFP)
A South Korean cult leader was convicted Thursday for the multiple rape of eight female followers — some of whom believed he was God — and jailed for 15 years. Pastor Lee Jaerock’s victims were “unable to resist as they…
Boy stabbed to death in SA school toilet (BBC)
A 17-year-old boy is due in court in South Africa today accused of stabbing a primary school pupil. The older boy is alleged to have hidden in the school toilets overnight before attacking the younger boy. The alleged attacker is…
Child bride auctioned on Facebook in ‘barbaric use of technology’ (CNN)
Facebook has come under fire for a “barbaric use of technology” that allowed the sale of a child bride to be held on its site. An auction was held on the social media platform for a 16-year-old girl in South…
Sentinel tribe thought to have killed American ‘world’s most isolated’ (CNN)
The tribe that appears to have killed American John Allen Chau on remote North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal is one of a number of vanishing peoples sealed off from the rest of the world. The Sentinelese, as they’re known,…
We’re the heroes of Jonathan’s concession of defeat, says Adoke (Punch)
A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, on Wednesday, said he and three other former top government officials were the heroes of the decision of former President Goodluck Jonathan to concede defeat in the 2015…
Five dead, 18 hurt as car rams into children in China (Punch)
A car rammed into a group of schoolchildren crossing a street in front of an elementary school in northeast China on Thursday, killing five people and injuring another 18, state media said. Police took the driver into custody and are…
Police arrests five for murder of graduate in Lagos (Punch)
Five suspected cult members have been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of a graduate, Sadiq Saka, near the gate of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto-Ijanikin, Lagos State. The suspects were apprehended by the police…