Two women have been beaten to a pulp by the men of the Ogun State Police Command attached to the Lafenwa Division in Abeokuta, the state capital. The video of the women, which was posted on www.nairaland.com on Thursday, showed the bloodied…
Police arrest ATM fraudster in Anambra (Punch)
The Police Command in Anambra on Thursday said a suspect, Obinna Okafor, 30, was arrested over alleged Automated Teller Machine fraud. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Haruna, who confirmed the arrest in Awka, said that the suspect was…
174 Nigerians return from Libya, says NEMA (Punch)
The National Emergency Management Agency has received another batch of 174 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 1.10am on Friday.They were brought…
Prophet allegedly defrauds man of N6.35m (Punch)
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…
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…
