Category: Metro

Rape: Afe Babalola Recommends Castration
July 2, 2020 No Responses

Rape: Afe Babalola Recommends Castration

Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), on Wednesday condemned the rising spate of rape cases, and called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on rape matters. The elder statesman, in...
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Airtel Official Bags Five Years Jail For N2.2m Fraud
July 1, 2020 No Responses

Airtel Official Bags Five Years Jail For N2.2m Fraud

A Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere, Lagos, on Tuesday sentenced a customer service representative of Airtel Nigeria Ltd, Jeremiah Mustapha, to five years in correctional centre, for facilitating a N2.2 million fraud. Mustapha, 32, was arraigned on June 14, 201...
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Gynaecologist: Women Bleaching Skins Prone To Cancer Of kidney, Infertility
June 30, 2020 No Responses

Gynaecologist: Women Bleaching Skins Prone To Cancer Of kidney, Infertility

Women in the habit of bleaching their skins are prone to the cancer of the kidney and infertility, Prof. Ernest Orji of the Department of Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, has said.  According to Orji, e...
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FRSC Unveils COVID-19 Enlightenment kiosks, Flyers In Lagos, Ogun
June 26, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Unveils COVID-19 Enlightenment kiosks, Flyers In Lagos, Ogun

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) RS 2 Command, Lagos on Friday organised a media launch and public presentation of the FRSC COVID-19 Public Enlightenment Kiosks and Flyers in Ogun and Lagos States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
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Police Arrest Man For killing, Dumping Wife’s Body In Well
June 26, 2020 No Responses

Police Arrest Man For killing, Dumping Wife’s Body In Well

The Police in Katsina State on Thursday arrested one Abdulrahman Abdulkarim, 40, for allegedly killing his junior wife and dumping the corpse in an abandoned well. The police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident in a...
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Ajimobi’s Death Painful, Says Babatope
June 25, 2020 No Responses

Ajimobi’s Death Painful, Says Babatope

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope on Thursday said he is saddened by the death of former Governor of Oyo State,  Sen. Abiola Ajimobi. Babatope, also former Minister of Transportation, gave the reaction in a...
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Court remands Two Cousins Over Alleged Murder Of Maersk MD’s Wife
June 24, 2020 No Responses

Court remands Two Cousins Over Alleged Murder Of Maersk MD’s Wife

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded two cousins: Olamilekan Goke and Akande Adeyinka, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre over alleged rape and murder of the 44-year-old Mrs Bernadetta Tohouo-Tohouo. The Hungarian is the wife of Mr Gildas...
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Police Record 42 Rape Cases In Kano
June 18, 2020 No Responses

Police Record 42 Rape Cases In Kano

The Police Command in Kano State, said it recorded 42 rape cases in the state between January and May. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 32-year-old man, Mohammed Zulfaralu, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping an octogenarian. The defendant, who resides at Gidan Kwana, Kwanar Dangora Village, is facing a...
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Senate President Mourns Osinowo
June 15, 2020 No Responses

Senate President Mourns Osinowo

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has received with shock and sadness the news on Monday of the death of Senator Adebayo Osinowo.  Lawan condoled with Senator Osinowo’s family, friends, political associates and also the government and people of ...
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Buhari Condoles Ighodalo Over Wife’s Death
June 15, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Condoles Ighodalo Over Wife’s Death

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock at the passage of Mrs Ibidun Itua-Ighodalo, wife of Pastor Itua Ighodalo of Trinity House, based in Lagos. The president made his feelings known in a condolence message released by his Special Adviser on...
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Court Sentences Driver To 15-Year Jail For Raping Employer’s Daughter
June 12, 2020 No Responses

Court Sentences Driver To 15-Year Jail For Raping Employer’s Daughter

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a driver, Francis Apai, to 15 years imprisonment for raping his employer’s 17-year-old daughter in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Sherifat Solebo sentenced Apai after finding him gui...
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Mother Of 13 Gives Birth To Quadruplets In Zaria
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Mother Of 13 Gives Birth To Quadruplets In Zaria

A 34-year-old housewife, Hauwa’u Sulaiman, of No. 70 Alfadarai in Zaria, also a mother of 13, gave birth to a set of quadruplets at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria, on Friday, June 5.Sulaiman told the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Police In Ogun Arrests Lovers For Faking Kidnap
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Police In Ogun Arrests Lovers For Faking Kidnap

The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a 17-year-old girl, Seun Adekunle, and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Basit Olasunkanm, for allegedly faking kidnap of the girl. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the discl...
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