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October 27, 2012

TICKER: #DivorceDrama: Husband, wife blame each other for sexual and “toilet” diseases

Mrs. Olusola Gbediga has asked the Customary Court Agege, Lagos State, to dissolve her six-year union with Mr. Matthew Gbediga. Mrs. Gbediga said her husband beat her regularly and that…

October 27, 2012

TICKER: Driver jailed in Lagos for stealing spare tyre to treat his child

A truck driver, Efe Godspower, 25, was sentenced to one month imprisonment by an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for stealing a tyre worth N40,000. NAN reported that Magistrate I.O.…

October 26, 2012

TICKER: Shocking: Nanny stabs two children in her care to death and attempts suicide

A mother returned to her luxury New York apartment to find her two children stabbed to death and their nanny lying nearby with self-inflicted wounds, police said. New York Police…

October 26, 2012

The truth shall (not) set you free: Man charged for stealing bible

by Rachel Ogbu This man learnt too late that "the truth shall set you free" comes with a caveat. Ade Akindele, 25 has been charged before the Ojo Magistrate Court in Lagos,…

August 12, 2012

Policeman and soldiers killed by gunmen in attack in Damaturu

by Adeniyi Abdul 10 security operatives were shot earlier today in Damaturu, Yobe state. The victims were one mobile police officer and nine soldiers, in the attack which took place…

August 9, 2012

Man arrested for breaking into homes and performing oral sex on sleeping men

by Adeniyi Abdul If you thought the world couldn't get any weirder, we're here to change your mind. A DJ in Pennsylvanua America has been arrested for allegedly breaking into…

July 22, 2012

Have a crime to report? The Nigeria Police has an email address for you

by Hauwa Gambo Mohammed Abubakar, the new Inspector-General of Police is certainly fashioning a legacy - and it's big on technology. Weeks after releasing to the public a number he…

July 13, 2012

18-year-old tries to rob policeman… in a police station (yeah, it didn’t end well)

by Isi Esene Everyone knows well enough not to play a practical joke on a wrong audience, not to talk of practicing it with a police officer – in a…

May 14, 2012

Osyman Dias: Something is rotten in the state of Nigeria

The only way anything that is going on in Nigeria makes sense is if it is looked at purely through the prism of organised crime. Something is inherently rotten in…

Oluwapelumi May 5, 2012

Man beats pregnant woman, assaults two police women

by Seyi Lawal Tunde Adebayo, a 25-year-old sewing machine repair man has pleaded guilty to assaulting two police women who attempted to arrest him for allegedly beating a pregnant woman. According to…

April 26, 2012

Darwin101: Even robbers evolve

by Temitope Shittu-Alamu Now as much as the robbers of the 1990's should get an award, those of the new millennium are nothing short of outstanding. They moved with the…

April 20, 2012

The Weth Chronicles: The Coleman Massacre II : Buy Me a Rose

Continuing from last week’s story found HERE....... A shot rang out in the corridor at the exact same time the bullet hit my chest, knocking me into the wall. The…

April 19, 2012

Timeline of James Onanefe Ibori: Born on Monday, sentenced on Tuesday

by Joachim MacEbong …arrested for theft and fined £300. The following year, he was convicted for handling a stolen credit card and fined £100. It was a sign of things…

April 13, 2012

The Weth Chronicles: The Coleman Massacre

by Anthony Othuke Ominiabohs I stood before the firing squad. Death raced towards me in the form of a bullet, arched in a projectile I could not distort. For I had…

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