Crime

Female beggar begging with babies in Lagos

By Bayonle Adegbola The Yaba Magistrate Court 5 has sentenced a female beggar to two months imprisonment for using babies to beg on the streets of Lagos. The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Olusegun Dawodu, disclosed this in Lagos,…

Gunmen abduct NPC official, demand N500m ransom

Some gunmen have kidnapped the Federal Commissioner representing Bayelsa State at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo. She was said to have been abducted on Sunday evening around the Ogbakiri junction along the East-West Road in Emohua Local Government…

Man settling quarrel stabbed to death in Kogi

A 39-year-old man, identified as Sunday Orishagbemi, lost his life after he was stabbed while trying to settle a quarrel between two men over urination in Zango Daji Quarters in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State on Friday.…

Gunmen abduct IMT student in Enugu

A student of the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, identified as Stanley Ogwo has been reportedly kidnapped. Stanley, son of a Radio presenter with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Godwin Ogwo, was kidnapped Thursday on his way to…