Fire razes 94 shops in Lagos

Fire, which gutted a shopping complex at Yaba in Lagos yesterday, destroyed property and goods believed to be worth several millions of naira. About 94 shops in the complex opposite the Presbyterian Church, Yaba, were completely razed.

60-year-old driver rapes mental patient

There was chaos at Iya Abiodun bus stop, Ifo, Ogun State, after a security guard, Abdullahi Muhammed, caught a 60-year-old trailer driver, Lawal Bankole, allegedly having sex with his wife, Tope, on their matrimonial bed.

Kalu: EFCC wants to convict me at all cost

A former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of plotting to convict him at all cost. 

Hired killer falls in love with target, demands sex

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old suspect, Tayo Adeyemi, who confessed to have been hired to kill a female hotel lodger in the Alakija, Satellite Town area of the state.

We lived without food for 40 days –Chibok girls

• 21 rescued girls reunite with parents

• FG: Bigger batch of abducted girls on the way

The 21 Chibok Girls who regained their freedom last week Thursday have revealed that they stayed without food for one month and 10 days while in the custody of the Boko Haram insurgents. 

Customs dismisses 17 officers for drug addiction, certificate forgery

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed 17 junior officers for drug addiction, certificate forgery, theft and absenteeism. 

How hunger exposed Nigerian prostitutes going to Russia

The Cameroonian government has arrested four Nigerian ladies, alleging heading to Russia with a notorious Cameroonian sex worker trafficker, for prostitution.