Sunday, June 3, 2018

Police quiz man over alleged attempt to traffic two sisters


The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly attempting to traffick two sisters.

70-year-old woman, others jailed for human trafficking

NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli
A 70-year-old woman, Paulina John, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for human trafficking.
John was sentenced by a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State, for human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

‘Our wives, children are threatened in South Africa’

Mr. Chicaodili Nwanedo is the chairman of Nigerian Union in North West Province (Rustenburg), South Africa. In this interview with JULIANA FRANCIS, he speaks on the 14 Nigerians who were arrested in his province since January and how their wives are coping. He also reveals the threat hanging over Nigerians and their families in South Africa. Excepts:

For Nigerians in South Africa, it’s tale of torture, murder

On April 21, Nigerians woke up to hear the horrifying news of the murder of Clement Nwaogu in South Africa. Although Nwaogu was not the first Nigerian who had been killed by the xenophobic South Africans, the manner of his murder had people dashing to catch the vomiting bowl. 

Offa robbery: I intentionally attacked police station, killed policemen – Ex-SARS official

A suspect in the Offa, Kwara State robbery, Michael Adikwu, has told his interrogators that he deliberately targeted police station and killed policemen for vendetta. Adikwu, a dismissed police corporal, was formerly working with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Kwara State Police Command. 

He drugged, raped and stole my phones, says Facebook lover

Detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command were confused as they listened to two lovers, who met on Facebook, trade accusations. The lady, Precious, claimed that Mr. Ekene Onyetube (25) drugged, raped and stole her phones.

Ex-VC, UNILAG prof in sex scandal

  • Don: She’s a blackmailer, once demanded N400,000 from me
  • Varsity: We’ll probe allegation

A professor of English Studies in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, and former Vice-Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, Olusegun Awonusi, has been accused of sexual harassment by an unnamed student of the institution.