Missing lecturer found dead in hotel room

The remains of a senior lecturer at a North-Central state’s College of Education, was, yesterday, found in a hotel room days after he was declared missing by his family.
Before he went missing, the lecturer was at various times the institution’s Deputy Provost, Academics; Head, Department of Integrated Science and also that of Chemistry.

In Osun: Elderly couple strangled; man kills brother, self

Police in Osun State said they have discovered the body of a 35-year-old man, Joseph Abifarin, after he allegedly killed his elder brother with a heavy stick in Iresi.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Folashade Odoro, announced this in a statement yesterday.
Odoro said the incident happened on Tuesday at about 10a.m.
Meanwhile, the policemen, also yesterday, said unknown assailants strangled to death an elderly couple in Gbongan area of the state.
Mrs Odoro said in a statement, yesterday, that their bodies were found at about 11a.m. at their residence in Gbongan.

SON nabs importer over expired household consumables

Two months after a building of eight bedrooms was sealed up by operatives of Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, in Kirikiri area, Apapa, Lagos, for being stocked with expired and fake products, two other buildings in the vicinity (Comfort Oboh Street) were, weekend, discovered to be stocked with expired household products. 

4 hacked to death as rival militants clash in Benue

ONE person was beheaded and three others hacked to death, while scores sustained injuries, weekend, as rival militant gangs clash at Tse-Igbe, Abaji, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.
The crisis also led to the razing of many houses, huts and food barns with many fleeing their homes for fear of being killed by the armed gangs.

Pastor in abortions saga:Doctor said he was treating me for malaria—Victim

The teenager, who was impregnated by his pastor-guardian several times and subjected to abortions, has said the doctor normally told her she was being treated for malaria.
Meanwhile, two medical doctors and two nurses have been arrested for allegedly procuring abortions on a teenager, who was impregnated by a man that has been parading himself as a pastor at the Agodo-Egbe branch of a popular Pentecostal church.
The victim, who was discharged from the hospital weekend, after being treated of an incomplete abortion, alleged that the main suspect had been sexually violating her since she started living with him at age 10.

Father, friend rape 15-yr-old daughter

A 38-year-old man, Yusuf Oriyomi, and his friend, Idowu Ayigoro, 42, were yesterday brought before an Ikeja chief magistrate’s court, for allegedly sexually assaulting Oriyomi's 15- year-old daughter.
The father is being tried for sexually assaulting his own daughter, while his friend was arraigned for alleged sexual assault on the same girl.
The father, a baker, resides at 24, Ferry Close, and his friend, a carpenter, resides at Arabamo Street, both in Oworoshoki, a suburb of Lagos.

18-yr-old boy rapes 8-yr-old sister in Katsina

AN eight years old girl has been raped by her 18-year-old brother at Janbago Quarters, Katsina, Katsina State.
Katsina Senior Magistrate Hajiya Falile Dikko, while passing a ruling on the case, directed that the teenager be remanded in prison custody for committing incest, till June 29 when his case will be mentioned before the court.

Lynched KAI official: Lagos police launch manhunt for killer-hawkers

The Police Command in Lagos State, yesterday, said investigation had begun to fish out the hoodlums that allegedly stoned an official of the state’s Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, brigade to death.
The Command’s spokesperson, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said that investigation had started and the perpetrators will be brought to book to serve as deterrent to others.

My husband not father of my son, divorce-seeking wife tells court

A divorce-seeking housewife, Mojisola Ajiboye, yesterday, told an Agege customary court that her husband is not the biological father of her son.
She gave the testimony in the divorce suit she filed against her estranged husband.
The petitioner, a 30-year-old nurse, who resides at Shiaba Street, Agege, a Lagos suburb, said she regretted her seven-year marriage to Samson Nkanang, 33.
She claimed that the husband usually abandons her at home and travels on official trips without any form of care.

FALLEN FUEL TANKER: LASEMA, TRACE, others avert disaster

A major disaster was averted yesterday, when security agents and emergency workers battled to keep fuel scoopers away from a 50,000-litre petrol-laden tanker that fell at Magboro on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.
A driver caught in the resultant traffic gridlock said the tanker, with the registration number, MKA 88 YS, belonging to MRS Petroleum, fell at 8a.m., just before the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries bridge causing panic among residents of the area and road users.

I’m being blackmailed for sex

In my student days abroad in the late 90s, life was tough and I did a lot of things to keep going as funds coming from home were virtually non-existent. I slept with a lot of men for money and was able to finish my studies.
I got married and had two children but the marriage didn’t last. Then I came back home. I have a good job (because I’m well qualified), my own flat and a loving partner.

Roger Moore: The first time a James Bond dies

James Bond actor, Sir Roger George Moore, has died at the age of 89 after a 'short but brave' battle with cancer, his family have revealed.

In a statement announcing his death, the London-born family said that the iconic actor had been 'surrounded' by love in his final days in Switzerland.

Sir Roger was an English actor. He played the British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. He is also known for playing Simon Templar in the television series The Saint between 1962 and 1969.

Man punches off hawker’s tooth over 2 loaves of bread

A 35-year-old man, Bolaji Ojo, who allegedly assaulted a woman, Mrs Blessing Ndive, by punching off one of her teeth over two loaves of bread, was, yesterday, brought before a Badagry chief magistrate’s court in Lagos State.
The accused, whose address is unknown, is being tried for assault.
Police prosecutor, Akpan Ikem, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 9 at 6, Eze-Obi Etegbin in Ajangbadi in Badagry Local Government Area.

Woman dies, church burnt in Ibadan diesel tanker fire

Many people were in tears yesterday at Eleyele area of Ibadan, Oyo State, as the charred remains of a woman was being pulled out from the wreckage of an auto crash involving 33,000 litre-truck carrying diesel to a filling station on Ologun-Eru Road.
Three vehicles and three buildings, including that of a former Commissioner for Environment in the state, were totally burnt. 
The only victim of the crash, which happened some minutes past 11a.m., was burnt beyond recognition. The rescue team, comprising policemen, men from the Department of State Services, DSS; Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC; Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and the state’s fire brigade service, tried without success to establish the woman’s identity.

A day old baby sold for N850,000; mother gets N250,000

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos Police Command, have arrested a lady, Miss Onyinyechi Osoneye, 22, along with six other suspects over the sale of a day old baby for N850,000.
Confirming the arrest, Commander of RRS, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, said Onyinyechi was arrested last Wednesday, based on information over the sale of her baby to Mr. and Mrs. Ike Nwata.

Herdsmen invade mosque in Niger, kill 21

THE unbelievable happened in Gbara Ward, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, Saturday night, when herdsmen invaded Etogi community mosque and killed 21 people.
There had been a disagreement between some young men of Northern extraction and members of the community, during which a herdsman was killed.

Tony Anenih’s son, Eugene, slumps, dies

Eugene, one of the sons of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Tony Anenih, slumped while playing tennis with some of his friends at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, Lagos, yesterday, and was confirmed dead at Saint Nicholas Hospital, where he was rushed to.
The incident marred sporting activities at the club yesterday, as friends made attempts to administer CPR on him without success, before he was taken to the hospital.

No fake Malta Guinness in circulation, say FDA

The image circulating on the said fake Malta Guinness

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has allayed fears of the public over a supposed fake Malta Guinness on sale at various beverages outlets in the country.

It disclosed that both products are genuine were imported into the country and registered by two companies indicating “ Reference to comments on social media about Malta Guinness cans, we would like to state that Malta Guinness is a premium brand from Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL), a subsidiary of Diageo PLC which operates in over 180 countries over the world.”

“Both cans trending on social media are genuine Malta Guinness products, brewed in our sister company in Nigeria and a Licensed Brewer in Togo. We’re now in our third decade of brewing Ghana’s most loved Malt right here in Ghana,” it said.

Police rescue victims tied to trees after hand-to-hand combat with kidnappers

AFTER a hand-to-hand combat with kidnappers in Avu Forest near Owerri, in Owerri West Local Government Area yesterday, men of Imo State Police Command rescued three victims tied to trees.
The three unidentified people were abducted on May 6.

Gentry, Mercy Aigbe’s husband, remanded in prison custody for failing to meet bail conditions

Lanre Gentry, Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe’s husband, has been remanded in prison custody until he meets his bail conditions of N500,000 and two sureties, who reside in Lagos and have landed property.
He was docked before a Magistrate’s Court 1 sitting at Ogba, Ikeja, yesterday, on a three-count charge under the State Criminal Law, 2011.

Housewife wants 14-yr-old marriage dissolved over excessive sex

Most marriages are dissolved based on lack of sex, but that was not the case of Foluke Ojo, a housewife in Akure, the Ondo State capital, who approached a magistrate’s court to dissolve her 14-year-old marriage over excessive demand for sex by her husband, Busuyi.

Who's the real Messi?

During the last game between Iran and Argentina at the World Cup in 2014, Messi's 91st-minute goal robbed the Islamic republic of a place in the last 16.

Reza's dad was furious.

'After the game, my dad called me and said, "Don't come back home tonight— why did you score a goal against Iran?"

'I said: "But that wasn't me!"

Cleric's assassination document: Shekarau threatens police with legal action

Former governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has threatened legal action against the Nigeria Police if they failed to exonerate him of complicity in the death of a Kano Islamic cleric, killed in 2007 during morning prayers.
On Thursday, April 27, some national dailies  published a story that documents discovered by The Police at a Senator’s residence at Maitama, Abuja, linked the cleric’s death to Shekarau.

Former Niger gov, Aliyu, ex-Chief of Staff get N750m bail

A Minna high court, yesterday, granted former governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, and his one-time Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Commerce, Alhaji Umar Nasko bail.
Justice Aliyu Maiyaki, in his ruling on the application for bail by the two accused persons, who were arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged corruption and other offences, said he was granting them bail because the offences for which they were charged “are ordinarily bailable.”

I'm sleeping with former boyfriends to take care of my children

I am a single mother of two and used to find it really hard to provide for them as their dad has been jobless for a long time. That changed last year when I got in touch a couple of boyfriends who’d been good to me in the past.

I'm sleeping with my daughter's boyfriend's brother

I have been married for years and have three children amongst whom is a daughter who is in her twenties. Recently, my daughter’s boyfriend came to visit with his elder brother. When I ran into this elder brother a few weeks after the visit, I was struggling to fix my car and he was very helpful. 
He came back the next day to find out how the car was and I invited him in. 
Since then, we’ve been lover and the relationship has taken years off my age.

Sex with my ex is hotter than with husband

In the last few months, I’ve met up with my ex and the sex is amazing. I get so much romance and affection from him than the man I ended up marrying. We are both in our mid-thirties and have been married for 10 years and have three children. 
I hooked up with my ex through an old friend that gave him my phone number. 
Though he has two children, he’s not married. We arranged to meet up at his flat for drinks. When I saw him, my heart started pounding. He didn’t look much different after all these years. As soon as I came through the door, he started kissing me passionately, I felt transported back to the days when we were together. The sex was as good as ever.