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A man, believed to be completely mad, has been arrested by residents of his community who suspected him of being a ritualist. The man was nabbed around the Oye Ekiti area of Ado Ekiti in Nigeria. Information gathered by the residents later revealed that the mad man was actually a …

A man, identified as Udummiri Nwakalu from Onitsha, Anambra State, has scattered the holy bible into pieces and used the pieces as toilet roll. The man confessed that the reason he destroyed the holy bible was because he cannot worship a God who cannot protect his own people and could …

The long arms of the law has caught up with a 27-year-old man, Ejike Okata,  for allegedly hacking his neighbour, Adeyiba Oladipupo, to death. The culprit is now cooling his feet at Ogun State Police Command. It was gathered that Okata had confessed to killing the 50-year-old woman because she allegedly wrongly …

The Ogun state police command has arrested 27-year-old Ejike Opata, pictured above, for killing his 50-year-old neighbour, Adeyiba Oladipupo, at their house in Ayegbami, Ijebu Ode. A statement from the state police command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said trouble started when the deceased accused the suspect of stealing her phone. Ejike …

A man who felt deceived by the size of the wife’s boobs has divorced the woman two days after both walked down the aisle. Mr. Ejike Emeodi is said to have divorced his wife Miss. Christy Nkemdilim for deceiving him with artificial breasts. Emeodi claimed he discovered two days after …

An Ado Ekiti High Court has sentenced a middle-aged man, Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Mosunmola Abodunde, while delivering the judgment on Friday, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and consequently found the defendant guilty as charged. During the trial, the …

At least 180 Ghanaians have been rescued from slavery in Niger. According to Interpol officials of the French-speaking West African country, the rescued Ghanaians all men traveled to the country for the greener pastures only to be enslaved. Documents of 115 of the men who were first rescued had been …

The police in Ogun State have arrested an 18-year-old girl, Idowu Abosede, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Aliyu Ibrahim, to death. The suspect was arrested following a distress call received by Sagamu Divisional Police Headquarters from Seriki Huasa in Sagamu, saying the suspect and her deceased boyfriend were at loggerheads …

The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday uncovered a baby factory in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and rescued 24 babies between the ages of one and two years, as well as four pregnant teenagers. The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mustapha Dandaura, who was represented by the command’s spokesman, …

The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday uncovered a baby factory in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and rescued 24 babies between the ages of one and two years, as well as four pregnant teenagers. The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mustapha Dandaura, who was represented by the command’s spokesman, …