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Twenty-two people have now died in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos, a rescue official said Wednesday. “We recovered four more bodies today when we resumed operations, bringing the total death toll so far to 22,” Ibrahim Farinloye, from …

An Ogbesun Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Wednesday ordered the remand a 41-year-old Prophet, Benjamin Bernard, in prison custody for alleged defilement of his seven-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiye Omoruyi, refused to admit the cleric to bail. The Prosecutor, Kenneth Ugiagbe, said the pastor committed the incest …

A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced one Favour Eboigbe to 10 years’ imprisonment for trafficking six girls to Burkina Faso for prostitution. Eboigbe was arraigned on 12 counts before Justice A. A. Okeke. It was gathered that the 37-year-old man was living outside the country …

A huge public outcry and the pressure on security agents may have been contributory factors to the rescue of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The girls — Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoola and Deborah Akinayo — were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday on their …

A housewife, Kehinde Anifowose, has appeared before an Ikole Customary Court over a debt of N90,400 she incurred during her wedding. A trader, Dele Omotoyinbo, dragged the bride to court, claiming that she supplied Aso-Ebi fabrics valued N90,400 to the defendant during her wedding in Sept 2015 but failed to pay. …

The Lagos State Police Command has rescued three teenage girls abducted from their school in Ikorodu on March 1. Dolapo Badmus, the police spokesperson, confirmed the rescue over the phone on Sunday. “They were rescued in the early hours of this morning at Igbokuta area of Lagos State,” said Ms. …

No fewer than three persons are feared dead and several cars and motorcycles set ablaze as Hausa and Yoruba traders clashed at the popular Mile 12 Market in Lagos State.It was gathered that the foundation for the clash was laid on Tuesday after a Hausa commercial bike rider knocked down …

14 year old Ese Rita Oruru, the Bayelsa born girl child who was abducted by Yunusa Dahiru, alias Yellow but rescued by the Police in Kano, has been discovered to be about 5 months pregnant, very reliable sources have disclosed. Consequently, it was gathered that the white Hijab dress she …

An unknown girl has been murdered and dumped in a secluded part of Abarakata line 2‎ in Ile-Ife, Osun State with some of her body parts cut off. ‎Her head,left wrist and private parts were cut off by the ritualists, who dumped the body after their heinous crime. The dismembered …