38 year-old man remanded in prison for raping 8-year-old girl

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Friday remanded 38-year-old Taiwo Coker in prison custody for allegedly raping a minor.

The accused, who resides at No. 4, Unity Road, Ijoko in Ota area of Ogun, is being tried for raping a minor.

He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Court grants man N50,000 bail for allegedly abducting 17-year-old girlfriend

An Abule Egba Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Friday granted bail in the sum of N50,000 to one Ekene Iyadi who abducted a 17-year-old girl.

The magistrate, Mrs Adenike Shonubi, granted the accused bail with a surety in like sum after he pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Shonubi , then, adjourned the case till April 15 for further hearing.

The accused, 25, a motor cycle rider, who lives at 8, Railway Lane, Jafa Bus Stop, Agbado, a suburb of Lagos is facing a one-count charge of abduction.

Man cuts off girlfriend’s breast, dumps her body in pit toilet

The pit toilet where the girlfriend's corpse was found

A  middle-aged man simply identified as Soji has been reported to have dump the corpse of his girlfriend in a pit toilet after she was killed in Oshogbo.

Residents of Balogun area of Osogbo were shocked when detectives from Osun State Police Command exhumed the decomposing remains of the 19-year-old girl, Bilikisu from a pit toilet at Abaja compound of the town.

It was gathered that Soji allegedly dumped the corpse in the pit toilet after she was killed.

Bizarre! Jealous man glues wife’s vagina with Super Glue for cheating on him

A man is reported to have applied glue on his wife’s private part after accusing his 40-year-old wife of having sex with her uncle.

According to report, 45-year-old obsessed wife waved a machete at his wife threatening to chop her head off while forcing her to strip.

The depraved man then ordered her to lie down before applying the super strength glue to her private parts.

The traumatised woman – who has not been named – said she was too frightened not to obey her violent husband who had previously tried to chop her hand off.

Man lands in court for defacing Jimi Agbaje’s posters in Lagos

 A 29-year-old man, Fisayo Olomojobi, who allegedly defaced posters of the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, was on Wednesday charged before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court.

The accused, who lives at No. 2, Amen St., off Abule-Oja, Yaba, is being tried on a three-count charge of conspiracy, breach of peace and unlawful damage.

Man rapes girlfriend to death in Abeokuta

An Abeokuta, Ogun State Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the detention of one Michael Oyejide, 24, in the Ibara prison for allegedly raping his 18-year-old girlfriend to death.

The Magistrate, Martins Akinyemi, ordered that the accused be remanded in the prison pending legal advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution.

 Oyejide, who resides at Ijeja, in Abeokuta, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, rape and murder.

Man brutalises woman on first date for appearing different from her profile picture

 A man who spent close to $10,000 on flight, accommodation and other expenses to meet a woman he met online attacked her after claiming she didn't look anything like her profile picture.

Left is the woman, 32 year old Xiaojin Tuan and right is the photo she used on her online profile.

 The man, 35 year old Huang Mao, said he felt deceived because he thought he was coming to meet the 'goddess' she described herself to be in her WeChat snap.

My wife is a thief, man tells court

A retired civil servant, Emmaunel Osuya, on Friday told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, that his 32-year-old marriage to Abigael for alleged stealing and battery.

``My wife is a thief; she stole my ATM and withdrew all my money without my consent, thereby rendering me financially broke.

``I cannot keep money at home again because my wife will steal it.

Photo Scandal: The man isn’t my father, but…. says Osinbajo

Vice Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has cleared the air on an alleged photograph of his father, which went viral recently.

Osinbajo stated on his Twitter handle that the photograph was taken during a campaign tour in Yewa last week.

A 72 year-old man has nothing to offer Nigerians – Patience Jonathan

Patience Jonathan

The First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday told women to reject Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, “because a 72 year old man has nothing to offer Nigerians.”

Mrs Jonathan made this known during the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Women Campaign Rally held in Makurdi, the state capital.

She stated that her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan deserved the support of women in the country because he had delivered on the promises he made to Nigerian women in 2011.

Man docked for allegedly raping 15-year-old neighbour

A 25-year-old Collins Ezekial, who allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl and assaulted her with blows on Friday in Lagos appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court.

The accused, who resides at the Government Residential Area (GRA) Ikeja, is facing trial on a two-count charge of forcefully having sexual intercourse and assault.

Man denies paternity of last child

A 39-year-old welder, Mr Sulaimon Waheed, has denied the paternity of the last child born by his wife.

Sulaimon told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that his wife, Caro, was adulterous.

The welder was responding to a divorce suit filed by his wife over abandonment by him.

How man abducts 5-Year-old boy in Ogun, moves him to Abuja

A suspected child kidnapper, Bola Adesina who abducted a 5-year-old boy, one Ahmed and attempted to ferry him from Ogun State to Kaduna State, was nabbed after the boy raised an alarm in a vehicle in which he was travelling with his abductor.

LEADERSHIP Friday learnt that Adesina, an Okada rider based in Shagamu Ogun State, carried Ahmed in his Okada on a commercial ride in the town but later loaded him into a luxurious bus travelling to Abuja for onward delivery to his client based in Kaduna, one Iya Oyibo.

Christmas tragedy: Man drowns in Lagos pool

Tragedy struck on Christmas day in Lagos when, Sodiq Ojomo, working with a catering service, drowned in a swimming pool at an event centre.

The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, disclosed this on Friday while reacting to the service activities for the year.

Fadipe said that the incident occurred at No. 3/5, Durosinmi Etti Street, Victoria Island.

The man, Pastor Osinbajo, APC’s game changer

Pst. Osinbajo

The man, Yemi Osinbajo, 55, is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Senior Partner in the Law firm of Simmons Cooper Partners, a law firm, where he earns his living.

He is married to the house of Obafemi Awolowo, arguably the greatest Yoruba politician ever and a distinguished public administrator described by the late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu as “the best president Nigeria never had”.

 Oludolapo, his wife and mother of his three children, is a granddaughter of the late sage. 

 Yemi is from Ogun state originally, but he served Lagos as commissioner and is therefore also from Lagos.

Man dies after allegedly gulping 8 cans of energy drink during a bet

Elijah Nwankwo, of Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi, have been confirmed dead after allegedly gulping energy drink from eight cans during a bet.

This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Ebere Amarizu, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police in Enugu State on Friday.

According to the statement, the victim had on Dec. 11 agreed to drink eight cans of energy drink for N1,600 to be paid by one Chikwado Nchionu, the challenger.

``After taking the energy drink, he became weak and went into coma. He was immediately rushed to a hospital in Enugu where he was confirmed dead by a doctor.

HIV-positive man rapes lover’s 2 daughters

A 32-year old mason, Terkula Iorpuur, of Behind Hemko Hospital, Kanshio, was on Thursday remanded in prison by a Makurdi Magistrates' Court for allegedly raping two sisters.

Iorpuur is charged with rape punishable under Section 284 of the Penal Code.

The prosecutor, Insp Terzungwe Kajo, told the court that the uncle of the victims reported the matter at 'B' Division Police Station, Makurdi, on Oct. 6.

Kajo said the victims’ mother complained that the two children, aged eight and six years respectively, were not walking properly.

``They took the girls to the hospital for treatment and the doctor discovered that someone forcefully had sex with them.

``When questioned, the victims revealed that the accused, who was their mother's lover, had sex with them.’’

Kajo stated that the medical examination further revealed that the accused was HIV positive and had been on drugs.

However, for lack of jurisdiction, no plea was taken when the case came up for mention.

The prosecutor said investigation into the matter was ongoing and asked the court for another date for mention.

The Magistrate, Mrs Lillian Tsumba, adjourned the matter till Dec. 4 for further mention.

Man impregnates 14-yr-old daughter, remanded in prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday, remanded in prison custody a 50-year-old farmer, Yesiru Onajobi, for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter.

Onajobi, a resident at Bogije Street, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, was standing trial on a two-count charge of unlawfully having a carnal knowledge of his teenage daughter.

Man charged for shaving wife’s pubic hair, says “I shaved the hair in order to make her sexually active”

A middle aged man, Oriyomi Adepoju, has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly shaving the pubic hair of his wife, Nafisat without her consent.

The accused, said to be in possession of several pubic hairs when police searched his room in the course of investigations, was accused of shaving his wife’s pubic hair while she was asleep.