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A 14-year-old girl was declared missing by her parents in Lagos, not knowing that she was in a 43-year-old neighbour's room and they were having sex for two days. The incident happened at Suberu Oje Avenue by Casso bus stop in Alagbado, Lagos where they resided. The neighbour, Mr. Olaniyi Lawal, kept her locked inside with him and they had sex during that period.                          Meanwhile, at home, the girl's parents were filled with terror and assumed their daughter had been kidnapped, so they reported to the police. The neighbours, including Mr Lawal, and the police formed search parties to look for the missing girl. Mr Lawal later released the girl to return home after two days and when she got home and was queried by her parents, she told them she was with Mr Lawal and also confessed that they had sex. P.M. Express reports that the girl also confessed to being comfortable at his house which is why she did not return home despite knowing that her pare

Popular Canadian model   Rick “Zombie Boy” Genest  has died of apparent suicide. He was 32. The Heavily-Tattooed model who was best known for his breakout role in  Lady Gaga 's 2011 music video “Born This Way” was found dead in his home in  Montreal  on Wednesday, according to iHeartRadio Canada. The “Million Reasons” singer also shared the sad news, confirming  that Zombie Boy took his own life. “The suicide of friend Rick Genest, Zombie Boy is beyond devastating,” she tweeted honoring the model who was best known for his breakout role in her 2011 music video “Born This Way”. “We have to work harder to change the culture, bring Mental Health to the forefront and erase the stigma that we can’t talk about it.” “If you’re suffering, call a friend or family today,” she added. “We must save each other.”  Zombie Boy also modelled for  Jay-Z ’s fashion label  Rocawear  and appeared in the  Keanu Reeves  samurai film ' 47 Ronin' .

                             The Sokoto State police command has arrested three suspected homosexuals namely Bilyaminu Yahaya, Jubril Zulkifi and Ahmed Sheu Adil in the state. Parading the suspects before newsmen yesterday, the state police command spokesperson, DSP Cordelia Nwawe, said the trio were among the notorious homosexuals terrorizing the state.  He said the homosexual men and the other 21 paraded suspects have been on the radar of the police for a very long time. Nwawe said the suspects will be arraigned in court soon.

A gamer man who lured a 5-year-old boy using Playstation and Xbox in order to sexually abuse him has been jailed for 21 years. 33-year-old  Anwar Ali  of  Chapel Street  was found guilty of five counts of rape of a child aged under 12, four counts of sexual assault by penetration of a child under the age of 12 and two counts of accessing indecent images of children at  Manchester Crown Court . He was also ordered to remain on the sex offenders register for life. Ali abused his victim over the course of four years from 2003 to 2007. He would invite the boy to play computer games with him on his Xbox and PlayStation in his bedroom and then sexually abuse him before raping him. The victim went to police in June 2017 after experiences with sleepless nights and suffering with OCD which causes him to scrub his skin so hard when washing it would be 'red raw,' according to Mail Online. When Officers from GMP’s Child Protection Unit seized a computer registered to him, they dis

A wife chopped off her husband's penis with a pair of scissors while he was brushing his teeth because she suspected he was cheating after starting a new job. The man, named only as Li, from the Jiangxi Province city of Fengcheng, told shocked medics that his wife maimed his genitals in a desperate attempt for him not to stray. He said his possessive wife attacked him while he was naked in the bathroom at about 7.30 in the morning. After she inflicted the injury on him, he managed to cover his blood-drenched groin to stop the bleeding before taking himself to a hospital. Doctors said they had successfully reattached Li’s penis but warned him to be extra careful while recovering. But reports from Knews and Sohu claim that even if he heals properly, he might never be able to have sex properly again as a sudden erection could damage new blood vessels. Police are said to be investigating the case.

                 The leader of a vigilance group in the state, Femi Ogunleye aka Akilapa, and six of his members have been arrested by the Ekiti State Police command for allegedly and illegally arresting and torturing a man to death. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed their arrest on Wednesday, said members of the suspected vigilance group had been terrorising residents of Ado-Ekiti. Ikeckukwu said the command operatives arrested Ogunleye and his members in the early hours of Monday while being in possession of a fresh body of a middle aged man identified as Oke. He noted that the suspects were arrested while attempting to bury the remains of the deceased within the premises of Ogunleye’s residence in Ado-Ekiti. The police spokesperson named the other suspects as Simon Oluwaghohunmi, 35; Muhammadu Saradeen, 36; Ojo Muri, 30; Peace Okon, 44; Sola Sunday, 20; and Ogunleye Onaopemipo, 20. He said the suspected gang members on J

                                   A 20-year-old woman was murdered by her alleged boyfriend in Oval Maidan, Mumbai, India  on Monday night. The police said the accused stabbed Nasreen Umar Shaikh, (pictured) with a knife around 14 times as he suspected her of having an affair. After murdering her at  9 pm , the suspect Salman Shaikh, went home and after some time spoke to the father of the woman asking him if she had reached home, the police said. Later, he accompanied the woman’s father to Mumbra, Colaba and Azad Maidan police stations to lodge a missing person complaint. The police have arrested Shaikh, 28, a resident of Byculla, who works as a delivery boy with Swiggy, a food ordering and delivery platform. “Salman came in touch with Nasreen Umar Shaikh, a resident of Mumbra, when she was working with Chai Pe Charcha Café in Fort,” said an officer from Azad Maidan police station. They were in a relationship for the last three months, said the police, adding that Salm

A serving youth corps member, Tony Zita, has died after he was involved in a fatal accident. According to a twitter thread shared by The Capital moverment, an organization he was actively involved in, a police rescue team who arrived the scene of the accident immediately it happened, stole form him and allowed the vehicle that rammed into him escape from the scene. Read the tweets below. The thread is quite sad. Continue to read 

                         The FCT police command has arrested 45-year-old married man, Mohammed Sani, pictured above, for allegedly sodomising an 11-year-old boy in the Mabuchi area of the city. According to reports, the victim who is an apprentice at a mechanic workshop, was introduced to Sani by his friend in March and on their first day of meeting, Sani raped him and afterwards repeatedly had sex with him and would always give him N20 to buy biscuits with a warning never to tell anyone.   “When I was at the workshop some months ago, my friend told me to come, saying someone had a job for us. When I got to the man’s place, he took off my clothes and raped me. After he had finished, he gave me N20 to buy biscuits. He told me that if I told anyone, he would beat me. After that day, he continued to do it with me. Sometimes, he would give me N20, while some other times he would give me N30.” the victim said Sani's evil act was uncovered last Thursday by the mother of the vi

                           A bizarre challenge called 'Hot Water Challenge' which involves drinking boiling water, or pouring it on a friend has left a 15-year-old boy in Indiana seriously burned. Kyland Clark  from  Indianapolis  said he was left with second-degree burns when a friend pulled a prank on him last week as part of the “Hot Water Challenge,” news station WXIN reported. Before the incident, the victim and his friend reportedly checked out the challenge on YouTube and decided to try it. According to the news station, while the teen was sleeping, his friend poured boiling water on him, causing serious burns on his back, chest and face. My skin just fell off my chest, and then I looked in the mirror and I had skin falling off here and, on my face,” Kyland told the news station. The teen was rushed admitted to a local hospital, where he remained under treatment for a week, with doctors telling him that his skin will take several months to heal. “To see my

Police in Gombe State have arrested a 50-year-old man in of Poli, a village in Yamaltu Deba LGA of the state was after he allegedly raped, impregnated, and infected a 14-year-old girl with HIV. The suspect, Hamza Musa was arrested at Kwadon market  on Monday  where he was selling local sweets (alewa) by officials of the Kwadon branch of the State Social Welfare Office. The girl (name withheld), who hawks local beverages at the village, was discovered to be six weeks pregnant and also found to be HIV positive after her father Malam Abdullahi also of Poli village took her to a hospital in Kwadon for medical check-up when she was sick. A source at the hospital said when medical personnel at the hospital failed to convince her to reveal the person responsible for her pregnancy, they handed her over to the officials of the Kwadon office of the social welfare office, who subsequently arrested the first suspect, one Hamza Musa. Head of Kwadon office of the social welfare, Malam

21 persons drowned in a boat mishap that took place in Gandi community in Rabah local government area of Sokoto state today August 2nd. According to reports, more bodies are are believed to be in the river. The remains of the recovered bodies have being prepared for burial. See the graphic photos of the deceased persons below.

                            The police in Abuja  on Wednesday , paraded eight vicious and notorious suspected robbers and kidnappers, said to be allegedly responsible for the death of a former Commissioner in Katsina State, Prof. Halimatu Idris on 22 July. The eight suspects were also responsible for the recent killings, kidnappings and armed robbery attacks on Kaduna-Abuja-Kano roads including the  attack on the Director, National Agricultural Research Extensions and Liaison Services, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Mohammed Othman, and abduction of a mum and her seven-month baby. The police said six of their victims were rescued and the suspects were caught after a gun battle with special forces. The suspects, Lawal Tukur, 40; Sulaiman Sani, 27; Abubakar Ahmad, 30; Abubakar Adamu, 33; Yahaya Musa, 33; Kabiru Bala, 23; Rufai Tukur, 26 and Shehu Audi, 32, had unleashed terror on road users on Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway before their arrest by operatives of Operat

A young lady identified as Uche has been killed in Anambra State. According to friends, who are mourning her on Facebook, Uche was shot dead by an unknown person in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state  on Sunday  night, July 29th.

                           Armed bandits attacks on Zamfara State have continued to increase the number of Internally Displaced Persons in Maradun Local Government area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that victims from different villages in the local government area are continuously moving to Maradun town. Five IDP camps have now been established while registration is on going at all the centers. Addressing journalists at one of centers, the councillor, Maradun ward, Sirajo Madugu, said communities from about 50 villages had been sacked by bandits. Mr Madugu said some communities were leaving their villages due to the attacks, while others for fear of imminent attack. He said ”we cannot ascertain the number of displaced persons for now because it is increasing by the day”. The Chairman of the Council, Yahaya Shehu, warned the IDPs to report any suspected person among them, to prevent informers from infiltrating the camps. The chairman said with a

                                  The Marine Police on Thursday said its officials rescued three persons on Pashi river, Badagry, Lagos State, when their boat capsized on July 29. Uchenna Itinyi, the Divisional Marine Officer (DMO), Badagry, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry. Mr Itinyi said the men were coming from Cotonou, Benin Republic, and the boat was loaded with different goods when it capsized. He said the police officers, who were on 24 hours water patrol when the incident occurred, immediately moved to the scene and rescued the passengers. “We were able to save them before sinking, but unfortunately, we were unable to save their goods as everything went down. “I asked them to sit down for few minutes to see if the incident had affected them, so that we could take them to the hospital for treatment. “When I discovered that they were in good condition, I told them to write an entry and released them. “I urged them to

                              The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Nigeria, has expressed sadness over the death of eight Cameroonian refugees in Ikom, Cross River. Elizabeth Mpimbiza, Senior External Relations Officer, UNHCR, Nigeria, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. She said that the information communicated to UNCHR in Ikom showed that the refugees died of fumes from a generator in their room. Ms Mpimbiza quoted Boubacar Bamba, UNHCR Assistant Representative, Operations in Nigeria, as describing the incidence as a “tragedy.” Mr Bamba said that the UNHCR was saddened by the loss of lives. “Any loss of life is a tragedy, and it is heart-breaking when it happens to those who are fleeing for safety,” Mr Bamba said. Ms Mpimbiza said that UNHCR, through its office in Ikom, was working with the authorities to assist those who survived the incident. The refugees were those fleeing Cameroon in the wake of violence in September 2017 a

PIC.1. FROM LEFT: CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF, AIR-MARSHAL SADIQUE ABUBARKAR; CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, GEN. ABAYOMI GABRIEL OLONISAKIN; VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO; PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI; CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LT-GEN. TUKUR BURATAI AND CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, VICE-ADMIRAL IBOK ETE EKWE IBAS. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja held a closed-door meeting with security chiefs and the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Buhari, who presided over the meeting which lasted for about four hours, immediately departed for Bauchi, Bauchi state, on official engagement. In a statement at the end of the meeting, Mr Dan-Ali said he updated the National Security Council on security situation in the country. The minister said that he also reminded the council that the nation’s armed forces in collaboration with other security agencies were doing all they could to address the turbulent security situa

Mr Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of EFCC By Akin Kuponiyi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned another set of three Osun State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials before a Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly benefiting from Dieziani Alison Madueke’s largesse to manipulate the 2015 general election. The three Osun state INEC officials, Gbadegun Abiodun, Oladipo Oladapo and Afolabi Albert were arraigned on five count charges of conspiracy and receiving millions of naira in cash without going through a financial institution. On March 30, 2015, the three accused INEC officials were alleged to have conspired together to accept cash payment of N177.3 million without going through a financial institution. The offence alleged to have been committed by the accused INEC officials of collecting cash payment exceeding N5 million violates Section 18 and is punishable under Section 16 (2) of the Money

The lady pictured on her knees was caught at a market in Abaji, Abuja after she stole the sum of N22,000 from the woman seen breast feeding her child. The money was recovered from her and she was subsequently handed over to the police by the chief of Abaji market.

                                   Philippines  President Rodrigo Duterte  who has been very brutal in his fight against corruption and drug oversaw the destruction of $5.5 million worth of luxury vehicles and motorcycles as part of his campaign against corruption. A video shared on the Government Twitter page shows Duterte watching on as a bulldozer crush 76 smuggled cars and motorbikes, including models by Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche on Monday. The vehicles were all part of a haul of 800 illegally imported into the Philippines, a government press statement said. The President also added in the statement that "You know, before a place can really be developed or a viable place to do business, you have to establish first law and order," he said on Monday. Meanwhile, this is not the first time Duterte has carried out destruction of luxury vehicles. In February, he ordered the destruction of 30 luxury cars, saying selling confiscated cars at auct

The Adamawa state police command have stopped a peaceful protest organised by the state Christian Association of Nigeria. The group had planned to stage the protest to register their displeasure over the level of insecurity in Nigeria. The CAN Chairman in the state, Bishop Stephen Mamza, told the Christians who had gathered for the protest as early as 9am, that the protest would no longer hold as the police has called for its cancellation.  The Christian body had planned to march to the state governorment house where they would present a petition to the governor, Mohammed Jibrilla,. who would then present it to president Buhari.

A jealous boyfriend has been imprisoned for "psychological abuse" after he banned his girlfriend from using Snapchat and threatened to kill her family if she left him. Matthew Bailey, 24, ordered his selfie-loving girlfriend, Molly Cunliffe, 19, to stay away from exchanging messages with heterosexual men on Facebook and Instagram. He even told her she was not allowed to put kisses at the end of social media posts. Bailey was so jealous that he would regularly check Molly’s mobile phone, tell her what to wear, and demanded she sends him pictures or goes on Facetime to prove she was at home or even asleep in bed. He dictated that the only male friends she could contact over social media had to be gay.  Bailey also bombarded the care assistant with phone calls demanding she calls him every day. Whenever she doesn't answer his calls, he accuses her of cheating on him.  During one phone call recorded by a friend of Molly’s following an argument, Bailey