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HERO: Nigerian police sergeant promoted, honoured for producing bullet-proof vest with own hands

Hosea presented a fabricated bullet proof jacket which he manufactured locally and at affordable price to the Inspector-General of Police during a lecture parade.

PHOTOS: One killed, shops looted and razed, as Oshodi thugs trade bullets, machetes and sticks

“Shops were also looted and burnt down. The hoodlums do that whenever they fight.”

Police find lifeless body of 70-year-old pastor hanging from ceiling fan

The man was found “with a rope tied to his neck hanging to the ceiling fan in his room.”

TRAGEDY: Batman dies in car crash

Police say the crash is under investigation, but no charges have been filed.

OMG! 52 male cultists rape 16-year-old schoolgirl to initiate her into their gathering – police

“She would be given sedatives during the process so that she will not physically feel the pain.”

Helicopter crash: Bristow to pay Peter Bello’s family, other victims, survivors over N230 milllion compensation

The helicopter has been recovered. So have the black boxes that will aide investigators in determining the cause of the crash.

UI student slumps during exam, dies after “doctors failed to attend to him on time”

Bolaji was rushed to Ikeja general hospital where the doctors were reportedly nowhere in sight.

Gang armed with charms, gun “attempts” Lagos bank customers robbery

“As the police team closed up on them, one of the men fled the scene with the motorcycle while the other one was apprehended.”

Government houses “sex scam”: The current media lynching of senator Godswill Akpabio

“These agents of darkness are working, overtime, in fabricating non-existent scandals in an on-going campaign of calumny, aspersion, deception, and outright fiction.”

Albino tragedy: 23-year-old Nigerian student “commits suicide” over stigmatisation on “colourless” skin

A 2013 UN human rights report states that albinos are often regarded as “ghosts and not human beings who can be wiped off the global map.”

PHOTOS: Crowd stops tenant who’s got police “backing” from “killing” landlady’s daughter with wooden plank

“He will fight them and then head to Ilaje police station to bring policemen. The police will come most of the time and arrest Izu’s opponents.”

Two lives lost, as baby, 13 others escape death in separate auto crashes

The two men lost their lives in the accident which happened “opposite Tomlas along Lagos-Ore road,” the FRSC said.

HERO: Borno civilian stops suicide bomber from blowing traders, buyers to pieces

“In the process of interrogation, the suspected terrorist blew himself off and died on the spot.”

Peter Bello: “Almost there,” then the helicopter crashed into the Lagos Lagoon

The essence of life is not measured on the scales of longevity for even within its brevity lies the essence of humanity – to fulfill destiny.

OMG! Lagos girl, a student, bleeds to death after alighting from unidentified car

An eyewitness said they found notebooks in the girl’s bag leading them into believing she was a university student.

10 things we know about Lagos helicopter tragedy

Reports say the black box is yet to be found.

Police lay siege to Anambra forest after armed robbers escape

The police said they recovered weapons and live ammunition from the armed robbers.

Fire outbreak at Chris Oyakhilome owned Christ Embassy Church

The fire, which started at about 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, reportedly lasted for about three hours.