Category Archives: Nigeria

Presented without comment: A criminal gang with the unusual name of the Idiot Family is alleged to be instrumental in a surge in attacks on offshore vessels and other ships off oil-rich Nigeria in recent months.

Arrested Osun goat dies in custody: The five goats arrested by the Osun State Waste Management Agency (OWMA) in Osogbo last week were on Tuesday dragged before an Osogbo Magistrate Court along side their owners. Three owners of the goats … Continue reading →

Firstly: The Rivers State police command said a loud blast heard in Port Harcourt earlier today was that of a missile accidentally fired from an airforce jet on routine maintenance at the Airforce mechanic hangar in Port Harcourt. Commissioner of … Continue reading →

Sodomy: Man Rapes Friend, Then Begs Him With Bread The police at Takwa Bay Division, Lekki, Eti Osa Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a man known as Denis Oteri, 19, and arraigned him before the Igbosere magistrate’s court on a … Continue reading →

Policeman set ablaze in Oyo for ‘killing’ driver A police corporal, Olufemi Ajayi, was yesterday set ablaze in Ayete, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, by an irate mob, after he allegedly shot and killed a commercial driver … Continue reading →

As Nigeria’s General Strike enters its second week, there are reports coming in of troops being deployed on the streets of Lagos.  It appears little progress was made over the weekend (when the strikes were called off and we all … Continue reading →

By being bored to death, that’s how. We are now into our third day of being confined to the residences, or in “lockdown” if we want to dramatise things to folk overseas who may have an influence over next year’s … Continue reading →