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A 30-year-old man was crushed to death by a falling elevator in his luxury apartment building Thursday as passengers watched in horror, officials said. Samuel Waisbren rode the elevator down to the lobby of his 23-story apartment building, known as the Manhattan Promenade, at 344 Third Ave. near E. 26th Street with six other residents […]

A Nigerian man who was allegedly arrested and extorted by policemen for using Google Map on his phone while driving on Lagos road has taken to social media to cry out for help. The man narrated the story of how he was arrested around Ojota area of Lagos via his Twitter handle @Viva_jc. He alleged

A 13-year-old schoolboy took his life after finding out the girl he has a crush on had started dating somebody else. Harry Storey, told friends on Whatsapp that he was feeling suicidal but they thought he was joking. Later that night on March 1 his father Andrew found his body at their home in Chilton,

A Nigerian actress, Damilola Abidoye, has shared a disturbing photo of her two-year-old son who was allegedly flogged by his teacher at a school in Lagos. The actress took to her Instagram page to share the post showing the boy’s back covered with scars from the teacher’s brutal flogging. According to Abidoye who cried out

Kidnappers seems to have adopted a new measure to ensure they stay alive while carrying out their nefarious activities as they now demand for foodstuffs as condition to release their victims. The families of the Chief Imam of Ode-Omi, whose son Abdulazeez Sanni and two others – Adams Bamidele and Jelili Adams – were abducted

The police in Ogun State have narrated how a seven-year-old boy, Joshua Joseph, who was declared missing two years ago, was found with his ‘adopted mother’, Blessing Ozor, in Anambra. It was gathered that Ozor allegedly paid N1.05m for Joseph’s ‘adoption’. Ozor claimed to have paid the N1.05m to a level-13 civil servant in the

The Pastor of Jesus Miracle Church, Jeremiah Ehindero, has blamed the devil after he stole and sold a N1.2million SUV vehicle to repay N650,000 bank loan. Ehindero whose church is at Sango-Ota, Ogun State the devil told me to go and steal a vehicle from the car dealer when his congregation’s tithes and offerings were

A 15-year-old boy has allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded for the sum of N500,000 as ransom. The minor, who was paraded in Jos on Thursday, told newsmen that he initiated the plan with his friends in order to enable him buy clothes and celebrate his graduation. “I was the one who initiated the

A 35-year-old man died in mysterious circumstances while having s*x with a 50-year-old widow in a maize plantation in Sachangwan-Chebyakwai, near Eldoret International Airport in Uasin Gishu County on Monday. The deceased identified as Julius Kiptoo is said to have been on a drinking spree until late night at a local bar on Sunday before