LAGOS—NO fewer than 16 persons were feared dead after a 21-passenger boat capsized, Saturday, in Ijede, Ikorodu Local Government Area, Lagos State.

The services of house helps  dates back to the days of old, where a couple picked  younger relatives from the village to the city. Then, such gesture was considered  a privilege on the part of the beneficiary’s family , as it reduced the financial  burden bothering especially on education, from the family.

Abductors of Felix Akinde, a commercial driver kidnapped on Tuesday, have reportedly demanded a ransom of N5 million.

Barely four days after a building collapsed in Mafoluku area of Lagos, injuring eight persons, a similar incident, involving a three-storey building this time, occurred at K Farm, Obawole Estate, in Iju area of Lagos, yesterday.

Lagos—A Lagos State prosecution counsel, Mr. Y. G. Oshoala, yesterday, brought an application seeking to add Mr. Femi Falana(SAN), as a witness in the trial of suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans.

A 48-year-old pastor, Abayomi Adegboyega, is seeking dissolution of his 16-year-old marriage, alleging that his wife always demands ‘bribe’ from him before sex.

Lagos—A 37-year-old clearing agent, Charles Ani, who allegedly hacked into a bank’s mobile application to steal a customer’s N2 million, was, yesterday, arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Igbosere.

ILORIN—A housewife, Mrs Yemi Samuel, who allegedly arranged her kidnap in order to collect N5 million ransom from her husband’s family, has been arrested by Kwara State Police Command.

YENAGOA—A 45-year-old truck driver, identified as Mr. Oliver Osieme, committed suicide by hanging himself inside his room at Etegwe community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday said it had commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the unscheduled diversion of a helicopter owned by Tropical Arctic Logistics Ltd.

Awka—A 27-year-old man, Mr. Chukwuma Enemuo, who allegedly conspired with one Obi Chidubem to sell his three-day-old baby for N150000, has been arrested by men of Anambra State Police Command.

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, Tuesday, sentenced a Togolese cook, Sunday Adefonou Anani, to life imprisonment over the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Switch Ltd, Opeyemi Bademosi.

Notorious kidnap  kingpin and leader of Eiye confraternity in Ikorodu area of Lagos, Mufutau Timileyin Sulaimon, popularly known as Pencil, lost his life during a gun battle with a team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Sunday night.

LAGOS—Following the collapsed building on 36, Adesanya Street in Mafoluku, Oshodi axis, Sunday, Lagos State Government has arrested the foreman, Dada Olaniyi, who was handling the project.

A video has gone viral on social media of a Nigerian billionaire who was stuck in a traffic gridlock on Lagos-Benin Expressway for several hours on Sunday, and called an helicopter to pick him.