By Evelyn Usman Reports have recently ranked Nigeria as 5th in the world with the highest suicide rate of an average of six suicides per month. Substance use has been attributed as a major factor which leads people to commit suicide. Also, the increase in cases of sudden deaths (such as suicide) among Nigeria’s youths in […]

By Evelyn Usman Drug trafficking and substance abuse have reached an alarming level all over the world. In Nigeria, substance abuse has become a  threat to public health, national stability, peace, and security, as well as an embarrassing scourge afflicting both individuals and the society at large. It has destabilised families, truncated the promising future […]

By Emma Nnadozie A 26-year-old male house help, Chinedu Obi stunned detectives at the Gender Unit of Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, last week when he confessed that he had been sleeping with his employer’s 10-year-old twin girls since 2019 after offering them N200. He stated boldly that he dedicated his whole life to his […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure SUSPECTED herdsmen have reportedly kidnapped nine passengers aboard a commercial bus along lsua highway in Akoko South East area of Ondo State. Consequently, the abductors have demanded N100m ransom from the families of the victims. The passengers, according to reports were heading from Abuja to Lagos A family member of one […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A 50-year-old man in Osun State was paraded by the state’s Police Command for raping his 13-year-old daughter. This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police, Undie Adie, who vowed that the command would not relent in ensuring that rapists were made to face the full wrath of the law. […]