How I was de-radicalised...

It's become known as the Aarhus Model, a programme designed in Denmark's second city to dissuade young people from going to fight for al-Qaeda or Islamic State. Thirty travelled to Syria in 2013 but only two so far this year - and only one in 2014. Ahmed is one young man who was convinced, a few years ago, to draw back from the first step on a path that could have ended in jihad.We meet in a large, loud, busy Turkish restaurant on the edge of the city, but we don't stay long.

6 children drown, as boat capsizes in Lagos...

Tragedy struck, yesterday, at Irawe area of Ojo, Lagos State, after a canoe conveying 14 schoolchildren capsized. Six children reportedly drowned, while eight others, including the driver, were rescued. 

Shocking! 15-yr-old SSS student commits suicide in Imo State...

A 15-year-old senior secondary school student, identified as Paschal Egbosimba, last weekend committed suicide at Uratta in Owerri North local council area of Imo State.  Vanguard gathered that the deceased, who hailed from Ntueke, Ideato South local government  area of the state, was living with his mother and siblings around Toronto Junction, Uratta, before the incident. 

Police nab 18-year-old man for defiling 8-year-old boy..

The Bauchi State police command on Tuesday paraded an 18-year-old man for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an 8-year-old boy.  The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said at the parade of the suspect in Bauchi: 

Hospital seizes 6 corpses of crisis victims over unpaid N13.5m mortuary bill...

A private hospital in Oleh, headquarters of Isoko Local Government Area of Delta State, (identity withheld), has seized the corpses of six persons who died in Irri inter-communal crisis in 2002 over unpaid N13.5 million mortuary debt. 

42 killed as Boko haram loot homes, shops, set fire to buildings...

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead at least 42 people in two separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, with no let-up in sight to the Islamist group’s targeting of civilians. The attacks in the remote villages of Debiro Hawul and Debiro Biu in Borno state on Monday and Tuesday came before at least 10 people were killed in a suicide attack in neighbouring Yobe.

Breaking news: Robbers raid banks in Ikorodu...

Armed robbers Wednesday morning raided banks in Ikorodu, carting away unspecified amount of morning.  Vanguard gathered the robbers attacked some banks located at Ipakodo, Ebute in Ikorodu. They were said to have used speed boats in accessing the community, raiding First Bank and another bank in the area. 

How I was chained, tortured in the bush by my abductors – Princes Oluwatoyin Omosowon...

For two weeks, serene Akungba Akoko in Akoko South West area of Ondo State stood still, no thanks to an abomination committed by some gun-wielding youths who abducted the regent of the community, Princes Oluwatoyin Omosowon, and three of her aides. The regent and her aides  were abducted on their way from a public function in Akure, the Ondo state capital. 

Gunmen shot dead a Lord’s Chosen in Lagos...

Unknown gunmen, Monday, shot dead Lagos State Coordinator of The Lord’s Chosen Charis-matic Revival Ministries, Pastor Chukwuemeka Okpokpo, at Apple Junction, Amuwo Odofin area of the state.  The gunmen, said to have used a motorcycle, reportedly trailed the deceased from a Diamond Bank branch, where he had gone to withdraw N3 million for the church. 

He stole 25 cartons of MOET wine- Now he is in court...

A 35-year-old man, Joshua Effiong, on Monday appeared in a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 25 cartons of Moet wine valued at N2.9million.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused was alleged to have stolen the wine from one Adu Elizabeth, a trader, who resides at Close 4, Victoria Garden City, Lagos.

Another Bomb Blast at Maiduguri!

Vanguard newspaper reports that at least 20 people were killed when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri a few minutes. 

Dylann Roof's friend: 'He never said anything racist'...

In a recent report by BBC, friend of Dylann Roof, the man charged over this week's shooting in a church in South Carolina, claimed that the suspect had told him a week earlier he wanted to attack a local university.

A woman stabbed to death by her husband over 'infidelity'...

At Ojoku area, around Olodi-Apapa-Lagos, a 31-year-old man, Michael David, allegedly stabbed his wife, Onyinyechi Dennis, to death. Mr. David appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos today.  The accused, who resides in , is facing a charge of murder. Inspector Emmanuel Ajayi, the Prosecutor, told the court that the offence was committed on April 7, at No. 24, Ojoku Street, Olodi Apapa in Lagos.

Charleston church shooting: Dylann Roof to appear in court...

The man suspected of shooting dead nine people at an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, is due to make his first court appearance.
Dylann Roof, 21, was detained more than 200 miles away in North Carolina and flown back to Charleston.

Police are treating the killings as a hate crime.

Breaking News: Charleston church shooting suspect captured...

The 21-year-old Dylann Roof, suspected of shooting dead nine people at a black church in the southeastern US city of Charleston has been captured, media reports said few minutes ago.  Dylann Roof was taken into custody in North Carolina, according to CNN and two local television stations.

Breaking news! Charleston church shooting: Police hunt suspected killer...

US police are hunting for a man they suspect of shooting dead nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Officials released CCTV images of a man they said was white, in his early 20s, and sat in on a bible study meeting for an hour before opening fire.

Man, 40, arrested for kidnapping 97-year-old man in Ogun ...

Ogun State police command has arrested  40  years old Emeka Obi for allegedly kidnapping a nonagenarian, Iposiola Samaiye.  The state Police Commissioner, Valentine Ntomchukwu, who paraded the suspect yesterday, said Obi and members of his gang had kidnapped Pa Samaiye from his home at Ijebu-Esure last Thursday, and demanded a ransom of N20 million.