CHRIS BROWN BOOST UP SECURITY FOLLOWING ARMED ROBBERY

R&B star Chris Brown has reportedly employed a 24-hour security team after armed robbers targeted his home earlier this month.
The Kiss Kiss hitmaker’s house in California’s San Fernando Valley was raided by thieves who made off with money and other belongings after forcing the star’s aunt into a closet.

ARGENTINIAN OFFICIALS WITHDRAW OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT FOR JUSTIN BIEBER

Court officials in Argentina have reportedly ordered the withdrawal of an outstanding arrest warrant against Justin Bieber stemming from an alleged attack on a local paparazzo in 2013.
The Baby hitmaker become a wanted man in the Latin American country after failing to return to Buenos Aires for police questioning over an incident with photographer Diego Pesoa in November 2013.

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS HOME OF NEW ARMY CHIEF

Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday burned down houses, including the family home of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Tukur Baratai, in a village in the North-east of the country, a policeman, military source and witnesses told Reuters.

TIWA SAVAGE WELCOME HER FIRST CHILD (SEE PHOTO)

Singer Tiwa Savage just welcomed her first child - a son. She gave birth today at St Mary's Hospital in London. Big congrats to them

PRESIDENT BUHARI REJECTS OBAMA’S GAY MARRIAGE

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the gay marriage offer by the United States of America, stating that sodomy is against the law of Nigeria and abhorrent to our culture.

SEVERAL KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN MARKET SUICIDE BOMBING

At least ten people are reported to have been killed and several others wounded in a suicide attack in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, officials have said.

Dr Naqibullah Fayeq, a prominent member of parliament, said the blast happened in Alamar district’s main market.

BUHARI VOWS NOT TO SPARE ANY CORRUPT APC MEMBER

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government will not spare any member of the All Progressives Congress as well as associates found culpable of corruption.

The President, who is currently on a four-day visit to the United States President, Barack Obama, said this during an interview with the CNN anchor, Christiane Amanpour.

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING A 5 YEAR BOY

A 23-year-old woman, who was arrested by men of the Rivers State Police Command, has confessed how he stole a five-year-old boy from his parents.

The suspect, Chisa Ejionwu, said she decided to steal the boy after she was told that her chances of having a baby were slim.

30 YEAR GRADUATE RAPES SICKLE CELL WOMAN

A graduate of the University of Lagos, Imonitie Ilen-Otuma, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman in the Lekki area of Lagos.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Imonitie, who studied Estate Management, had earlier been arrested in May for raping a colleague, and had been freed when the victim’s family agreed to withdraw the case.

MUSICIAN ARRESTED FOR DEFRAUDING PENSIONER OF N40M

A 35-year-old gospel musician, Olalekan Opaleye, has been arrested by policemen attached to the X-Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly obtaining the sum of N40m from a pensioner, Mr. Michael Shote, under false pretences.

Shote, who retired from a telecommunication company in London, and the suspect were said to have known each other two years ago, when the former reportedly told him to quit driving and promised to sponsor his musical career.

KEKE DRIVER ARRAIGNED FOR RAPING PASSENGER

A 31-year-old man, Obinna Ezechukwu, who allegedly raped his customer was on Wednesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

The accused, a tricycle operator, who lives at 1, Olusegun Close, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, is facing three counts of obtaining by false pretences, stealing and rape.

BUHARI ACCUSES JONATHAN MINISTERS OF STEALING ONE MILLION BARRELS CRUDE

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday confirmed that he had started receiving some documents which indicted some former ministers and other top government officials of massive fraud, including oil theft.

INDIAN MAN CONFESSES TO MULTIPLE CHILD MURDERS

Indian police said Monday they are investigating whether a man arrested for the murder and sexual assault of a six-year-old girl may have been a serial child killer after he confessed to 14 more crimes.

EX-CHAD DICTATOR ON TRIAL FOR ATROCITIES IN SENEGAL

Senegal prepared Monday to begin the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, 25 years after he fled there following an eight-year bloodsoaked reign of terror at home.

Once dubbed “Africa’s Pinochet”, the 72-year-old has been in custody in Senegal since his arrest in June 2013 at the home he shared in an affluent suburb of Dakar with his wife and children.

2 DIE IN LAGOS SALLAH FIRE DISASTERS

Tragedy struck on Friday and Saturday in Lagos State after a 37-year-old man, Lekan Are, and a 15-year-old teenager, Olamilekan Eniola, were killed in separate fire incidents in the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Are was burnt to death in the toilet, where he was trapped, after fire engulfed a three-storey building at Olushi, Lagos Island, while Eniola was killed in a fire incident in the Ilasamaja, Oshodi-Isolo area of the state.