Chinese Woman Set Hotel Ablaze to Kill Lover in Lagos, Nigeria

Forty-seven-year-old Zhen Zhen attempted to kill her lover, Leo Feng, 41, when she set Ernest Hotel in the Ikeja area of Lagos on fire.

The hotel attendant, Emeka Nwaegbo, said this at the resumed hearing of the case at the Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s court.

Nwaegbo told the court that Zhen accused Feng of sleeping with her without giving her food, which informed her decision.

PUNCH Metro had reported that the lovers checked into the hotel on Allen Avenue, Ikeja, on July 4.

It was alleged that the couple smoked and shunned the warning of the hotel attendant to stop the act.

However, around 2am on July 5, the hotel was said to have been gutted by fire.

The couple were arrested by the police and the case transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.

Photos: Chinese Builder Takes A Nap on A Strand of Rope

A Chinese man has attracted attention in his local area by performing a remarkable feat of balance - falling asleep on a single strand of rope used as a make-shift hammock.

Fu Hong, a 45-year-old builder from Bijie, Guizhou province, south-west China, is known locally for hanging up his rope horizontally around town and laying down on it with perfect balance.

He is even called 'Mr Rope-Sleeper' by his colleagues on the construction site and his impressive antics first started to go viral on the internet five years ago.

Despite the fact that he is short in stature, Fu is endowed with powerful muscles gained from his work on the construction site and says he has never been a fan of performing Kung Fu.

'Hero' Boyfriend Sat By Bedside of Girlfriend In Coma For 8 Months... Wakes, Reveals HE Was Her Abuser

Liu Fenghe was media darling as he sat by side of comatose Lin

A ROMANTIC story took a dark twist recently when a Chinese woman who had been in a coma decided to speak out about the reason for her 8 month coma.

22-year-old Lin Yingying was hospitalised after she was attacked and beaten, and spent eight months there in a coma.

Luckily, she was constantly looked after by boyfriend Liu Fenghe, who Chinese media portrayed as the doting partner who never left his sweetheart's side.

Liu even spent 200,000 yuan (£21,700) on treatment for Lin.

Girl, 17, Dies in Chinese Factory in Lagos

A 17-year-old female juice factory worker, Jennifer Onyeche, and potential student of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), has died, after allegedly stepping on an electric cable while on duty, in a Chinese owned company at Ketu, Alapere area of Lagos State, South-West Nigeria.

Sources at the Lagos State Police Command Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Homicide department, in Yaba, told Political Economist that the deceased who has just completed her Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE), has started processing admission into LASPOTEC. He added that Onyeche, however decided to take up temporary employment with Rotpat Nigeria Limited,  a juice factory located at No. 9 Adisa Akintoye Street, off Demurin, Ketu.