A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced Afolabi Samuel, a pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, to three years in prison, for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m which belongs to the registered trustees of the church. Samuel who is the church treasurer was arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and…
Tunji Adeniran, a butcher in the Ilasamaja area of Lagos State, has been arrested. The man was arrested for alleged defilement of his two stepdaughters, Ope and Ola (pseudonyms), aged 10 and 14 respectively. Adeniran, 40, had reportedly been molesting the girls, who are in Primary 5, for a long time until recently when Ola opened…
Angry villagers have set ablaze two robbery suspects allegedly caught robbing a woman of her Android phone in Akuma Community in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident occurred Sunday evening, February 7, at Afor Akuma Market square, where the woman had gone to buy something. It was gathered that the three-man…
An 18-year-old girl, Winifred Ngutesen Ingyaji, from Ute-Tse-Kpun, Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, bathed her mother, Mrs. Mbachirin Ashiekaa to death with hot water. The suspect also injured her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennifer Betsee, who is currently receiving treatment at Bishop Murray Hospital Makurdi. A few weeks ago, a similar incident occurred in Makurdi…
What is this world changing to, especially among our growing youths? Does it now mean that People are No longer Mindful of what they post Online, things that are supposed to be Kept confidential is now being Exposed on the social media. Does this really mean love is blind or its the height of stupidity?…
A woman received a “Certificate of Participation ” from her boyfriend immediately after sexual intercourse. The woman name Irene Merrow shared a photo of the certificate with the caption: “My boyfriend handed me this immediately after sex. I am losing my mind. “ Her full name was written on the certificate awarded on Feb 3,…
Following a misunderstanding that broke out between some labourers and some expatriate at a mining site in Osun State, three Chinese expatriates have been reportedly kidnapped. It was gathered that fight ensued between the expatriates and labourers, mainly from the north on Monday, at a mining site located in Akere village, Ifewara in Atakumosa-West local…
The Footage shared by a lawyer and political activist Esq. Cole shows residents of Oluwatuyi in Akure beating a naked man accused of raping a woman and trying to pluck out her eyes. In the graphic footage, the victim is seen lying naked beside her alleged attacker, with blood on the floor beside her body….
A young barber from Benue State identified as Elijah Ode has been reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy. According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young man, who is also a student, was arrested last Wednesday, after two of his customers were caught with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. His cousin, Sunday Ukenya, who confirmed…
A 47-year-old driver, Kehinde Ilesanmi, was on Monday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing Guinness Brewery products worth N1.2 million. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. He, however, denied committing the offences. The Prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Ajayi, had told the court that the defendant…
