Girl gang-raped by boyfriend, 3 others

DETECTIVES from Ondo State Police Command have arrested four students of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, for allegedly gang-raping a female student of the institution.
The victim is a girlfriend of one of the suspects.
The suspects, according to a police source, are student in the Department of Business Education in the institution.
Police source said the victim, who is on admission in a private hospital, was raped at a residence in Oka area of the town until she became unconscious.

Court acquits suspect over HIV status

Magistrate M. Opeagbe of an Igbosere Magistrate’s court, yesterday, discharged and acquitted a HIV positive and tuberculosis patient, Aliu Musa, 38, who allegedly stole an i-Pad valued at N85,000.
The magistrate discharged him of the theft based on his health status, adding that she did not want him to go and infect other inmates in the prison, if sent there.
The defendant, who was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, pleaded guilty to the charges against him.
Musa, who was coughing out blood in court while the charge was being read to him, was handed tissue paper by the magistrate to cover his mouth.

Woman stabs 3-yr-old son to death

A woman,yesterday, went berserk at Otta in Ado-Odo Local Government Area of Ogun State, stabbing her three-year-old son to death.
Identified as Funmilayo Adeyanju, she allegedly stabbed her child, Emmanuel, several times on the head and other parts of the body with a knife.
It was alleged that the child was a product of an incestuous relationship between the woman and her own biological father.

Comedy of uniforms as policemen are arrested over checkpoint

A mild drama unfolded yesterday at Okota area of Lagos when some policemen, who mounted illegal checkpoint, took to their heels to evade arrest by policemen attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force.
The fleeing policemen reportedly fired some shots into the air, apparently to clear the way for their escape.
Unfortunately for two of them, they were arrested and whisked into the task force's waiting van.
Eyewitnesses said: “The policemen mounted an illegal checkpoint in front of UBA bank, which caused a hitch in traffic on the already bad road.
“All of a sudden, we saw them running and shooting. Everyone concluded they had seen robbers and we also fled for dear life. One of the policemen jumped into a motorbike, while the other two were struggling for who to board the bike first.

I am about to lost my Airtel SIM card

I had to be sure it is Airtel, because I have been witness to too many changes of name since I bought my line in 2006 or '05. A friend said the present name, starting with 'A', is a strategic move, since they still have 25 alphabets to pick from.

Anyway, what's in a name? The service is what matters. And right now, I don tire. I can't explain how my airtime disappears. If I by mistake put on the data connection, Usain Bolt will envy the speed at which my airtime hit the N0.00 mark.

Even if I do not recharge in the region of N100,000, or even its half-way mark, I have this conviction that some unexplained disappearing acts is been executed by a dubious computer or human being.

Well, they have millions of subscribers, so if I dump that SIM card, it won't make any difference. But they should make sure I am the only one grumbling. Otherwise.. hem! Hem!

Four escape death in bus fire

Four persons escaped death by the whiskers yesterday, as a private Volkswagen bus with number plates, LSB 28 CP, suddenly went up in flames on Ikorodu Road, Lagos.
Although the vehicle was totally burnt, the quick intervention of law enforcement agents and fire fighters saved occupants of the vehicle from being roasted.
The incident caused panic among road users, many of who scampered for safety.
Eyewitnesses account said the incident, which occurred around 2.37p,m,, was a result of electrical sparks as the vehicle towards Anthony area.
The eyewitness said the incident caused traffic gridlock, which in turn caused commuters to be stranded.
Director, Lagos State Fire Services, Razak Fadipe, urged motorists to ensure their vehicles were in good condition before embarking on a journey.

TOUT vs OKADAMEN: Badagry community initiates Oro, as reprisal attacks loom

Some of the burnt buildings

Aggrieved commercial motorcyclists at Era, in Badagry, a Lagos suburb, have threatened to avenge the killing of their colleagues by motor park touts, otherwise known as agbero, during a fight over collection of levy on Tuesday.
A visit to the community yesterday revealed that one of the deceased commercial motorcyclists, simply identified as Lawal, was allegedly hit with a charm.
Two others, said to have suffered same fate, had reportedly been discharged from the hospital and taken to an undisclosed herbal home for further treatment.
Residents had fled the area. Those that returned and others that stayed back remained indoors, with their children withdrawn from school. Shops and business centres were still under lock and key.

‘Lawal wasn’t working’
One of the motorcyclists, who gave his name as Benjamin, said 35-year-old Lawal was killed at Adele Bus Stop.
He said: “Lawal was not even working on that day (Tuesday). When he was accosted by the abgeros, he told them he was not working and hence would not pay the N50 levy.
“They insisted he must pay, which led to a heated argument, during which he was attacked with local charms.
‘’He spun several times before falling down dead. Two other persons, who came to know what the problem was, were hit with the charm. But they did not die, as they were rushed to a nearby hospital, from where they were transferred to a traditional home.”
A member of Landlord/ Resident Association in the community, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said almost all commercial motorcyclists in the community were from Kogi State.

Security guard dies after winning drinking, smoking bet

A security man, simply identified as Thompson, has died after drinking a bottle of a popular alcoholic drink and smoking five sticks of cigarette in two minutes, which were the terms of a bet he entered into with others he met at a joint.
The incident happened at Agege area of Lagos on May 7, after the deceased bought bottles of Ogogoro (local gin) for his drinking companions, who then challenged him to finish a bottle of bitters and smoke five sticks of cigarette within a stipulated time.
If he had won, the friends would have paid for everything he consumed.

Kano govt withdraws charges against killer child bride

The Kano State government has dropped murder charges against  a 14-year-old girl, who reportedly killed her husband.
The child bride, Wasila Tasiu allegedly thumb-printed a confessional statement while in police custody that she killed her husband, Umar Sani through application of rat poison in his local delicacy.
Tasiu was said to to have taken the action after she was forced to marry the deceased against her wish.

14 JSS students arrested for cultism in Edo

NO fewer than 14 Junior Secondary School, JSS, students have been arrested by the Police in Edo State over alleged involvement in cult-related activities in Benin.
The students, whose ages ranged from 12 to 15 years, were said to have been picked by policemen at Oguola Secondary School, along St. Saviour Road in the state capital and were being screened at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Police headquarters, Benin.

Of petroleum marketers and private hell

File photo of where it all started

Tupac had spent less than 10 minutes in hell when the devil found him smoking a sizeable wrap of igbo. Alarmed at Shakur's possible ambitions, the devil gave him some fuel and lighter, saying “go and establish your own hell. This one is mine.”

When President Goodluck Jonathan woke up one good morning and threw fuel subsidy away, Nigerians took to the streets as labour unions shut down the country. In Lagos, protests turned to carnivals and the opposition provided the victuals. For me, it was difficult to decide whether we were all intoxicated by the smell of fuel in the air (but none to use), happy to be freed from boredom or dangling from the strings of a puppeteer.

Yes, Bros Jona has the gift of creating the impression of waking up from a haze and springing surprises. But at worst, fuel would have been sold for N200 per litre. At best, market forces will force down the price. Except, expectedly, the marketers form a cartel to fix price and blind government regulators with a few dollars more. Whichever way the tombo tomobo mess Calabar swings, Nigerians will buy. Just make the product is available.

‘I was forced to lie with corpse, drink water used to wash it’

Bode

Wasiu

A 29-year-old mechanic, Bode David, is yet to recover from being made to spend a night with the corpse of his friend, late Ganiyu, and drink the water used to wash it, to prove he was not responsible for his death.
It was gathered that the incident, which happened at Isheri Magodo, a suburb of Lagos, was executed because before Ganiyu gave up the ghost in the hospital, he kept calling Bode’s name.
Recounting his ordeal, Bode, an indigene of Ekiti State, a mechanic, who specialized in fixing Japanese vehicles, said: “I knew the late Ganiyu and Wasiu in January, when I was looking for someone to fix my faulty Honda car.
“That was when Ganiyu introduced me to Wasiu to fix my car. After he fixed my car, I paid him N35,000. Since then, we have had no business except when our paths occasionally crossed and we exchange pleasantries.
“On Tuesday, Wasiu called me at about 6p.m., saying they need my help urgently. He said Ganiyu was in the hospital and that they needed money to purchase pints of blood and drips, which was about N19, 000.
“He pleaded with me to come. At about 7pm, without any idea that Ganiyu was dead, I drove my car to the junction of their street, called him on phone that he should come and collect N5,000, which was all that I had to assist Ganiyu’s treatment at that time.
“When he came to where I parked my vehicle, he said the hospital was nearby, so we walked towards where he said the hospital is located.

Kidnappers demand N130,000 for 3-yr-old abducted in Lagos church

A three-year-old boy, identified as Emmanuel Chibuike Ejiogu, was yesterday kidnapped from the Watchman Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement in Palm Grove area of Lagos.
The toddler, it was gathered, was discovered missing after the close of service.
Information revealed that his abductors later put a call to the devastated parents, demanding for N700,000. A family source said after much plea, they reportedly settled for N130,000.
As at 8.15p.m, frantic efforts were still on to rescue him.
A family source said: “The parents have been able to gather N120,000 out of the N130,000 demanded. The money was borrowed from relatives and friends.
“The kidnappers agreed for N130,000 after much plea. They have told them where to keep the money, assuring that they would see their child.”
Efforts to reach the Ejiogus failed. A member of the church, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were warned not to involve the police or the press if they wanted to see their child alive.

Lekki robbery suspects: Something is wrong

I do not mean to trivialise the magnitude of the incident. I only wish to ask a few questions, because someone might be toying with lives and deeper issues.

Should we believe an illegal oil bunkerer who was says “I led the team that went in”?

Do these paraded suspects look anything like the pictures of hunky bandits that were raining bullets on Lekki on that day?

If he led the team, shouldn’t he get more than N500,000? Is that amount not too on-point (N12,000,000 divided by 22 gang members)?

Who is lying and why?

Or am I seeing too much?

In fact, execution of that operation was too clinical to involve these hungry looking touts.

There is so much that you can see if you look deep enough. 

        

ONDO AGAIN: 3 die after consuming ogogoro

DETECTIVES from Ondo State Police Command are working round the clock to unravel the mysterious death of three persons after consuming a local gin, popularly known as ogogoro at Oka Motor Park in Ondo town, Ondo State.
This is coming as the state government said last week that it had curtailed the outbreak of a strange disease which caused the death of 23 persons at Irele area of the state.
The government said the 23 who died at Irele consumed poisonous ethanol and banned the consumption of ogogoro across the state.
The deceased persons in this latest incident included a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in the park, an electrician and another person working in the motor park.

Herbalist landlord kills tenant over wife's treatment; youths set him ablaze, dogs eat remains

youths of Ikot Abasi Effiom in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, Tuesday night, set ablaze a herbalist, Ette Okon Friday, after he allegedly slashed the throat of a commercial motorcyclist (okadaman) identified as Itoro Titus, following a misunderstanding.
The deceased was the suspect’s tenant.
According to Rita Emmanuel, cousin to the slain okadaman, trouble started when the okadaman’s wife, Ndarake, took ill a week ago after giving birth to a child that died a few hours afterwards.
Late Titus was seeking a cure to her ailment, when his landlord said he could help.
Emmanuel said: “On Tuesday morning, my cousin’s wife had epileptic seizures and his landlord said he could treat it. So Itoro went to his mother from whom he obtained N5,000, then gave the money to the landlord to treat the woman.”

What do we do with these hags? Yes, hags

They have been there and will remain there. Yet things get worse. If they have no shame, since conscience have long deserted them, is there no one around to tell them their faces remind us of the different types of evils in the country?

Please, take your money (our money, actually) and eat it quietly. Your faces cause indigestion. 

My best friend's fiance is my lover

My best friend is getting married soon. What she doesn’t know is that her fiance and I are lovers.
I was quite put off when he proposed to her. But he said she was pregnant, that if I’d got pregnant first, he would have married me.
We still have sex because he says he still loves me. Now, he talks about their wedding plan and I’m dying inside.

Epileptic okadaman sensed an impending attack, asked passenger to alight, then collapsed

THERE was a mild drama, Tuesday, at Osia Junction Roundabout, Ughelli, Delta State, as an epileptic commercial motorcycle operator, popularly known as Okadaman, suddenly started convulsing and slumped in the middle of the road.
It was gathered from witnesses that the Okada rider (names withheld) in his early 50s, on noticing an impending crisis, quickly stopped in the middle of the road, told his passenger to step down from the motorcycle and immediately slumped to the ground, convulsing in spasms.
At about 9a.m., the victim was still on the ground with passers-by and sympathizers trying to get a glimpse of him.
After his recovery about 10 minutes later, other Okada riders, who later identified him, took him off the road and carried him home.

Uba was rejected as goal keeper, now he owns Ifeanyi Uba United

Sitting second in the log with 13 points from 7 matches, newly promoted Ifeanyi Uba United has been one of the surprise teams of the 2014/15 Glo Professional League season, so far. For a team that is tasting top flight action for the first time in over a decade to exert so much authority and lord it over and above relatively ‘older’ clubs in the league speaks volumes.
One may say it is still early to praise the club’s exploits in the top flight, but it can be argued that Ifeanyi Uba United have brought about a fresh breath into the Nigerian Professional Football League.
Originally called Gabros International Football Club of Nnewi, the club changed it name to Ifeanyi Uba United following the change in ownership structure, just before the kick off of the ongoing season. The entry of Chief Ifeanyi Uba into the Nigerian football family has been welcomed by all those who know him and his football roots.

Goal keeper Uba
Chief Uba was a goalkeeper with his childhood club, Gabros International Football Club in the early 1990s. Indeed, he went for trials in coach Fanny Amun’s U-17 camp, alongside the likes of Nwankwo Kanu, Wilson Oruma, Peter Anosike, Celestine Babayaro, Pascal Ojigwe among others.
In the goalkeeping department, Amun preferred Emmanuel Babayaro, Destiny Iyonu and Emmanuel Okhenoboh to Uba. That was how he missed the cut to Japan.

Arepo shooting: Pregnant woman killed by stray bullet buried

The remains of Damilola Fajana, the pregnant woman who was hit by a stray bullet during a cross fire between members of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, and pipeline vandals two weeks ago in Arepo area of Ogun State, was interred weekend.
The deceased, who was six months pregnant, was reportedly on her way from the hospital where her husband, Bukola Fajana, was admitted, when she was killed.

Woman, 70, kidnaps 3-yr-old-girl in Kwara; uses her for begging

It was drama in Ilorin, yesterday, as Kwara State Police Command  arrested a 70-year-old woman (names withheld) for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl (names withheld).
Speaking in an interview with journalists, a relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs. Maryam Abdulganiyu, said the girl was found in a worship place, popularly called Ori-Oke at Basin area of Ilorin, being used by the suspect for begging.
She added that the suspect had claimed that she used the proceeds from the alms begging to feed and clothe the girl.

Man attacked by 7 dogs gets N30,000

The 45-year-old commercial driver, Saturday Akpomose, who was attacked by seven dogs at Ajah area of Lagos State, has received N30,000 and a job offer from the owner of the dogs.
However, his family members expressed anger when they heard that Akpomose collected money from the dogs’ owner, who is a soldier.
The victim, who was admitted at Akodo General Hospital after the attack, was discharged on Friday, May 1, after about eleven days.
It was gathered that before the victim was discharged from the hospital, he demanded N5 million compensation from the soldier, but was persuaded and later given N30,000 to take care of himself, while a bag of rice and beverages were also given to his wife.
Akpomose said the money given to him was not a pay-off, as the man had promised to further take good care of him and his family.
He said: “I believe you saw all the injuries on my body. They have not healed completely. I collected the money from him because I am not a troublesome person. I have left everything to God.

How candle light killed 2 brothers, razed 15-room building

Anguish was the lot of the people of Ulakwo, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, following the death of two sons of the same parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ishiguzo, in a fire disaster that reportedly began from a lit candle stick.
Apart from the death of the duo, property worth millions of naira were also consumed in the raging inferno, which completely destroyed the 15-room building that housed the Ishiguzos and other tenants.
An aggrieved tenant, who identified herself as Miss Oluchi Echeibe, recalled that the fire started from a candle lit by the Ishiguzos in their room.

Driver, his conductor attack policemen with shit

A weird drama unfolded, yesterday, at the ever-busy Control Post, close to Maria Assumpta Catholic Cathedral, Owerri, Imo State, as a commercial vehicle driver and his conductor pelted policemen with faeces.
An eyewitness saidb a policeman flagged down the commercial driver for allegedly driving recklessly, after which a war of words ensued between them.
The man recounted: “The policeman eventually gave the driver a slap and the driver retaliated immediately.”
The eyewitness said the developing drama attracted the attention of other policemen on the beat, who quickly pounced on the driver and his conductor.

I'm devastated my toy-boy's getting married

A while back, I got together with a 28-year-old man I met through a friend. He’s a very good-looking man and the sex was mind-blowing.
I am 39 and married with three children. It was my friend through whom I met this guy that told me he would soon be getting married. As you can imagine, I was devastated.
When I asked him, he simply cut off all contact with me. I’m really hurting. How could he do that to me?

What has this toy-boy of yours done to you that you haven’t done to him? He was only having fun, dating a woman years older than he is, and so were you.
Or, did you think any permanent relationship could come off it?
If you are serious about this fling, it means something is seriously wrong with your marriage and you need to address this urgently.
(Bunmi Sofola)

My boyfriend's dad is better in bed

My boyfriend and I have been courting for about a year and I stay over at his house for the weekends. His parents are divorced and my boyfriend lives with his father.
His dad is not interested in remarrying, but has a string of girlfriends. My boyfriend works in a bank and often goes to the office on Saturday morning to catch up on some paper work.
As soon as he leaves, however, I sneak off to his dad’s side of the house and we always have great sex. The man’s prowess is unbelievable and he has taught me a lot on how to really enjoy sex.
Whenever I ask my boyfriend to try some of these things his dad taught me, he becomes wide-eyed and wants to know when and from whom I learned such ‘perverted’ acts.
I’m having the best of two worlds as my boyfriend’s dad is very generous to me. If it comes to choosing between him and his dad, I’m afraid I would go for the dad any day. Should I tell my boyfriend?

Why don’t you ask his dad how he would feel if you were to throw over his son for him?
You‘re obviously playing with fire and sooner or later, you will get burnt. The only person I feel sorry for is your boyfriend.
If you’re as randy as you’ve made out in your letter, then you should cast your net further afield — it would be a shame to hurt a family that shows you nothing but hospitality.
(Bunmi Sofola)

11-yr-old boy trekked from Lagos to Abeokuta because father spanked him

The 11-year-old boy, Marvelous Adekunle, who was declared missing last Wednesday in Lagos, has been found in Ogun State.
Unlike every other missing child in the state, the Junior Secondary School, JSS, 1 student was discovered not to have been kidnapped afterall. 
Surprisingly, the lad disclosed that he went in search of his mother, who resides in Abeokuta, Ogun State. 
He revealed to the shock of everyone that he trekked from Lagos to Abeokuta for two days but along the line, missed his way before some concerned Nigerians took him to his mother.
He was brought home to his  father at about 9am yesterday, by his mother.