Ogun-Cleric-Stuck-in-Shrine Saga:Idol worshippers beat me with charms—PASTOR

The pastor who allegedly got stuck in a shrine in Ketu community, Ayetoro, in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Prince Wale Fagbire, has denied being struck by idols while destroying their shrines.
Pastor Fagbire, who presides over Christ Apostolic Church, Ona-Iye, Ayetoro, said he was instructed not to utter a word after he destroyed the shrines.
The embattled pastor spoke at a briefing organised by Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ogun State chapter, yesterday, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Pastor Fagbire had told his congregation that he had been directed by God to destroy all the shrines in Ketu community.
However, while carrying out the mission, he allegedly got stuck, looking like a statue. This prompted the people in the area to raise alarm.

‘I raped my 15-yr-old daughter under influence of forces beyond me’

A 49-year-old man, yesterday, gave a graphic description of how he had been sleeping with his 15-year-old daughter in their Oko-Oba home in Abule-Egba area of Lagos State.
The suspect, Tony Ehumadu, who hails from Mbaise area of Imo State, was caught in the act by his wife, a Customs officer.
Ehumadu, a businessman, was arrested after one of his brothers-in-law reported the case to the police.
He admitted to have slept with his Junior Secondary School 1 daughter twice, adding that the first instance was under the influence of alcohol.

#EdoDecides and the need for circumspection

Results on Social Media should be disregarded as only INEC or its designated officials can do so.

This notice has been tweeted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
As much as I am happy that the social media revolution is good for curbing rigging in our brand of politics, I also believe in circumspection.
Let us do everything with caution. Edo is my home. As we decide, let us also be careful not to spark violence. That is where everybody loses: in violence.
#EdoDecides

I threw him over for his brother

My husband and I have been living together for about four years and have been married for three years. We have a daughter we both adore.
But when I fell in love with him, I was going out with his younger brother. It was a relaxed relationship and we never discussed marriage until his brother came along. I know we hurt him badly when we got married, but he always told me he wanted me back and that he’d always love me.
Unfortunately, there have been days when I’ve felt that leaving him was a terrible mistake. He was a wonderful man and treated me like I was special.
About a year ago, my husband and I had one of our steamy rows and I ended up having sex with his brother. It was mind-blowing. We’ve since been sleeping together, but my ex is now seeing another woman and I’m feeling jealous.
I still care deeply for him, but going back to him would hurt too many people. We’ve stopped sleeping together because this new girl is always in his flat! I feel so empty, especially knowing I can’t really have him.

Female friends won’t leave me alone

I find it easy to interact with women and have a lot of female friends. Unfortunately, they all keep falling for me.
I don’t think I’m anything special and I don’t think I lead them on, but they think I want more than friendship. I then don’t know what to say because I don’t want to hurt them.
In the past, I’ve even slept with a few, simply because I don’t know what else to do. But then they want a proper relationship and it ends horribly.
I don’t want to stop being friends with women, so how can I stop the friendship being misconstrued?

My new man is older and shorter

I am in my early 30s with an adorable son and ended a relationship with his father last year. I’m now with another man, who loves me for what I am, unlike the father of my son. My new man is loving and helps me through financial and emotional stress.
The problem is he is almost 18 years older and considerably shorter than me. My friends talk about this and people stare at us when we go out in public. I also don’t love him as much as I loved my previous lover. In spite of the fact that he’s perfect, I love him in a brotherly way.
The father of my son was arrogant and cruel, yet I still think about him. The love I once knew with him stops me from giving my new lover the love he deserves. I care a lot about this man and I don’t want to lose him.

Can you reach orgasm the first time?

I am in my late teens and a student. I have just had sex for the first time with my boyfriend. I enjoyed it a lot and I’m sure I had an orgasm.
But my boyfriend says I must be mistaken, because women never have orgasms the first time they have sex. He says they have to learn to have it. Is he right?

Brangelina: Jennifer Aniston's memes floods Twitter

It is the shock split that has sent social media into a meltdown.
And although some seem genuinely upset by the news of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's impending divorce, others have delighted in sharing Jennifer Aniston memes.
The actress, who was dumped by Brad in 2005 in favour of Angelina, can be seen in various states of glee in the clips and memes flooding Twitter.
In one picture, Jennifer delivers a withering put-down from hit TV show Friends, saying: 'And that, my friend, is what they call closure.'
Dailymail online 

Abduction of Lagos 4: Controversy as one victim escapes from kidnappers

Yesterday, news went round Channels Avenue in Isheri area of Lagos, scene of weekend’s abduction of four residents of Lekki Gardens, that one of the abducted victims had escaped from the kidnappers’ den.
The man (names withheld) was said to have been sighted in the early hours of yesterday, as he was being driven home in a relative’s car.
There were, however, different accounts as to how he returned home. A version of the account had it that he sneaked from the kidnappers’ den while they were asleep and paddled himself home, from where he contacted a relative who came to pick him from the waterside.
He was said to have arrived at 4a.m.

Defendant excretes in courtroom

A defendant, Avekpon Bernard, 18, who is standing trial for conduct likely to cause breach of the peace, alongside 22 others, before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, yesterday, excreted in the dock, while the Court Registrar was reading the charge to the defendants.
The defendant had told the Investigating Police Officer, IPO, that he was pressed and wanted to use the toilet just before the court started sitting, but he refused, saying he cannot leave the other defendants.
Bernard, who was sweating profusely and obviously could not hold on any more, excreted inside the court, fouling the courtroom. Asked what was happening, the defendant said he had excreted, so he was taken outside the court.

‘Why we withdrew our children from private schools’

AS school children resume from the long vacation, Vanguard investigations revealed that parents have commenced withdrawing their children from private schools to public ones, attributing their action to the harsh economic situation in the country.
Parents and school owners, who spoke to Vanguard yesterday, lamented the bad economic situation, with proprietors stating that since resumption their schools have been witnessing a low turnout of returning pupils.
Mrs Gladys Adewumi, whose three children were in Living Joy Nursery and Primary School, Ikorodu, said she withdrew two of her children from the private school to a public school when it was apparent her husband could not cope financially.
Adewumi said: “I operate a beauty salon and my husband is a plumber and we have three children in a private school. For about a year now, my husband has not been able to live up to his financial responsibility to the family, which led to over N100,000 indebtedness to the school.
“To reduce the financial burden, we agreed to remove two of our children from the private school to a government school at Elepe.
“The challenge I may encounter now is the distance between our residence and the school, which is about five miles.”

BRANGELINA OVER: Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt and requests sole custody of the couple's six children

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as Mr and Mrs Smith
in the movie of same name, where they met in 2004

Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt.

TMZ reports that the actress filed papers on Monday citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and asking for physical custody of the couple's six children. 

A source close to the couple said Jolie, 41, made the decision to file because of the way 'Brad was parenting the children,' adding that 'she was extremely upset with his methods.'

That same source claims Jolie became 'fed up' with Pitt's consumption of 'weed and possibly alcohol' mixed with his 'anger problem.'

The pair began dating in 2004 and were married in August 2014.

Dailymail online 

BLOODY BENUE ROBBERY: Leader of Sengev gang killed, 3 arrested

The suspecst and their car

Less than 72 hours after an eight months old baby, her sibling, mother and 10 others were killed in a bloody robbery attack in Sengev near Gbishe, Katsina/Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, operatives of the state’s Joint Security Task Force have killed two members of the robbery gang, including its leader, Atondo Bya.
Three others, suspected to be members of the gang, were also arrested by the Task Force for questioning, while a Honda car with number plates GBG315AA was recovered from the gang.

Police rescue Rivers 7 from kidnappers

The freed kidnap victims and police spokesman

Police in Rivers State, yesterday, announced the rescue of the last batch of 14 Nestoil workers kidnapped 17 days ago around Omoku, headquarters of Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Omoni Nnamdi, said the last batch rescued is made of seven men.
The other seven had, at separate times, escaped from the kidnappers’ hideout.
Nnamdi said: “The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Mr Francis Odesanya, in keeping with his pledge to fight all manners of crime and criminality in the state, which pledge is already yielding result, has again smashed the gang of kidnappers responsible for the abduction of 14 oil workers on September 2.”

Abduction of Lagos 4: Kidnappers demand N1.2bn ransom

THE kidnappers of four residents of Lekki Gardens in Isheri, a border community between Lagos and Ogun states, weekend, demanded N1.2 billion ransom for their release.
They made contacts with family members of the victims, suspected to be held hostage in the creeks, yesterday.
The victims, Mr. Kennedy Ucheagwu, Dr. Omololu, Bello and Mr. Esang, said to be landlords at Oshorun Heritage Estate, had gone for an aerobic section, Saturday, when eight masked gunmen in military camouflage intercepted them, shooting sporadically.
While others managed to escape, same could not be said for the victims, as they were whisked away in boats through the waterways.
One of the relatives of the abducted men, who spoke on condition of anonymity yesterday, said: “I got a call very early yesterday, where the unknown caller informed that he was one of the kidnappers that took our people away on Saturday.
“He warned that in our interest and for the safety of the victims, we should not contact the police or try to play smart.
“He said anything of such would lead to the death of our people. He did not allow me to speak with my person, as he claimed that he was sleeping.
“He said that we should get N1.2 billion before they would be released. He also told me to meet with relatives of the other people. He called back about four hours later to find out if the money was ready.
“He also asked if I had my own N300 million for the release my relation. I begged him to accept N200,000, as that was the only money we could afford, except he wants us to go and start borrowing or sell our property.
“But the line went dead at that point. Where do we get that kind of money at this time? My worry is that my relative is hypertensive.”

Family friend masterminded robbery attack on Super Eagles player, Onazi’s father

The suspects

the SUV

Knife

Phone

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the robbers who attacked Mr. Wilson Onazi, father of Super Eagles’ player, Paul Onazi, at his Jos, Plateau State, home, Monday, carting away his Toyota Highlander SUV and other valuables.
Members of the five-man robbery gang were arrested while at the verge of selling off the SUV at a hotel in Imoda, Ajagbandi area of Lagos, by Anti-Crime Policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer in Charge of Ajagbandi Division, Mr. Musa Alimi.
Four men, pretending to be postmen, stormed Onazi’s building on 57A, Government Reserved Area, GRA, Utan, Jos, where they handed him a fake letter.
Thereafter, they collected his phone, a bag containing his personal effects and zoomed off in the SUV.
During preliminary investigation, the alleged mastermind of the robbery attack was discovered to be a family friend of the Onazis. He was identified as Kingsley David, a graduate of Psychology from the University of Jos.
Two other suspects were also graduates of different higher institutions, while the rest were businessmen in Plateau and Lagos states.

Jilted mother of 3 abandons day-old baby, blames action on hardship

A 31-year-old mother of three, Ifunanya Eme, has been arrested for concealing her day-old baby inside a sack and abandoning the baby girl at a dump site in Ajagbandi area of Lagos.
Eme, who hails from Oji River in Enugu State, blamed her action on her inability to take care of the baby.
The suspect, who was paraded at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, yesterday, said that she delivered the baby girl unaided, inside a toilet at one of her relatives’ place at Montana Street, Ajagbandi, at 3a.m., Tuesday.
Thereafter, she wrapped the baby and the placenta inside a bag and sneaked out of the building to a dump site, where she abandoned the baby.
She left her three children with her sister in Enugu, after she was separated from her husband, before relocating to Lagos.
While in Ajah area of Lagos, where she was squatting with a friend, she went into a relationship with a man, identified simply as John, which resulted in the pregnancy.
Trouble started after her lover absconded, when she informed him about the pregnancy.

Soldier's stray bullet sends man into coma

Doctors at Igando General Hospital in Lagos are battling to save the life of a middle-aged man, who was hit by a stray bullet from soldiers in an OP MESA van, yesterday at Ijegun, Lagos.
The bullet from the soldiers drafted to Ijedodo community to checkmate activities of militants, hit the victim on his left hand.
As at 8p.m. yesterday, the victim, identified as Ifeanyi Mmezi, an indigene of Imo State, was still lying unconscious at the hospital.
An eyewitness, Iya Modina, said: “The incident happened around 1p.m. at Ijegun Bus Stop. The soldiers were in their van driving through stop when they started shooting into the air.
“A man, who was alighting from a commercial bus at the bus stop, was hit. People ran in different directions. The soldiers just drove past.
“A man picked the victim’s phone and called some contacts on it. When his relatives arrived, he was already taken to the hospital.”
However, when spokesperson for 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Major Gbadamosi, said he was not aware of such an incident, adding that he had contacted the unit’s head at Ijedodo, who also confirmed that nothing of such happened.

Man ties stone to 3-yr-old step-brother, drowns him

AN Abakaliki Magistrate’s Court, Ebonyi State, yesterday, remanded one Ogobuchi Ogonna, 25, for drowning his step-brother, Wisdom Amagu, aged three.
Ogobuchi allegedly tied a stone to his stepbrother’s waist and threw him into a stream.
The incident occurred at Ndiebor Nchoko, Igbeagu community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state.
Ogonna was arraigned on a count charge of unlawful cause of death.

7 fleeing Arepo vandals, kidnappers arrested in Edo

Seven suspected criminals, who took part in kidnappings, armed robberies and pipeline vandalism in Ikorodu, Arepo and Ibafo areas of Lagos and Ogun states, have been arrested by the police.
It was gathered that the suspects, who fled their camps when security operatives launched offensives against their activities, were apprehended in Edo State, where they had gone to regroup.

Drunk lawmaker’s driver kills two, injures nine in Ogun

The  driver of a Nissan Serena SUV, marked 25 OGHA, allegedly the official car of a member of Ogun State House of Assembly, has killed two persons and injured nine others.
It occurred at 11: 35a.m., at the notorious Onipepeiye village in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state, yesterday morning along the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway.
It was gathered that the accident involved a Toyota Picnic passenger SUV, marked LAGOS KSF 957 BB and the Nissan Serena SUV, marked 25 OGHA.

I don't feel guilt having sex with boyfriend's friends

I’ve been in a serious relationship for close to a year now, but my problem is that I can’t stop cheating. I’ve always been a flirt and my boyfriend thinks I mean no harm by it.
Recently, I’ve been doing more than flirting.
A few weeks ago, I even allowed myself to be seduced by one of my boyfriend’s  mates! I know it makes me look slutty, but I felt no qualms whatsoever— he’s just one of the few men I’ve cheated with since I started going out with this guy.
I don’t understand why I’m being unfaithful to my boyfriend as I love him a lot.
I just believe that since I feel no guilt, there is no reason to stop.
How can I stop? I don’t want to lose my boyfriend who is the best thing that has happened to me.

My husband says his lovers don't mean anything to him

I am 28 and my husband is three years older. We’ve been married for four years and have two lovely children. He has always cheated on me, even before we got married. Every time he has told me that these women mean nothing to him and that he loves only me, so I learnt to forgive him.
As far as I know, he’s been quiet now for about four months.
I love my husband a lot and I don’t want to lose him, but I can’t get images of him with other women out of my head. I’ve tried to talk to him but he just gets angry and tells me to stop nagging.
I’m scared that if I don’t put all this behind me and start to trust him, our marriage might suffer.
I don’t think I can cope if he leaves. I’m scared of being on my own in spite of the fact that I have a good job and I don’t want to meet another man only to go through the whole heart-ache all over again.

Nigeria spends N596bn on fuel imports in six months

Nigeria, in spite of the declining economic fortunes, spent N595.5 billion on the importation of fuel in the first six months of 2016, rising by N34.3 billion from the amount spent in the last six months of 2015.
According to data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, the country spent N276.226 billion on petrol import in the first quarter of 2016, while N319.28 billion was spent in the second.
The NBS report showed that the amount spent on fuel importation appreciated by 6.1 percent, compared with N561.2 billion spent in the second half of 2015.
However, the report pointed out that the amount spent on fuel import in the first half of 2016 was 12.18 percent lower, which is N82.63 billion less than the N678.13 billion spent on fuel imports in the first half of 2015.

Man kills wife’s lover, disappears

POLICE in Delta State are on the trail of a man, Ochuko Ajekpemevor, who stabbed one Robinson Ituke to death at Ugborikoko, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state, Saturday, for allegedly sleeping with his wife, Rose.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, Celestina Kalu, in a statement yesterday, confirmed that “one Clement Ituke of 8, Udoko Street, Ugborikoko, reported that at 4p.m., one Ochuko Ajekpemevor and his wife, Rose, came into his house and her husband, Ochuko, brought out a knife and stabbed his son on the chest and ran away.
“The victim was immediately rushed to Inland Hospital Ugborikoko, where he gave up the ghost. Meanwhile, detectives visited the scene, photographs were taken and the corpse deposited at Warri Central Hospital’s morgue for autopsy, while effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspect.”

Pastor dupes 499 women N3.5m

Policemen attached to the Pen Cinema Division of Lagos State Police Command have arraigned a 46-year-old pastor, Archie Morrow, before a Yaba Magistrate's Court, Lagos, over allegations that he duped 499 women of N3.5 million.
It was gathered that the pastor allegedly deceived the women to pay N7,000 each into his bank account with the promise to give them a loan of 150,000 each.
It was further gathered that after the pastor allegedly got N3.592 million, he bolted with the money and relocated to an unknown area, as all efforts by the women to get their money back proved abortive, while he also refused to pick their calls.
Luck, however, ran out on him when some of the women, acting on a tip-off, located him somewhere around Oke-Aro, a suburb of Ogun State. He was arrested by detectives from Pen Cinema Police Station, Agege.

How father of 2 died of shock, while robbers ate his food, drank his wine

Akin Ayotunde

A suspected member of the three gang that stormed an apartment in Gbogbo area of Lagos three weeks ago has been arrested.
The 27-year-old suspect, Akin Ayotunde, who hails from Umuahia, Abia State, disclosed that his gang had a field day in the operation that lasted five and half hours.
He expressed regret that the operation was marred by the death of the bread winner, whom he claimed died of shock.
The gang, it was gathered, scaled the fence of the building, where a man identified simply as Chike, who had come out of his flat to pick some documents from his car, was accosted.
The three-man gang led him into his sitting room. Chike’s wife was locked up in her bedroom, the children locked up in separate rooms, while their father remained in the sitting room.

Tithe thief to spend 6 months in jail

Magistrate Ade Adefulire of a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Lagos Island, yesterday, sentenced a church member, Elochukwu Nnoruga, to six months imprisonment for stealing N214,000 from Church tithe box.
The convict, who was on August 17, arraigned before the court, had pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of theft preferred against him by the police.
The magistrate sentenced the tithe thief to six months imprisonment in Ikoyi prison without an option of fine.

Police search for lost toddler's parents

A toddler, aged about nine months, who apparently strayed from her guardian’s watch, was found crawling along Aroshodipo Crescent, Government Reserved Area, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday.
A police patrol team, which sighted the baby, took him to the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja. At press time yesterday, none had come to pick the baby boy.
Speaking on the rescue, the Command’s boss, Fatai Owoseni, appealed to parents, particularly working mothers, to be conscious of the need to protect their vulnerable children, to avoid them falling victims of kidnapping.
He called on parents of the child to come and pick him at the Command, with evidence to show that the baby is their biological child.

My 16-yr-old sister's too sexually active

I’m in my 20s and have recently discovered that my little sister is sleeping around  with old and young men in the neighbourhood.
She’s only 16.
I was shocked and ashamed of her waywardness. When I tried to talk to her, she scoffed and called me jealous. Do you think I should let my parents know?

My wife and I don't know how to ensure clean divorce

My wife and I row all of the time and it has got to a point where both of us agreed we might be better off apart. But we’re both terrified of what the reactions of our friends and relatives will be when we break up.
As a result, we still haven’t told anyone.
Our two kids are under 10. Our parents and friends think we are the perfect couple, so how can we come clean and let everyone know we’ve been living a total lie and that our marriage is over?

I still pine for my first love

When I was in the university, I got together with a long-term friend of mine and had the most amazing relationship. We were passionately in love and truly thought we were meant for each other. But afte r leaving university, we went in different directions and had a rather messy split.    
Ever since, I’ve pined for my first love and no relationship has ever equalled it. Is it a case of first love being the strongest? Were we meant to be?

My man is aroused by my ampit smell

I’ve been with my partner for over a year now and we are thinking of getting married.
Right from the time we started having sex, I’ve noticed he gets really aroused when he sniffs my armpit.
He’s pleaded with one not to shave them and I’ve complied but when the weather is  stuffy, my body odour becomes pronounced.
This is exactly when my partner buries his  head in them at regular intervals when we’re making love.
Do you think this is normal? I don’t particularly like it but I don’t want to hurt him by shaving my armpits.

4 UNILAG undergraduates docked over alleged cultism

Magistrate A. Okubule of an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistate’s Court, yesterday, remanded in prison custody four undergraduates of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, over their alleged involvement in cultism.
The undergraduates are Raheem Yusuf, 21; Adedoyin Abraham, 24; Olanrewaju Idowu, 36, and Safraini Peters, 24.
The prosecutor, Adebayo Oladele, told the court that the “undergraduates, who are members of an unlawful society known as Aloral Bucania, had on August 4, at 9.30a.m., at Room 318, Biobaku Hall, UNILAG, conspired among themselves to commit an offence likely to cause breach of public peace.”

3 killed as Hausa, Fulani clash in Lagos

No fewer than three persons lost their lives in a clash between Hausa and Fulani traders in Abbatoir, Agege area of Lagos, yesterday, while several others were injured.
However, Lagos State Police Command said only one person died.
Property were also destroyed in the clash that disrupted business activities at the popular cow market.
There are different accounts of what cause the clash. A version alleged that the Fulani stormed Oworose Hotel along the railway line, two days earlier and beat up some commercial sex workers and their male customers, majority of who were Hausa.
They were also alleged to have dispossessed their victims of their valuables.

Homeless boy drowns in Calabar drainage

It was a pitiable sight yesterday, when the remains of a street urchin that died while swimming, was carried through the streets of Calabar, Cross River State, by his friends for burial.
The homeless boy, simply identified as Daniel, drowned, yesterday, while swimming with his friends in a drainage popularly called Big Gutter, in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

SEASON OF FLOOD

Agbado Crossing, after Powerline Bus Stop, Ogun State, after a downpour, yesterday.

Oko-Oba Road, Agege, Lagos, after a downpour in Lagos, yesterday.

How herbalist, alfa killed 16-yr-old girl; throw body in river

Men of Ogun State Police Command from Ago-Iwoye and Ijebu-Igbo Division of Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, have arrested a herbalist, Mr. Tunde Banjo, an Alfa, Mr. Nurudeen Adeniyi, and 19-year-old Tobi Ogunkoya for allegedly killing a 16-year-old girl, identified as Olayinka.
Ogunkoya was arrested because he lured Olayinka to Banjo and Adeniyi.
They were arrested yesterday, following a frantic search for Olayinka.
A source in Ijebu-Igbo said Olayinka was likely killed for ritual purposes as her breasts were cut off by her killers.

Akperhe 4: Community celebrates, as Army releases last 3 detainees

AKPERHE community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, was agog yesterday, following the release of the last three of four of the community’s indigenes arrested by men of Operation Crocodile Smile.
Those released at 1.45p.m. yesterday from custody of the Military Police at the 3 Battalion, Effurun Barracks of the Nigerian Army, Uvwie Local Government Area, include Vincent Ekeke, Henry Koko and pregnant Rachael Abbah.
Madam Amrevweatefa Odada, a septuagenarian, was released last Sunday.

American bizman commits suicide in Lagos hotel

The dangling body of a 57-year-old American was, yesterday, found in a hotel in Lekki area of Lagos.
The foreign national, identified as Charles Carlson, was said to be on a business trip in Nigeria.
Although it could not be ascertained how long he had been in the country, it was gathered that he lodged in the hotel located on 8, African Line, Lekki Phase 1.
It was also gathered that apprehension set in after the 57-year-old businessman did not come down stairs for his breakfast.

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Foremost literary scholar, Isidore Okpewho, dies at 74

Foremost scholar of Oral Literature and award-winning novelist, Prof. Isidore Okpewho, has died at 74.
He was a prolific author, co-author and editor of about 14 books, dozens of articles and a seminal booklet, A Portrait of the Artist as a Scholar.
Prof. Okpewho died peacefully at a hospital in Binghamton, a town in Upstate New York where he had lived and taught since 1991.
His teaching career spanned University of New York at Buffalo (1974-76), University of Ibadan (1976-90), Harvard University (1990-91), and State University of New York at Binghamton.
According to Canada-based professor in Carleton University, Nduka Otiono, quoting family sources, the distinguished Professor at State University of New York, Binghamton, passed away on September 4, 2016, surrounded by family members.”
Although he battled illness recently, the scholar and humanist demonstrated exceptional capacity in dealing with his challenging health conditions.
Indeed, only two years ago, his last book to which he had long committed his intellectual resources, Blood on the Tides: The Ozidi Saga and Oral Epic Narratology, were published by University of Rochester Press.

Bags of rice smuggled as corpses in ambulance

Smugglers operating at the Badagry-Seme border tried a fast one on operatives of the Nigeria Customs by packaging smuggled rice as dead bodies.
The mobile patrol team leader, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Mr. Ozah M., said the team noticed the frequency with which the said ambulance was patronising the international route with the ‘dead body,’ a development they thought was becoming alarming.

50-yr-old father of two commits suicide, blames it on economy

It was a gory sight as the body of a 50-year-old man, identified as Chief Ekanem Edet, dangled from a rope tied to the roof of his room at Mbiabong Itam in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
Ekanem Edet, former Secretary of the Mbiabong Village Council, popularly called Jolly Boy, waited until his wife and two sons went out before taking his life, allegedly leaving a suicide note in which he blamed his action on harsh economic condition.
According to a close family source, the deceased, in the suicide note, blamed government for inflicting unbearable pains and hardship on Nigerians.
A close associate of the deceased, Mr. Okon Effiong, told newsmen that Ekanem Edet was discovered dead by his friend, who went to visit him.

Man exchanges two siblings for bags of rice

An unidentified middle-aged man, Wednesday, abducted two siblings, who were returning from extra-moral class in Satellite area of Lagos. Thereafter, he exchanged them for two bags of rice in a shop at 63, Marwa Road, near Chemist Bus Stop.
The children are aged eight and 13.
It was gathered that at the shop, the abductor told the sales girl that he would like to take two bags of rice to the mother of the children, whom he claimed owned a restaurant close-by, to ascertain whether the rice was the brand she needed.
Owner of the shop, Mrs Silverline, explained that “he (the abductor) told my sales girl that the mother of the children needed Indian rice, but my sales girl told him that what we had was Brazilian rice and that it was good.