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.
Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Akperhe 4: Community celebrates, as Army releases last 3 detainees
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.
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.
Foremost literary scholar, Isidore Okpewho, dies 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.
Thursday, September 01, 2016
Bags of rice smuggled as corpses in ambulance
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Between DSTV and Startimes: the Advantage of Competition
Time was when DSTV was the Lord of the manor. It dictated the terms of
its offerings and treated its customers like vassals who existed at the
pleasure of the emperor. Its lowest rate was N2600 or thereabout for a
month of primary channels on its pay tv network.
Then came Startimes which tailored its offering to suit the pocket of the masses. For as low as N1200 per month you can get on its bouquet and enjoy the best of satelite television and it went further to design a bouquet for as low as N800. Per month. The people flocked to the Chinese powered network to the detriment of South African owned DSTV.
Then came Startimes which tailored its offering to suit the pocket of the masses. For as low as N1200 per month you can get on its bouquet and enjoy the best of satelite television and it went further to design a bouquet for as low as N800. Per month. The people flocked to the Chinese powered network to the detriment of South African owned DSTV.
I am happy my husband is dead
My husband recently died suddenly after suffering from a massive heart attack. We have been married close to 20 years and have three children. Everyone expects me to be devastated by his death, but I’m not. He was a real socialite, very popular and friendly to friends and relations. But to me and our children, he was nasty, miserly and grumpy.
What’s worse, he had lots of affairs he wasn’t sorry for. As at the time of his death, he’d gloated to me and the children that he was planning on taking a second wife and selling the family house, so he would have money to buy a flat and pay the rent for a flat he would move the rest of us into.
So you can imagine how jubilant I was when he had a heart attack in his office. I was thankful it didn’t happen at home or his relatives might accuse me of killing him.
What’s worse, he had lots of affairs he wasn’t sorry for. As at the time of his death, he’d gloated to me and the children that he was planning on taking a second wife and selling the family house, so he would have money to buy a flat and pay the rent for a flat he would move the rest of us into.
So you can imagine how jubilant I was when he had a heart attack in his office. I was thankful it didn’t happen at home or his relatives might accuse me of killing him.
She threatens to tell my wife about us
For three years, I have been having an affair with a female colleague. She knows how strongly I feel about my wife and now that my wife is pregnant with our second child, I told her we should stop the affair.
To my dismay, she really got nasty and angry, threatening to spill the beans to my wife if I dumped her.
How can I make her realise it’s better if we just finish the affair quietly?
To my dismay, she really got nasty and angry, threatening to spill the beans to my wife if I dumped her.
How can I make her realise it’s better if we just finish the affair quietly?
River govt’s peace move collapses, as 13 cultists die in renewed war
NO fewer than 13 suspected cultists have been feared killed in battle for supremacy at Rumuoro village, Ogbakiri community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
It was learned that the cultist groups, Icelanders and Deygbam, had clashed on Monday, which resulted in the casualties.
This is happening barely less than three weeks after cultists in Ogbakiri community promised to embrace the amnesty programme of the state government.
Recall that the Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike on Amnesty, Mr. Ken Chindah, had, in company of the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area, Mr. John Wokoma, gone to the community to woo the cultists for peace.
However, after the peace moves, the boys were again locked in another round of tussle.
It was learned that the cultist groups, Icelanders and Deygbam, had clashed on Monday, which resulted in the casualties.
This is happening barely less than three weeks after cultists in Ogbakiri community promised to embrace the amnesty programme of the state government.
Recall that the Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike on Amnesty, Mr. Ken Chindah, had, in company of the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area, Mr. John Wokoma, gone to the community to woo the cultists for peace.
However, after the peace moves, the boys were again locked in another round of tussle.
Man plunges car into swamp, dies
A middle-aged man was, yesterday, killed in a road accident in Imiringi axis along the Yenagoa-Ogbia Road in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
It was gathered that the deceased, the only occupant of the vehicle, was driving a red Toyota Camry salon car with number plates FKJ 821 DJ, when the car skidded off the road into a swamp along the road killing, the man instantly.
An eyewitness said the driver was on speed when the incident occurred yesterday morning, adding that it was difficult to rescue the victim.
It took the intervention of some soldiers attached to the Kolo-Creek Flow Station, who mobilised the natives to hire a pay loader with which the car and the corpse were retrieved.
It was gathered that the deceased, the only occupant of the vehicle, was driving a red Toyota Camry salon car with number plates FKJ 821 DJ, when the car skidded off the road into a swamp along the road killing, the man instantly.
An eyewitness said the driver was on speed when the incident occurred yesterday morning, adding that it was difficult to rescue the victim.
It took the intervention of some soldiers attached to the Kolo-Creek Flow Station, who mobilised the natives to hire a pay loader with which the car and the corpse were retrieved.
Kim Jong-un uses anti-aircraft gun to kill high-ranking official for sleeping in a meeting; another for coming up with his own idea
Kim Jong-un
ordered the execution of two high-ranking officials by anti-aircraft
gun over fears that the dictator is preparing another purge against his
people.
Ri
Yong Jin, a senior official at the education ministry, was sentenced to
death after he fell asleep in a meeting being addressed by Kim.
After
accidentally dozing off, Ri was taken into custody and interrogated
where security agents found evidence of his disloyalty and disrespect
towards Kim.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
'Sorry guys and girls, someone threatening to jump off bridge'
A young woman threatened to jump off a bridge in the UK and police stopped
traffic, 'negotiated' with the woman for 3 hours before succeeding in taking
her into custody.
She doesn’t know she is privileged to have a caring system. Whatever she is going through, only real friends, and not government, will come to her rescue in NIGERIA.
Dailymail Online
She doesn’t know she is privileged to have a caring system. Whatever she is going through, only real friends, and not government, will come to her rescue in NIGERIA.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Home's home
Nigerians deported from Libya, arrive Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, yesterday.
No criminal implications on naming dog after person —Lawyers
The incoming Second National Vice President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Monday Ubani, yesterday, said that no offence is committed by someone naming his dog after somebody else.
He said: “In the eye of the law, it is not criminal for somebody to name his or her dog after another person. It may be offensive by examining the circumstances under which the incident happened.
“I understand that a particular dog was named after a neighbour and both of them were not in good terms; in a Hausa community somewhere in the South-West.
“So expediency would have prevailed on him not to name his dog after somebody he was quarrelling with.
“The Bible says wisdom profited for direction. Anything you are doing must be with wisdom. If such a thing would provoke unnecessary argument, you should avoid it.”
He said: “In the eye of the law, it is not criminal for somebody to name his or her dog after another person. It may be offensive by examining the circumstances under which the incident happened.
“I understand that a particular dog was named after a neighbour and both of them were not in good terms; in a Hausa community somewhere in the South-West.
“So expediency would have prevailed on him not to name his dog after somebody he was quarrelling with.
“The Bible says wisdom profited for direction. Anything you are doing must be with wisdom. If such a thing would provoke unnecessary argument, you should avoid it.”
How to make sure your child is safe in SEVEN simple steps
The first
piece of advice tells parents to throw out their children's personalised
rucksacks, lunch boxes and other items that visibly show off their
child's name to people they don't know.
This
is because when strangers know your child's name they come across as
friendly and familiar - and subsequently your child is much more likely
to trust them.
The
author of the article Natasha Daniels says: 'Every morning as I drive
my kids to school, I see these two very young girls walking to school on
their own. From down the street I can make out both of their glittery
names on their backpacks.'
Monday, August 22, 2016
Who know her?
CAPTIVITY: Man chains 28 persons in his Lagos house
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, acting on a tip-off, had deployed operatives from the Area ‘G’ Command Headquarters to the scene.
It was learned that the victims were rescued after police received initial intelligence report that 17-year-old boy was chained in the house at Oyinbo Unity Estate, Olamidun Close, Yakoyo, Oke-Ira, Ojodu.
The command’s spokesman, SP Dolapo Badmus, who confirmed the rescue yesterday, said that the victims were rescued on Friday. Badmus said that the command had also arrested one Emmanuel Adeyemi alleged to have been responsible for the crime.
She said that the rescued people comprised six male adults, nine female adults, seven female and six male children, adding that they had been taken into protective custody.
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