A 58-year-old farmer, Yesiru Onajobi, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos, for rape and defilement of his teenage daughter. The Judge, who noted the rising wave of rape in society, ordered that the convict should serve the term without option of fine. The convict, a resident of Bogije Street in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, was charged to court in 2011 on a two-count charge of having carnal knowledge of his then 13-year-old daughter. He was prosecuted by the National…
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Wizkid to headline BBC Radio 1Xtra Live music event in Birmingham
Nigerian hip hop star, Wizkid, has been announced as the headline act for this year’s BBC Radio 1Xtra Live music event. The Ojuelegba singer will join the likes of French Montana, Ms Banks, Aitch and DaniLeigh at Arena Birmingham on October 5, 2019. WizKid will also headline 1Dance Africa 2019, Australia’s first-ever Afrobeats festival, on October 11, 2019 in Sydney and October 12, 2019 in Melbourne. The singer said he was “looking forward” to the event, adding, “Big up 1Xtra for supporting our culture.” Other acts performing at the event include Headie One,…
Read MoreSix women sentenced to 3months imprisonment for prostitution
Six sex workers were on Friday sentenced to three months imprisonment for prostitution by a magistrates court sitting in Ogba, Lagos State. The women, Joy Emmanuel, Tonia Ogini, Sandra Abraham, Joy Joe, Athani Therish and Nwachukwu Vera, were charged with exposing themselves to “public prostitution and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace.” They were arrested in the early hours of Friday by men of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, who were said to have raided an illegal brothel around Mile 2 area of…
Read MoreFootball fan jokingly begs for money to buy beer, gets $1m
American football fan, Carson King, who cheekily held up a sign on TV asking for people to send him money to buy beer, has received over $1m. Now, just over a week on, the 24-year-old has raised more than a $1m (£800,000) and is donating the funds to a children’s hospital. “I was hoping to make a couple people laugh! I never expected to be on TV, and definitely did not except anyone to send any money,” he said. Referencing a beer brand, King’s sign read “Busch Light Supply Needs…
Read MoreHuman Errors Cause Of Air Peace Crashes -Aviation Expert
Contrary to some media reports that the recent crashes recorded by Air Peace, one of Nigeria’s leading airlines, were caused by faulty and substandard tryes, experts have revealed that the crashes were caused by human errors and judgments. Experts who spoke on the matter disclosed that tyres of airplanes are replaced as at when due and that saying that some crashes by Air Peace and some other crashes that have occurred in Nigeria in the past were due to faulty tyres supplied by Airline Management Support Limited were deliberately conjured…
Read MoreWema Bank Supports Education for Children through Scholarship Awards
Wema Bank Plc – the inventor of Nigeria’s first fully digital bank, ALAT – has rewarded 20 of its Royal Kiddies Account holders as the financial institution announced winners of the Wema Education Awards for 2019. Given the earlier announcement to provide education support for its customers, a total of 20 winners emerged with six coming from the bank’s Lagos Region, five from South West and three each from South East, South-South and the Northern region. Speaking at the draw held at the bank’s headquarters in Lagos on Wednesday, September 25, Dotun…
Read MoreMan dies during sex with lover in hotel
Onyekachi Nwosu, a businessman, has died while having sex with his lover, identified simply as Chima, in the Aguda area of Surulere, Lagos State. It was gathered that Nwosu and Chima visited the Alfredo Suites around 10pm for a short-time rest, but the 36-year-old man suddenly started gasping for air. Chima, who was jolted by her lover’s condition, rushed out of the room to alert the receptionist and others at the hotel to the development. It was learnt that the manager of the hotel, Uche Ejionye, in company with other staff…
Read More300 people in chains freed from Kaduna home
A home in Kaduna, with over 300 people in Rigasa in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday raided by the police. The cops freed about 300 people who were chained in the house, including children. They were said to be from Burkina Faso, Mali and other African countries, according to the force. The children were said to have confessed to being abused homosexually. Some of the others were said to have been subjected to daily recitation of the Holy Quran and prayers with torture. According to Bello…
Read MorePolice arrests man for stealing firewood from Anambra shrine
Generian Ezenwata, a 54-year-old man, has been arraigned by the police in Anambra State, for allegedly stealing firewood from a shrine. He was arraigned before the Anambra State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Achina in the Aguata Local Government Area of the state and presided over by Chief Magistrate R. Agwunobi. Ezenwata was arraigned on three counts of stealing pieces of wood from the Ohia Di Awo shrine forest, worth N38,250; placing palm fronds on the wood, which belonged to one Hillary Ezenwamadu; and giving false information to the police by…
Read MoreMan sacked for stealing, stabs employer
Ebuka Everest, 27, who was allegedly sacked for theft, went berserk, tied his former employer’s legs, stabbed and robbed her for sacking him. The suspect allegedly inflicted injuries on Theresa Nnamdi, who resides in the Mowe area of the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that Ebuka, who worked in Nnamdi’s fish farm, forced his former boss to transfer the sum of N40,000 to his account and took away some valuables to avenge his dismissal. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed…
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