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Two pastors, Chukwuka Stephen and Ejim Stephen, have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing their brother-in-law, Peter Chukwuyem, in the Papa-Ibafo area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement on Thursday that the suspects, while living with Chukwuyem, were using the frontage of his house to conduct church services. He stated that Chukwuka and Ejim became embittered when Chukwuyem stopped them from conducting church services in the frontage of his house, adding that when the…

An okada rider was shot dead by a police officer yesterday at Kilo, Surulere area of Lagos State, bringing to three the number of reported extra-judicial killings in the state this month. Earlier in March, a policeman had shot a bus driver dead in Mosan, Ayobo area of Lagos for refusing to part with money. Two weeks after, a teenager was killed by a stray bullet in a shootout between policemen and some cultists in Ikorodu. The victim of yesterday’s killing, a motorcyclist identified as Ademola Moshood, was a few…

The High Court sitting in Akure, On do state, on Wednesday, sentenced one Adeyemi Seidu to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Khadijat Oluboyo. Khadijat, the daughter of the immediate past deputy governor of the state, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo, was killed by the convict at his house in July 2018. It was reported that after killing the deceased, Adeyemi buried her corpse in his room for five days but the deed was later exposed by his father, who reported the incident to the Ondo State Police Command. The convict…

Uche Owen, the proprietress of Cendom International Nursery and Primary School, Olodi-Apapa, has been ordered by Justice Yetunde Idowu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, to pay N25m as damages to a five-year-old pupil of the school, Destiny Kalu after he was flogged for owing the school fee Destiny, through his father, Inyima Kalu, had in 2013 sued Owen and his class teacher, Uduak Sam, for inflicting severe injuries on his right eye through flogging over the non-payment of his school fee. According to his statement of claim,…

The woman in a nude video that went viral on the internet on Tuesday, Ogochukwu Okafor, in Anambra State has demanded justice. The mother of a six-year-old son, who spoke to newsmen in Awka, described the incident as ‘unfortunate’ adding that the video had ruined her reputation and career. The victim, a widow said she dropped out of school after she lost her husband. She said she holds an Ordinary National Diploma, OND, certificate and was currently unemployed. Okafor said she could never be assuaged by any amount of plea…