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Wife pours hot water on husband’s manhood, claims she still loves him

Mar 24, 2017 topnews

A public school teacher in Ibadan, Adeyinka Adelakun, yesterday, narrated how his wife, Kafayat, poured boiling water on his manhood, causing him serious injuries. He told the court that he has not been able to use his manhood for any sexual act since the incident. Adelakun had approached an Idi-Ogungun customary court at Agodi in Ibadan, seeking dissolution of his three-year-old marriage on grounds of threat to life and constant fighting. He also prayed the court to allow him have custody of their two-year-old child, so that he could effectively…

UK police identifies Parliament attacker as Khalid Masood

Mar 24, 2017 topnews

52-year-old former convict Khalid Masood, has been identified by police as the man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman in Wednesday’s deadly assault outside Britain’s parliament. Known by “a number of aliases”, London’s Metropolitan Police said he had been convicted for a string of offences but none of them terror-related. Born on Christmas Day 1964 in Kent in southeast England, Masood had been living in the West Midlands where armed police have staged several raids since the attack, storming properties in the city of Birmingham. Over the course…

President Buhari condemns London parliament attack

Mar 23, 2017 topnews

The terrorist attack near the United Kingdom Parliament Building at Westminster, London has been condemned by Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari. The President, who sympathized with the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, assured her that the government and people of Nigeria “stand with Britons at this sad and trying moment in their country.” According to President Buhari, “terror attack anywhere in the world is condemnable,” adding that the whole world must join hands to defeat the perpetrators of terrorism. The President, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media…

Marine police finally recovers Dr. Allwell Orji’s body

Mar 23, 2017 topnews

The body of Dr. Allwell Orji, who jumped into the lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday, has finally been recovered by the Marine Police Wednesday evening after a frantic search for over 72 hours. Orji’s body was identified by some of his family members, including his driver, in the presence of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni. According to Owoseni, “the body would be handed over to the family while investigation continues.” On Tuesday, the commissioner had erroneously made a false statement stating that Dr.…

Senate calls for Hameed Ali’s resignation

Mar 22, 2017 topnews

Concluding that he is unfit to hold any public office, the Nigerian Senate has called for the resignation of the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd). The Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), on Wednesday failed to appear before the Senate, contrary to a directive of the upper chamber. The senate had on Thursday asked Ali to appear before it at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in Customs uniform to explain the rationale for directing that vehicle owners should pay duty on their…

Heritage Bank, Lagos State sponsor one-day seminar for JAMB students

Mar 22, 2017 topnews

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking services provider, has taken another giant step towards being the timeless wealth partners with its stakeholders, as it sponsored a one-day JAMB Seminar for the Ifako-Ijaiye students. This is part of the bank’s initiative to develop the advancement of education in Nigeria; as the bank in partnership with a House of Representative member in Lagos State organised a one day seminar to educate the audience about the techniques required to scale the JAMB 2017 calendar huddle in aspiration for admission into tertiary institutions…

Body of Doctor Orji yet to be found in Lagos lagoon

Mar 21, 2017 topnews

The body of Dr. Allwell Orji, a medical practitioner with Mount Sinai Hospital, Papa Ajao, Mushin, who jumped into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge, is yet to be found by emergency responders. Orji had on Sunday evening ordered his driver to park his car, a Nissan Sports Utility Vehicle with registration number LND476EE at the Third Mainland Bridge before jumping into the water. Yesterday, emergency workers, police and local divers were at the scene all through the day with different patrol boats searching tirelessly to recover the body…

Man beheads lady seeking spiritual cleansing

Mar 21, 2017 topnews

Toafeek Hassan, a 61-year-old man was, yesterday, arrested with fresh human head and other body parts of a lady he was alleged to have murdered, at Ikoga community in Badagry area of Lagos, Sunday. It was gathered that the deceased, a yet-to-be identified lady, approached Hassan, a cleric, for spiritual cleansing in Sango Otta, due to some challenges she was facing. It was gathered that he was on his way to hand over the needed body parts to a cleric yesterday, when he was accosted by curious people, as the…

Access Bank, NSE to promote financial inclusion and literacy

Mar 20, 2017 topnews

To commemorate the 2017 Global Money Week promoting financial inclusion and literacy, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is to partner Access Bank plc. A statement by NSE in Lagos on Monday said that the 2017 Global Money Week with the theme: ‘Learn. Save. Earn’ would offer series of programmes to raise awareness and improve capabilities of youths to make sound financial decisions. The NSE said that the event, scheduled from March 27 to March 31 across all NSE offices in Nigeria, would mentor young people on investment matters. It said…

Adulterated diesel Suspects make N20m daily

Mar 20, 2017Mar 20, 2017 topnews

43 suspected oil bunkers have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment, at the weekend. They sealed-off property in which 2.5 million litres worth of adulterated diesel were recovered at Alausa, Ikeja area of the state. One of the suspects, Mr. Iyiola Adeyinka, aged 40 years, from Ilero in Oyo State, confirmed that the company where the recovery was made, Jlobjin Petroleum Ltd, belonged to one Alhaji Lukumon Ojena. He confessed that they used to mix diesel with kerosene on daily basis to be supplied in…