Category: Society

Ibadan, Ogbomoso monarchs reject Alaafin as permanent council chairman

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A proposed legal amendment by the Oyo State House of Assembly seeking to make the Alaafin of Oyo the permanent chairman of the state’s Council of Obas and Chiefs has been opposed by traditional leaders and stakeholders from Ibadan land and Ogbomoso land. The opposition was contained in a joint statement issued on Monday in Ibadan and signed by Mogajis, Baales, monarchs, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, the Ibadan Compounds Peace Initiative, prominent sons and daughters of Ibadanland, and Mogajis from the Soun Ruling Houses of Ogbomoso. The bill…

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Missing Nigerian nurse found dead in UK apartment

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A Nigerian nurse, Nnena Miriam’s lifeless body was discovered in her apartment in Leeds, United Kingdom, by police after she was declared missing, according to Fellow Nurses Africa — a platform committed to the growth and support of African nurses. Mariam’s failure to show up at her work place raised concerns and did not respond to calls from friends and associates. A close friend, alarmed by her silence, ultimately filed a missing person report. Police later found Miriam dead in her home. In an official statement released on Wednesday, Fellow…

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Socialite E-Money arrested for naira abuse released from EFCC custody

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Emeka Okonkwo, popular Lagos socialite, widely known as E-Money, was reportedly released on Tuesday evening after hours of interrogation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). E-Money had been arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos and subsequently taken to the EFCC’s office in Abuja. According to EFCC sources, his arrest was in connection with alleged abuse of the Naira and the defacing of foreign currencies—specifically, spraying United States dollars in a manner that contravenes the Foreign Exchange Act. An EFCC…

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Groom, bride’s sister die in autocrash 30minutes before wedding in Bauchi

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A devastating turn of event took place at Boto in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State as what was meant to be a joyous wedding ceremony turned into tragedy after a fatal accident killed Abba Musa, the groom, and Maryam Suleiman, the elder sister of the bride, 30 minutes before their wedding. A witness said the incident happened at the weekend while they were going to the venue of the marriage ceremony from Murno village, a community, which is less than five kilometres away. A brother of the…

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Man kills newly wedded wife with 4-month pregnancy in Edo State

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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command arrested one Kelvin Izekor for the murder of his 38-year-old wife, Success Izekor. The unfortunate incident happened at Upper Mission Extension in Benin City on Saturday, February 22, 2025. A resident claimed that the couple recently got married. Also, a viral video on social media shows police officers and residents taking the deceased, who had deep machete cuts on her head, from her apartment into a police Hilux patrol van. The spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident…

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Paternity row: Ex-chairman of Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni moves to reject mistress daughter in court

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The sour relationship between the former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni and his ex-mistress, Adaobi Alagwu took a new dimension after the businessman asked a Federal Capital Territory Customary Court in Dawaki, Abuja to declare that the daughter of his ex-mistress is not his. Ayeni and Alagwu have been locked in a paternity dispute since 2022. Alagwu insisted that her daughter belongs to the business mogul, while he has repeatedly denied fathering the child. Ayeni while being led in evidence on Monday by his lawyer, Silas Onu,…

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Police inspector found dead in hotel, woman flees

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A police officer with the rank of an Inspector, identified as Haruna Mohammed has been found dead in a hotel room in, Akute area of Ogun state. The inspector attached to Ishashi Police Division in Lagos State, was said to have arrived with a woman to Super G Royal hotel, located at Anthony Uzum Estate, Oyeyemi Akute, at about 1:00 am on Saturday. The hotel manager, Deborah Adejobi, reportedly found their room unlocked at about 8:52 am, and on checking inside, she discovered the lifeless body of the officer, while…

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Islamic cleric murders final-year female student in Ilorin

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A final year student of the Kwara State College of Education in Ilorin, Hafsah Yetunde Lawal was murdered by suspected ritualist. Her corpse was dismembered after honouring the invitation of a lover she met on Facebook. According to reports, the unsuspecting Hafsah was at a naming ceremony when she received an invitation call from her killer. “She dropped her food to answer the call and then left,” the source hinted, adding that, “since then, we’ve been searching for her everywhere, but no one knew her whereabouts.” However, her parents were…

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Police: ‘How Lagos hotelier allegedly sodomized teenager, gave him N5,000’

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  Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested Mr. Opara Macdonald who is the managing director of Leuven Empire Hotel and Suites in Ejigbo, Lagos, for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old boy. Lagos Police command’s spokesperson, Ayuba Umma, revealed that Macdonald was picked up sequel to a petition alleging that he took the victim to his house in Egbeda, where he performed anal sex on him, gave him N5,000, and warned him not to tell anyone, including his parens. Umma said at first the teenager was scared to tell…

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Nigerian professor, Dubem Okafor kills wife, self in US

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One of Nigeria’s respected poet and professor of English Language and Literature, Dubem Okafor is dead. He died last Sunday in the United States after shooting his wife Cheryl. According to reports from the US, Okafor aged 64, and cousin to the late poet, Christopher Okigbo apparently distraught that his wife had left him a few days earlier, arranged to meet her at his sister’s Reading home, in Pennsylvania, where he shot her several times and also shot himself once in the head at 3:45 p.m. A small-caliber handgun was…

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