Category: Society

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 his…

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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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Police: Couple sold their child for N450,000, arrested for stealing neighbour’s daughter

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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a woman, Christiana Uwem Ibanga and her boyfriend, Inyene Akpan, for allegedly stealing their neighbour’s daughter on 14th January 2025 in Abuja. During interrogation, it was discovered that the couple had earlier sold their own child for N450,000 in 2024. The state police spokesperson, DSP Timfon John, confirmed the arrest in a statement released on Wednesday. According to police, the suspects were apprehended following a complaint from a woman (name withheld) who reported that Ibanga had allegedly lured her six-year-old daughter and…

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My Dog, My Life Decisions: Helen Paul’s new book x-rays societal ills

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Iconic thespian and educationist, Professor Helen Paul has addressed the political dilemma of a country in her new book titled ‘My Dog, My Life Decisions’. The book, which is currently available on digital platform, Amazon is a two-part drama with dual titles. It is a satirical expose of the happenings in a country described figuratively as a dog and the citizens’ outcry. The first part, titled “My Dog, My Life Decisions,” exposes the dilemma of a campaign manager who campaigned for the ruler in power, who breached all the campaign…

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Nigerian woman denied US residency after DNA reveals sponsor is not her biological father

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A permanent residency application made by Mr. Adex Odiete for his daughter, Linda was rejected by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have denied after a DNA test proved he was not her biological father. The USCIS in 2007 approved an I-130 application for Mr Odiete’s daughter, granting her access to the country. After over a decade, the man initiated the formal process to upgrade his daughter’s immigrant status to a permanent resident, form I-148. The U.S. government requested supporting documents such as Ms Odiete’s birth certificate, tuition receipts and…

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Speed Darlington alleges assassination attempt

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Days after his release from Kuje prison, controversial rapper, Speed Darlington has reportedly escaped an alleged assassination attempt. In a video shared on his Instagram page, the musician claimed unknown gunmen opened fire on his car, leaving it riddled with bullet holes. According to him, the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday as he was leaving a nightclub in Victoria Island, Lagos. The footage, which has since gone viral, shows the rear of the vehicle severely damaged, with visible bullet marks. The rapper accused an unnamed individual of orchestrating the…

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How 74 year-old woman on wheelchair was burnt to death in Anambra

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Police operatives from Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters, Anambra, have arrested four suspects for allegedly burning a 74-year-old woman to death. The four suspects included a 21-year-old lady, Chinyere Ekwenugo, who allegedly conspired with others to kill the woman on wheelchair. Police public relations officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement, said that the incident occurred around 9:00 am on Sunday. “During interrogation by the police operatives, the suspect, Chinenye Ekwenugo, confessed that her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is currently at large and three others set the victim ablaze,” he said. “They…

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Sen. Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice freed from UK prison

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Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former deputy senate president, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu been released from prison in the United Kingdom and she is now back in Nigeria. The lawmaker’s wife returned on Tuesday to celebration and prayers for her husband’s safe return. Beatrice and her husband were convicted for charges bothering on organ harvesting and trafficking in May 2023. The couple had attempted to buy a kidney off a young Nigerian boy to make him a donor to their daughter Sophia. Beatrice, her husband and one Obinna Obeta, a medical doctor, were…

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Suspended RCCG Pastor Iluyomade floats new ministry in Lagos

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Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, a suspended pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s (RCCG) City of David Parish, has launched his own l ministry named “The Family Fellowship” in Lagos. Recall that Iluyomade’s suspension from the RCCG in June 2024, stemmed from the controversy surrounding his wife, Pastor Siju’s, 60th birthday celebration. The event, which took place shortly after the unfortunate death of prominent church member Herbert Wigwe, faced considerable backlash because of its timing. The first “The Family Fellowship” service was held at the Civic Centre on Victoria Island, Lagos, and was characterised…

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Suspected assassins kill Celestial Church prophet inside his church while preaching

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Suspected hired assassins on Sunday, stormed a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Hebrew parish located at the Odo Eran area of the Old Baggage road in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State where they snuffed life out of the Shepherd-in-charge in a gory manner. The deceased, identified as Yomi Adetula was killed inside his church on Sunday morning around 11.a.m. while preaching. It was reliably gathered that Adetula’s assailants, who were six in number were armed with AK-47 gun each and were all clad in the Celestial Church’s…

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