A Lagos-based woman, identified as Madam Shade Moke, alias Mama popular, is in police custody, for allegedly contracting three men, to torture her 16-year-old maid, Halimat Sodiq, to death over N2,000 theft. Findings has it that the 41-year-old Moke, had accused the deceased of stealing from her, and ordered her accomplices, John Okpara, Isaac Gboyelade, […]
Abuja – Mrs Kafayat Amusan, one of the stranded Nigerian travellers returning from United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday delivered a baby boy on board Emirates Airline departing from Dubai to Lagos. Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and Public Relations Office of Nigerians in Dispora Commision (NIDCOM), made the disclosure in a statement sent in […]
A British woman, Sue Radford has given birth to the 22nd baby. She and husband Noel, 49, welcomed the little girl, who weighed 7lb last Friday. The infant has not yet been named due to the coronavirus pandemic as latest birth in the U.K. can’t be registered. After giving birth on Friday last week, Sue […]
By Chioma Joseph The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Ejike Okata, who is alleged to have killed and butchered a 50-year-old woman, Adeyiba Oladipupo. The deceased, it was learnt had accused the suspect, her neighbour, of stealing her phone at their Ayegbami compound, in Ijebu-Ode. Following the accusation, tempers flared, and the […]
A 30-year-old woman, Precious Chike, who allegedly obtained N500, 000 on the pretext of procuring a Cyprus Visa, was on Thursday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Chike, whose address was not given, is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and stealing. She, however, pleaded not guilty. READ ALSO: […]
Ikeja – A 30-year-old caregiver for persons with Down syndrome, Kabiru Wasiu, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for defiling a teenager. Wasiu, whose address was not provided, was also charged with raping a woman with Down syndrome. Pastor Adeboye’s advice: If it’s not for you, jump and […]
A mother of four, Mrs Janet Ayoola, lost her 39-year-old marriage to her husband, Olajide Ayoola, for denying him sex for seven years. An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Monday granted the request of Janet’s enstranged husband, Olajide, for dissolution of the marriage. READ ALSO: Hisbah arrests 22 suspects, confiscates 349 bottles of beer […]
Abuja – A businesswoman Mrs Clementine Eze, on Friday dragged her husband Friday, before a Customary court in Nyanya, Abuja for accusing her of infidelity. The petitioner, who resides in Nasarawa state said this in the divorce petition she filed before the court. “My husband husband’s attitude changed when my male cousin paid us a […]
A housewife, Fatimah Abdulrahseed, on Thursday dragged her husband, Owolabi, before an Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara, seeking legal divorce, saying she has been sexually starved. The petitioner said she married Owolabi in 2012. “I am not enjoying my sleep again. My husband is avoiding me in bed and has refused to make love to […]
A 22-year-old woman, Salimat Hamza, who allegedly stabbed her rival with a broken bottle, on Friday appeared in Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna. Hamza, who resides in Kaduna, is charged with two counts of criminal trespass and causing grievous hurt. She pleaded not guilty. READ ALSO: Driver in court over alleged N108,000 fraud The Prosecution Counsel, […]
Ibadan – An Ibadan-based civil servant, Mujidat Muideen and mother of one, on Friday sought dissolution of her eight year-old marriage to husband, Lateef, in a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on grounds that he was lazy. In her petition Mujidat,who resides in Ologuneru area in Ibadan, stated that there might be bloodshed if the […]
An enraged woman put her husband up for sale after she caught him cheating, she waited for her husband to return home for a week and decided to sell her husband to his mistress. Edna Mukwana, from Kenya, said she sold her husband for 1700 Kenyan Shilling (£12.76) and used the money to buy her […]
Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of one person and kidnapping of a woman with her one-year-old baby in Jibia local government area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah who confirmed the incident, told newsmen in Katisna that the gunmen also kidnapped one other […]
Ikeja – The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 36-year-old woman, Kemi Folarin, who allegedly slapped her eight-year-old niece on the ear three times and caused her internal injuries. Folarin, a resident of Akin Amusan Lane, Abiodun Street, Glory Land Estate, Idimu, Lagos, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on a charge of assault […]
Ikeja – A 20-year-old fashion designer (name withheld) on Monday narrated before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how she was allegedly sexually abused and defiled by four neighbours on different occasions over a seven-year period. The two of the neighbours – a driver, Taofeeq Alabi, and dry cleaner, Igwe Andrew, aged 49 […]
By Chioma Joseph The Police in Ogun State, have rescued a-day-old baby, who was thrown into a soak – away pit by the mother, a 30-year-old woman, Risikat Olabintan. The incident which allegedly happened on November 17, 2019, was brought to the notice of the police following a distress call by members of the Ibukun […]
Kaduna – A physically challenged mother, Latifa Umar, on Monday, dragged Rabiu Abdulrazak, a businessman to a Sharia court l sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna for allegedly having sex with her eight-year-old son. The complainant, who resides at Kano road area of Kaduna, told the court that the defendant had been taking her son out […]
How a Nigerian woman recruited men to act as drug courier to obtain drugs and bring them back into the United States has been revealed. Temitope Ayoni Olaiya, aka “Tammy” who has pleaded guilty to leading a conspiracy to import more than five kilograms of cocaine, as well as to her role in a […]
An Kaduna based NGO, Arida Relief Foundation and a team of policeman have secured the release of a woman, Hassana Sale, who was locked up in a dark room at their family residence for two years, to prevent her access to her estranged husband. The mother of four was found in a “terrible state” locked […]
The police on Tuesday arraigned a businesswoman, Lovina Chukwuekezi, 34, in a Magistrates’ Court in Ojo, Lagos for allegedly biting off her apprentice’s cheek. The police charged Chuwuekezi along with her husband, Patrick, 51, with five counts of conspiracy, provocation, causing bodily harm, assault and neglect. The Prosecutor, Insp. Simon Uche, told the court that […]