The former boss of the 26-year-old photographer detained in Keffi Correctional Centre after he resigned via text message has broken his silence following an outcry on social media.
Mike Oluwole, the former boss of Nicholas Peter, spoke to Punch on Monday, September 2.
Oluwole said Nicholas came to his office to sell a camera lens, which he later discovered to be allegedly stolen.
He told the publication: "When he came to my office to sell the camera lens, I asked about its owner. He claimed that it belonged to his friend, and I put him on the spot to confirm. I made him sign that he sold it to me. I then told him how much I needed a good photographer and photo editor and he showed interest. I put him on a series of photography tests, which he ed outstandingly.
"I then employed him on probation for six months with a monthly pay of N70,000, and he consented. But I noticed something with Nicholas: he is always demanding. My company has a scheme called ‘I owe you (IOU)’ to help relieve staff of their financial burdens until the end of the month when they get their salaries to repay. He was always defaulting in the scheme and would beg me to help him spread the pay beyond the next month.
"When he resigned, he only sent a text, and I asked him if that was the appropriate way to go about things. He then began to insult me, advising me on how to go about human management and leadership.
"I learned that our office phone was missing; I rang him to no avail after CCTV revealed that a day before his resignation, he had returned to the office, disconnected the office camera, and connected it while heading out. Unperturbed by his actions that are costing my customer database, I reported him to the police, and he was arrested."
He said the photographer was questioned about the disappearance of the phone for days before his case was transferred to the court. Oluwole alleged that Nicholas later confessed to stealing the phone, but it was too late to stop the prosecution.
He said that after being pressured, he wrote to the Upper Area Court, Mpape in Abuja, where Nicholas was prosecuted, to stop the case, but his letter was not approved.
"I heard that the letter was rejected because it was not properly written, of which I did due diligence. I learned about the bail fee when he got to Keffi Correctional Centre. At first, he said it was N20,000, which I sent to one of the people he ed to beg me for his release. He rang me again and said that it was N50,000. I didn’t believe him because he had always had a distrust for him. So, I informed them to refund me.
"I did all I could to facilitate his release, and when he returned, he came to my office, and I sent N20,000 to him again with the promise that I would help him get an offer if he changed for good."
A GUO Transport driver has allegedly threatened to kill engers who report him to the company’s management following complaints about his unruly behavior during a trip from Lagos to Aba.
The alarming incident has left engers outraged and concerned for their safety.
engers who boarded the bus at GUO’s Old-Ojo station in Lagos were initially scheduled to depart at 7:00 am yesterday, August 31, but due to delays from the station managers, the bus did not leave until 8:30 am. As the journey progressed, the driver, identified as Nonso, reportedly drove them around Ogun State for three hours in search of fuel, further aggravating the already frustrated engers.
When the engers expressed their displeasure over the driver’s actions, Nonso allegedly responded with a chilling threat, stating that he would k!ll anyone who dared to report him to GUO management. This led to growing fear and tension among the engers as the journey dragged on.
The situation deteriorated further when the bus finally reached Owerri at 1:00 am, far behind schedule. Exhausted and frustrated, the engers were allegedly then asked to disembark as the driver decided to end the trip prematurely. He allegedly locked the bus and left the engers stranded outside in the middle of the night.
Despite having paid N32,000 for the bus trip, the engers were informed that they would not receive any refund. Instead, they were told to board a local bus to complete their journey to Aba, adding to their frustration and disappointment.
A man has released a video, accusing his wife of being dirty.
The man claimed he had been away for two days and returned to meet the house in disarray. He filmed their kitchen, looking untidy, with dirty dishes on the counter and things kept out of place.
He lamented in the video, saying: "They warned me but I didn't listen. This is what you get when you marry a girl you met at Ikoyi Link Bridge, jogging.
"I was away from home for two days, for two days, guys. Look at my kitchen. This is what I came back to meet."
"Look at my kitchen. Look at the sink," he said, showing empty water bottles and dirty plates scattered in the sink and everywhere else.
"There is a woman in this house. There is a woman in this house. I can't keep this to myself. I can't just contain this. Before they will now say, this man is abusive, this man is violent, look at what I'm facing."
"And what is she doing? Look. Look," he says then goes into the living room to film the woman sitting, eating popcorn and watching a movie.
When he asks why the kitchen it untidy, the woman tells him the house help did not come to work for two days.
In a dramatic and unexpected turn of events, secondary school students at a military school have revolted against soldiers stationed at their institution.
The incident, which has quickly gone viral on social media, shows the students chasing the soldiers out of the school premises, with the soldiers seen holding sticks as they fled.
The reasons behind the revolt remain unclear, but the footage has sparked widespread discussion and concern about the circumstances leading to such a confrontation between students and military personnel.
A woman has gone on X to narrate how she discovered a tampon had been left in her body for one month.
She wrote on X today, August 30: "I literally just experienced this, I was smelling a HORRIBLE smell in that area, despite taking two showers a day to remove it for a WHOLE MONTH. I kept d!scharging a brown-red color, and i was d!scharging way more than usual.
"And just today i was searching up for a possible douche? I don't know, l'd never used one and everyone says not to, but literally as I was scrolling through douches, I went to wipe and felt what I thought was a ball of toilet paper sticking out?
"Pulled it and out came a FOUL smelling tampon. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE FORGOTTEN MY TAMPON IN?!?! I can notice a world of a difference with it out yet how did i not notice when it was stuck inside me for a MONTH. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in Pakistan has arrested a Nigerian national at Lahore International Airport on charges of drug smuggling.
The suspect, who had flown in from Nigeria via Dubai, was found with 38 cocaine-filled capsules hidden in his stomach.
ANF spokesperson, in a statement on Thursday, August 29, 2024, said that a total of 608 grams of cocaine was recovered from the capsules.
The arrest highlights a concerning trend of increasing drug smuggling cases involving foreign nationals.
In 2023, 10 Nigerian nationals were arrested in similar cases, with a total of 4.811 kilograms of drugs seized.
This year, authorities have already conducted seven operations, leading to the arrest of eight Nigerian individuals and the recovery of 11.420 kilograms of narcotics.
The suspect is being charged under the Anti-Narcotics Act, and further investigations are underway.
A final-year student of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, Noel Okechukwu, 27, was allegedly shot dead by security operatives.
The incident happened at Senator Stella Oduah’s Estate, Akili-Ozizor Community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.
According to Punch, the deceased was shot dead by the local vigilante operatives attached to the estate on August 17, 2024.
The security operatives alleged that Noel was shot because he was one of those who had been “looting and vandalising” property in the estate.
Speaking to the publication on Thursday, August 29, the father of the boy, Rex Okechukwu, disclosed that the local vigilante operatives shot his son dead inside the estate as he was going to buy fresh fish.
In a petition sent to the Divisional Police Officer at Ogbaru Police Division, Atani, the father, stated that, according to eyewitnesses, the shooting occurred after an altercation ensued between the guards and his son.
“The incident occurred on Saturday, August 17, 2024. On the said day, my son, Noel Okechukwu, a 27-year old final year student of Ojukwu varsity, had left for Senator Stella Oduah’s Estate at Akili-Ozizor, a neighbouring community to buy fresh fish at a fish pond located inside the estate,” the petition read. “On getting to the gate leading to the entrance of the estate, the private security guards guarding the Emestate disallowed him entrance and an altercation ensued between the guards and himself leading to one of the guards pulling the trigger of his pump action riffle and pumping bullets into his body which made him to slump.
"Soon after gunning him down, the guards started giving him water to drink and as soon as he took some quantities of the water, he gave up the ghost and the guards sent a motorcyclist who rushed to inform the bereaved family of the unfortunate incident.
“We, as the family , are demanding justice against the private guards because they had no right to take the life of our son in such a brutish manner."
The Divisional Police Officer, at Atani, Mr .I. Andrew, confirmed the receipt of a petition.
“Yes, we have received a petition concerning the alleged shooting and k!lling. But the report I had before me concerning the incident is that the deceased was among those who had been looting and vandalising property inside the estate,” the DPO said.
“Apart from that community being a known gunmen-infested area, they said the deceased was caught with his gang armed with pump action guns looting and vandalising the estate, and when confronted, they opened fire on the security guards and the guards returned fire for the fire which led to his being gunned down.”
The DPO further said he had concluded arrangements to transfer the case file to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
Police in the Federal Capital Territory FCT have arrested a Nigerian Navy personnel, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, for the alleged Murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice iral I. I. Ibrahim (retd).
Parading the suspect before newsmen, the FCT Police Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, said on August 23, while on a routine stop and search operation, Police operatives from the command accosted the suspect in a black-coloured Prado SUV. She said during questioning, the suspect could not give a satisfactory explanation as to how he came about the vehicle.
”Police operatives took him into custody and preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a Sea Man of the Nigerian Navy on guard duty at the residence of a Retired Naval officer and the vehicle belongs to late Aminu Ibrahim (the son of late iral I. Ibrahim a former Chief of Naval Staff), who was killed and his Prado SUV snatched on 18/08/2024 at river Benue Street Maitama'' Igweh said
She disclosed that the suspect attempted to escape from Police custody but was promptly rearrested. She said the suspect freely confessed to being a member of a three-man gang that specializes in armed robbery/snatching of luxury vehicles and selling them off outside the FCT.
“I work at the house. He wanted to go out at night, around 11:30. He said he needed security. So, I followed him with my gun. Along the way, he stopped to check his ATM, as if he was going to buy something. I thought maybe I was going to escort him to a market or somewhere. Then, when I came out through the other door, I shot him, took the car, and left. I’m a guard and a seaman in the Navy. He did not do anything to me; I killed him to steal his car.” the suspect said during interrogation
Igweh added that the suspect also said he and his gang have carried out three operations successfully so far. Adeh added that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining three gang currently at large.
The Lagos State Police command has arrested an unnamed nurse over the d$ath of a 36-year-old woman, simply identified as Abiola, over a failed butt-lifting procedure allegedly carried out on the deceased by the nurse.
Confirming her arrest to newsmen, the state’s Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the nurse was arrested after the Maroko Police Division received a report on Tuesday at about 11:40 am from the driver of the deceased, whose name was also not disclosed.
Hundeyin stated that the deceased’s driver reported that at about 3am on Monday, his boss, who was living at Diamond Estate, Sangotedo-Lekki, asked him to convey her to a clinic located at Lekki Phase 1 for a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) injection for buttocks enlargement.
“On arrival, the owner of the clinic (not mentioned), instructed a nurse to inject the now-deceased lady, who later became unconscious and started gasping for breath. The victim was rescued and rushed to another hospital in Lekki Phase 1 for treatment, where she was confirmed d#ad by the doctor on duty. Based on the report, the scene was visited by a team of detectives.
The hospital was also visited, where the corpse was inspected and photographed before it was evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy'' he said
The Lagos police image-maker added that the said nurse had been arrested and that investigation into the matter is in progress.
Ali Al-Amiri, 21 (07.04.03) of Wyld Way, Brent, Joshua Oladele, 20 (12.04.04) of Wyld Way, Brent, and Micah Hines, 21 (04.06.03) of Victoria Avenue, Brent, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Wednesday, 28 August where they were sentenced as follows:
Oladele was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 28 years.
Hines was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 25 years.
Al-Amiri was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 24 years.
Officers investigating the murder were recognised for the detail and attention that had been given to this case and all involved with the trial were issued with a Judge's Commendation.
The three men, who armed themselves with weapons before fatally stabbing 25-year-old Hamzah Iqbal in Wembley were all convicted following a trial at the same court on Tuesday, 20 August. The court heard how Hamzah was attacked when he was out with friends in Olympic Way on the evening of 24 September 2023.
The three defendants had gone out that night armed with knives and machetes, and were wearing masks. Why Hamzah was singled out has never been established, but he was attacked with a sustained ferocity by all three defendants, suffering 23 knife wounds, one of which, ended his life.
Officers and the London Ambulance Service rushed to the scene and Hamzah was taken to hospital, but despite the best efforts of the emergency services, sadly he could not be saved.
Detectives began to piece together the events of that evening, compiling footage from a painstaking trawl of CCTV, which led to the identification and arrest of the suspects.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Rogers, who led the investigation, said: “This was a ferocious sustained attack by three men that left Hamzah with no opportunity to defend himself.
“His family is devastated by their loss and their lives are forever changed by the actions of three violent thugs.
"Those three men went out armed with weapons that evening, the only conclusion that can be made is that they had set out that evening intent on violence.
“Our investigation team worked hard to build a case against the defendants, ensuring that they would face the consequences of their actions.
“Although nothing can bring Hamzah back, it is my sincere hope that his family find a measure of solace in knowing that those responsible for his death will now spend many years of their lives behind bars."
Reactions have trailed the appearance of Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, at the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria, pending her confirmation by the Senate.
Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office and signed the oath on Friday, August 23.
The event was held at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.
On Monday, August 26, X s posted a picture showing Seyi sitting comfortably at the event.
Seyi's presence sparked questions about what he was doing in a place where only cabinet and top government functionaries were supposed to be.
saintopus:
People are weaponizing mental instability for money and they called it trending
She isn’t weaponizing it for trend
Watch the video and see for yourself as She didn’t ask for money or trend.
She was just trying to show the world how it feels to have a mother with mental health issue with no from any one in her family except herself. Why would she be making the video if Nigeria has a good Mental Health institution who take care of people in need asap.
A new report has revealed how girls as young as 13 from Nigeria are trafficked to Ivory Coast under the guise of selling 'body cream' only to be forced to undergo prostitution.
According to a new report by the Guardian UK, thousands of Nigerian girls were tricked with promises of work by agents taking advantage of the high unemployment level in the country.
Once they arrive in the city of Bouaké, the first words they are taught are “Alors baiser” and “c’est douce” which they use to initiate sexual activity and then to fake pleasure during the act.
A girl known as Sara reportedly said her mother’s best friend had told her she was going to the Ivorian city to sell body lotion. Instead, an older woman – a “madam” who had paid for her travel without her knowledge sent her to brothels in the city every night.
Sara (not her real name) says she is paid between 3,000–5,000 Central African Francs (CFA) – between £3.90 and £6.50 (N8,000-13,000 )– for every man she sleeps with for a “short time” and 25,000 CFA for an overnight stay. The money is split three ways between the brothel, Sara and the madam.
Three months after arriving in Bouaké, Sara is still waiting to earn enough to pay off debts of 2.5m CFA to the madam for travel, clothes, sustenance and bribes paid to agents, and return to Nigeria.
“She [the madam] took my Nigerian sim card when I came here, so I couldn’t call my people at home for the first month,” says Sara, who now goes by the name of Sugar and refused to give her real age.
Across Nigeria, recruiting agents go into rural communities or post in jobseekers’ groups on Facebook, talking ambiguously about hustles that yield plenty of rewards and sending photographs of girls and women they have recruited to known madams.
They coach recruits to tell immigration officials, who are sometimes aware of what is happening or simply don’t care enough to carry out proper scrutiny, that they are crossing the border to go to the nearby market in Cotonou, an auxiliary port for Nigeria.
Many recruits say, agents, who have been known to be a relative, do not accompany them on the journey but their numbers to other agents who guide them across the porous borders. With no means of identification, they gain access by paying bribes of 1,000-2,000 CFA, sometimes paid ahead to the driver by the agents.'' the report read
According to the paper, its reporters spoke to at least two dozen girls and women in the forest, some as young as 15. Some of them said they had been starved for refusing to work or beaten up by angry men who came to them for sex.
The report says many of the girls barely speak French and say they don’t know the country well enough to be able to escape.
Nigerian immigration officials who have managed to repatriate girls trapped as sex workers say they have seen girls as young as 13 that were trafficked.
“A lot of the girls we found claim to be over 18 and doing sex work of their own free will, but most of the time from their physical appearance, you know they are not,” says the former Nigerian official. “Tests to determine their age, such as scanning a wisdom tooth, cost about 50,000 CFA so you have to talk to them, but if they are insistent, you let them go back.”
The report concludes;
For Sara, the wait to return home goes on. She was in junior secondary school in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, before dropping out to travel to Ivory Coast. These days she is learning how to barter condoms for other items.
“I really don’t like the work I’m doing here. I miss my people at home,” she says.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has condemned a young lady for sharing a video of her mentally ill mother.
According to the minister, the lady put her mother out for ‘’personal gain and social media content.''
This is unacceptable, potentially harmful, and troubling
The young lady who did not give her name in the video introduced a mentally unstable woman as her mother. She said her mother became mentally ill after her father's demise. She said her mum initially was taking care of herself and her other siblings but things began to deteriorate with her mental state. She said her mum left their home and has been residing on the streets. She mentioned that she visits her from time to time with food items and money
Reacting, the Minister while condemning the video, described it as ‘’unacceptable, potentially harmful and troubling''. She wrote;
‘’"URGENT CONDEMNATION AND CALL TO ACTION"
We condemn the disturbing Video report of a woman's mental illness being exploited by her daughter for personal gain and social media content. This is unacceptable, potentially harmful, and troubling.
We strongly condemn exploiting vulnerable individuals, especially those struggling with mental health issues. Mental illness demands comion, understanding, and – not ridicule or exploitation.
The Federal Ministry of Women's Affairs urgently request information about the mother's identity and condition to ensure proper care and protection. A reward is offered for prompt location assistance.
Appropriate actions must be taken to address this situation. We call on everyone to respect the dignity and humanity of those facing mental health issues and report similar instances immediately.
Let's work together to prevent exploitation and those who need it most."
A couple getting married in Northern Nigeria has raised brows due to their countenance at their wedding.
A video shared by a wedding guest, via the TikTok handle @Muhammadabdullah5685, shows the groom and bride sitting far apart from each other at their wedding reception.
They refused to look at themselves.
The husband wore an angry look on his face while the bride looked timid and leaned into someone who placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
The couple did not spare a smile for guests who sprayed them with 10 and 20 naira notes.
Later, the bride is seen frowning while dancing without her groom on the dance floor.
The Anambra State Government, on Sunday, August 25, reacted to the fight and alleged “strangulation” that occured between the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Chinwe Achugbu and one of the Heads of Department, simply identified as Mrs Nkem.
Achugbu is one of the new permanent secretaries appointed in March 2024 by the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
The fight between both women reportedly happened at work on Thursday, August 15, during an argument over a yet-to-be-disclosed matter.
During the fight, Mrs Achugbu is alleged to have strangled Mrs Nkem, thereby putting her in a coma.
According to reports, the fight, which took place at the state ministry located at Dora Akunyili Development Centre, required the intervention of the state commisoner of Women Affairs Mrs Ify Obinabo for temporal peace to be restored between the two senior staff.
However, the injury inflicted on the HOD was so severe that she had to be the rushed to the Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (aka Amaku General Hospital) for emergency treatment to save her life.
Sources allege that physical assault among staff in the ministry has occured multiple times.
Meanwhile, the Head of Service, Theodora Igwegbe, told Punch that she was aware of a reported fight at the ministry through social media but had yet to officially be briefed on what happened.
Igwegbe vowed to take action after an investigation and findings had been concluded on the matter.
She said: "I saw the report on social media on Friday, August 23, 2024. I have not received a formal report against the Permanent Secretary in question as provided by Section 7, Chapter 10 of the Public Service Rules (2021).
“That notwithstanding, I have started asking questions to ascertain what happened while I await a formal report, which should be the beginning of a process.”
yarimo:
After peter OBI called his kidnapping boys, the same way he did when a commissioner in the state was kidnap and regain freedom immediately after he intervene
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra Branch, has called off the strike it embarked on to protest the kidnap of Dr Stephen Ezeh in the state.
In a statement on Sunday, August 25, the NMA, said the decision to call off the strike followed the release of Ezeh from captivity on Saturday, August 24.
The Statement was signed by Dr Princeston Okam and Dr Ifeanyi Obiaeli, its Chairman and Secretary respectively.
The statement reads: "The total and indefinite strike called by the NMA Anambra Branch to protest the kidnap of our member, Dr Stephen Ezeh, is hereby called off following his release. Clinical services resume 08:00 hours Sunday, Aug 25.
"We appreciate the good people of Anambra for bearing with us through these trying times while we earnestly pray that this tribulation will not arise again.
“We appreciate our colleagues for their solidarity and doggedness in the face of the challenges facing the sector, especially insecurity and urge them to remain resolute and committed towards delivering healthcare to Anambra people.”
A social media has gone off on a rant after it was revealed that Koye Kekere-Edun, an actor and the son of Nigeria's newly appointed Chief Justice, Kudirat Kekere-Edun, was a vocal er of Peter Obi, the Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate.
The , Taofeek T. Gawat, sarcastically congratulated Koye on his mother's appointment as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) while reminding him to "delete all your Anti-Tinubu posts."
In his conversation with other followers, Taofeek repeatedly referenced Koye's for Peter Obi.
A former police spokesperson in Lagos State, A Chike Oti, is battling kidney disease and has appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance to undergo a kidney transplant.
Oti, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday, August 22, in Lagos, said he was recently diagnosed with fifth-stage renal failure and he needs about N25 million.
He said, “My dear brothers and sisters, my name is A Chike Godwin Oti, recently transferred as A DFA, Railway Police Command, Ebutte Meta, Lagos.
I wish to inform you that I was recently diagnosed with fifth-stage renal failure, also known as an end-stage renal disease (kidney failure) occasioned by unmitigated high blood pressure at Lagoon Hospital, Bourdillion Street, Ikoyi, Lagos.
It is recommended that my only chance to stay alive is that I must undergo hemodialysis twice a week until I am able to raise the sum of N25 million for a kidney transplant.
On my own, I have spent about N3.5 million for the one week I spent at the aforementioned hospital.
The cost of keeping alive is way beyond my means right now. I, therefore, seek your help, dear brothers and sisters, to surmount this terrible illness.”
Oti said the donation can be made into the following details: Acct No: 2016631487, Bank: UBA PLC, Name: CHIKE OTI, Phone No: 07065246927.
President Paul Biya of Cameroon is set to contest the country's presidential election again at the age of 93.
Biya, who is Africa's longest-serving president, is currently 91 years old.
He will contest in the 2026 Presidential Election to seek an eighth term, by which time he will be 93.
Founder of the Foreign Press Association Africa, Kennedy Wandera disclosed this Thursday, August 22, citing TheEastAfrican.
The report read: "Cameroon is due to hold its next presidential election in 2025, longtime President Paul Biya will be 93. He has confirmed that he will contest.
If he wins the election, and completes the new seven-year mandate, Biya will be 100 years in 2032.
According to the report, Biya's decision to delay the election by a year (postponed from 2025 to 2026), and to allow him to contest despite his age, has angered the opposition in Cameroon.
The report stated that opposition politicians may not be allowed to contest, leaving Biya free to win again and serve for 7 years.
Biya has served as the President for 42 years since 1982. He also served as the Prime Minister for 7 years from 1975 to 1982 before then. He postponed the Parliamentary and Municipal elections until 2026.
"Cameroon's parliament last month approved Biya's request to postpone parliamentary and Municipal elections until 2026 to allow some breathing space, claiming that the political calendar is crowded," the report said.
BigYash:
Just imagine.. I wish them go still put same injury for their back as purnishment ,handcuff them,come put Cameroon pepper,then frog jump under sun for 30mins,make the pepper marinate well for the injury.. Demonic couple!
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a couple for allegedly assaulting their eight-year-old maid, simply identified as Precious in Ikpoba Hill near Benin City in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects were alleged to have inflicted injuries on the maid’s body who happened to be a niece to the wife identified simply as Mummy Gabriel.
It was gathered that the couple was later arrested by the police after some people reported the matter at the Oregbeni Police Division, Ikpoba Hill.
The spokesman of the command, Moses Joel Yamu, confirmed the arrest.
“The command is in receipt of this incident. The victim is currently undergoing treatment while the investigation continues," he said.
A 16-year-old girl living in Osogbo, Osun State, has accused her stepfather, a clergy simply identified as Femi, of getting her pregnant when she was 13.
The victim, seeking alternative dispute resolution, reported the issue to the World Institute for Peace (WIP), a Non-Governmental Organisation.
She claimed in an affidavit, sworn to at the Osun State Ministry of Justice, that after her stepfather impregnated her, the pregnancy was aborted.
During a meeting with the officials of the NGO, the victim said that the matter was reported to her teacher in school after about four years of constant abuse by her stepfather.
During an alternative dispute resolution meeting organised by WIP, the victim explained that Femi started “having s£xual int£rcourse with me since I was 12. When I was 13 years old, I got pregnant and he took me to a hospital for an abortion.
He asked me to lie to the doctor that my classmate impregnated me and ran away. The first time he had int£rcourse with me was on my mother’s bed and he has been doing it continuously.
I decided not to take the matter to court because my mother had four children for him, although two were de@d.
I don’t want a situation whereby when the children grow up, it would be as if I am the one who sent their father to prison. I decided not to take legal action because of his children who are my younger siblings.
At the meeting, Femi, who claimed to be a commercial motorcyclist besides being a pastor in a church he established, itted to committing the crime.
“It is true I slept with her although I don’t the number of times I did it with her. I’m a pastor and it was God who told me to sleep with her. God also told me to abort the pregnancy,” he said.
The affidavit, sworn by the mother of the victim on her behalf, read, “My daughter went to the human rights organisation, World Institute for Peace, and reported a case of def!lement and ab0rtion levelled against her stepfather, Femi, early in August 2024
“That, she (victim) agreed to resolve the dispute through alternative dispute resolution and has engaged in negotiation.
“That the family is not ready to pursue any case whatsoever with Mr Femi any longer. That the purpose of withdrawing was as a result of a settlement between the families which she was the sole proposition on the settlement.”
The chairman of the NGO, Lamina Omotoyosi, urged parents to ensure the safety of their children especially, from close family and relations, lamenting increasing cases of incest in the state.
President Bola Tinubu has sacked Jalal Arabi, as Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)
In a statement released, Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, stated that the President has nominated Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman as the new Chairman of the agency.
“Professor Usman is a renowned scholar with qualifications from two Islamic centres of excellence — the University of Madinah and Peshawar University, Pakistan. He is also well-grounded in Hajj operations, having served as the Chairman of Kano State Pilgrims Board, and successfully superintended the operations of the largest quota of state pilgrims in the country.
The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate. The President expects the new Chairman of NAHCON to discharge his duties with integrity, transparency, and utmost fidelity to the nation.”
Arabi who was appointed in October, ran into trouble over the 2024 Hajj which the Federal Government released N90 billion to subsidise.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arrested Arabi and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, over the issue.
An EFCC source had said a total of 314,098 Saudi Riyals was recovered from the sacked NAHCON chairman.
“The chairman fraudulently overpaid himself, the commissioners, secretary and directors for the 2024 hajj operational cost.
The chairman was entitled to SR15,929 but he got SR50,000; three commissioners who were meant to get SR 15,929 each received SR 40,000 each. The secretary got SR 30,000 instead of SR14,336. Directors/Chief of Staff received SR 30,000 instead of the SR2,550 they were entitled to. The total of SR314,098 were recovered from all of them,” the source said.
An X has shared the story of how he apprehended two brothers and a sister that have allegedly been invading his parents' house and stealing their food items.
In his post, the X said he noticed that the food items he brought to his parents finished too often. He suspected someone invaded their home to steal the items. He then decided to lock himself in and this led to him apprehending the siblings all aged 16, 9 and 13.
He stated that the siblings claimed their parents had no idea they were stealing
Davido’s billlionaire father, Adedeji Adeleke, today August 18, gifted a church N1 billion.
The singer and his dad attended a Cherubim and Seraphim church in Lagos for the thanksgiving service in honour of the late mother of the Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke.
It was during the service that the billionaire businessman made the donation to the church.
Newlymarried: 6:22pm On Sep 02, 2024 
