Bini riva life festival: The river proves “Water No Get Enemy” as neighbours unite
His Majesty sat in quiet excitement watching the boat races unfold before him. Around him, residents and visitors had gathered not merely to observe a festival, but to step into a way of life rarely glimpsed beyond the creeks and winding waterways of the Niger Delta. It was, in every sense, a homecoming, not of people, but of a people to their own story.
Groom dies on wedding day in Jos
A groom-to-be, Mr Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding which was slated for March 21, at the ECWA Church Seminary, had sent two families into mourning after the sudden death of the groom. Late Yarling was set to marry his […]
Attention FG:Another explosion looms in Lagos
An earth-shaking explosion erupted last Sunday in Abule-Ado area of Satellite, Lagos State, leaving scores of persons dead and others wounded. Some victims of the explosion died as their buildings caved in and buried them in the rubble. Others, lost their lives owing to the heavy bricks that landed on them when the buildings collapsed.
Marketers in Badagry still sell petrol at N145 per litre
Petrol marketers in Badagry, a coastal town in Lagos State, are still selling petrol at the old price of N145 per litre, two days after the Federal Government announced its reduction to N125. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent, who monitored many filling stations in the town and its environs, reports that marketers were […]
Lagos explosion occurred at Soba, not Abule-Ado — Baale
The Baale of Soba Town, Jimoh Agbebeji, on Friday clarified that name of the site of March 15, explosion in Lagos was Soba and not Abule-Ado. Agbebeji made clarification at a press briefing in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 22 bodies have so far been recovered by the Lagos State Emergency […]
Police arraign Badagry chief for allegedly fighting in public
The police on Friday arraigned a Badagry chief, Cowel Aivoji,74, and three others, in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly fighting in public and assault. The police charged Aivoji, Mohammed,61; Mohammed Modawa,43; Sewedo Hunpevi,26; with three counts of assault, theft and breach of public peace. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Clement Okuiomose, told the […]
Man gets 9 months imprisonment for breaking Jeep windshield
A Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Friday sentenced an unemployed man, Tunde Olushola, to nine months imprisonment with hard labour for breaking a Hyundai Creta Jeep windshield. Magistrate A.R. Onilogbo, sentenced Olushola based on the convict’s confession and evidence that broke the windshield of a Hyundai Creta Jeep worth N295,000 belonging to one […]
Man in court for allegedly drugging, stealing girlfriend’s cell phone
A 25- year old man, Sunday Arinola, who allegedly drugged his girlfriend, after a night of fun and stole her cell phone, on Friday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta. The police charged the defendant with theft. The prosecution counsel, ASP Olakunle Shonibare, told the court that defendant committed the offence on Dec. 9,2019 […]
I was defrauded by ponzi scheme advertised on radio, lawyer tells court
A lawyer, Mr Onwuka Okibe, has narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences Court how he was allegedly defrauded of N120, 000 by a ponzi scheme advertised on a radio station. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okibe testified on Friday during the trial of a 32-year-old entrepreneur, Loretta Okonkwo, and her company, Recharge […]
My husband beats me, defecates in my pots when drunk ―Woman tells court
A housewife, Mary Okunade, on Friday prayed an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court for the dissolution of her 25-year-old marriage to Tokunbo, on grounds that he was a drunk and also a wife beater. The mother of three told the court that her husband has destroyed the house windows and doors. ”I have not known peace in […]
Court remands driver for defiling, impregnating mentally challenged girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Oredo, Edo on Friday ordered that a driver, Bassey Peter, 38, who allegedly defiled and impregnated a mentally challenged girl, 15, be remanded in Oko Correctional Centre. The Chief Magistrate, Patricia Ogho-Braimoh, adjourned the case until March 26 for hearing. Ogho-Braimoh ordered that the case be transferred to a Family […]
