My husband paid the supreme price fighting for justice — Widow laments
By Vincent Ujumadu It was an emotional atmosphere at Umuenu Umuawulu in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State when a widow, Mrs Nkechi Obi, wife of the former chairman of Umuenu Quarters Assembly, Umuawulu, Mr Humphrey Obi, broke down in tears to narrate the circumstances that led to her husband’s death while pursuing […]
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I’ll expose cabal behind Apapa gridlock, Sanwo-Olu vows
…As e-Call-Up system collapses on Oshodi Apapa expressway, gridlock continues By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has vowed to publicly mention the names of prominent Nigerians behind the perennial gridlock situation in Apapa and environs. However, contrary to expectations on free flow of traffic following commencement of the electronic-Call-Up system for port […]
Mob ties teenager to electric pole for allegedly stealing mother’s cooking utensil
A mob at Onimalu on Koloba Road, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos State, on Wednesday morning tied a teenager to an electric pole for allegedly stealing his mother’s cooking stand. The teenager, identified simply as Sunkanmi, allegedly stole the local cooking stand known as “Adogan at 2.00 a.m. on Wednesday. According to an eye witness, who pleaded […]
Freed Zamfara schoolgirls to reunite with parents
All the 279 Zamfara schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week will reunite with their parents later on Wednesday, Education commissioner, Ibrahim Abdullahi, told AFP. The girls, pupils at Government Secondary School in the remote village of Jangebe in Zamfara state, were abducted on Friday from their hostels by gunmen known locally as bandits, who released […]
Court orders tailor to sweep premises for 2 weeks for stealing beverage
A Karu Grade I Area Court on Wednesday, ordered a 25-year-old tailor, Yesmin Abdullahi, to sweep the court premises for two weeks for stealing a pack of Milo, chocolate malt beverage. Abdullahi, who resides in Gwarimpa, Abuja, pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and theft and begged for leniency. The judge, Inuwa Maiwada, did not give […]
Woman seeks divorce over alleged lack of sex, care
A housewife, Maryam Muhammad, on Wednesday, prayed a Shari’a Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage to her husband, Abdulhamid Yakubu. The complainant, a resident of Kontagora road in Kaduna metropolis, told the court that her husband had abandoned her sexually for almost 11 years. “He doesn’t take care of me, […]
