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Oro festival: Pastor arrested as church members allegedly stone traditional worshipper to death in Lagos

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The pastor of Truth and The Spirit Prophetic Church in Lagos state, Mercy Okoch, 50, and nine of her church members have been arrested for allegedly stoning a 25-year-old traditional worshipper, Agboola Akeem, to death during a clash on Tuesday, August 23 at about 6.30pm.

According to a police, officers attached to the Oko Oba Police Division received a distress call that the church located at Number 2 Sanni Taiwo Lawal street in Oko Oba, was about to be set ablaze. The officers immediately stormed the church premises.

Preliminary investigation showed that the traditional worshippers were celebrating their Oro festival while the church members were having a church service. The traditional worshippers allegedly invaded the church premises and asked the church members to discontinue their service.

Oro Festival is an annual traditional festival only celebrated by male descendants who are paternal natives to the specific locations where the event is taking place.

During the festival, females, and non-natives are mandated to stay indoors as oral history has it that Orò must not be seen by women and non-participating people .

According to the police source, a shouting match ensued between the traditional worshippers and the church members and this degenerated into a fight.

In the process, one of the traditional worshippers was allegedly stoned to death. This caused a rage among the other traditional worshippers who vowed to burn down the church.

The police were able to quell the tension and evacuated the body of the deceased and deposited it in the morgue. The pastor and nine members of the church are now in police custody.

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Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu exposes prayer house inside Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry in Anambra where men and women said to be mentally unstable are allegedly held against their will

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Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, has exposed a prayer House inside Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry in Okija, Anambra state, where men and women said to be mentally unstable are allegedly being held against their will In a post shared on his Instagram page, Harrison said he and his team visited the place after receiving a distress call from one of the occupants, Ekene, who has been in chains for the past two years.

He said Ekene claimed that his mum and Uncle brought him to the facility after denying him access to his travel documents.According to Harrison, the place accommodates more than 100 people.

He wrote;

”This is not a Prison yard or Psychiatric rehabilitation Centre.The boy we met in the church told us it’s a prayer house.NO MEDICAL TREATMENT NO MEDICAL DOCTOR ON SIGHT.

This place is situated within Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries OKIJA, Anambra State.Last two weeks, we received a distress call from one Ekene and today we were at Okija to verify his story.

Ekene told us he’s been chained in this detention for the past two years and that his mother and uncle denied him access to his travelling document and brought him to Okija.

We have reached out to Anambra Police Command and DPO Okija but they could not assist us rescue Ekene due to lack of man power.

We are putting up this video and hoping Ekene and others will be heard and the truth about their situations revealed.

PLEASE TAG @mfm_ministries @official_dkolukoya and @ccsoludo to investigate this facility.

THIS PLACE IS CURRENTLY ACCOMODATING MORE THAN 100 PERSONS.

Harrison Gwamnishu Behind Bars Human Rights”

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Police kill kidnapper, rescue abducted woman in Edo

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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have rescued a kidnapped woman and killed a suspect in Uzala Forest, Egba Community, in the Benin area of the state.

The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, August 23, said the rescue operation was successful due to vital information given to the police by the victim’s husband, Aisosa Moses.

“The Edo State Police Command in its continuous fight against heinous crimes especially kidnapping, on August 22, 2022, rescued a kidnapped victim,” the PPRO said.

“This feat was achieved following a complaint by one Mr Aisosa Moses of Ayaen Community, Edo State. He stated that while returning home with his wife and daughter, two hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers ambushed them at the entrance of their house and whisked away his wife into the bush.

“Operatives of the command immediately mobilised and embarked on intensive bush combing for possible arrest of the kidnappers and rescue operation.

“The operatives trailed the kidnappers to their hide-out at Uzala Forest where the suspects, on sighting the team of operatives, attempted to escape through the bush, but the battle-ready and vigilant operatives, neutralised one while the other escaped with gunshot injuries, abandoning the victim who was rescued unhurt.”

Iwegbu said the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, urged residents to go about their daily businesses and appealed to them to continue to collaborate with the command to rid criminals and their cohorts in the state.

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”This incident is capable of making citizens to be fearful of assisting soldiers”- President Buhari condemns killing of Yobe Islamic cleric by soldiers who he gave a lift

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President Buhari has strongly condemned what he calls “the unprovoked and cold-blooded murder of a Yobe State-based Islamic cleric Sheikh Goni Aisami, by a callous soldier he had offered a lift as confirmed by the Police.”

The Muslim cleric was hacked to death by two soldiers who he offered a lift at Jajimaji, the headquarters of Karasuwa local government council in Yobe state on Saturday, August 20.

Reacting to the incident, President Buhari in a statement released by Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said ;

“this barbaric murder of a compassionate man by a soldier he had assisted has no place in our training as soldiers, and it negates the entire ethos of military life which is anchored on discipline and respect for the sanctity of innocent lives.”

”As the Commander-in-Chief, I am personally outraged by this criminal and wicked act by a law enforcement official trained to protect life.

By our training, we are guided by a code of conduct that frowns on this kind of reckless and criminal act. It is not in our character and training to put innocent citizens in harm’s way.

Of course, the action of this soldier is an isolated incident involving an individual, but it is capable of staining the collective image of our military.

This incident is capable of making our fellow citizens to be fearful of assisting soldiers, thereby destroying the bond of trust between our military and the civilians.

I call on the military authorities to punish the perpetrators of this heinous crime without delay, and flush out other elements with such criminal tendencies,” President Buhari said.

The President condoled with Yobe State Government, the people of the State, and the family of the victim of this tragedy.

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Kaduna man drags mother-in-law to court over wife’s refusal to return home

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A businessman identified as Isma’il Ibrahim has dragged his mother-in-law, Zainab Muhammad, to a Shari’a Court at Rigasa Kaduna, for allegedly refusing to allow his wife to return to their matrimonial home.

The complainant who is a resident at Police Station road, Rigasa, told the court that the defendant had stopped his wife from returning home due to his financial situation.

“I love my wife and I want her home, I pray court to assist me get my wife back,’’ he said

When the case came up for hearing, the mother-in-law told the court that she prevented her daughter from going to her matrimonial home due to lack of care by the complainant.

According to the woman, her daughter had a caesarean section and lost her baby. However, the complainant failed to pay the hospital bill and abandoned the wife at her parent’s house for three months without care.

“He came after three months, requesting for his wife to return to him and I told him she has to stay with me for six months to enable her fully recover.

My daughter fell sick after the operation and I was the one that paid for all her medication and feeding throughout the period,’’ she said

She told the court that she was ready to hand over her daughter to the husband if he paid all she had spent on medication and feeding for nine months.

The judge, Malam Abubakar Salisu-Tureta, adjourned the case until Sept. 4, for the defendant to present the total sum of the money she spent on her daughter so as to ensure the aggrieved husband refunds the money.

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EFCC kicks against creation of Electoral Offences Commission

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opposed the creation of a National Electoral Offences Commission.

Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of EFCC, who was represented by Deborah Ademu-Eteh, an EFCC Assistant Commander, at a public hearing organised by the house of representatives committee on electoral matters for a bill to establish the National Electoral Offences Commission on Tuesday August 23, said the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the police, EFCC and other law enforcement agencies are already empowered by extant laws to investigate and prosecute electoral crimes.

Bawa said;

“There is no need to create an agency solely for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting electoral offences most especially when our electoral process is seasonal in nature and elections are held once in four years in the country.

“Furthermore, it is our suggestion that the existing law enforcement agencies should be strengthened to achieve maximum output instead of creating a new agency for investigation and prosecution of electoral offences in the light of the ongoing plan to implement the Oronsanye Committee’s proposal by the Federal Government Of Nigeria.”

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This may be false news to tarnish the good job of Buhari and El Rufai – Twitter user tells man who said his mother was shot by bandits along Abuja-Kaduna highway

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A Twitter user, Ibrahim took to the platform on Monday, August 22, to disclose that his mother was shot by bandits along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway.

According to him, the bandits also abducted one of his relatives during the attack.

His family member, Saleem Quardir, who confirmed the incident, said the victim was shot and dumped alive along the road.

Commenting on the tweet on Tuesday, a user said it may be a false news posted to tarnish the ‘good job of President Buhari and Governor El Rufai.’

Meanwhile, Ibrahim in an update, said his mother is receiving treatment in a hospital.

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”He presented himself as a responsible person”- Ogun monarch speaks on why he bestowed chieftaincy title on singer Portable

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The Onitigbo of Tigbo-Ilu Land, in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Olabode Thomas-Fagbayi, has justified why he conferred a chieftaincy title on the controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable.

On Monday, August 22, Portable took to his social media handles to announce his new title as the Amuludun of Tigbo Awori land.

He shared photos of himself at the ceremony where he was decorated with the chieftaincy title.

Shortly after posting the photos, some Nigerians accused the monarch of collecting bribe to bestow the honor on Portable who they said was unbefitting of any title.

However, in a chat with Premiumtimes, the monarch said he never knew the famous artist until recently and that he bestowed the title on him because he is respectful.

“I visited a school in my domain where I have gotten a report of misbehaviour among the pupils and students of the school.

So, I went to the school to talk briefly with them. It was there that I was told that somebody called Portable was passing through my domain and was throwing money at people, and in the process, many got injured.

Because of that, I summoned him to my palace, and he came twice, but I wasn’t at the palace when he came. So, one day, I was walking on the road, and I saw him driving; I called for him, and he immediately came with his boys, and they all prostrated on the road.”he said

The monarch also mentioned that the singer has his roots in Tigbo town and is well behaved. “His mum is from Tigbo, and he too lives here; he presented himself as a responsible person, and we take him as that.

Some people might have reservations about him, but even at that, he is our son.”he said The monarch added that the singer had also shown readiness to be part of the celebration of ‘Tigbo day’.

Mr Thomas-Fagbayi, however, debunked social media claims that he was paid to honor the famous artist and insisted that he is a monarch whom “God has blessed.”

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Police officers arrest bride at her wedding reception over dismissed theft case

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A wedding reception turned into a nightmare when plain-clothed police officers stormed the venue and arrested the bride over a dismissed criminal case.

The wedding was underway on Saturday, August 20, at Kakiika Technical School in Mbarara City, Uganda, when the bride Ms. Christine Natuhera was picked up and taken into custody.

She was arrested on allegations that she stole money from her previous workplace. Her manager at Centenary Bank, Mirembe Henry, had accused her of stealing from the company.

While the matter was investigated as a criminal complaint, police advised both parties to seek a civil solution at the end of July, according to a police press release. The case was then dismissed due to lack of evidence.

However, after opening the case again in August, the regional chief decided to charge the woman with theft and order her arrest.

Cops said the officers involved caused a “public nuisance”, and that they may have done so at her former boss Henry’s behest.

They even used Henry’s vehicle to transport her to the jail, reports said. The groom, Mr Edson Tumukunde, said he and other guests tried to stop his bride’s arrest.

“The guests attempted to stop them. One woman grabbed my wife by the hair and pulled her out of structure,” Mr Tumukunde said Monday, August 22.

One of the guests grabbed Ms Natuhera from the officers and took her into a car to escape, but police swiftly followed in hot pursuit. The officers later intercepted them and drove the bride to a police station.

“She spent the night in the cell. Our guests waited at the reception up to 1am on Sunday as we struggled to secure her release,” Mr Tumukunde said.

The police have now apologised in a press release. The Rwizi police region commander, Mr Ezekiel Emitu Ebapu, accused his officers of conflict of interest and apologised for the manner in which the bride was handled.

“That incident was very unfortunate. They should have waited for her to finish her function and then arrest her,” Mr Emitu said.

The release added: “The arrest was disgraceful in front of the groom, family, friends, guests and in-laws.

“It turned out that what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life ended in a nightmare.”

Police spokesperson Enanga Fred added the officers’ behaviour in this case was “reprehensible and based on poor judgment”.

“They caused a public nuisance act when they barged into a wedding function, arrested the bride on a sanctioned file of theft of 8 million and dropped her at the Police Station in Mbarara and detained her.” Fred Enanga said.

“It happened on August, 20 at around 8 p.m. during Christine Natuhwera’s wedding reception at Kakiika Technical Institute in Mbarara.”

Police later released an update on the officers involved in the arrest. The police statement said one of the officers involved in the arrest is now in jail while three others are on the run.

Sergeant Richard Ngabirano, an investigating officer has been arrested, whereas three of his juniors including Caroline Adio, Atugonza Muganyizi and Moris Ayesiga are still on the run.

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Drunk prostitute bites off tourist’s ear before swallowing it in front of him

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A tourist had parts of his right earlobe bitten off and swallowed in front of him by a drunk Thai prostitute.

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Kannika Kamton, 25, is said to have approached the 55-year-old tourist after hopping onto an open-back bus in Thailand while “severely intoxicated from alcohol”.

She boarded the vehicle after it stopped at a traffic light in Pattaya before launching her attack on the tourist who was in the car.

The s*x worker allegedly sunk her teeth into the man’s right ear lobe as passengers watched on in horror on Saturday night, August 20.

As the victim screamed in agony, Kamton swallowed the chunk of flesh. Kamton tried to run off before police were called, but she was seized by cops after being handcuffed to a truck.

She was then taken to the local police station to sober up. Officers bandaged up the holidaymaker’s ear while he was “bleeding heavily” on the side of a busy road, before he was taken to a hospital for emergency treatment.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Saijai Kamchula said: “An officer took control of the attacker, but she kicked the officer with her feet and resisted arrest, so extra help was needed to restrain her.

“The detained woman will be prosecuted. There were many witnesses and the victim wants to have the woman detained and prosecuted.” Kamton’s motive for the alleged attack currently remains unclear.

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ARCON bans use of foreign models and voice over artists for adverts

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The Federal government has banned the use of foreign models and voice-over artists for advertisements targeted at Nigerians.

Olalekan Fadolapo, Director-General of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), disclosed this in a statement released on Monday, August 22.

According to Fadolapo, the new policy will take effect from October 1, 2022. He said the move was aimed at promoting local content and talents and increasing economic growth.

“In line with the federal government’s policy of developing local talent, inclusive economic growth and the need to take necessary steps and actions aimed at growing the Nigerian advertising industry, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), being the apex advertising, advertisement and marketing communications’ regulatory agency of the federal government, has in accordance with its statutory mandates, responsibilities and powers as conveyed by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria Act No. 23 of 2022, bans the use of foreign models and voice-over artists on any advertisement targeted or exposed on the Nigerian advertising space with effect from 1st October 2022.

All advertisements, advertising and marketing communications materials are to make use of only Nigerian models and voice-over artists.

Ongoing campaigns are permitted to run out their terms, however, subsequent applications for re-validation for continued exposure of such materials will not be granted by the advertising standards panel (ASP).

Advertisers, advertisement agencies, media houses, advertising community and the general public are hereby enjoined to take note.”

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Man City star, Benjamin Mendy arrives for start of second week of his rape trial

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Manchester City footballer, Benjamin Mendy has arrived at Chester Crown Court today for the second week of his rape trial.

The French footballer, 28, denies eight counts of rape against five women, one count of sexual assault, and one count of attempted rape.

The offences are alleged to have taken place on five different occasions at his Cheshire mansion between October 2018 and August last year.

Last week, one of his alleged victims said she was left feeling like she ‘didn’t want to be here anymore’ after allegedly being raped by Mendy.

Mendy’s co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 41, from Eccles, Salford, has also pleaded not guilty to eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault, relating to eight women.

Prosecutors allege Mendy, a French international, is a ‘predator’ who ‘turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game’.

None of the women involved can be identified and reporting restrictions apply ahead of the trial.

Both men deny all charges.

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Eedris Abdulkareem Kidney Transplant Successful – Management

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The management of singer, Eedris Abdulkareem, has announced the successful kidney transplant of the artiste on Monday.

The statement titled “Latest update on Eedris Abdulkareem health challenge’ was shared on Facebook by Myke Pam.

The statement read in part.

“It is with unspeakable joy and undiluted thanksgiving that the management of Lakreem Entertainment officially release the news of the successful kidney transplant surgery on Nigerian hiphop czar and activist Eedris Abulkareem and his most gracious donor -his lovingly dedicated wife YT, some hours ago.

“The rapper announced that he suffered kidney failure and would be undergoing a transplant in July.

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Nigerian man celebrates as he becomes a father after 23 years of marriage

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A Nigerian man, Aliyu Mohammed Wakili has announced the birth of his first child after 23 years of marriage.

Mr Wakili, from Taraba State, shared the good news on Facebook three days ago.

“After a lot of prayers, waiting, believing, and hoping for about 23 years of marriage, my wife gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on 18/08/2022.

Alhamdulillah!!! Alhamdulillah!!” he wrote.

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Body of 11-year-old boy found hanging in Abuja

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The body of a yet-to-be-identified 11-year-old boy was found hanging in his family compound at the Federal Housing Estate, Kubwa, in Abuja over the weekend.

The father of the deceased, Umar Yahaya told DailyTrust that he and the mother of the deceased boy were not at home when the incident happened.

It was their neighbours who found their son who is an SS2 student dangling from an overhead tank.

“I travelled out of Abuja, while the boy’s mother was at the City Centre, where she went to condole with a relative.

Our neighbours found him hanging around this overhead tank, and immediately rushed him to Kubwa General Hospital where he was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty”

Yahaya said According to neighbours, the boy had a misunderstanding with his elder sister for beating their younger sibling while their parents were away.

“He may have been annoyed by that, and thereafter tied his neck with a rope used for hanging clothes inside the compound.

He was found dangling, with the rope around his neck” one of the neighbours said the matter has been reported to the police while his body has been evacuated from the scene of the incident.

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Man divorces his wife for refusing to change her surname to his in all her documents and social media handles

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A man has divorced his wife after she refused to remove her father’s name and replace it with his surname in all her documents as well as social media handles.

Facebook user Iyke Orji who shared the story online said the husband had asked the wife to effect the change of name on her documents as well as her social media handles but she refused stating that the change will affect her.

He said this problem lingered on until the man decided to end their marriage.

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Bandit kingpin Turji has repented and now kills terrorists – Zamfara deputy governor

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Hassan Nasiha, Deputy Governor of Zamfara state has said that notorious bandit kingpin in the state, Bello Turji has embraced peace overtures by the government.

Speaking at a conference on security organised by the Students Union of Medina University, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday August 21, Nasiha who claimed that Turji’s repentance has brought about peace in Birnin Magaji, Shinkafi and Zurmi LGAs in Zamfara, added that the erstwhile bandit kingpin is now killing his unrepentant colleagues.

He also revealed that Turji has met with bandits in the 14 LGAs of the state.

Nasiha said;

“In the last three months, there has not been any bandits attack at Magami district as a result of the peace initiative with bandits.

“Everyone knows the notorious bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji who has operated on that axis.

“The state government through the peace committee entered into a peace deal with the bandits’ leader and he agreed to stop the criminality and to embrace peace.

“Turji is now killing unrepentant bandits who unleashed terror on innocent citizens in Shinkafi, Zurmi and Birnin Magaji local government areas.”

The Deputy Governor who further noted that a peace committee set up by the state government met with nine bandit groups in their camps at Magami and Dansadau emirates where they raised their concerns, said the state government has ordered the return of cattle grazing routes, lands, water for livestock and other property seized by Hausas to the herders.

Reiterating that the order must be respected by both parties to enable the return of law and order in the communities, he also revealed that the Fulanis appealed to the state government to consider freeing their youths currently in detention in correctional centres and in police cells.

Nasiha added;

“They said Hausas always attacked and raped their women, killing the Fulani on their way to or returning from markets.

“They equally requested for schools for their kids and other social services including fertilisers and farm inputs.

“They said lack of education would influence a 12-year-old Fulani boy to kill a 70-year-old man using AK-47 rifle.”

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