A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has remanded a 49-year-old man, Lawrence Itakpe, for allegedly killing his wife, Rebecca, at their house in the Ajah area of the state.

Itakpe was arraigned on one count of murder over the incident which occurred on December 5, 2022.

The couple who were married for 11 years with two kids, had an argument over sachet water which led to the killing.

Itakpe reportedly rushed to the kitchen and returned with a kitchen knife, with which he allegedly stabbed his wife multiple times in the chest and neck.

It was gathered that a security guard knocked on the couple’s door while the argument was on, but the defendant allegedly refused to open the door.

The charge sheet against the suspect read;

“That you, Lawrence Itakpe, on December 5, 2022, around 5pm at 50, Abimbola Street, Seaside Estate, Badore Ajah, Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully slaughter one Rebecca Itakpe, aged 47, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 233 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

Upon being arraigned, police prosecutor, Inspector Haruna Magaji asked the court to remand the defendant in custody for 30 days pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

The presiding Chief Magistrate, O.Y. Adefope, granted the request before adjourning the case till January 31, 2023.

Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said three children have been reported dead in a fire incident which occurred in Nguru town, Yobe State.

The agency disclosed this via its official Facebook page on Thursday, Jan. 5.

SEMA disclosed that it also received reports of fire incidents in Damaturu and Fune local government areas between 28th, 30th December, 2022 and 4th January, 2023 respectively.

According to SEMA, an assessment revealed loss of property, including household items; reserved food items, personal belongings, residential apartments, among others.

The agency cautioned people in the State against the use of fire, as well as other electrical appliances as the harmattan season sets in.

The statement partly reads:

“SEMA wishes to use this medium to call on community leaders and heads of households to be cautious during this season, by ensuring that all electric appliances are switched off when not in use, firewoods are properly extinguished after use and that bush burning is carefully monitored.”

The agency said it is mobilising resources for immediate support to cushion the hardships of victims in the affected communities.

Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, has demanded justice for a 15-year-old minor, who was allegedly defiled by a Lagos-based doctor, Olufemi Olaleye, who is also her aunt’s husband.

Henshaw, who attended proceedings on the matter at the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Wednesday, spoke to newsmen after the case was adjourned till January 26.

She said;

“I’m here because I had professional relationship with Femi Frank Olaleye, I refuse to call him doctor. I once helped him create awareness for women with breast cancer and cervical cancer to get early treatment and early diagnosis for their medical condition. That’s why I’m here.

Asked what she expected of the case, she said,

“I cannot say, I’m not a judge. I just want justice to be served. That’s it.”

Men of the Akwa Ibom state command have arrested a young man identified as Akpan Okon Akpan for allegedly setting another man on fire following a disagreement over a phone charger.

Parading the suspect alongside other suspects who engaged in various crimes at the command headquarters, the state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, said the suspect, a roadside petrol seller, had in the middle of the altercation with his friend poured petrol on him and ignited a match which caused the victim’s death.

“On 15th December, 2022 relying on petition from Rev. Emmanuel Ime ‘m’ of Ikot Ekwere Ubium Village in Nsit Ublum LGA, at about 6:30pm, operatives of the homicide unit of the SCID Uyo, arrested one Akpan Okon Akpan ‘m’ of same address who poured fuel on his brother, one Junior Ime Philip and set him ablaze leading to his death because of a disagreement over a phone charger.”

Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to the crime, saying that he was forced to kill the deceased because he started a fight with him. Narrating what transpired, the suspect said;

“I don’t know the guy before, he ran into my shop and said he was looking for someone who collected his charger. I told him that such a person was not in my shop. Out of anger, he took a bottle and started fighting me and I fought back.

I used the petrol I sell and poured on him. Honestly I didn’t know what I was doing until he started burning and people gathered. We were trying to put out the fire but it was already late because when they took him to hospital, he died there.”

Popular car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna a.k.a IVD, has accused his late wife, Bimbo’s family of not granting him access to their kids amid accusations that he subjected Bimbo to domestic abuse while she was alive.

IVD made the claim after a follower asked him to make peace with his late wife’s family.

Responding to this, the car dealer stated that asides from not being granted access to his children, he was not allowed to see Bimbo’s corpse.

130 hospitals and pharmacies operated by fake doctors in the Tudun Wada Local Government Council, in Kano State, have been busted by a committee inaugurated by the LG Chairman, Alhaji Ahmad Tijjani Matata.

One of the fake doctors had a secondary school certificate, while one of them was an electrical engineer who owned an eight-bed hospital that claimed to treat different illnesses.

Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Abubakar Musa Karafe also told newsmen that one of the fake doctors infused HIV-positive blood in a woman that had malaria.

Karafe said;

“It is disheartening that we even found an electrical engineer operating a private hospital and attending to patients; prescribing drugs, administering drips, blood and even attending to pregnant women. One of them even added HIV-positive blood to one woman.

“We even found one who is a traditional medicine vendor, but he admitted cholera patients. We had to evacuate them to the hospital for proper treatment. Most of them don’t even have basic knowledge about health.

“One of them said he was a nurse, and later we discovered he only has a secondary school leaving certificate.”

It was also gathered that most of the fake medical officials came from Kagoro, in Kaduna State. Karafe said they will take proper action against them and ensure that they face the wrath of the law.