Day: July 22, 2023

When Men Die In Active Service, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

Tope, my trophy wife friend, ended in hospital and in trouble. No, she’s not ill. Her husband, Otunba, was rushed to the hospital about 2.a.m a few days ago, panting and gasping. He lost consciousness on the way to the hospital but was luckily resuscitated. He, however, still ended in the intensive care unit where he spent four days with one leg on earth and the other in the land of his ancestors. It was a trying time for not just Tope but her co-wives. Oh yes, Tope is Otunba’s…

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Rice She Was Cooking For Me Got Burnt, Man Justifies Killing of Girlfriend

Precious Ibekwe

A murder suspect, Nkeruewen Etuk, paraded by the Cross River State Police Command for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death over burnt rice. A 54-year-old murder suspect, Mr Nkeruewen Etuk, has been arrested for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death for burning his pot of rice. As reported by Vanguard Newspaper, Etuk revealed that he committed the act few days ago because the lady carelessly burnt his food (rice) and almost set his apartment ablaze. READ ALSO: Meet Kekwaaru Mary, Nigerian Hotel Worker Who Found, Returned $70k To Owner Nigerian…

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Skit Maker, Trinity Guy, Regains Freedom From Prison

Gbenga Adeoti

Nigerian skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly called Trinity Guy, has regained freedom from prison. The PUNCH earlier reported that the police invited the skit maker in connection with a prank video that involved a minor. Thereafter, a Family Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, ordered his remand to Agodi correctional facility. It also arraigned and remanded Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat, 29, who are parents of the victim on two-count charges of conspiracy and sexual abuse and exploitation alongside the skit maker. Disclosing his release on…

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Nigerian Varsity Expels Student Over Facebook Post

Aliyu Aliyu

Nigeria’s Federal University Gusau has expelled a Student, Philemon Vasue, For Posting About Lecturers’ Strike On Facebook Vasue was expelled for making a post on Facebook about the eight months strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in 2022. The management of the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS) has expelled a 400-level student of Political Science of the institution, Iortim Philemon Vasue. Vasue was expelled for making a post on Facebook about the eight months strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of…

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Meet Kekwaaru Mary, Nigerian Hotel Worker Who Found, Returned $70k To Owner

Precious Ibekwe

Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary works at the Eko Hotels and Suites. Recently, she was at work in one of the Suites in the hotel and found a bag apparently left behind by a guest. She examined the bag and found the sum of $70,000 , about N56 million . She took the bag and went to the management to report her finding. READ ALSO: UNILAG Hikes Tuition Fees From N19k Upto 190k N100k Per Term: Nigeria Hikes Unity Schools’ Fee by 115% I Owe Nobody Apology For Sending My Kids To…

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Pastor Jerry Eze, our wives and the virus that has come to stay, By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

ADEOLA YUSUF

Gone are the days of Pastor Enoch Adeboye tantalizing us with stories of driving from Ore to Lagos in a car without petrol, an empty tank.   A new era of Pentecostal prosperity preaching dispensation is upon us. Move over, Pastor Enoch Adebayo. Move over, Pastor David Oyedepo. Move over, Apostle Johnson Suleman. Move over, Bishop Mike Okonkwo. A new kid is on the block. A change of guard is taking place in our eyes. Sometimes we need to step away and get a drone-generated area view before we can…

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Tension As Oil Company, Host Community Bickers

Abibat Babalola

. . . Community Decry Threat To Eliminate Son       There is a palpable tension as an oil and gas host community, Ogbele and its corporate tenant, Aradel Holdings PLC, formerly Niger Delta Exploration & Production PLC bicker over unfulfilled agreement, threat to son’s life, amongst others. The bickering if under played might reduce the oil and gas estimated production for the year, which had been on the soaring side in recent years, as the host community is poised to explore all legal means to get what is…

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