Category: Crime/Health

Sperm Cells Carry Traces Of Stress Experience By Father, New Study Shows

ADEOLA YUSUF

A new study shows that a father’s stress leaves lasting marks on his sperm — influencing the development of his offspring. This new research, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, delves into the field of epigenetics, which explores how environmental factors can alter gene expression without changing the underlying DNA sequence. Cockroach Milk Four Times More Nutritious Than Cow’s Milk – Study ‘Eat Red Meat, Risk Type 2 Diabetes Over 10 Years’ – Study These epigenetic changes can act as molecular switches, turning genes on or off and influencing various…

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Father Arrested For Brutalising Son In Viral Video

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Odukaye Kunle, the man accused of abusing his son, Boluwatife, in Otta, Ogun State. His arrest comes after he was caught on camera kicking a young boy sparking public outrage and a swift response from law enforcement. This development was confirmed in a statement shared on Saturday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, via X (formerly Twitter). According to the police, Kunle has been taken into custody and will face charges in court on Monday. Meanwhile, the boy and his mother…

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Sexual Scandal Rocks Senate, Natasha Fingers Akpabio of Harassment + VIDEO

ADEOLA YUSUF

  . ‘What he did to me in his Akwa Ibom house on December 8, 2023,’ Here’s everything the Kogi Senator said about alleged sexual advances by the Senate President. Watch VIDEO    Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) on Friday accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of victimising her because she refused his sexual advances. Platforms Africa reports that Akpoti-Uduaghan recently clashed with Akpabio during plenary about seating arrangements. She has been referred to the Senate Ethics Committee for probe. However, the Kogi lawmaker said in an interview on Arise…

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‘Nigerians Help Me,’ Abducted Afenifere Youth Leader Begs For N100m Ransom

ADEOLA YUSUF

Eniola Ojajuni, the abducted national president of the Afenifere Youth Council, has pleaded for financial help to pay the ransom demanded by his kidnappers. In videos circulating on social media, Ojajuni is seen sitting on the ground while a gunman points an AK-47 rifle at him. Appearing distressed, Ojajuni appealed to Nigerians, particularly those from the Ilaje area of Ondo state, to contribute towards his release. Ojajuni said he has been given a 24-hour deadline, warning that his captors have threatened to kill him if the ransom is not paid.…

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Pope Suffers Respiratory Attack, Condition Critical – Vatican

ADEOLA YUSUF

Pope Francis’s condition “continues to be critical”, the Vatican said Saturday, saying the 88-year-old was alert but had suffered a respiratory attack that required “high-flow oxygen”, and also blood transfusions. “At the moment the prognosis is reserved,” it said, as the head of the Catholic Church prepared to spend his ninth night in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he was diagnosed this week with double pneumonia. “The Holy Father’s condition continues to be critical, therefore, as explained yesterday, the pope is not out of danger,” the Vatican said in its regular…

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How My Father, Mother Killed Each Other At Home — 13-Year-Old Boy

ADEOLA YUSUF

One of the children of the couple who killed each other on Tuesday at the Ita Eku area of Igirigiri, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has recounted how his parents engaged in a deadly machete fight that led to their deaths. The couple’s lifeless bodies were discovered in a pool of blood on Tuesday at their residence where they lived with their four children. According to reports, the deceased wife usually accused her husband, identified as Caleb, who was said to be a policeman, of infidelity. Sources said the couple killed each…

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Passenger Arrested For Stealing On Air Peace Flight

ADEOLA YUSUF

A passenger caught with stolen items on an Air Peace flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt has been arrested and blacklisted by the airline. In a statement on Thursday, the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Ejike Ndiulo, confirmed that the suspect was found in possession of the missing items after a thorough search upon arrival at Port Harcourt International Airport. Ndiulo said the passenger was immediately handed over to airport police for further investigation and necessary action. “We confirm an incident of in-flight theft onboard Flight P47190 on February 19,…

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Ex-Spanish Football Chief Rubiales Fined Over Forced Kiss

ADEOLA YUSUF

Prosecutors had sought a prison term of two-and-a-half years for Rubiales — one year for sexual assault and 18 months for coercion — for having allegedly pressured the player to downplay the incident afterwards. The judge at Spain’s High Court found Rubiales guilty of sexual assault over the kiss and fined him 10,800 euros ($11,300), but spared him a prison sentence. Rubiales was also banned from getting within a radius of 200 metres of Hermoso and from communicating with her for a period of one year. Video footage of the…

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Court Grants Portable N2m Bail, Adjourns Case Till March 5

ADEOLA YUSUF

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been granted bail by the Isabo Magistrate Court in Abeokuta following his arraignment on charges of assault and obstruction of government officials. Portable, who had earlier surrendered himself to the police at the Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) on Wednesday after being declared wanted by the Ogun State Command, was transferred to the Ogun State Police Headquarters, Eleweran, before being presented in court on Thursday. The singer faced a five-count charge, including conspiracy, assault, restriction, being armed with cutlasses…

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Abiola Won June 12 Election, Babangida Opens Up 32 Years After

ADEOLA YUSUF

    “A Journey in Service,” former president speaks on annulment of the poll as the most challenging aspect of his life     Nigeria’s former Military President, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has said that late Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, won the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Platforms Africa reports that this revelation from.the man who annulled the election came almost 32 years from General Babangida in his autobiography: “A Journey in Service,” which was launched in Abuja on Thursday. He said: “There was no doubt in my…

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