Category: Crime/Health

Suspect Arraigned Over Death Of Bumpa Co-founder Adetunji Opayele

Ganiyu Amodu

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arraignment of Abiola Odutayo in connection with the death of 32-year-old Adetunji Opayele, co-founder of Bumpa, popularly known as Teejay. The incident, which occurred on March 4, 2025, has sparked widespread public concern, prompting the police to reaffirm its commitment to justice and transparency. According to a statement by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, Odutayo was arraigned on March 12, 2025, at Court 1, Tinubu, following her discharge from the hospital. She…

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‘4 Years After Dad’s,’ Oyo Ex-Gov Late Abiola Ajimobi’s First Daughter, Bisola, Is Dead

Gbenga Adeoti

Bisola Ajimobi Kola-Daisi, the first child of the immediate past governor of Oyo State, late Abiola Ajimobi is dead. Report has it that Bisola who is married to Mr Kolapo Kola-Daisi, dead in the early hours of Thursday, March 27, 2025, in the United Kingdom. Platforms Africa reports that her death came exactly four years, nine months and two days after her father, Abiola Ajimobi, died on June 25, 2020. FULL LIST: 58 Nigerians Who Died With Hidden, Unclaimed Properties In UK How Britain Infected Thousands With HIV, Hepatitis Blood…

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Court Remands Driver Over Death Of UNIOSUN Students

Ganiyu Amodu

Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara of an Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered the remand of a luxurious bus driver, Ibrahim Muntari, 35, for allegedly driving recklessly causing the death of six persons, including five students of Osun State University, UNIOSUN. Muntari was said to have driven a luxurious bus registered with LAGOS EPE 796 VH, belonging to Silver Luxury Travels and Freight, without a driving license, roadworthiness document or vehicle insurance. The driver was docked on eight counts, including; driving in a manner dangerous to the public,…

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Poorly Acted Drama,’ How Nigerian Churches Staged Miracles – Daddy Freeze

Precious Ibekwe

  Nigerian media personality Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has expressed skepticism about the authenticity of miracles performed in Nigerian Pentecostal churches. These miracles are, according to him, staged and primarily target individuals who are easily deceived. He argued that while the miracles performed by Jesus in the Bible were verifiable, no Nigerian pastor has ever replicated such miracles on a well-known public figure. Speaking on a recent episode of the Outside The Box podcast, Daddy Freeze stated, “I’m sorry, but I don’t believe in any of the…

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Assassination Allegation: Cold War Between Habeebullah Adam Al-Ilory, Onikijipa Worsens

Aliyu Aliyu

      ‘How Onikijipa secretly put two Ado (gourds) in my pocket, cajoled my PA for permission to touch my head with fetish item,’ ‘if I Sulaimon Farooq, the son of Aminat knows anything about Mudir Markaz’s illness, let the curses in this holy Qur’an be mine,’ Details of how the two popular Nigerian Islamic scholars – Mudeerul Markaz and Mufti – Turned Tafseer To Tantrums Throwing Tents     The cold war between two popular Islamic scholars in Nigeria, Mudeer of Morcaz Agege, Sheikh Habeebullah Adam Al-Ilory and…

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BACK FROM THE DEAD!, By Gbemiga Ogunleye

Gbemiga Ogunleye

    “My mind then went to how the newspapers would report my passage: GBEMIGA OGUNLEYE, EX NIJ PROVOST IS DEAD! GBEMIGA OGUNLEYE EX PUNCH EDITOR IS DEAD!” everything the veteran journalist wrote about how he walked a thin line between the theatre and the morgue    If like me, you have this bad habit of reading every inscription on buses or on walls, you probably would have seen this inscription on hospital walls: WE CARE; GOD HEALS! That was what I remembered that Saturday morning in Kaduna, as I…

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Undercover Journalist Anas Gets $18m, Wins Libel Case Against Ghana’s ex-Lawmaker In US

Ganiyu Amodu

‘Unanimous decision,’ how an eight-member jury in Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey found Mr Agyapong liable for defamation against Mr Anas   A United States court has awarded Ghanaian undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas $18 million (£14 million) in damages, after a jury said he was defamed by former Ghanaian MP Kennedy Agyapong. The case stemmed from comments Mr Agyapong made about Mr Anas after his BBC investigation in 2018 that exposed football corruption in Ghana and elsewhere. The BBC Thursday reported that the court heard that Mr…

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‘Wedding Altar To Grave,’ Tale of New Couple Killed In Lagos Explosion

Ganiyu Amodu

A couple; Dozie Okoye, a staff of Zenith Bank, Ladipo branch in Lagos and Joan Gusiora, his beautiful wife, a nurse with a promising career in the United States, killed in a tanker explosion on Otedola Bridge has been buried. A report by Whirlwind.ng, which shows this added that just a month ago, on Saturday, February 22, the atmosphere at the Momoh Gardens, 18, Wole Olateju Crescent, Lekki Phase 1, was virtually on fire with celebration as the same families, friends and well-wishers gathered to add colour to their wedding…

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‘Regret,’ Why I Ignored Tope Alabi’s Calls After Promise To Lend Her Car For Wedding

Rofeequr Adeola-Yusuf

    ‘Twist of Fate,’ Now, she can afford many luxury cars better than V-boot I refused to lend her by not picking her calls 24 hours to Wedding – Olaiya Igwe gives details of the unforgettable moment he disappointed the famous gospel singer     Veteran Nollywood actor, Olaiya Igwe, has said he regrets his decision to disappoint popular gospel singer, Tope Alabi. Platforms Africa reports that the actor in a video of his recent interview with Baba Ibe TV, said the incident happened on the singer’s wedding day.…

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‘Mama Mammy’ Maria Ochefu, First Military Barrack Market Founder, Is Dead

Rofeequr Adeola-Yusuf

    ‘All ended at 86,’ Statement her son, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, sent to Platforms Africa on how Mama Mammy died in her sleep   Mammy Maria Ochefu, the founder of Mammy Market, a staple in military barracks across Nigeria, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Ochefu, popularly known as mama Mammy,  passed away at the age of 86. Her son, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, confirmed the news in a phone interview on Thursday, stating that she died in her sleep on Tuesday at her residence in Makurdi. Lagos Central Mosque…

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