Category: Crime/Health

How Female Lawyer Accused of Killing her Lawyer Husband brought in Son She had with Rev’d Father as House Help –Witness

ADEOLA YUSUF

More facts have emerged in the trial of a 36-year-old lawyer, Abasiesebanga Ikoiwak and five others, over the gruesome murder of her husband, Godwin Ikoiwak, 41. Until his death in January last year, Ikoiwak, a native of Eket Local Government Area, was a Counsel at the State Ministry of Justice. At the hearing of the matter before an Uyo High Court, a friend and classmate of the deceased in the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Sunny Anyanwu, said he told him in a phone conversation few days before his…

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Did “New Research” Prove That Men Who Marry “Chubby Women” Live Longer?

ADEOLA YUSUF

  While we cannot rate the questions addressed by the study, we can rate the study itself as apparently non-existent. Claim: A new study proves that men who marry “chubby women” are happier and live longer. On 15 January 2017, the Argentinian news site Nuevo Diario, among others, published an article with the (translated) headline “Study Confirms That Chubby Women Make a Man Happier Than a Skinny Woman.” That story was picked up by a number of English language sites, including “The Laugh Bible”: The Report Men who marry chubby…

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PoS Operator Lavishes N280m Received In Error

ADEOLA YUSUF

Policemen have arrested a Point of Sale operator who reportedly went on a spending spree after N280m was erroneously transferred to his account by a commercial bank. The POS operator identified as Alfa Rafiu was arrested by the police on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect is a resident of the Akuji compound, the Abayawo area in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. READ ALSO: Just Like Dogs, Ants Can Sniff Out Cancer How Real Madrid Defeated Chelsea 2-0 In Stamford Bridge…

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BREAKING: IGP Replaces Adamawa CP Over Gov Poll

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered that the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde withdraw from the state with immediate effect. The IGP also ordered that the Commissioner of Police in charge of Gombe State, CP Etim Equa immediately proceed to Adamawa State for election security of the yet-to-be concluded supplementary governorship poll. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, while addressing pressmen on Tuesday in Abuja, said the IGP is committed to a free and fair process. He said, “The IGP…

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Police Arrest Cleric Who Threatens To Kill Officer In Viral Video

ADEOLA YUSUF

Police spokesman reveals identity of controversial cleric, charges him to Court   FEEDBACK ON VIDEO OF CLERIC’S ATTACK ON POLICE: On Saturday 4th February, 2023, while on stop and search duty along Ibadan Express Road, Oyo State, one Ahmed Atidade ‘m’ 28YRS assaulted and threatened to kill the Police Officers who stopped his vehicle for routine checks and questioning. He was subsequently arrested and charged to Court on Thursday 9th February, 2023. READ ALSO BREAKING: Drama As INEC Disowns Adamawa REC on Binani, Suspends Collation Ex-Indian Lawmaker, Brother Shot Dead…

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UK Immigration Detains, Questions Peter Obi for ‘Impostor’s Crimes – LP

ADEOLA YUSUF

’ The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was detained by the United Kingdom’s immigration authorities during the Easter break over offences believed to have been committed by an imposter, the party’s Presidential Campaign Council said on Wednesday. Platforms Africa reports that the LP PCCC, in a statement by Diran Onifade, the Head of the Obi-Datti media team, said Obi was detained for questioning on Good Friday, April 7, 2023, when he arrived at Heathrow Airport in London from Nigeria. READ ALSO: Leaked Audio: ‘Is It Fake Or…

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Brain Drain: UK Places Nigeria On Red List For Health Workers’ Recruitment

ADEOLA YUSUF

The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. This is coming one month after the World Health Organisation listed 55 countries, including Nigeria facing the most pressing health workforce challenges related to Universal Health Coverage. The United Kingdom Government said Nigeria and other countries on the red list should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers unless there was a government-to-government agreement. READ ALSO: How Nigerian Lecturer,…

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World Court ex-Jurist, Prince Bola Ajibola, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

How the former Attorney-General of Nigeria breathed his last at a Lagos hospital + what his eldest son wrote on the topmost Owu Prince   A former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead. Ajibola, who was also a former Attorney-General of Nigeria, died in a Lagos hodpital aged 89. Ajibola, the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, died on Saturday midnight after a long-time illness as a result of old age. The eldest child of the late jurist, Segun Ajibola, SAN, disclosed this…

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Ondo Varsity Graduate Stabbed To Death Over N1,000 Debt

ADEOLA YUSUF

A recent graduate of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, Akoko in Ondo State, Temitayo, was stabbed to death over N1,000 naira debt. Temitayo, who recently graduated from the Physics Electronics department, was stabbed with a pair of scissors, according to the Peoples Gazette on Thursday. According to a source from the University’s Student Union who confirmed the incident, Temitayo intervened in a naira payment dispute between a “Egbon Adugbo” and a third party, promising to settle the bill for the latter. READ ALSO: HOLDING IBADAN RADIO STATION AT GUNPOINT AND WOLE…

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NAF ex-Spokesman, Wapkerem Maigida, Slumps, Dies In Abuja

ADEOLA YUSUF

“He went to see somebody and was leaving for another place when he slumped,” his friend gives details of how the man breathed his last   A former Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Wapkerem Maigida, is dead. It was gathered that the former NAF Spokesman slumped and died in Abuja on Sunday. A colleague of the late officer said that he went to see somebody and was leaving for another place when he slumped. The source said Maigida’s unfortunate death threw everybody into…

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