Category: Society

Speed Darlington alleges assassination attempt

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Days after his release from Kuje prison, controversial rapper, Speed Darlington has reportedly escaped an alleged assassination attempt. In a video shared on his Instagram page, the musician claimed unknown gunmen opened fire on his car, leaving it riddled with bullet holes. According to him, the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday as he was leaving a nightclub in Victoria Island, Lagos. The footage, which has since gone viral, shows the rear of the vehicle severely damaged, with visible bullet marks. The rapper accused an unnamed individual of orchestrating the…

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How 74 year-old woman on wheelchair was burnt to death in Anambra

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Police operatives from Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters, Anambra, have arrested four suspects for allegedly burning a 74-year-old woman to death. The four suspects included a 21-year-old lady, Chinyere Ekwenugo, who allegedly conspired with others to kill the woman on wheelchair. Police public relations officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement, said that the incident occurred around 9:00 am on Sunday. “During interrogation by the police operatives, the suspect, Chinenye Ekwenugo, confessed that her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is currently at large and three others set the victim ablaze,” he said. “They…

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Sen.Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice freed from UK prison

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Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former deputy senate president, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu been released from prison in the United Kingdom and she is now back in Nigeria. The lawmaker’s wife returned on Tuesday to celebration and prayers for her husband’s safe return. Beatrice and her husband were convicted for charges bothering on organ harvesting and trafficking in May 2023. The couple had attempted to buy a kidney off a young Nigerian boy to make him a donor to their daughter Sophia. Beatrice, her husband and one Obinna Obeta, a medical doctor, were…

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Suspended RCCG Pastor Iluyomade floats new ministry in Lagos

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Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, a suspended pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s (RCCG) City of David Parish, has launched his own l ministry named “The Family Fellowship” in Lagos. Recall that Iluyomade’s suspension from the RCCG in June 2024, stemmed from the controversy surrounding his wife, Pastor Siju’s, 60th birthday celebration. The event, which took place shortly after the unfortunate death of prominent church member Herbert Wigwe, faced considerable backlash because of its timing. The first “The Family Fellowship” service was held at the Civic Centre on Victoria Island, Lagos, and was characterised…

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Suspected assassins kill Celestial Church prophet inside his church while preaching

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Suspected hired assassins on Sunday, stormed a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Hebrew parish located at the Odo Eran area of the Old Baggage road in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State where they snuffed life out of the Shepherd-in-charge in a gory manner. The deceased, identified as Yomi Adetula was killed inside his church on Sunday morning around 11.a.m. while preaching. It was reliably gathered that Adetula’s assailants, who were six in number were armed with AK-47 gun each and were all clad in the Celestial Church’s…

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EFCC: Ex-First Bank chairman, Oba Otudeko flees Nigeria over fraud

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Former Chairman of the First Bank of Nigeria (FBN),Oba Otudeko has suddenly left Nigeria, according to a report from online platform, TheCable His departure comes in the wake of his imminent arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 13-count charge of alleged fraud. The report says that the businessman left the country via one of the land borders. According to security sources, he was dropped off at the Nigeria-Benin border on Thursday evening, 16 January, 2025, by a family member. When TheCable reached out to Otudeko,…

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Kwara State: Fake spiritualist jailed for internet fraud

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A 23 year-old man, Odeyemi Hammed Oluwaseun has been convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment for internet fraud by Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin. In a statement by head, media and publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale, he said that Oluwaseun, who hails from Oyo State, defrauded his victims on the internet by posing as an American-based female spiritualist with powers to cause jilted women and estranged wives to regain the affection of their men. The statement…

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Banker killed, corpse dumped on roadside after kidnappers collected ransom

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A female banker named Ifeoma Onyekwelu was reportedly killed in Anambra State after collecting ransom from the family, according to news on social media. Report says, the deceased simply identified was abducted in Onitsha. In several Facebook posts on Tuesday, it was gathered that Ifeoma was an easy going and cheerful lady who was recently promoted to a branch manager by Polaris Bank where she worked. Information gathered revealed that, the attackers murdered and dumped her corpse around Ideani junction, along Nnobi/Alor road. Picture of a woman’s corpse on the…

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Ex-OAU VC Prof. Abimbola: Ifa chose new Alaafin of Oyo because kingmakers were bribed

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Prof. Wande Abimbola, a professor of Yoruba language and literature, and a former vice-chancellor of the University of Ife (formerly Obafemi Awolowo University), has revealed the process through which the Alaafin-elect, Prince Abimbola Owoade was chosen. According to the academician and elder statesman who once served as the Majority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he was asked by the government to consult the Ifa Oracle to choose the next Alaafin because the Oyomesi Kingmakers had been compromised. Professor Abimbola revealed this in a video clip…

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‘Gospel singer’ who behead girlfriend arrested in Nasarawa

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A gospel musician, Oluwatimileyin Ajayi has been arrested in Orozo, a border community between the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and Nasarawa State, after he was found with a severed human head in a black nylon bag during a church service on Sunday. The incident occurred during a thanksgiving service marking the end of a seven-day fast at the church. According to the church’s Bible Study Teacher and General Secretary, Caleb Umaru, the suspect’s actions were first noticed by a member, Brother Victor, who saw Ajayi moving suspiciously near a…

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