There was mild commotion at Tree of Life Bible Church in Warri, Delta State, on Sunday, September 11, after a group of police officers allegedly disrupted an ongoing service to enforce an arrest. It was gathered that the officers who stormed the church at about 10:30 am and repeatedly shot into the air which made the congregation to run for their lives. According to a source, “Some police men came to my church, to make an illegal arrest. They were shooting into the air inside the church, while service was still on. We almost lost a child who is asthmatic,…
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Kweku and I have been friends since childhood. We did a lot of stuff together. When we met I was eight and he was ten. We were partners in crime, and we were each other’s shadows. Everywhere Kweku went, I was either with him or nearby. It became an inside joke among our friends. Whenever they saw Kweku without me they would ask, “Where is your shadow today?” And they did the same with me too. As we grew older, we got closer. Any attempt to break us apart would have been like trying to start a smoke without fire.…
Tragic: Woman Dies in an Auto Crash While Chasing Her Husband And His ‘Side Chick An unidentified lady has been involved in an auto crash in Calabar while chasing her husband who she saw with another woman. According to an eye witnesses, Stephen Okposin, the accident happened earlier today at the Murtarla Mohammed Highway. “The lady saw her hubby at Spar shop with another woman in the car, so she hurrily drove to double cross them. This man saw her car and zoomed off, so the woman became aggressive and sped up.”I was just driving behind them just in less…
I don’t know what came over me — Man arrested for defiling his 17-yr-old daughter. A 46-year-old man, Olusegun Oluwole has been apprehended by men of Ogun state Police Command for allegedly forcefully having carnal knowledge of his 17-year-old daughter. The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ibara police station by the victim, who came in the company of some so safe corps men and reported that while she was sleeping in their one-room apartment at Amolaso area of Abeokuta at about 11:30 pm, her father having observed that others are fast asleep suddenly grabbed her and forcefully…
Married father-of-four arrested for incinerating a woman who turned him down to marry someone else. One Ibrahim Muhammadu, has been arrested by the Adamawa police command for masterminding the killing of a newly married woman because she dumped him. The suspect is reported to have paid someone to set the woman and her husband ablaze on September 6, barely two weeks after their wedding. It was gathered on Saturday, September 10, that the woman died due to severe b¥rns while the man was receiving treatment in the hospital. According to reports, Ibrahim Muhammad, who is married with four children, fell…
Charly Boy is at the receiving end of a heated backlash following his tweet about harassment.The singer, on Saturday, had tweeted that he had yet to hear of harassment on citizens of Yoruba extraction within the southeast as often as he learns of the victimisation dealt on the Igbo people in western Nigeria by the Yoruba. He alleged that the Igbos are frequently targets of ethnic rivalry whenever an electioneering season draws closer. “Almost 70 years, I have lived. I have never heard any story of my Yoruba brothers being harassed or terrorized in the eastern part of this country,”…
Islamic law forbids the construction of new churches. Christians are “forbidden to ring church bells or display crosses, recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals and feastdays, and are forbidden to build new churches” – Reliance of the Traveller o.11.5 (6,7)“Indonesian Christians decry stalled church project,” by Katharina Reny Lestari, UCA News, September 9, 2022:The denial of building permit to a Protestant church in Cilegon city in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Banten goes against the spirit of religious moderation, Christian leaders say. The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) criticized the refusal of permit…
Residents reportedly caught and killed a big python in the area. The python was said to have swallowed a big black goat belonging to one of the residents and could no longer move it’s massive body. Unconfirmed reports stated that the black pregnant she-goat was earlier declared missing overnight in the neighborhood and a search party put in place to find it. The black goat was believed to have been stolen by street urchins, according to eye witness account. However, after hours of fruitless search, a 18-foot-long python with protruding belly was discovered in the Oshodi neighborhood. It was lying…
Attah Ameh Oboni was a revered Igala King.At a particular meeting held in Kaduna which consisted of all paramount traditional rulers in Nigeria and which had the queen of England in attendance, Attah Ameh was asked to remove his cap to greet the Queen of England as others had done.Though he refused until they said he should leave the meeting if he would not remove his cap. But Attah was not like others, or was he?It was a taboo for Attah to remove his cap in the public. The entire hall where they were staying was occupied by swan of…
Saga, Giddyfia likened as Tega Dominic clears air on earlier statement about Phyna, Whitemoney’s attitudeFormer Brother Naija housemate, Tega Dominic has issued a PSA to fans of Phyna and the general public, amidst backlash from critics. Recall that days back, during a podcast, Tega described season seven housemate, Phyna as ‘annoyingly loud’, adding that she shares similar characteristics with Whitemoney because of her constant use of the slang ‘who dey’ which she dislikes. She said:“This is my perspective of Phyna, I think she is a very sweet girl but like you said that whole shouting thing, I would ask for…