By Abimbola Ogunnaike Famous Nollywood actor and movie director, Kunle Iyiola Afod, has announced that veteran Yoruba actor, Mukaila Adedigba “Sikiru Adeshina” is dead. Afod, announced the sad news via his Instagram page on Saturday, 13 May, 2023, explaining that said the veteran thespian died in the early hours of today, Saturday, 13 May, 2023. He described the deceased as a library with “so much Yoruba knowledge and a lover of God and prayed God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest. Fans and colleagues thronged to the comment section with tributes to the late veteran actor.
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least three persons were killed along the Okordia-Zarama axis of the Bayelsa State stretch of the East-West Road. The incident, which occurred in the afternoon of Friday, 12 May, 2023 a few kilometres from the crowded Zarama Market, resulted to pandemonium in the area.A green-coloured Mercedes Benz SUV was said to have crushed a commercial tricycle popularly known as Keke Napep with number plates KMT346VP and killed three persons on board.It was, however, learned that the driver of the SUV fled the scene to avoid mob action.According to a source, the dead passengers were a male…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A 25-year-old woman Rahama Sulaiman, is now cooling-off in police cell in Kano State for allegedly kidnapping her six-year-old daughter and demanding a N3 million ransom from her husband. The woman allegedly took the daughter to a nearby relative in Madobi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state to keep for her and claimed she would be away for four days. Speaking at the Kano Police Command’s headquarters on Friday, 12 May, 2023, State the Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, said they received a report from the husband, Kabiru Shehu, that his daughter had been kidnapped.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A normal sighted lady, Maimunatu Sa’idu, has said she got married to a blind teacher, Dahuru Abdulhamid Idris, because she loves him the most among her other suitors. The wedding Fatiha, which took place at the residence of the bride in Zakirai town of Gezawa Local Government Area in Kano State, was attended by hundreds of well-wishers, relatives, and a large turnout of visually impaired people. The sum of N50, 000 was paid as a dowry. Dahuru Abdulhamid became popular in 2021 after he was interviewed by an Abuja based national newspaper on his struggles for education…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the death of at least four persons in the renewed communal violence between the Amazaba community in Eastern Obolo and their Ikot Akpan Udo neighbours in the Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of the state. This is because it has deployed a tactical force of about 300 officers to the warring communities to dominate and quell the disturbances. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, confirmed the development while speaking with newsmen on Saturday, 13 May, 2023, explaining that the State Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durusinmi, had also appealed to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A pastor, Ajayi Famakinwa has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for impregnating a 15-year-old girl by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, Famakinwa, 60, was arrested by the police for committing the offence in 2021 at Ayede Ogbese in the Akure North Local Government Area of the state. The victim was said to be his tenant’s daughter. The convict had carnal knowledge of the victim under the pretext of delivering her from a demonic spirit tormenting her. According to the prosecution, he committed the offence on April 13, 2021, on Ayetoro…
In a heartwarming show of compassion, more than 5,000 physically challenged individuals were gifted with wheelchairs, crutches, and other mobility aids at the Day 45 pre-Inauguration Hangout organized by supporters of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The event, held at Unity Fountain in Abuja, witnessed the presence of notable figures, including Chief (Mrs) Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, President-elect’s daughter and Senator-elect for Plateau Central Senatorial District, Diket Plang. Joined by esteemed guests such as Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim, the Deputy National Women Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and other distinguished personalities, the Hangout’s Convener, Tosin Adeyanju, announced the distribution of…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Suleiman Isah, a Kano indigene who married a 46-year-old American, Janine Sanchez, has joined the California Army National Guard, a reserve of the United States Army. According to records, the California Army National Guard comprises 18,450 soldiers. On Friday, 12 May, 2023, Isah posted a picture of himself wearing the uniform of the US Army and captioned it “Alhamdullillah- forever grateful”. The two lovers, who met on social media, got married on December 13, 2020. Ms Janine, a chef based in Lindon, California, had flown to Nigeria for the wedding ceremony. The wedding, which took place at…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Founder and General Overseer of Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly, Lagos, High Priest Nnodu Azuka Kenrick and two others have been arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before a Lagos Federal High Court over alleged unlawful export of 14.90 kilograms of cannabis sativa and 204 grams of methamphetamine. Others arraigned alongside Nnodu on Friday, 12 May 2023, were: Udezuka Udoka and Oyoyo Mary Obasi. The high priest and his co-defendants were arraigned before Justice Akintayo Aluko on a count charge of conspiracy, and unlawful possession of hard drugs. While the high priest was arraigned on the fourth count…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Nigerian lawyer has narrated how a lady told her husband that she’s no longer in love with him again after he sponsored her nursing education in the United Kingdom. According to @BolanleCole, the lady said she doesn’t want to be in a marriage where there is no love even though her husband catered for her needs and that of her family.”Am No Longer in Love. Nigerian Woman Laments, Loses Interest in Husband after He Sponsored Her to the UK. “The lady said she can’t explain why she does not love her husband anymore but would not…