By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nurudeen Gafar, has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square on how four men -Daniel Luka, Isaiah Audu, Wavi David and Ayuba Musa allegedly killed their cousin for a money ritual. The four defendants were accused of unlawfully killing one Isaiah James, by stabbing him to death with a knife. The state government in the suit marked No: LD/10478C/2019, filed three counts of charge bordering on conspiracy to commit murder, murder and misconduct with regards to corpse against them. They were alleged to have committed the offence on May 21,…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Nigerian Journalist, Ifeanyi Okali, in tears as his wife delivers their first child, a baby girl, 11 years after their marriage.He wrote: “I am glad that after 11 years, God has graciously blessed my family in a special way.””My wife and I can now be called “parents”, having suffered tantrums and mockery in the past agonising one decade and more.”We have just welcomed a baby girl and our very first child since our marriage in 2012.”God still answers prayers. May His name be praised?”
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A man has told police he stored the corpse of his 101-year-old father so he could still talk to him after officers in Netherlands discovered the body in his freezer. Police said the body had been in cold storage since the man’s death 18 months ago.De Limburger reported the dead man’s doctor had raised concerns about his missing patient, alerting police who later found the body at the home in Landgraaf which he shared with his son, 82.While the son is being investigated for hiding his father’s body, police said they do not suspect foul play was…
A Magistrate Court in Zuba, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, yesterday adjourned the trial of Uche Aigbe, Pastor of the House on the Rock Refuge Church, Wuye, over alleged unlawful possession of firearms. This follows the changing of the legal representative of Pastor Aigbe, PRNigeria gathered. The new counsel to the defendant, Aigbe, Bar. O.E Ube of P.H Ogbole, SAN&Co, sought for an adjournment pursuant to Section 36 (A) of the 1999 Constitution. But the prosecution Counsel, JCA Idachaba contended that he aligned himself always with the side of justice and argued that the Section 36 cited…
Popular social media influencer, Mandy Kiss, is in happy mood at the moment. Thegazellenews.com can reveal that the cause of the extreme joy for the lady was because her pregnancy test returned negative. This medium learnt exclusively that Mandy Kiss had gone to the El-Shaddai Clinic located at Ejinrin Road in Ijebu Ode for a routine pregnancy test. When she came for the result on Wednesday, 10 May, 2023 and the result was negative, she burst into shouts of joy and praises to God. Thegazellenews.com learnt further that the hospital staff also shared in her joy as they swarmed round…
After 182 years of operation, a historic church in Birmingham, Alabama, held its final service before closing its doors for good, citing dwindling attendance numbers as the reason. The Five Mile Presbyterian Church held its final service on Sunday, 7 May, 2023. Following the closure, the church’s original building and cemetery will be placed in a trust to maintain the building as a historical site, as NBC News affiliate WVTM 13 reported. Sharon Eich, the lay pastor of Five Mile Presbyterian Church, said in an interview with the local news station that there is a “certain sadness” to the church’s…
By Reno Omokri In Christianity, the most respected Nigerian is Pastor Adeboye. You may not like it but that is the fact, it is true. So respected is he that he was called ‘Daddy Adeboye’ by a British Prime Minister (David Cameron). In Islam, the most revered living Nigerian is Sarkin Musulumi, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto. So revered is he that Nigerian Presidents even bow to him. In academics, the most respected Nigerian national is Professor Wole Soyinka. The first Black African to have won a Nobel Prize in an academic category. So honoured is he that a…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Acting Executive Secretary Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Bala Zakari, has disclosed that over N46.2 billion matching grants is still lying unaccessed in spite of the poor state of many primary schools across the country. Zakari made this disclosure during an oversight visit to the commission by the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, in Abuja on Wednesday, 10 May, 2023 Presenting the 2022 capital budget implementation report, Zakari said a total sum of N162,284,117,592.96 was allocated to the states, being UBE grants between 2019 and 2022 out of which N116,072,964,294.33 was accessed by…