by Admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Igando customary court has dissolved a 16-year-old marriage between Funmilayo Adedeji and Emmanuel Adedeji over a 10-year sex starvation of the wife by the husband. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that delivering his judgement, the president of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, said the petitioner was adamant despite several mediations from the court and family intervention on the issue. “Since the petitioner insisted on a divorce after several interventions, the court has no choice but to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the wife still claims she loves her husband. “The court hereby pronounces the marriage between Emmanuel Adedeji and Funmilayo Adedeji dissolved today; both parties, henceforth, cease to be husband and wife. “Both are free to go their separate ways without any hindrances and molestation,” Omilola ruled. Earlier, Funmilayo had in her response to a suit filed by her husband said that Emmanuel gave no reasons for starving her of sex for a decade. “My husband refused to make love to me since 2006, I don’t know his reasons. “I had called members of my family and those of his family to intervene but he refused to change. “My body yearns for sex but I don’t just want to commit adultery because I want all the children to be fathered by one man,” she said. The mother of two said that she also accused her husband of using their son for ritual because he started showing signs of prosperity immediately they gave birth to the newborn. “My husband’s wealth became noticeable and started booming after the birth of our baby....
by Admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI TWO ex-prison inmates who were released from prison a few months ago are back in police net after the operatives of the Zonal Intervention Squad, Zone 2 of the Nigeria Police Force, apprehended them with another suspect, in connection with car theft through the use of master keys. The names of the ex-inmates were given as Akinola Babajide (46) and Akinmiluyi Sesan (43) while the third suspect was named Orji Ejike (32).Exhibits recovered from them include 17 master keys and 25 vehicles of different brands and models. Crime Reports learnt that the arrest was a follow-up on the information received by the officer-in-charge, CSP Gbenga Megbope, on August 27 that some miscreants who specialised in removing vehicles from parks within South-western and South-eastern parts of Nigeria, specifically Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Delta and Rivers states, were in a particular location in Ughelli, Delta State and perfecting plans to perpetrate their act in one of the South-western states of Nigeria. Briefing journalists about the arrest last Thursday at the squad’s office at Obada-Oko, Ogun State, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the zone, Abdulmajid Ali, said that a team of operatives attached to the squad was detailed to go after the miscreants, and place them under surveillance for possible arrest. He stated further that the move produced result, as Ejike was arrested in Ughelli town, Delta State, on August 30. His confession reportedly led to the apprehension of the two other suspects in Akure, Ondo State. The AIG said that the suspects confessed to have stolen over 70 vehicles, adding that efforts were on to make...
by Admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI EFCC grills ex-Permanent Secretary over looting of N27b, watch-lists insurance firm boss Erstwhile Chief of Staff to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Brig. Gen. Jones Oladehinde Arogbofa (rted), would have probably stayed out of trouble today with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) but for a rather strange gift, The Nation can now reveal. Some public officers dipped their hands into the national purse and stole N27, 188,232,208.20 and then proceeded to purchase a N585million house which they presented to him as a gift. The money was the benefits of deceased staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). The deal has now blown into the open with the EFCC taking Arogbofa into custody. He was subsequently quizzed following which he agreed to refund about N150million of the terminal benefits which was traced to the property purchased for him. It was learnt that the anti-graft agency has also grilled a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power who played a role in the diversion of the cash. More heads may roll in government on the diversion of the funds. Informed sources said those who looted the dead workers benefits decided to involve top government officials in the deal to cover up their tracks. About 10 of such officials are currently under surveillance. The coordinators of the deal were said to have paid cash to or buy expensive gifts for the affected officials. One of the source said: “The perpetrators of the fraud pretended they were doing Arogbofa a favour by virtue of his closeness to ex-President Jonathan. They told him that they had a gift...
by Admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday said the 55-year-old female hajj pilgrim, Basira Binuyo, who excreted 76 pellets of cocaine last week, had excreted more wraps of the hard drug. The suspect excreted a total of 82 wraps of cocaine. The NDLEA told SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday that the pilgrim, who was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, would be prosecuted. In a statement, the Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchel Ofoyeju, said the suspect tested positive to drug ingestion on her way to Medina, Saudi Arabia while on pilgrimage. Describing her action as shameful and discreditable, the Chairman of the NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah, said suspected drug traffickers would be severely punished in line with the laws of the land. He said, “It is a shameful act for a 55-year-old mother, who is going on a holy pilgrimage, to ingest narcotics. This is very shocking and a clear indication of her inability to effectively discharge her parental responsibility. The agency shall invoke the powers of the law against her and others caught indulging in the production and trafficking of narcotic drugs.” NDLEA commander at the Abuja airport, Hamisu Lawan, confirmed the total number of wraps of cocaine ingested by the suspect while under observation, the statement said. Lawan was quoted as saying, “Mrs. Binuyo Basari Iyabo, while under observation, excreted 82 wraps of cocaine weighing 931 grammes. All arrangements have been concluded for her prosecution.” The suspect was arrested during the outward screening of passengers on an Emirate flight to Dubai en-route Medina. “It is even worrisome that drug trafficking is punishable by...
by Admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigerian Army says it has arrested three army impostors in Imo State in southeast Nigeria. The impersonators were nabbed by officials of the 34 Artillery Brigade of the Army in Obinze, during the precursor operations nicknamed “exercise crocodile smile”. Parading the suspects at the Army Headquarters in Owerri, the Assistant Director, Public Relations of the Brigade, Lieutenant Haruna Tagwai, said the suspects had been parading themselves as military personnel using fake identity cards and some military kits to perpetrate criminal acts within Owerri metropolis and its environs. He added that another four-man gang suspected to be members of a deadly cult group in Ohaji/ Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State were also arrested during the operation. Lieutenant Tagwai said that the suspects would be handed over to the Imo State Police Command, for further investigation and prosecution. source: Channels...
by Admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A housewife, Mrs Fatima Adamu has been arrested by the Police in Niger State for allegedly stealing a day old baby girl from her mother, one Samsiya Auwalu, in connivance with the ex-husband of the baby’s mother. Also arrested was a teenager, Aisha Badamasi, Adamu’s niece who was used to ferry the baby away by strapping her on her back. Adamu was also accused of setting the apartment of the mother of the stolen baby ablaze with liquid substance suspected to be petrol after the theft, in order to cause confusion among the family members of the stolen baby . The incident occurred at Ungwa Kaje in Bosso Local Government Area of the state at about 11: 00a.m last Tuesday, when the suspect was left in the room with the baby. Information gathered by Crime Reports had it that shortly after the theft, the suspect handed the baby over to her niece, Aisha, who accompanied her to the scene of the crime, and instructed her to leave while she remained behind to set some of the clothes in the room on fire with the liquid substance in a container hidden in her bag. The Director General, Niger State Child Rights Agency, Barrister Mariam Haruna Kolo whose office reported the matter officially to the police, told Crime Reports that the baby’s mother discovered the stealing of her baby when she returned to her room. In a brief chat with Crime Reports last Wednesday in Minna, Barrister Kolo said that the nursing mother raised the alarm when she noticed this. To perfect her plan, the suspect reportedly advised the...
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