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I was forced to marry him, he’s too dirty —Wife An Orile Agege Customary Court in Lagos State has dissolved the 17-year-old marriage between Funmilayo Kareem and her husband, Saliu, over adultery. In his judgment, President of the court, Chief Bolarinwa Popoola, held that the marriage ended when the wife left the husband’s house and had a child for another person. “Adultery is and has always been a major cause of divorce. This marriage is hereby dissolved with immediate effect,” he said. Funmilayo, a mother of three, had urged the court to dissolve the marriage on the ground that her husband was a dirty man and always cursed her whenever they fought. “The major reason I want to divorce him is that he is a dirty man and he fights and curses me a lot. I do not know how I became his wife, only God knows, I was forced to marry him, until now, I do not know his people. “About two years ago, he told me to follow him to a prophet, I refused to go, so he asked me to leave and I ...

The Benue State Police command, yesterday nabbed a syndicate with over 12,000 Permanent Voters’ Cards in the state. This is coming barely two days after the state police command arrested four other persons in possession of over 1,000 PVCs in Makurdi. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hyacinth Dagala, who confirmed the arrest, gave the name of the gang leader as Ali Usman. Usman was arrested with another of his colleague, Terseer Wuar. The gang leader claimed that he was on an errand for some top politicians in Abuja running a group called Northern Youths’ Forum. Dagala, however, refused to give the identity of the parties the suspects were working for, saying that it might thwart investigations. Punch reports that Usman was arrested at Benue Links motor park as he was boarding a bus to Abuja, while Wuar was also nabbed at a business centre in Makurdi by the police, following a tip-off. The police boss said they were apprehended with photocopies of PVCs and would...

A man simply identified as Mr. Alex was arrested for attempting to rape his 15 year old daughter in his apartment at Abiodun street, Ajegunle, Ajeromi, Ifelodun local government area of Lagos. He claims he carried out that act to test her virginity. Leadership newspaper reports that Alex was apprehended by his neighbours and handed over to the police at Ajegunle police station but was later released on bail last weekend. A police inspector attached to Ajegunle police station disclosed that it was neighbours that dragged the suspect to the station. He said: “His wife was not at home when he wanted to perpetrate the act but the man denied doing that. “You know that nobody will agree that he wanted to rape his daughter. Police acted on the information given to us and even took the minor to the general hospital for medical examination.” According to the source, Alex claimed that he only wanted to check whether his daughter had been breached. “He wanted to know whether hi...

A 26-year-old National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, member, identified simply as Ernest, committed suicide after being jilted by his girlfriend, Chioma Okewuru, who is also a corps member. The two corps members met and fell in love while serving in Redemption Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State. Vanguard Newspaper reports that the deceased, a graduate of the University of Benin, went berserk when the lady came back from her village over the weekend with a ring from a man she had promised to marry. Mr. Noah Ntuen, Acting Divisional Police Officer for Obubra confirmed the incident saying “the girl had told the guy that she would not marry him, but that they could be friends. So when she came back from home last weekend and showed him the ring her husband-to-be gave her, the young man became furious. “On Wednesday, the situation became worse and at about 7pm, he locked himself in the room and took some poisonous substances.” “They ...

A middle-aged  palm tree   harvester , George Maduabuchi, from Owerrinta in the Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State is in the police net for allegedly selling his 14-month-old son for N300,000. According to Punch, the father of four was said to have connived with another suspect, Obinna Erondu, now at large, to perpetrate the act. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joshak Habila, who paraded the suspect along with other suspected criminals on Thursday, said, “Luck ran out on Maduabuchi when the wife alerted the police on his questionable role when the baby fell ill and he took him out and did not return with him.” But the suspect told our  correspondent  that he did not sell his son, but only took him to a herbalist when he took ill. He said, “The herbalist gave me money and told me that he could not heal the baby. I therefore left the baby in the herbalist’s home.” But his explanation was countered by his wife, Eberechi, who said he too...

Weird MC, is already in her last trimester as she is due to deliver a bundle of joy very soon. The man-like woman, who was believed to be a celebrated lesbian before it was frowned at by the Nigerian government, was sighted recently with her protruding belle. There was a report towards the tail end of last year that the rap queen was said to have decided to settle down and have her own family. In fact, it was revealed then that she has a man in her life and she still has hope for marriage in the future. Recent check on her has, however, revealed that Weird MC is about to give birth. *safe delivery to u, Weird MC if this is true*

For  about 148 junior, middle level and senior staff of Fidelity Bank Plc, it was a black Valentine’s Day, as they were asked to resign apparently to stave off termination of appointment. Our correspondent learnt that those affected arrived their offices as usual on Friday, February 13, the day before Valentine’s to discover they had been denied access to the bank’s main server. Those already affected in the exercise which is said to still be ongoing, include 139 junior staff of the rank of managers and below and nine others between the positions of Senior Manager and Deputy General Manager. One of those affected told our correspondent on phone under condition of anonymity that there was “no defined criteria for the sack as people were just yanked off the (bank’s) internet system and on contacting the Human Resources Department, they were told to turn in their resignation.” When contacted on Monday morning, the bank said the decision was the outcome of a bank-wide perf...

A ferry carrying up to 140 passengers has capsized in central Bangladesh after being hit by a cargo vessel, killing at least 48 people. A  rescue  operation is under way on the Padma River, about 25 miles north-west of the capital Dhaka, but it is not clear how many people remain missing. The ferry was struck by the cargo vessel at the Daulatdia-Paturia crossing this afternoon, fire department official Shahzadi Begum said. Rescue teams were deployed and passing boats are helping in the operation. The ferry, the ML Mosta, was submerged at a depth of up to 20ft, inspector Zihad Mia, who is overseeing the rescue operation, said. By this evening, at least 48 bodies had been recovered. Sea Tragedy: Bangladeshi rescue workers recover the body of a victim after a ferry accident at Paturia Mr Mia said officials are yet to determine how many passengers are missing. Ferries in Bangladesh do not usually maintain formal passenger lists. Culled from mirror.co

an under-aged suicide bomber who blew up herself on Sunday in a security checkpoint outside a popular GSM market in Potiskum, Yobe State killing five others in the process. Some of those present at the scene estimate the age of the bomber to be around seven. Eye witnesses recount that the lad had entered into the commercial area where people are and detonated the explosive devices strapped to her body. AFP quotes a local vigilante leader who said that nineteen others sustained varying degrees of injury and were taken to hospital soon after the blast. According to the source identified as Buba Lawan, “So far, five people were killed with the girl while 19 others have been taken to hospital for injuries,” Another witness, Ibrahim Maishago, told Reuters by telephone that “The lady refused to be checked at the gate to the market and an argument ensued.” “She let off the bomb, killing herself and five others, while many were injured,” he added.

A  large number of Boko Haram insurgents have drowned in the Lake Chad as they fled the heavy bombardment by Nigerian Air Force heralding the advance of troops on mission to flush them out of Baga. Though the number of the dead terrorists was not given,it was said that many of them met their Waterloo as they fled the aerial attacks by NAF jets on Baga, the location of Multi-National Joint Taskforce base seized by the sect in January, 2015. A statement by the Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade in Abuja on Saturday, said the insurgents had buried land mines in over 1,500 spots on the routes leading to the town. It said all the land mines were skillfully cleared one after the other, noting that the mining of the grounds could not save the terrorists from the aggressive move of advancing troops. “A large number of terrorists have drowned in the Lake Chad as they fled the heavy bombardment by Nigerian Air force heralding the advance of Nigerian troops on ...