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Villagers flee community as abductions, rituals take over forest in Edo

Residents of Ogheghe community, Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State, have raised eyebrows over suspected ritual killings and kidnappings being carried out by a syndicate at an undeveloped land acquired, several years ago, on the outskirt of the community by the Nigerian Air Force. The land overgrown by bush is called “evil forest”

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My jobless husband sleeps at home, beats me for not providing food – Woman laments

A 42-year old jobless man, Mr Ibrahim Oseni, on Tuesday lost his 10 -year old marriage over his failure to get a work as an Igando Customary Court in Lagos granted his estranged wife’s request to dissolve the union. Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Mr Akin Akinniyi, said the petitioner was adamant in

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Man faces trial for allegedly snatching N11.9m at bank premises

A man, Festus Eboh, who allegedly snatched bags containing N1.1 million and 30, 000 dollars (N10.8 million) within a bank precinct in Lagos, has been granted a temporary reprieve. An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court admitted the accused to a bail of N1 million in addition to two responsible sureties in like sum. The sureties, one of

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My wife wants to kill me with children – Man seeking divorce tells court 

A marriage of nine years was dissolved on Monday in Lagos after Mr Michael Ayinde, a 39-year-old man, had taken his wife, Glory, to court over her penchant for unbridled procreation. Mr Akin Akinniyi, the President of Igando Customary Court in a Lagos suburb, said that it was obvious from available testimony and the respondent’s refusal

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Man defending girlfriend from an abuser, gets lip bitten off

A Nigerian man identified as Segun Rick Mill, who tried to defend his girlfriend from an abuser identified as Abayomi a.k.a Street, had his lips bitten off in the incident that occurred in Lagos. Segun claimed Abayomi was under the influence of Refnol before the incident happened. He took to Facebook to share pictures of his injury

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