Kidnapping on Highways in the Yoruba West:: We are Back to the Slave Trade Era
By Jiti Ogunye In the Trans-Atlantic slave trade era, slave raiders, called “ ipata” used to harvest people on footpaths and on farms in the Yoruba heartland. Their preference were strapping young men and women and children. Successful, they moved their captives to the coastal settlements of Lagos and Badagry to be traded and shipped […]
Homosexuality: Anglican Church Sacks 2 Priests in Abia
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has dismissed two priests over alleged acts of homosexuality. The duo’s dismissal was contained in a letter dated April 29, 2019 to all bishops and archbishops of the church by the bishop of Arochukwu/Ohafia diocese, Right Rev. Johnson Onuoha. The names of the affected priests were given as Rev. […]
Kidnapped OAU Don Regains Freedom
Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, an orthopedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife in Osun State, who was abducted by unknown gunmen Sunday has regained his freedom. A family source who sought to be anonymous disclosed the news of his release but declined to confirm if any ransom was paid for his release. […]
PDP Kicks as Police Detain Senator Adeleke
The Peoples Democratic Party today protested the arrest and detention of its candidate in the Osun Governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, by the police. The party described the police action as a total disregard for the subsisting order of the Federal High Court. Adeleke, the Senator representing Osun west at the Senate, had honoured an […]
Lawyers Charged with Over 11 Million Naira Fraud Get Bail
Two lawyers Feranmi Isaiah Akinluyi and Sogo Akinola, a.k.a Obaje, suspected to have defrauded one Kelechi Okani Darlington of the sum of 11,880,000 naira have been granted bail. This is the ruling by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja following the bail application of the duo. The court, yesterday granted temporary […]
Meghan Markle Gives Birth To Baby Boy
Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has given birth to a baby boy. Her husband Prince Harry made the announcement in a statement on Monday to television cameras in Windsor. “We’re delighted to announce that Meghan and myself had a baby boy early this morning — a very healthy boy,” a beaming Prince Harry said. “Mother and […]
Fayemi Appointees Sign Code of Conduct as he Expresses Optimism
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has expressed optimism that the just concluded three-day retreat of top government functionaries in the state has fired up members of his cabinet and the leadership of the public service in the state for optimum service delivery. The state, according to him, would be better for it, as the […]
Pastor Adeboye Tells of his First Handshake with Woman
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has told of the first time he had an handshake with a woman. The 77-year-old who didn’t disclose whether it was with Foluke, the woman he later wedded in 1967, and have four children together, revealed that it happened while he […]
Gunmen Attack, Kidnap Prof in Osun, Spare Wife
Unknown Gunmen have reportedly abducted Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, an orthopedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife in Osun State. The professor and his wife were reportedly attacked around Ikire about 10pm, Sunday. It was gathered that the gunmen went away with the professor but left the wife. This is coming on […]
Insecurity: Trailer-load of Suspected Fulani Gunmen Attack Travellers on Ilesha-Ife Highway
A trailer-load of gunmen suspected to be Hausa-Fulanis attacked travellers on the Ife-Ilesha highway this evening. It was gathered that the trailer conveying the attackers suddenly stopped in the middle of the highway at Ikoyi town in Osun State about 6.45pm, while the gunmen disembarked and started shooting at everyone in sight. The Public Relations […]
