Category Archives: Life & Fashion

Father’s Day Tragedy: Man Kills Wife, Commits Suicide

June 23 Life & Fashion 2 comments

.As Their Two Children Become Orphans – Two children, aged 7 and 3, became orphans on Father’s Day as their father stabbed their mother to death before committing suicide by drinking two bottles of insecticid...

Dare Rallies Nigerian Youth To Fight Against Rape

June 17 Life & Fashion 5 comments

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has condemned the rise of rape and gender-based violence occurrences in the country and voiced his support for victims and survivors of the grievous crime. To...

Rockefeller Boosts Fight Against Covid-19 In Africa, Asia

May 29 Life & Fashion 4 comments

The Rockefeller Foundation announced on Thursday that it will award three new grants to support organizations that are working with countries, communities and regions in Africa and Asia to leverage data and technology to...

Police Uncover Baby Factory In Lagos

September 30 Life & Fashion 2 comments

.Rescue 19 Pregnant Girls, Arrest Two Suspects – The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a baby factory from a detention camp in the Ikotun area of the state. It was gathered that 19 pregnant girls, underaged ...

Kaduna Hostage: Rescued Boys Say They Were Abused And Raped

September 28 Life & Fashion 2 comments

The Kaduna State Police Command has rescued over 300 hostages after a raid on a building in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of the state. Officers raided the centre, named Daru Imam Ahmad Bun Hambal, on Thursday, Sep...

High Court Finance Director Swept Away By Flood

August 3 Life & Fashion 2 comments

Mr. Tony Okecheme, the Federal Capital Territory High Court’s Director of Finance was swept away by a heavy flood in Galadimawa roundabout area of Abuja, while he was headed to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. A...

Dad Dies Trying To Save Kids At North Carolina Beach

July 17 Life & Fashion no comments

A North Carolina father had died while trying to rescue his children from rough waters at the state’s Wrightsville Beach, according to the Police. Two of Johnny Lee Vann Jr.’s kids were walking on a jetty wal...

45-Year-Old Man Hangs Self In Bayelsa

June 29 Life & Fashion 22 comments

.Photo for illustration purpose only – Report says a middle-aged man said to have hailed from Enugu State has committed suicide in Etegwe-Epie, a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The 45-year-old man, i...

Pay Ex-Husband N20k, Court Orders Divorce Seeking Woman

June 26 Life & Fashion 24 comments

A Gudu Grade I Area Court in Abuja has ordered a divorce-seeking housewife, Amina Abdulsalam to pay her estranged husband, Sani Abdulraman, N20,000 as a condition for divorce. The petitioner, who filed a case against Abd...

Saudi Arabia Vows To Kill Nigerian Woman For Drug Trafficking

April 6 Life & Fashion 1 comment

.Photo for illustration purpose only – The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja has stood by the decision of the Arab state to execute a Nigerian woman, Kudirat Afolabi, after she was convicted for drug trafficki...

Lion Mama: How I Killed, Fought Off My Daughter’s Rapists

March 31 Life & Fashion 2 comments

Nokubonga Qampi became known as the “Lion Mama” in South Africa after she killed one of three men raping her daughter and wounded the others. She was charged with murder – but after a public outcry the ...

18-Year-Old Girl Raped, Strangled To Death

March 29 Life & Fashion 1 comment

.Photo for illustration purpose only. – An 18-year-old girl, Ngozi Eze, was ra.ped to death by unknown persons in Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The girl’s lifeless body was found...

Ebola Cases In DR Congo Exceed 1,000

March 25 Life & Fashion 3 comments

Reports say the number of people known to have contracted Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has exceeded 1,000, making the current outbreak the second largest ever recorded, aid workers say. More than 629 peo...

Christmas: Not So Rosy For Nigerian Workers

December 26 Life & Fashion 23 comments

By Oladipupo Moses – Christmas is traditionally about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. It’s hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the 19th century Christmas was hardly celebrated. Many businesses...

St. Mulumba’s Heart Of Gold

December 12 Life & Fashion 3 comments

Ladies of the Order of Knights of St. Mulumba provides medical service equipment to aid healthcare delivery in Lagos State recently.

Police Arrest Couple For Selling Their 4 Months Old Baby For 600k

August 10 Life & Fashion 3 comments

.And, Three Other Children – A report that has gone viral says the Imo State Police Command paraded two members of a child trafficking syndicate on Thursday, who allegedly sold three different babies including thei...

Nigerian ‘Juju’ Man Killed In ‘Bullet-Proof’ C...

July 5 Life & Fashion 68 comments

Reports emanating from South Western part of Nigeria says a self-styled traditional healer (Juju Man) has died after one of his clients tested his “bullet-proof” charms on him. Chinaka Adoezuwe, 26, was kille...

Codeine: Lagos Firms Up Strategy To Stop Drug Abuse

May 4 Life & Fashion 32 comments

The Lagos State Government on Friday said comprehensive plans are currently being firmed up to generally address prevalence of drug abuse under the mental health policy in the State, revealing that a law to that effect h...

Tribute: Opeseitan Celebrates Adenuga At 65

April 30 Corporate Briefs, Life & Fashion 52 comments

By Olabode Opeseitan – It was around mid-day on June 29, 2012. I was neck-deep in work when the call I dreaded most came through. The pleasantry was unusual, very curt. The voice at the other end advised me to be s...

Condoms: Imo State Indigenes Use The Most In Nigeria

February 7 Life & Fashion 2 comments

A new report says that indigenes from Imo State use the most condoms than any other state in Nigeria as a whole. Maureen Zubie-Okolo, who’s a monitoring and evaluation specialist with United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICE...

I Can’t Worship His Idol, Never!

December 11 Life & Fashion 4 comments

.Divorce-Seeking Woman Tells Nigeria Court – By Nike Adekunle – Barely after two years their marriage, a 30-year-old teacher, Mrs Emmanuella Ayodele, has approached an Igando Customary Court in a Lagos suburb...

2 Men Gang-Defile 13-Year-Old Girl In Pubic Toilet

December 11 Life & Fashion 30 comments

By Nike Adekunle – For allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl, two men; Saheed Bello and Seun Badru were brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused; Bello, 25, an apprentice, a resident o...

I Caught My Husband On Top Of Our Church Member

November 28 Life & Fashion 30 comments

.Divorce-Seeking Pastor Tells Nigeria Court – By Nike Adekunle – “One 56-year-old Pastor Mrs. Abosede Martins, has approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her 30-year-old marriage over...