Man divorces Teenage Wife For Allowing Male Doctor Attend To Her A man in Katsina State has reportedly divorced his 14-year-old housewife for allowing a male medical practitioner to attend to her while giving birth to his baby. The Executive Director, Nana Women and Girls Initiative, Dr Fatima Adamu, disclosed on Thursday. According to the activist, the teenage mother, who was divorced by her husband, was said to have had a complicated childbirth, resulting in being rushed to the hospital where there was no female medical practitioner on the ground to attend to her. As a result, the only male…
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Terrorists Kidnap Nursing Mother, Son, Spare One Baby, Gives Reason Gunmen suspected to be bandits operating in Zamfara State have abducted a nursing mother and her 14-year-old son, sparing a one-month-old baby. The incident occurred some days after the naming ceremony of the newly born baby who is currently under the care of the father. They were abducted in the early hours of Tuesday at their residence in Saminaka, a community along Gusau-Sokoto road in Gusau, the State capital. An eyewitness said that “the armed bandits broke the wall of the victims’ apartment and forced their way inside. “They asked…
BREAKING: Wike, El-Rufai, Others Makes Ministerial List President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a list of ministerial candidates to the Senate that includes former Kaduna State Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, his counterpart from Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and renowned medical researcher Ali Pate, it was learnt Thursday morning. Also nominated for cabinet positions are legal luminary Lateef Fagbemi (SAN); an economist Olawale Edun, banker Adebayo Adelabu, former Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leader Mrs. Betta Edu, Senator Ben Ayade and eminent journalist Dele Alake, who is currently the Special Adviser on Media, Strategy and Special Duties.…
JUST IN: NLC Insist On National Strike The National Labour Congress (NLC) has given reasons while the proposed industrial action would be beneficial to the country, saying it is meant to liberate Nigerians from the shackles of government policies which have caused pains. Naija News House reported earlier that NLC gave the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government seven days to reverse “all anti-poor” policies, including the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol. Meanwhile, while featuring on Channels TV programme on Wednesday, NLC president, Joe Ajaero, explained that the union was still analysing the situation…
Goodluck Jonathan Speaks On Ministerial Nominee Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied any move to influence the nomination of a minister from Bayelsa State in the government of President Bola Tinubu. Some elders from the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had condemned alleged attempts by Jonathan to nominate the state’s ministerial slot in Tinubu’s incoming cabinet. The stakeholders under the auspices of the Bayelsa APC Elders Council queried Jonathan’s plan to produce a minister after actively and openly supporting the candidate of his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. However, Jonathan in a statement by…
Man Kills Girlfriend, Dumps Corpse In Bush Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Man Kills Girlfriend, Dumps Corpse In Bush A tricycle operator, simply identified as Chigozie, has been arrested for killing his girlfriend and dumping her corpse inside a bush in Umuahia, Abia State. Chigozie, who is a resident of Ajata Ibeku, was said to have committed the crime on Wednesday but was caught by eagle-eyed villagers. It was alleged that Chigozie was fighting with the unidentified girlfriend when the girl slipped and hit her head on the floor and died. Another villager also claimed that Chigozie was having…
Stanbic IBTC Bank To Pay Customer 120million Over Failed Transaction Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja yesterday imposed a fine of N120 million against Stanbic-IBTC Bank over the bank’s failure to complete a transfer request for a customer. In a split decision of two to one, the tribunal convicted the bank for contravening the provisions of Section 130(1)(a) of the FCCP Act, 2018 and Section 5(2)(8) and (9) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Regulation on Instant Interbank Electronic Transfers. The tribunal said the fine was imposed due to the bank’s faliure to comply with the 10…
Apostle Suleman Meant To Be Killed – Says Suspect, Gives Shocking Reason Police authorities, on Thursday, in Abuja paraded no fewer than 20 suspects arrested for offences including conspiracy, attempted murder, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and possession of illicit drugs among others. One of the suspects is 32-year-old Yusuf Isah who was arrested in connection with the October 2022 attack on the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman. The suspect, in an interview with journalists, admitted that the attack on the cleric was meant to assassinate him. Gunmen attacked the convoy of the cleric along the…
Man Arrested For Selling Three Of His Children Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Man Arrested For Selling Three Of His Children Police in Rivers state have apprehended a man, Charles Micheal, alongside six accomplices for allegedly selling his three children for N1.5Million The suspects were paraded Thursday at the State Police Command Headquarters in Port Harcourt where a policeman who has been dismissed for involvement in car snatching was also paraded along with other suspects. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told newsmen, “Operatives of the CP Monitoring Unit on July 8 based on the revelation of…
How Adamu Starved Tinubu, APC Candidates Of Funds During Polls — Lukman Exposes The leadership crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, assumed a new twist, yesterday, following revelations by its National Vice Chairman (North-West), Salihu Moh. Lukman, that the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, willfully refused to extend financial support to President Bola Tinubu and all candidates of the party in the lead-up to the 2023 general election. At a briefing in Abuja, Lukman, who has been vociferous in asking Adamu to render a financial account of the party, noted that the party made over N30 billion from…