Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Supreme Court Of Nigeria has Voided Igbo Tradition Of Disinheriting Female Child



The Supreme Court, on the 14th day of April 2014,  voided the Igbo customary law, which denies daughters inheriting their fathers’ estate. The Supreme Court said it was discriminatory and in conflict with the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Iranian Court Applied The Mosaic Law: A Man to have his eyes gouged out, ear & nose cut off for throwing acid in girl's face


An Iranian man who threw acid in the face of young girl and caused the girl to lose her eyesight, right ear and nose, has been sentenced in accordance with Mosaic law of eye for an eye. The accused is to have his eyes gouged out, his right ear and nose cut off as punishment, an Iranian court has ruled.

Monday, December 16, 2013

Ondo State Permanent Secretary Caught Performing Ritual.

A Serving Permanent Secretary in Ondo State( name withheld) and eight other persons were arrested by the State Police Command around 3.00 am for performing rituals.
The raid by armed gangs of a commercial bank in Ikere Ekiti last Thursday led to the arrest of the ritualist.

Friday, December 13, 2013

How Lagos Runs Babe Was Beheaded By 'Ritualist'

This gruesome killing was reported by PorscheClassy Media.
Viewer discretion advised.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Nigeria Will Expires 31 December, 2013 And, A Group Sets To Challenge The Legality Of Her Existence Beyond 2013

The issue of peaceful co-existence of the various components of Nigeria which resulted in what is today called the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914 will, in 2013, December 31, expire. Members who subscribed to the so called agreement will then be left with a choice whether to enter a new agreement or go their separate ways as encapsulated in the amalgamation agreement. In view of  this fact, people of various ethnic groups of Nigeria are already preparing for a show down. Recent report in Vanguard Newspaper below indicates that the efforts of the Federal Government in organizing the confab may not totally resolve the lingering issues of inequality suffer by some parts of Nigeria, which they believe was occasioned by the amalgamation of Nigeria.  They believe the entity called Nigeria either collapsed, or a total and full federalism is enthrone in govt

Friday, December 6, 2013

Uchedu Chigbo, 23 Year-old Boy, Jail 7 Months For Having Sex With A 13 Year-old Girl

A 23 year-old man, Uchedu Chigbo has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment by Kubwa Upper Area Court in Abuja on Friday for having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
When the charge was read, chigbo pleaded guilty to the charge and the Presiding Judge, Alhaji Lawal Munir, convicted him to prison for 7 months with an option of N5000 fine for gross indecency.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Oba Adebiyi Adesida, The Deji Of Akure is Dead

Oba Adebiyi Adesida, the Deji of Akure, Ondo State, is dead..
The monarch died on Sunday around 4am as a result of an unknown complication.
Ona Adebiyi died at 63-year-old.
He became Oba about three years ago after his predecessor was deposed as a result of a street fight with one of the former monarch's wives.
Traditionally, the report of an Oba's death is kept secret until seven days before is announced

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Mr. Sanni Idowu Has Been Arraigned For Raping His Daughter Repeatedly.


Mr. Sanni Idowu, 48 year-old man,living at Ifedapo Amuloko area of Ibadan, has been Charged to a magistrate court for raping his daughter repeatedly. The amoral rapist was said to have de-virgin his daughter when she was 10 years old. The girl is now 15 years and he didn't stop the rape, rather, he threatened to killed her if she ever spill his evil act.
He was however arrested on the 15th October 2013 and charged to court. When the charged was read, he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The presiding Magistrate, S. A Oyediran ordered that the accused be remanded in Agodi Prison,Ibadan while the case was adjourned to December 9 for hearing.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Salah Celebration: Lagos State Minitstry Of Enviroment Have Arrested and Detained Salah Rams

SALLAH: Rams at Zango Market, Tudun Wada, Kaduna, yesterday. NAN PHOTO.
Rams on display for sale in an alleged prohibited area of Lagos state were arrested and detained by Officials of Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit yesterday.

According to Vanguard Newspaper report: the task force had chased the ram sellers, who converged at Ijora-Olopa area, and carted their rams to an unknown detention centre.

The owners of the rams claimed they were unaware that the place was prohibited and also claimed they were not forewarned.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Government bans Ombatse cult group

The Nasarawa State Government has banned the activities of Ombatse Cult group in the state.
This was revealed, yesterday, during the on-gong hearing by the Commission of Inquiry into the activities of Ombatse which reportedly massacred over 120 security men including policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, in Lafia, the state capital.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Incest: 'I Slept With My Daughters To Protect Them From Premature Death...'.Father

 
 
A 53-year old man,Yusuf  Alabi was paraded by Kogi State Police command for  allegedly having carnal Knowledge of his two daughters.
The suspect who admitted the act, was arrested following a complaint lodged by one his sons, Abdulmalik, who obviously detested the sick act of his father.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

A Man Arraigned For Raping His 60 year Old Mother

do-Ekiti — An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court in Ekiti State, yesterday, remanded one Akintunde Omotehinde, 27, in prison custody for allegedly raping his 60-year-old mother.
Prosecutor Ebenezer Ewuola told the court that the accused committed the offence on August 23, in Ajebamidele Area of Ado-Ekiti.
He claimed that the accused ‘forcefully and unlawfully’ had carnal knowledge of his mother, which led to her being hospitalised.
He added that on the same date, the accused assaulted and inflicted injuries on one, Isiaka Ojo, who attempted to separate him from his mother during the act.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/60-yr-old-woman-raped-by-27-yr-old-son/#sthash.KgAi80IE.dpuf

On the 23rd Day of August, one  Akintunde Omotehinde, 27 year old was alleged to have raped his 60 years old mother.
 Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, has  remanded him in prison custody for the offence

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Five Arrested For Selling Exummed Human Parts


The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five men for allegedly exhuming corpses and selling their parts for ritual purposes.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Falling Tree Kills Scores of People and Injures Many In Imo


Thirty-one persons, including two sisters, were killed when a tree at the Ukwu Uko evening market at Umuejinwaoke Umudagu village, Mbieri, Mbaitolu Local Government Area of Imo State, fell on them.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Swaziland Govt Set 150Metres Flying Limit For Witches

 
Swaziland has launched a crackdown on high-flying witches after banning them from hovering above 150metres.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Why Would You Want To Call A Child This Name?



What is in a name? Name, in some part of the world is very symbolic:; In my area, your name, most times, defines your origin or tribe, it also tells of the situation or circumstances that surrounded you birth. While in other part of the world may just be an appellation  one needs to answer to for attention.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

MASSOB and OPC Ready To Battle Boko Haram

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in the South-East and Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) in the South-West have said they are ready to protect the people in their regions from terrorists.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Nollywood Star, RMD, Wanted by EFCC For Stealing

According to Daily Times Newspaper, The Commissioner of culture and tourism Delta State, Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  over embezzlement of N50 million. Philo Nkem Ajufo, the acting General Manager of Delta State Tourism Board, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja for conniving with RMD to steal N50 million from the coffer of Delta State Ministry of Tourism .
Mofe Damijo was a known Nollywood movie star before he joined the government of Dr. Uduagha of Delta State

How 'Gay Network In Vatican' Forced Pope To Resign

Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to resign was influenced by a gay 'network' inside the Vatican, some of whom were being blackmailed by outsiders, it has been claimed in an explosive report carried by Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Marriage For Sale: Zamfara Govt In The Market for husbands for 2000 widows


The Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Hajia Balkisu Bungudu of Zamfara State government has announced to the public that government of Zamfara is planning to ''arrange husbands'' for about 2,000 widows in the state.

She said so many widows have already registered for the event.
The Commissioner did not disclose how much of tax payers money government is going to spend to purchase husbands for the 2000 widows.
Let's wait and see.

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