SHEPHERD DIGEST MAGAZINE: February 2016

Monday 29 February 2016

My tattoo has ruined my life –Suspected Lagos gang informant

Fair-skinned Mariam Adesola, a 20-year-old hairdressing apprentice in Agege area of Lagos, sobbed as she sat on the ground on the premises of the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja.

For two years, 45-year-old Dele Oduwole had operated as a fake traffic policeman around Ketu area of Lagos. His specialty: arresting traffic offenders and extorting money from them.

Uzordima Chukwudi, 29, was a lotto operator before he took to kidnapping, a trade he was into before he was arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, led by CSP Abba Kyari.

The remains of Oyelowo Ajanaku, who was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife in Ibadan have arrived at the St, Paul’s Anglican Chruch, Gbogan amidst weeping and wailing by members of his family, friends and other sympathisers.

A 30-year-old man, Ibrahim Oniyide, who allegedly stabbed his mother to death was on Friday ordered to be remanded in prison custody by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Getting caught first day shows robbery is not my destiny –Suspect

Twenty-three year old Mamodu Mohammed, who was caught red-handed as he broke into a shop in Ilupeju, Lagos, has claimed that he was caught the first day he got involved in robbery.

If 20-year-old Ridwan Aliyu had known that trying to make ‘quick’ money could land him in jail, he probably would have thought twice before becoming a drug dealer.

The Nigerian Air Force in Friday paraded a suspected fraudster, Musa (surname withheld) for allegedly exploiting the ongoing recruitment exercise into the service to extort money from unsuspecting applicants.

Tragedy struck at Akoda Junction along Gbongan-Osogbo Expressway on Thursday night when a petrol tanker veered off the road and crushed five persons including two children to death.

Two daring robbers, aged 15 and 16 , got into trouble on Tuesday, a day after they burgled a house in Oke Afa area of Magboro, Ogun State when they simply strolled through the same street with their loot.

SULEIMAN ABBA ALLEGEDLY STOLE FOOD STUFF FROM THE INTERNAL DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) CAMPS (PICS)

Suleiman Abba allegedly stole some food stuffs in the Internal Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, Borno state. Reports have it that he was caught by the Task Force.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old trader, Mallam Isiaka, for allegedly raping a 9 year old boy in the Iju area of Lagos state.

Adedayo Osho reports via Facebook about a kind hearted Nigerian Police officer. His name is Billy Joseph Oriade and he is reported to have paid the medical bill of a 10 year old hawker hit by motorcycle.

Last week, I read a story that was shared by a mother to a group I belong to on Facebook. It was a touching story and I felt the urge to also republish same on my blog. Fortunately, the mother who shared the story dropped her email address so I immediately sent her a mail seeking her permission to put up the story on my blog.

Things are really happening! According to MotherhoodInStyle, a Nigerian born doctor based in the United Kingdom, Dr. Chin Akano,returned to Nigeria to get married to another woman despite been married to another for 19 years.

When You Marry For A Reason Other Than Love

Hello all, today let us talk about the idea of marrying the right or wrong person. As young adults continue to come under pressure from family to get married, it is increasingly likely that they could make bad choices and end up with a life time of regret.

A soldier, Emmanuel B.J, battered a commercial bus driver, Moshood Olaniyi, at the Ojodu-Berger motor park in Lagos State for allegedly smirking at him.

A 28-year old woman, Sakirat Rasaq, was delivered of five babies (three boys and two girls) at the University College Hospital, Ibadan on Monday.The quintuplets were born at hospital’s special-care baby unit.

Justice Aibomosi alleges that Henry Ekupke killed his younger sister, who happens to be his younger sister with a knife and cutlass. Henry Ekupke is said to have absconded, hence he has been declared wanted.

No doubt, there is dignity in labour but when you read a story of a Banking And Finance graduate who works with a state owned waste management company as a sweeper & refuse collector and earns ameager salary then one tends to feel sorry for such situation.

A VILLAGE IN INDIA BANS MOBILE PHONES FOR SINGLE WOMEN

A village in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat has banned single women from using mobile phones, with elders deeming the technology a “nuisance to society”.

The moment he was told some visitors had come to see him, he raced swiftly to the waiting room, hoping to see the ‘person’ he had been expecting all this while. But when he saw who his guests were,the ray of hope on his face vanished.

A 15-year-old Latifah Smith-Nabengana from Ohio,USA claims Jesus impregnated her through the spirit.She said the visitation came in July 2015.According to World News Daily report, she said

According to a facebook user, Bello Lukman, who posted this story, Dele and Nanchin were in a four year relationship. Dele was known for beating her at the slightest provocation.In his words;

In October of 2014, Steven Pratt was supposed to begin his life anew. He had served out a 30-year prison sentence and gone home to Atlantic City, N.J., where his family held a party to welcome him.

Lagos govt to establish micro-finance bank — Ambode

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, said arrangements had been concluded to set up a Microfinance Bank to aid artisans and small business operators.

An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court, on Friday, remanded one Abdulsalam Olayinka, 20, in prison for allegedly raping a 14-year-old orphan on Valentine’s Day.

Four persons were burnt to ashes in an accident which occurred on Lokoja-Okene road in the early hours of Friday.

Ahmed Mansour Karni, a 4-year old child, will be spending the rest of his life in prison following a court ruling in western Cairo on Tuesday. The little boy was convicted in absentia for several charges, including murder, reports Ventures Africa.

Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, was on Friday called upon to investigate Nigeria Police brutality meted out to a pregnant woman, Mrs. Adegbite Damilola, by Police officers attached to Akobo Police Station, Ibadan, Oyo state.

I joined Area Boys after my brother sent me out – Traffic robber

Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 apprehended Bayo Folayemi, 27, alleged to be a member of hoodlums terrorizing truck and lorry drivers along Apapa Expressway.

When retired Senior Inspector Sylvanus Okon, 58, who hails from Akpabuyo in Cross River State, joined the Nigeria Police Force as a Recruit Constable in August 1978, he had the mind to serve his fatherland with all his might, love and strength.

Infidelity amongst married women is fast becoming rampant not only in Edo State but across the country. The irony is that it is assumed that married men indulge in it more than their female counterparts,

Police detectives in Ondo State have arrested a 42-year-old man, Samuel Omosaba, for allegedly beheading his three-year-old niece for ritual. The niece, Adubarin Kola, was murdered at Ilepa quarters in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state.

Budding actress Chrystabel Goddy who brutally attacked her colleague, Princess Chineke while on a movie set last Friday, has been charged to court.

16-yr-old electrocuted to death in Calabar

Residents of No 7 Beckle Davis in Calabar-South were yesterday thrown into mourning when the news that 16 year old, Thank-God Ugwuanyi, a JSS 3 student of Sacred Heart Secondary school had been electrocuted to death along Goldie Street in Calabar.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, says 47 suspected armed robbers and 34 cultists were arrested in the state from Jan. 2 to Feb. 19.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has identified febrile rash illness as the probable cause of death of 25 children in Otodo Gbame community in Eti-osa Local Government Area of the state.

Police operatives attached to the Iperu division of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested some suspects for allegedly hijacking a truck laden with 33,000 litres of petrol along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

In Ogba/ Ndoni/Egbema Local Government Area of Rivers State, killing of human beings means nothing to a group of unknown persons that have made it their hobby. At least, Mrs. Patience Adube, the wife of one of the victims of the ongoing gruesome killings

Pregnant woman dies aboard Arik Air flight

Barely 48 hours after a middle-aged female passenger was found dead in a toilet at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, another female passenger, on Friday, died aboard an Arik Air flight 749 from Port-Harcourt to Lagos.

Worshippers at St Dominic’s Catholic Church, Adazi Enu, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State were shocked on Friday when a US-based Catholic priest, Rev. Father Mike Steve Ezeatu, descended on a 70-year-old man and beat him blue black.

Not minding the stench oozing out from the nearby canal, Edwin Nwani, 31, devoured every bit of the meal before him like someone who had just been set loose from days of starvation. Around him were four other people – a middle-aged woman, two men and a police officer.

A two-year search for a 15-year-old Togolese girl, Assana, has led to the arrest of seven human traffickers by the Zone F Headquarters of the Nigeria Immigrations Services in Ibadan.

Mr. Samuel Oki, a 35-year-old nephew of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was on Friday found dead in a creek of Otuoke community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

Man nabbed for stealing 52 women’s underwear

The Police in Anambra state have arrested a 22-year-old man, Chigozie Ugwu, for stealing no fewer than 52 women’s underwear.

A 27-year-old man, Festus Oyetola, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Osogbo High Court for allegedly raping two women at the same time.

A groom was hit and killed by a bullet apparently fired by celebrating members of his wedding party in northern India, a local police officer said Thursday.

What started as a celebration on Valentine’s Day, last Friday ended on a sour note for a 24-year old hair dresser who was found dead four days after the celebration inside her apartment.

A New York judge was busted for drunk driving on her way to court in Rochester.

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