Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha has called for all
political parties summit in a bid to bring Nigerian leaders of diverse
political affiliation into a round-table towards addressing the
political quagmire that has slowed down development in the country.
Gov. Okorocha, who made the call when a delegation led by
Director-General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr. Mike Omeri
paid him a courtesy visit in government house, Owerri, posited that
such forum would provide the needed opportunity for Nigerian leaders
to realize the essence of embracing good governance in democratic
setting.
He said ” It is unfortunate that our democracy has continued to
produce more politicians than leaders and that accounts the reason why
the politicians only think about next election instead of next
generations. It is worrisome today that we do not know when to
discard politics for governance and the continuous mixture of both
politics and governance has continued place us far below what
democracy stands for”.
Gov. Okorocha, who applauded the initiative of the NOA boss, however
admitted that the Do-It-Right-Programme would go a long way to
re-orientate Nigerians towards changing their attitude as well as
build a lasting bridge that will sustain unity and peace in the
country.
He attributed the numerous achievements recorded by his
administration within the shortest period to sacrifice and commitment
to good governance which he said is the diving force of the rescue
mission government.
Gov. Okorocha reiterated his resolution not to play politics with the
development of Imo state even as he promised that his administration
will only embark on people-oriented programmes that will impact
positively on the lives of the people.
Earlier, the DG National Orientation Agency, Dr. Mike Omeri, who was
accompanied by other personalities including, the Gwom Gwom Jos, said
they were in government to felicitate with Gov. Okorocha on his
numerous achievements within the period and to flag-off the
Do-The-Right-Thing campaign.
He explain that the programme is designed to bring political parties
together as well as forge a relationship that will create an ideal
setting for good governance in Nigeria.
Sullivan Iheanacho Chime, the Governor of Enugu State has abandoned his wife, Clara Chime, for a two months’ vacation abroad. It is believed that Chime may be somewhere in the United States of America having fun with one of his numerous mistresses while Clara is at home roasting away.
Chime who was single when he became governor in 2007, having divorced his first wife, got married to Clara in September 2008.
About two weeks ago, the Governor handed over to his Deputy, Sunday Onyebuchi and left the country for the vacation without taking his wife along.
The development has set mouths wagging in the state, with members of the public wondering what would have made the Governor to embark on such a relaxation trip without taking his wife along.
“Why should a Governor embark on vacation overseas and leave his wife behind. It is either that all is not well in Enugu’s first family or that the governor wants an adventure with one of his numerous young under 18 mistresses” said a resident of the state.
While tongues are wagging, Clara was sighted looking so miserable, sad and dejected at the 40thbirthday of the Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Eugene Odo.
Meanwhile, the state has been thrown into panic by media reports that the governor’s absence may have to do with health challenges he has been facing.
However, the Enugu State government on Monday dismissed such media reports as cheap, mischievous and false, reaffirming that the Governor is “hale and hearty.”
Reacting to a report published in the Sunday Punch of 14th October, 2012, the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Chuks Ugwoke stated that the Governor was enjoying his vacation, the first he has taken since he was sworn into office five years ago.
He stressed that contrary to the reporter’s claim that the Governor’s last public appearance was on September 9, 2012, Chime had actually presided over the State Executive Council meeting on September 18, 2012 where he announced to all the members that he was proceeding on his annual leave and constitutionally handed over the reins of power to his deputy, Sunday Onyebuchi who is today the Acting Governor of the State.
The Commissioner further pointed out that Governor Chime also attended a meeting of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum in Abuja on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 and travelled out the next day on his vacation adding that “all these facts are verifiable”.
He stated that it was also very uncharitable for the same reporter to falsely claim that the Acting Governor was limited in the discharge of his responsibilities while also wondering why a journalist would deliberately go out of his way to publish outright falsehood about a person’s health status.
“Having said all these, we want to reaffirm that the Government of His Excellency Sullivan Iheanacho Chime will continue to promote freedom of expression while also maintaining its cherished reputation of civility and accommodation of all shades of opinion, including constructive criticisms from the media and other quarters,” the Commissioner added.
The Commissioner did not however give reasons why the governor did not take his wife along on the vacation.
Since the presentation of the 2013 Budget draft to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan, we have received a lot of positive feedback from Nigerians in different parts of the country.
In particular, the fact that the budget presentation took place in October, the earliest in recent memory, was highly commended by many Nigerians who have reached out to us.
Many other aspects of the budget also received commendation. They include:
– the focus on power supply, roads, rail and aviation safety
– the robust plans to reduce domestic debt, recurrent expenditure and the fiscal deficit.
– gender-friendly nature of the budget and the provisions made to boost maternal and child welfare.
We welcome this dialogue on the budget because we believe that transparency is a key ingredient of an effective budget process. The budget is for the Nigerian people and they have a fundamental right to have their say on it.
It is in this spirit that we take some comments on some aspects of the budget of the Federal Ministry of Finance even when the motives of some of those making the comments may not be positive. The aspects which have attracted comments include provisions made for personnel, overheads, capital expenditure, sitting allowances, refreshments, travels and training.
In responding to these comments, it is important to keep the following facts in mind:
· The total budget proposal for the Federal Ministry of Finance is N5,599,576,180. This represents 0.11% of the entire budget estimates.
· The budget for the Ministry together with its agencies is N14,759,952,111. This comes to 0.30% of the total budget.
· The agencies are Debt Management Office, Budget Office of the Federation, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Investment and Securities Tribunal and the National Insurance Commission.
· The provisions made for personnel, overheads, sitting allowances and travels, training and so on are modest and justifiable. It is important to keep in mind that the ministry pays for a lot of studies and investigations done for other parts of government in various areas of economic reform, including pensions, public service reforms, housing and mortgage etc. It also hosts experts from within and outside the country in technical sessions and meetings in line with its mandate.
· The proposed annual budget for cleaning and fumigating the premises of the ministry – N43,381,673 – is certainly within the parameters of industry standards. Additionally, it is also important to keep in mind that the ministry is facing serious structural and environment challenges which have made these services very necessary.
The ministry under the leadership of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is very conscious of its key role and will continue to lead by example in areas under its mandate. The focus as always is on managing the finances of the country in a manner that protects and enhances the interests of the country.
Paul C Nwabuikwu
Senior Special Assistant to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance
Sometimes I wonder about the maxim that the pen is mightier than the sword. The reality of the physical difference between the two “weapons” makes it difficult to understand how they can even be compared, talk less of the pen being mightier (in effect stronger) than the sword.
Now I know better.
The story of the Jews is one almost everyone is familiar with. Mostly from Biblical accounts. Ancient Jewish scholars were nearly excellent in documenting their experiences through written accounts. The Bible, possibly the greatest and most read book of all times, bears eloquent testimony to the Jewish tradition and excellence in record keeping through written work. I strongly suspect that the Jews were selected by God as the progenitor tribe of the messiah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, because of their writing skills. The omniscient God knew the Jews, more than other people, will keep records that will stand the test of literary scrutiny more than 2000 years after.
From Genesis to Revelation contains authentic stories of the Jewish sojourn on mother earth. To date, the account is yet undisputed by scientific, archaeological or historical inquest. One consistent thing about the Bible is the self evident truth contained therein. Hence it is said that every biblical scripture is written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Modern day Jews followed in the fine traditions of their forebears in penning down classics containing the experience of the Jewish people. Philip Roth of The Plot Against America fame, Modecai Richler, Sidney Sheldon and countless best sellers all have Jewish blood running in their veins. But my favorite Jewish writer is Leon Uris. His writings defined my sympathy and love for the Jews and the nation of Israel. I remember the first time I read Exodus with my lantern. I was shedding tears while still reading. I couldn’t put down the book even when it was dark and what I was reading was tearing my soul apart. By the time I finished reading that book, I felt like fighting every enemy of Israel and the Jews.
Of course I read other books by Leon Uris including Mila 18, Trinity, QB VII and Armageddon. Suffice it to say they didn’t disappoint at all. Am still looking for his other books like Battle Cry, The Angry Hills, Exodus, Exodus Revisited,
Ireland, A Terrible Beauty, Jerusalem: A Song of Songs, The Haj, Mitla Pass,
Redemption, A God in Ruins and O’Hara’s Choice. If you have read any of those please lend me your copy.
With these books, particularly Exodus and Armageddon, Leon Uris told the Jewish story the way nobody else can. The Jewish story is simply a story of affliction, survival and the triumph of the human spirit. The Jewish story reminds me of the old Volkswagen advert we watched as kids-“you can’t kill the beetle”. They have seen it all and survived it all. From their travails in Biblical Egypt where they made bricks without straws through Babylon where they cried and prayed until their blood flowed into the rivers of Babylon to Nazi Germany where over 6 million of them, including 1 million children, were killed by Hitler and his goons in the Holocaust. In all these they came out stronger and better. May be apostle Paul was thinking of his people when he penned “we are hard pressed on all sides but not crushed….in all these things we are more than conquerors”.
Jewish writers ensured that the world never forgot any of their ghastly experiences in the hands of their oppressors. Their writings became a sword in the conscience of the world. Leon Uris was a master servant of that cause. His great books tell the story of his native people even though he was a Jewish American. The books are also well researched and stand historical scrutiny even with the label of fiction.
As an Igbo boy, I’ve always heard about the relationship between the Igbo of Nigeria and the Jews of Israel. My parents told me. My class teachers alluded to it. My sunday school teachers emphasized it. As an adult, I’ve listened to great Igbo born preachers like Uma Ukpai, Humphrey Erumaka and many more make references to the cultural and linguistic similarities between Ndigbo and the Jews. More recently, as a member of the number one Igbo group in social networks, Igboville, I have also read scholarly works linking the Igbo with the Jews. Do I believe I have Jewish ancestry? I don’t know.
But I know an Igbo man whose writings are similar to that of Leon Uris and have produced the same effect of piercing the heart and conscience of the tormentors of Ndigbo in Nigeria. Not many will argue that Ndigbo have had a raw deal in the hands of their brothers in Nigeria and even that of foreign powers. (The only time the old Western and the Eastern power blocs unified against a people seeking self determination was during the Biafra conflict). As far back as 1945 Ndigbo were massacred in Northern Nigeria in an unprovoked religious cleansing that only got reported as a religious riot. Since then, Ndigbo have been at the receiving end of evil conspiracies, genocide and murderous gang up. I need not give references because if you are old enough to read this note then you must have heard or read about one genocidal killing of Igbo or another. May be you even participated in one.
The most gruesome of the Igbo experience remains the mass murder of 1966 to 1970 that led to the death of more than 3m Igbo, including 2m children starved to death. The painful thing about this remains the conspiracy of silence by those involved as either victims or perpetrators. It is on record that those involved in killing Igbo receive the most honour in Federal Nigeria. If you line up 700 Igbo at Asaba and execute them Hitler style, an airport will be named after you and your face will be in our currency. If you author and execute a starvation policy that killed 2m Igbo children, a university will be named after you and you get to have your face in another denomination of our currency. If you murder your Igbo commander in chief and his host you will get a national honour and a lucrative oil block. Others known to be persecutors of Ndigbo are given choice political appointments and their Igbo collaborators are rewarded too. For helping to decimate the population of their own people, Judas style.
Who dares to write about the travails of the Igbo man in the country called Nigeria? If you ever dare and you are lucky to remain alive you will be branded a tribalist and effectively a political pariah. When Nigerian people gather to loot and share oil revenue you will be excluded for rocking the boat of one Nigeria. After all, like they say, the task of keeping Nigeria one must be accomplished, even if it means burying the truth and setting the wrong standard for generations yet unborn.
Then came a Leon Uris clone of Igbo origin. He will rather die than be found among liars and conspirators. He doesn’t care about national honours and promptly rejected them twice. Wealth mean little to him including the one million dollars of 50cent. He was determined to document for posterity the travails of his people, including the starvation to death of 2m children. He knew feathers will be ruffled and boo boys unleashed on him by servants of erstwhile demi gods undressed in the market place of eternal truth. For him, things have fallen apart and only the truth can hold the center.
Surely, there was a country where 2m children were starved to death so that one man can achieve his dream of becoming president of Nigeria. Nobody can deny that.
Just like Leon Uris, Chinua Achebe has pierced the conscience of the high and mighty with his pen. Generations yet unborn will read his new book and hopefully, decide that never again will this happen in our dear country. Like Leon Uris, Achebe is beyond death. His voice will boom forever to remind us of the weaknesses of the animal called man. It will challenge us to stand up and save Aluu 4 from those who have beaten them to stupor and hung tires round their necks. It will remind policy makers that whatever you do today might come to haunt you tomorrow and bring shame to your family and followers. We will learn to disown “the end justifies the means” message of Niccolo Machiavelli and seek just and fair way of winning.
Indeed, there was a country and a people whose spirit cannot be destroyed. A people asking for love, understanding and fellowship with fellow countrymen. There was a country and a people whose destiny is indestructible. Neither starvation nor genocide can stop the story of this country from being read abroad. Achebe has assured that.
There was a country.
There is a writer.
Like Leon Uris, Achebe has discharged the burden history placed on him. Are you still carrying your own burden?
From: Precious Werner Ahiakwo in Port Harcourt
Magistrate court 1, sitting in the Port Harcourt magisterial District has on Wednesday October 17, 2012, ordered that Alhaji Hassan Welewa,59, the traditional ruler of Omuokiri-Aluu, in Ikwerre Local Government Area and 12 others be remanded in prison custody pending the release of legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), in the ministry of justice in Rivers State.
Welewa and the other accused persons, Lawal Segun, 28, Ex-Sgt Lucky Orji, 43, Cynthia Chinwo, 24, George Nwadei, 20, Ekpe Daniel, 30, Okoghiroh Endurance,24, Gabriel Oche, 33, Ozioma Abajio, 23, Endurance edet, 27, Ikechukwu Louis Amadi alias Kapoon, 32, David Chinasa Ogbada, 30 and Chigozie Evans Samuel, 22, were arraigned on a five count charge of conspiracy and murder of Ugonna Obuzor, Toku Lloyd, Tekena Elkanah and Chidiaka Biringa by lynching and burning them to death contrary to sections 324 and 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria, 1999. Most of the accused persons were in tears except for one Cynthia Chinwo who was identified as the lady that brought the fuel used to roast the victims to ashes.
As 247ureports.com gathered, Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Woke, the trial magistrate in charge of proceedings, after listening to the charges brought against the accused persons, ordered that they be remanded in custody on grounds that his court lacked jurisdiction on the matter. He however reminded them of the right to approach a high court for their bail application and adjourned the matter to December 20, 2012 for mention.
An uneasy drama ensued during the arraignment of the accused persons between the police and the judiciary staff as they were barred from entering or going out of their offices by the men in police uniform till the arraignment was over.
The drama started when the police blocked the entrance leading to the court room upstairs. Some of the court staffs were seen arguing with the ferocious looking policemen that flooded the court arena fully armed. When approached, one of the policemen simply replied that they were merely carrying out an order from above.
It took the intervention of the Public Relations Officer of the Judiciary Staff Union, Kiele Cletus before they were allowed to gain entrance to their various offices upon presentation of their identity cards. The staff and other persons were however barred from witnessing the proceedings as the court room was heavily barbed by armed policemen.
Some of the suspects had on Tuesday, told 247ureports.com that the police participated in the torture and eventual death of the victims. Two of them, Ikechukwu Amadi alias Kapoon and David Ogbada, particularly pointed out in their separate statements to the press that policemen were witnesses to the crime. They however noted that while one of the policemen tried to rescue the victims from the crowd, the other one joined in the beating till their eventual death. The good police man had to leave the scene of the crime after warning the angry mob of the consequences of their action.
Participants at the ongoing Garden city Literary Festival book fair have given a nod to organizers at this year’s edition of the event.
Some of the participants who spoke to our correspondent Precious Werner Ahiakwo at the Book fair stand said the idea of relocating the book fair from the troubled University of Port Harcourt to Hotel Presidential is a welcomed idea.
Although some complained that they have a better audience and patronage at the school environment but a more comfortable and encouraging environment at the new venue. They also said they were surprised at the turn out and patronage at the new venue even on the first day of the book fair which kicked off on Monday 15thOctober.
Despite records of the huge turnout, more participation of organizations at the fair was also recorded. Our correspondent who took a tour round the book fair reports that 70% of organizations at the stand were participating for the first time since inception in 2008.
On prices of products especially of books at the fair, some shoppers told our correspondent that prices at the fair are somewhat on the high side. They opined that books are supposed to be cheaper at a book fair than the bookshop, but reverse is the case. One of the shoppers who also spoke to our correspondent commended the quality of books and services describing it as incomparable and worth the money.
The Garden City Literary Festival, which kicked off in 2008, is the brain child of Governor Amaechi of Rivers State and is sponsored by the Rivers State Government. The Festival takes place annually in Port Harcourt. Hundreds of literary enthusiasts make their way to the Garden City yearly to participate in this four-day event which comprises a book fair, writers workshops, diverse literary forums, a symposium, drama performances and other cultural displays.
Participating writers have included Nigeria’s Wole Soyinka (Nobel Laureate), Ghana’s Koffi Awonoor, Kenyan’s Ngugi wa Thiong’o, American writer Petrina Crockford and Jamaican writer Lindsay Barrett. Children are an important part of this festival. They have special workshops and discussion sessions, schedules visits to the book fair and an opportunity to showcase their talent at a special session on the last day of the festival.
NewsRescue– Headlines in Nigerian papers today is the story of a 46-year-old unemployed man, who on October 7, at Agbado in Ogun state of Nigeria was arrested for allegedly killing his wife by throwing her into a pit latrine over a domestic misunderstanding. That’s a raw dudu pit!
This is just the latest case in the chronic saga of Nigerians killing their wives at home and abroad.
The many spontaneous killings, unlike honor killings which are most rampant in Nations around the world, from Asia to South America, can more accurately be considered as crimes of passion, but some disturbingly are executed with scary premeditation and careful planning.
NewsRescue investigated the trends and distribution of these murders and found some thought and discussion provoking trends.
Pit Latrine: Traditional non water toilet
Nigeria with a population of 150 million, is Africa’s most populous nation. The country has over 500 ethnic groups, but of these, the three largest and loudest, are the Hausa’s up North, The Yoruba’s in the South west and the Igbo’s in the south east.
Cases of wife murder like the one above are almost exclusively relegated to the southern ethnic groups, with the Igbo’s being culprit in 9 in 10 cases.
What makes this sad habit so common among the Igbo’s has been a topic of hot debate for many years in Nigerian internet fora. Some have attributed the problem to an Igbo culture that places a humongous bride price on women, and after the men cough out fortunes to marry, they tend to regard their spouses as ‘property’, they have bought, hence having a very low tolerance during domestic conflict.
A commentator reacting passionately, said, ‘only people who do not know God will do such’, they have abandoned God, this is why!’
We are unable to test and correlate religion type or the lack of it with crime in general and domestic violence and spousal murder in particular.
John Onwuka in orange prison jumpsuit
In an internet article in 2008, “Nigerian Men Are Killing Their Wives in America now, ” on a popular Nigerian blog, the Linda Ikeji blog, several Nigerians, almost exclusively Igbo were listed, with pictures, for murdering their wives in America.
The names included Kelechi Charles Emeruwa, Theophilus Ojukwu, Johnny Omorogieva, John Onwuka and Michael Collins Iheme. Nigerians reportedly have peculiar names that allow easy, near accurate identification by ethnicity. The men ranged from 40-50 years and the typical story was a man who brought his wife to the United States, she trained as a nurse, made good money, and later either separated or feeling belittled, the man suddenly went to her abode and killed her crudely.
After coming across a shocking article on a Nigerian forum, NigerianVillageSquare, we ran an internet search to see the 2012 rates of wife killings and check for any trends in occurrence.
Without question, the United States has some of the highest results for ‘man kills wife’, several cases every month.
When we narrowed our search to ‘Nigeria man kills wife’, we found several incidences of Nigerian episodes and these still presented with the popular ethnic trend of being almost exclusively relegated to the Igbo south eastern ethnic group.
Nigeria Major Ethnic Groups : BBC
The realities for the women are sad and frightening to imagine. Domestic violence data indicates that murders are a tiny fraction and minute glimpse at the actual scale of domestic violence within societies. To each domestic murder case reported, there are 100s more non lethal spouse battering episodes.
We at NewsRescue hope that our publication will prompt active discussion into the possible social or cultural etiology of this abusive pathology and energize women protective agencies to study any cultural causes of the levels of violence seen, with aim at possibly addressing them and protecting the thousands of victims.
Here is a collection of recent cases of Nigerians killing their wives this 2012. Two cases are reportedly Yoruba, the rest are the Igbo group of Nigeria:
Mathias Eze, Ex-commissioner Kills Wife Over Stew
When Mathias Eze of Umu-Aji village in Umuida, and Patricia Ossai of Imufu, both in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State got married, little did Patricia know that her heartthrob would end her sojourn on earth in the most gruesome manner 16 years after their marital union.
But on Saturday, July 21, 2012, Mathias, a former Commissioner in the Enugu State Independent Electoral (ENSIEC), tragically ended the union that had produced six lovely children with an alleged gunshot over his wife’s failure to prepare stewed rice for the day’s supper.
The father of the deceased, Elder Alphonsus Ossai, now a shadow of himself, told Sunday Sun the tale of his daughter’s forced death as was narrated to him by the late Patricia’s 15-year-old daughter, Uju, who witnessed the incident that night. Read more…
Nigeria: Man Kills Wife in Imo
By Johnkennedy Uzoma, 2 September 2012
Owerri — Tragedy occurred yesterday Ihitta Ogada in Emekuku community of Owerri North local government area of Imo State when an aged man identified as Mr Vitalis Okere killed his wife and escaped.
The suspect according to information available to Sunday Trust immediately ran to unknown place after the incident to avoid being mobbed by angry youths. According to information, youths of the community on hearing the ugly incident attempted to lynch the man but were prevented by some villagers.
The suspect according to sources hails from Mbaise and is a father of three with two wives.
It was said the deceased was the second wife. The first wife died many years back.
The remains of the deceased have been deposited in an unknown mortuary while the youth of the community are calling for justice.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Vitalis Onugu confirmed the incident saying investigations to unravel the circumstances had commenced. He told Sunday Trust that the investigation would enable the command to get to the remote causes of the ugly incident.
SCANDAL: Top Nollywood Actor Kills Wife…Confesses In Kuje Prison
Rich Oganiru
Story by Nigeriafilms.com Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012
According to what National Enquirer magazine reported, Rich Oganiru`s name might not really ring a bell again but he`s one of Nollywood`s very good actors and stakeholders. In fact, he prides himself as one of the pioneering members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria and has starred in over 300 movies.
Please look at his pictures again if you`re still in doubt because he`s presently battling a murder scandal for his alleged involvement in the complicity leading to the death of a very rich Abuja based multimillionaire businesswoman believed to be his wife.
The deceased, National Enquirer gathered reliably is not his first wife, the first wife also died mysteriously years back and he was in a very poor state of life before he met the Abuja based multimillionaire who transformed his life in a matter of months. Read More…
Igbo Man Kills His Wife In Ghana – ModernGhana
Wonders, they say, shall never ceased. Despite the all the effort of the Federal Government to redeemed the badly smashed image of Nigerians across the sea, a 26-year-old Nigerian man, Nathaniel Udama Edu, is being held by the Mile 7 Police at Achimota in Accra, for the suspected murder of his girlfriend, Matilda Asante, 19, a senior high school graduate at South Afankor in the early hours of Monday.
The body of the deceased was found in the neighbourhood, wrapped in a bed sheet and her legs tied, while her head was covered in a black polythene bag.
Narrating the incident in Accra, the Crime Officer of the Mile 7 Police Station, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Henry Agbeve, said around 7:30am last Monday the body of the deceased was found on the compound of an adjoining house in the Ga West municipality, lying in a supine position.
According to him preliminary investigations conducted indicated that the body was thrown into that house after the act with the legs tied, the head covered with a polythene bag and the rest of her body wrapped in a bedsheets. Read More…
Nigeria: Man,62, Remanded for Alleged Murder of Wife
By Batholomew Madukwe, 22 August 2012
A 62 year-old man, Christian Agbaga has been remanded in prison custody by a Yaba Magistrate court, the alleged murder of his wife following her purported refusal to grant him sex in the night.
Wife of the accused, Regina Agbaga, was said to have been strangled by her husband at their 10, Ligali Street, Ajegunle, Lagos home. She allegedly held her neck on their matrimonial bed. The accused (Agbaga) is facing a murder charge under section 221 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
Refusing to the plea of the accused, the presiding Magistrate, Mrs. S. K. Matepo, ordered that he should be remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri, Lagos and urged the prosecutor to duplicate his file for the DPP’s advice. The matter was adjourned till 15 October for the DPP’s report. Read More...
Man kills son, mutilates wife over alleged infidelity
April 20, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu
A washerman, Henry Nnamdi, has allegedly killed his one-year-old son, Chukwuebuka, in order to spite his wife, whom he accused of having an extra-marital affair.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Henry also used a hot pressing iron to burn his wife, Mercy, and stabbed her repeatedly in order to force her to confess to the allegation.
A police source said 40-year-old Henry had been suspecting that his wife was having an amorous relationship with his father for a while.
Our correspondent learnt that on Easter Sunday around 2am, Mercy turned down her husband’s request for sex resulting in an argument between the couple.
A reliable police source told PUNCH Metro, “Henry and his wife live together in a room with their only child at 3, Lambe Street, Ago Palace Way, Lagos.
“The suspect had been suspicious of his wife’s movement and on that very day, he came back home late in the evening and was ironing his customers’ clothes on the floor while his wife and son were on the bed.
“His wife and son were both naked because the room was poorly ventilated. Henry then told his wife he wanted to have sex with her but she refused.
“Henry was infuriated by her refusal and saw it as a confirmation of his suspicion. He grabbed the pressing iron and started inflicting burns all over Mercy’s body, including her private part, asking her to confess.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect immediately grabbed his son and fled. However, the corpse of his son was later found in the compound. Read More…
Nigeria: Jealous Husband Sets Wife On Fire for Accepting Wine From Another Man At Party
By Bartholomew Madukwe, 26 September 2012Love is said to be the fire of life that neither consumes nor purifies; but for 35-year-old Janeth Odehgbe, hers was a different case as she has been set on fire by her husband following disagreement over her collecting a cup of wine from another man during a party they both attended.
Recounting her ordeal in the hand of her 39-year-old husband, Mr Kehinde Adesanmoye, Janeth told Crime Alert that on September 11, 2012 around 10 pm, her husband poured petrol on her as she was preparing Indomie noodles for a customer and fire caught her immediately. She was nearly consumed by the fire but for passers-by that rescued her.
She said, “I saw him coming towards me, as he got nearer, he ordered my customer to leave and as I tried to run for my dear life, he poured petrol on me and fire caught up with me immediately. Passers-by rescued me and ran after him to fight him, but immediately they noticed it was him, they all went to their various homes. Then some of them took me to the Police station and from there I was taken to Peaceful Convalescent Center, Alhaji Obe Street, Ejigbo Lagos.”
Janeth, who hails from Isoko area of Delta state and earns her living from selling cooked Indomie along Ikotun roundabout, claimed she was illegally married to Adesanmoye (popularly called Ogunlade) after divorcing her first husband.
Trouble was said to have started for the duo on September 8, 2012 when Adesanmoye and his wife went for a naming ceremony of a friend who stays beside their residence at 22, Olaoluwa Street, Abaranje, Ikotun. “As we got to the party, my friends who were also present were hailing me, calling me ‘Indomie’, because I was known for selling Indomie. I was invited to sit on the chairs they have organized for friends. Adesanmoye was sitting right beside me. Read More…
Man Kills Wife in the Presence of His 11 Year-old Son… Says he had “Mental Problems”
Posted on Friday, September 7th, 2012 at 1:42 PM
By Adeola Adeyemo
The last time the Nigerian media was agog with news of a man who had allegedly butchered his wife, it was greeted with a loud public outcry.
When pictures of her lifeless and dismembered body hit the internet, it generated a slew of human right actions, walks and advocacy against domestic abuse.
It was a gruesome sight. Deep knife cuts, blood all over, her gorging eyes… it was all too much too bear. In fact, it won’t be out of place to say that Nigerians have not yet recovered from the shock of Titi Arowolo’s death.
And now, a year later, another case of a wife killer has been uncovered in Enugu state. Graphic pictures of her lifeless body showing deep cuts with blood oozing out have circulated over the internet stirring another outcry.
The Enugu State Police Command, on Thursday September 6th, 2012 paraded Sunday Eze for allegedly butchering his wife with a machete in Nsukka, Enugu State. Read More…
Man kills wife over food: Peter Odion tried to stop his wife from eating the food he prepared after she refused to cook
A middle aged man, Peter Odion, has become a guest of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing his wife, Ifeoma Ohalele Odion, for eating his food.
The incident occurred at their residence at 2, Olushola Close, Abule Taylor, Abule Egba, Lagos State.
Chiweiko Ohalele, a sister of the deceased who was living with the couple but was not at home when the tragedy occurred, said: “I was in my village meeting on Sunday afternoon when one of our neighbours called me on phone to meet them at a hospital at Abule Egba over my sister’s condition. When I got there, I met my sister in an unconscious state with blood dripping from her head and face. In fact, she could not neither talk nor recognise me.
I begged the doctor on duty to transfer her to the General Hospital at Ilepo because her condition was very bad. And he obliged; but before she could be attended to at the General Hospital, my sister died. When I confronted her husband who was also in the hospital on what transpired between him and my sister, he said he fought my sister for trying to eat the eba (garri) he made for himself.”
According to her, the suspect claimed that when they returned from church, he told his wife to prepare eba for him and her daughter, but she refused, claiming she had headache. Peter allegedly went ahead and prepared the eba; only for the wife to get up to eat the food.
A fight then broke out between the couple when Peter insisted his wife must not eat the food.
In the course of the fight, Peter pushed her and she hit her head on a hard object inside the room and fainted. He raised an alarm and neighbours assisted him to rush the unconscious woman to the hospital.
“I did not intend to kill her because we have not had any disagreement before the tragic incident happened,” he said. “I pray that God would forgive me.” Read More…
Man accused of killing girlfriend for denying him sex
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Edith Nwokolo, who resided at 94, Mushin Road, opposite Ire-Akari Road Junction, Isolo, Lagos State, was visited by her estranged lover, Amaechi Uchenna, on February 23 around 10pm. By 11pm, Nwokolo had died in mysterious circumstances while Uchenna was still in the apartment. Nwokolo’s family members alleged that the victim was strangled by Uchenna after a failed attempt to rape her. But the police said the cause of her death had not yet been ascertained as they were still awaiting the autopsy report. The suspect is being detained at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba. Read More…
Horror: Man Kills Step-Son ‘for telling wife of his plot to kill her’
Tue, 03/07/2012 – 2:10am
A middle-aged man, Robert Anyanwu of Onunwankwo, Umuhuali community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State is now in police net for allegedly killing his step-son for revealing to his mother plot by him to murder her.
Anyanwu, 45, was alleged to have slaughtered his step son, Chigozie Anyanwu, a seven-year old primary one pupil, for daring to expose his evil intentions.
The Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sylvester Igbo, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) confirmed the incident, when contacted by our reporter.
“It is confirmed that a man killed his son, it is a confirmed story,” he said and noted that the police were investigating the matter.
Sources from Umuhuali community revealed that Anyanwu, on June 15, 2012, hacked the boy down with a machete on their road to the farm and buried him in a shallow grave in the forest.
The source noted that Anyanwu had, prior to the incident, confided in the boy that he was going to kill his mother within the week for undisclosed offences.
Robert warned the boy against revealing the information to anybody, especially his mother. Read More…
Man Kills Girlfriend Over Phone in Calabar
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A youngman, Lawrence Ufan Ette, has allegedly struck his girlfriend to death with a stone during a fight in the victim’s house over her phone.
The 23-year old girl, Miss Roseline Ijeoma Christopher, was allegedly killed by her boyfriend over her phone which he allegedly stole from her room when he was on a visit. Miss Dorothy Bassey, the landlady of 13, Academy Street, Calabar, where Ijeoma and her siblings along with their aged mother live, told P.M.NEWS that Ette and Ijeoma had been in a relationship for a while but Ijeoma’s mother told Ette to stop coming to their house because of his bad behaviour towards her daughter.
However, according to Bassey, against her instruction, Ette kept sneaking in to see Ijeoma, especially at night. Read More…
The man who set his wife ablaze
Naomi joins the list of Nigerian women murdered by their husbands
Article | | By Patience Ogbo
Naomi Chidiebere 24, was the happiest woman in the world when she married Dick Chidiebere, 34, at the Jehovah’s Witness church at Ijegun in November 2011.
Sadly, Naomi who was the envy of the single ladies at the wedding is lying in the morgue because her husband allegedly set her ablaze following a quarrel.
The incident happened on February 10, 2012 at the couple’s four bedroom residence in Ijegun barely three months after the couple exchanged their wedding vows.
Naomi, who narrated how her husband set her ablaze on her hospital bed before she gave up the ghost, said on that fateful day, said Dick, a sailor, came back home late in the night drunk and she challenged him on his drinking habit, which according to her infuriated him as he beat her up and later rushed into the store where they kept petrol for the generating set and poured it on her as she ran into the closet to hide from his beating. Read More…
Topic: Man sets Pregnant wife, children ablaze.
From PETRUS OBI, Enugu Sunday, October 02, 2011
A middle-aged man, Mr Ndubuisi Egeonu, yesterday in Enugu attempted to kill his pregnant wife and his two male children when he locked them up in his barbing shop and set the place on fire.
The incident which happened at about 11: am at No. 61 Mount Street, Idaw River in the Awkunanaw area of Enugu was said to have come as a surprise to both the pregnant woman and neighbours.
Egeonu popularly known as Sagay, and who is now on the run, reportedly arrived his shop that morning and requested the wife to escort him to a filling station to buy fuel.
When they returned he reportedly tried to drag one of his female neighbours from a nearby shop, claiming she was indebted to him. The effort proved futile as neighbours intervened.
An eyewitness who described Egeonu as an erratic character that regularly beat his wife narrated how they were attracted to the container which served as his shop.
“It was when the fire started that we rushed to the shop and heard voices inside that we realized what happened. He actually tied his wife’s hands, poured petrol into the shop, locked the shop and put the place on fire.
“We rushed and broke the door but by then the pregnant woman and her children had been severely burnt.” Read More…
SHOCKER ! PASTOR KILLS WIFE OVER BED GYMNASTICS
Story by AKINNAGBE AKINTOMIDE/NIGERIAFILMS.COM
Last Updated: Saturday, March 24, 2012
A senior Pastor of United Evangelical Church,Rev. Sunday Alfa has murdered his wife,a mother of 4 for refusing him sex.
The wife,Mrs. Rose Alfa was murdered in the Mission House at about 3am in Igojo,Ubali Village near Okene in Kogi State.
We learnt that before the woman gave up the ghost,she had confessed to a Policeman,who was taking her to the hospital that she did no wrong to her pastor husband and that the man came in the night in the room she was sleeping to demand for sex,but she refused because she gave birth to her last baby in October last year through cesarean section and the doctor asked her to abstain from sex for some time.
We gathered that the woman had divorced the pastor and went to Benin City to live with her brother,Mr. Alex Abah.
Four years later,the pastor went to meet the wife relations to beg for forgiveness and pleaded with them to allow his wife come back to him because he had been promoted to Senior Pastor and it was compulsory for him to bring back his wife before they could effect the promotion.
The wife’s relations agreed and allowed her to go back to the husband.
It was during his stay with the wife that the pastor eventually murdered her over sex.
SHOCKER ! PASTOR KILLS WIFE OVER BED GYMNASTICS
Story by AKINNAGBE AKINTOMIDE/NIGERIAFILMS.COM
A senior Pastor of United Evangelical Church,Rev. Sunday Alfa has murdered his wife,a mother of 4 for refusing him sex.
The wife,Mrs. Rose Alfa was murdered in the Mission House at about 3am in Igojo,Ubali Village near Okene in Kogi State.
We learnt that before the woman gave up the ghost,she had confessed to a Policeman,who was taking her to the hospital that she did no wrong to her pastor husband and that the man came in the night in the room she was sleeping to demand for sex,but she refused because she gave birth to her last baby in October last year through cesarean section and the doctor asked her to abstain from sex for some time.
We gathered that the woman had divorced the pastor and went to Benin City to live with her brother,Mr. Alex Abah.
Four years later,the pastor went to meet the wife relations to beg for forgiveness and pleaded with them to allow his wife come back to him because he had been promoted to Senior Pastor and it was compulsory for him to bring back his wife before they could effect the promotion.
The wife’s relations agreed and allowed her to go back to the husband.
It was during his stay with the wife that the pastor eventually murdered her over sex.
Another group of Niger Delta ex militants have been approved by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Disclosing this to newsmen in Benin on Thursday the Media Assistant to the chairman of the Presidents amnesty committee Dan Alabrah said the additional 3642 ex militants which he said are now called ex agitators will be demobilized and trained in Obubra, Cross River State next week.
He said the acceptance of the new set of ex militants was due to the proposal by the chairman of the Presidents amnesty committee Hon Kinsley Kuku.
In a quick reaction the Niger Delta Development ex militants has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for including them in the Federal Government amnesty programme.
In a statement in Benin the National Chairman of the Niger Delta Development ex militants Julius Joseph and National Secretary Tam Odogwu confirmed that the President has paid the ex-militants who are under the third phase amnesty programme.
It will be recalled that the Niger Delta Development ex militants had been agitating for the inclusion of the third phase amnesty to pave way for those who had not been included in the first and second phase of the programme.
They also commended the role played by the Special Adviser to the President on amnesty and chairman of the Presidents amnesty committee Hon.Kinsley Kuku.
They said ‘we commend Kuku’s credible leadership and transparency which has expressed implicit confidence in the management of the amnesty programme.’
The statement said the inclusion of the third phase is a confirmation of the President’s commitment to sustainable economic empowerment of youths in the Niger Delta.
With the development the group said ‘we pledged our unalloyed loyalty to Mr. President as ambassadors of peace and partners in development to move the region to greater glory’.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Friday October 19, 2012 arraign Abubakar Sheriff Tijjani, a bulk cash smuggler intercepted with $7,049.444(Seven million, Forty Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty Four United States Dollars) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Thursday, 27 September, 2012, by Operatives of the Commission, on his way to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
He will be arraigned at a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos .
When the 25 year-old suspect was arrested, he declared that he had a total sum of $4.5million on him but thorough screening and search showed that he was actually carrying $7,049,444. He confessed that he was a courier for twenty individuals who hired him to convey the money to Dubai .
Sheriff will be docked under Section 12 of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act Cap.F34 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and Section 2(5) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011.
The votes are in! Students in the United States have chosen President Barack Obama as the winner of the upcoming presidential election in a mock vote held by Scholastic, one of the largest publishers of children’s books and magazines in America.
“The students have made their voices heard once again, and it proved to be a tight race,” Elliott Rebhun, editor and publisher of Scholastic’s Social Studies Classroom Magazines, said in an interview with CNN.
Scholastic has been conducting mock US presidential elections since 1940, and this year Obama, the Democratic nominee, received 51 percent of the vote, while former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate, received 45 percent. Four percent of students also cast votes for other candidates, such as their mothers and fathers, Republicans John McCain and Vice Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan, and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Scholastic invited people under the age of 18 to cast a vote for the president by voting on the organization’s website or mailing in a paper ballot that could be found in one of its classroom magazines.
Almost 250,000 students throughout the US in elementary through high school participated in the Scholastic Student Vote, which took place from August 15 until the online poll closed on October 10.
A majority of students who live in swing states critical in the election, such as Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and Ohio, chose Obama, while Romney won Virginia by a slim margin in the mock election.
The results of Scholastic’s mock elections have reflected the correct outcome in all but two presidential races. Students voted for Thomas E. Dewey, who lost the election to Harry S. Truman in 1948, and they chose Richard Nixon, who lost to John F. Kennedy in 1960.
The Scholastic Student Vote shows us that students are engaged and excited about the election, and has provided classroom teachers with a tool to bring current events to life and teach students about our country’s democratic process,” said Rebhun.
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