Choir Master Cries Out: My pastor snatched and impregnated my wife

The founder of Christ High Commission Church, Araromi-Ugbesi, in Omuo-Oke, Ekiti State, Pastor Noah Abraham, has been allegedly accused of snatching and impregnating the wife of his choirmaster. The church choir coordinator, Dare Ikuenayo made the allegation while speaking with Vanguard, adding that Abraham announced in the church that he had taken his wife and…

November 24, 20230Comments

Byadmin

spotlight

Police arrests randy Ogun father who impregnated 17-year-old daughter and sought abortion

The police in Ogun State has taken a libidinous father, Ganiyu Aikore, based in the Mokola Isale Tapa area of Abeokuta, the state capital into custody for allegedly impregnated his 17-year-old daughter (name withheld) and attempting to terminate the pregnancy. PUNCH Metro learnt from a police source on Wednesday that after discovering that he had…

November 24, 20230Comments

Byadmin

spotlight

Northern Elders Forum raise the alarm over conduct of Nigerian Judiciary

Judiciary becoming coffin of democracy in Nigeria - Shehu Sani “This erosion of trust in the judiciary can lead to a breakdown of democratic norms and values, ultimately undermining the legitimacy of the political system.” The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed deep concern over the current state of affairs within the Nigerian judiciary. NEF…

November 24, 20230Comments

Byadmin

Opinion

Who will hold prodigal governors accountable?

By Abimbola Adelakun The various reports of the profligacy of some states in the country accentuate a crucial defect in our system of governance: the absence of autonomous entities that can hold leaders accountable. In several recent reports, the leadership of Lagos, Ogun, and Abia states was called out for the untenable expenses listed in their…

November 24, 20230Comments

Byadmin

spotlight

Looming Anarchy: CSO Coalition petitions NJC over A’Court Kano guber election verdict

Calls for urgent investigation into page 67 of judgment Says Kano is in great danger for the political stability A coalition of civil society organisations under the aegis of Open Justice Alliance has petitioned the National Judicial Council, (NJC) to investigate the controversial judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Kano gubernatorial election matter.…

November 24, 20230Comments

Byadmin

Sound health

Prostate Cancer: Nigerian men are dying in their prime —Pat Utomi

Over 8,517 male deaths in 2020 15,306 men diagnosed in the same year A state of emergency has been declared on prostate cancer as deaths from the dreaded ailment is increasingly taking a toll on Nigerian men. As the number of men affected rise, Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, declared at a…

November 23, 20230Comments

Byadmin

Opinion

An Incoherent Electoral Jurisprudence

By Sam Amadi Apart from corruption, which has become the badge of the Nigerian judiciary, the other defining characteristic of Nigeria’s judiciary in electoral petition is incoherence. Decisions of the Nigerian judiciary in electoral petitions are grossly incoherent with the fundamental principle of electoral democracy: to give the people the power to choose those who…

November 23, 20230Comments

Byadmin

spotlight

The Rape and Death of Keren-Happuch: The police and government failed us – Victim’s mother

Two years after the death of -14-year-old Keren-Happuch Aondodoo Akpagher, a boarding student of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja, her family has accused the police of a grand cover-up and insincerity in its investigation. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, mother of the late 14-year-old, Mrs Vivien Vihimga Akpagher lamented the failure of government and…

November 23, 20230Comments

Byadmin

spotlight

Cult killings: Protesters seek removal of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Inspector

As missing 12-year-old boy found dead, eyes plucked out, wrists cut in Ogun Protests on Wednesday rocked Awka, the Anambra State capital as some indigenes protested against what they tagged worrisome spate of cult-related killings in the town. The protesters, who came from Ezinano, Umuokpu, Eziawka, Amikwo and Agulawka villages, called for the immediate removal of…

November 23, 20230Comments

Byadmin

Opinion

Re: Supreme Court, should South-West and South-South get extra slots?

By Godswill Iyoha Iyoke The question has been "when the nomination is concluded and 12 justices are selected for appointment, what will be the criteria for assigning extra slots to a region? Up for nomination on the said list are justices from the South-West and South-South, regions that already have a complete number at the…

November 23, 20230Comments

Byadmin

Law and Society Magazine Cookie Policy