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Mixed reactions trail fixed bride price of N5000 and four basins of cooked butter beans for Eggon women in Nasarawa state

Mixed reactions trail fixed bride price of N5000 and four basins of cooked butter beans for Eggon women in Nasarawa state

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the harmonised bride price of the people of Eggon ethnic group in Nasarawa State.    The Aren Eggon, HRH Justice Ahmed Ubangari Alaku (Rtd) pegged N5,000 as the bride price with four basins of traditional butter beans known as Ebyekpyen as the maximum requirements to be met by the groom in order to marry an …

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?May we not all pray in vain? – Pastor Leke Adeboye tells women who attend prayer programs but have refused to speak with their husbands

?May we not all pray in vain? - Pastor Leke Adeboye tells women who attend prayer programs but have refused to speak with their husbands

Pastor Leke Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has shared his thoughts about women who attend serveral prayer programs but have refused to speak with their husbands, fathers and ‘sisters.’   Leke who is the son of RCCG general overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, said he hopes such women don’t pray and worship in vain.   See his post …

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‘Hitwoman’ known as ‘The Doll’ is arrested over multiple gang-related murd3rs including recent k!lling of her ex-boyfriend

'Hitwoman' known as 'The Doll' is arrested over multiple gang-related murd3rs including recent k!lling of her ex-boyfriend

 A glamorous Colombian ‘hitwoman’ known as ‘The Doll’ has been arrested in connection to several murd3rs including the recent k!lling of her ex-boyfriend.  Karen Julieth Ojeda Rodriguez, 23, known to police by the alias ‘La Mueca’, which translates to ‘The Doll’, and is considered a ‘dangerous hitwoman’ who is suspected of being the most feared assassin in Santander.  She is involved in …

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Nigerian national extradited from Malaysia sentenced to eight years imprisonment in US for $6.3 million fraud

Nigerian national extradited from Malaysia sentenced to eight years imprisonment in US for $6.3 million fraud

A 39-year-old Nigerian national, Okechuckwu Valentine Osuji, was sentenced in New Haven, Connecticut, to eight years in prison for operating a business email compromise scheme out of multiple countries, including the United States.   Osuji was sentenced on Wednesday, December 4, 2024,  two years after he was arrested in Malaysia and extradited to the United States in 2022.   The …

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Police neutralise notorious kidnap kingpin who k!lled four officers, two Shell staff, youth president and others in Rivers

Police neutralise notorious kidnap kingpin who k!lled four officers, two Shell staff, youth president and others in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command has successfully neutralized a notorious kidnap kingpin and cult leader, Nkem ThankGod, a.k.a. “2man,” who allegedly k!lled four police officers, a couple, and a youth president.      The 42-year-old murder suspect from Ogbologbolo Community, Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state, was also fingered in the m8rder of two Shell staff, a spare …

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Catholic nun arrested alongside 24 mafia suspects for alleged extortion and drug trafficking

Catholic nun arrested alongside 24 mafia suspects for alleged extortion and drug trafficking

A Catholic nun in Italy has been arrested alongside 24 suspects for allegedly taking part in a mafia network engaged in extortion and drug trafficking.      The suspects were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the ‘Ndrangheta mafia in the northern city of Brescia.     Sister Anna Donelli, a Catholic nun who volunteers at Milan’s San Vittore prison, is …

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NSCDC arrests four men for alleged r3pe of minors in Osun

NSCDC arrests four men for alleged r3pe of minors in Osun

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, have arrested four suspects who allegedly r3ped two minors in the state.   The suspects Sadiq Opeyemi, 30, Afeez Olalekan 26, Ismail Ibrahim 30 and Abdulahi Garba 33, were arrested on December 3, 2024, in Iwo, Iwo Local Government Area of the state.   The NSCDC Commandant in …

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Violence against women might not be eradicated in my lifetime – Queen Camilla

Violence against women might not be eradicated in my lifetime - Queen Camilla

  The UK Queen consort, Camilla has said it is ‘terrible’ that after 50 years, violence against women ‘has not been eradicated.’   Attending a charity event at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Westminster, London, Camilla, the wife of King Charles met with survivors of domestic abuse at a reception marking the 50th anniversary of Women’s Aid. The Queen …

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UnitedHealthcare CEO?s home hit with b0mb threat hours after fatal shooting

UnitedHealthcare CEO?s home hit with b0mb threat hours after fatal shooting

The home of the boss of the US’s largest health insurance company was hit with bomb threats hours after he was sh0t d£ad outside a New York City hotel.   Roughly 12 hours after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was k!lled, police investigated bomb threats to his home in Maple Grove, Minnesota, according to a police report obtained by The New …

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