Photo story: Traffic Light Surface in Epe.

The Ita-Opo axis of Epe-Ijebu-Ode expressway witnessed something exceptional tonight as road users began to savour the beautiful experience of traffic lights in the community. 

However, surprised road users were seen complying with the dictates of the traffic lights while waiting patiently for the green light. 

Reports has it that the first of its kind traffic management system was facilitated by member representing Epe Constituency I, Hon Abiodun Tobun. 

Two Nigerians Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Kidnapping, Murder Of Schoolgirls In Ghana

A high court sitting in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, has sentenced two Nigerians to death by hanging after they were found guilty of kidnapping and killing four schoolgirls.

Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji, were sentenced on Friday afternoon, March 5, for kidnapping and killing Ruth Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum, Priscilla Koranchie and Ruth Abekah, aged 18 years in Takoradi, Ghana. 

The bodies of the girls were said to have been discovered in their apartment in 2019 following months of a national search for the victims. The two Nigerians have been in detention since then.

According to GhanaWeb, the duo were found guilty by the seven-member jury at the Sekondi High Court. They were before the Sekondi High Court on eight counts of conspiracy to commit murder and murder. They however pleaded not guilty to all the charges

The High Court, presided over by Justice Richard Adjei-Frimpong, gave the death sentence after the seven-member jury found them guilty. They have however been given 30 days within which they can appeal the sentence.

BSUTH cuts off lady’s breast only to later find out that she does not have cancer

A lady, identified as Serah Shimenenge Yugh, is raising misdiagnoses awareness and seeking justice against the Benue State University Teaching Hospital after she lost one of her breasts due to an error in diagnosis during her NYSC in 2017. 

According to Foundation for Investigative Journalism, FIJ, Miss Yugh only found out about the error after already undergoing 8 chemotherapy sessions, 25 rounds of radiotherapy and a single mastectomy on her left breast.

It was at the National Hospital, Abuja, that her oncologist pointed out discrepancies in the results she presented. According to the oncologist, her tumour marker test showed that she was clear of cancer. 

Subsequent back and forth between the two hospitals and the involvement of an NGO, Project PINK BLUE, later confirmed that she indeed never had cancer.

She was later offered a breast reconstruction surgery and a job during a meeting with the then Commissioner for Health, Benue State, but she rejected both offers because she saw it as a ploy to silence her. 

The lady, who lost her relationship and her dream to pursue a Ph.D, during the saga, also insisted on knowing how she would cope with the side effects of the chemotherapy, radiotherapy and drugs she was taking. 📸: FIJ

Why I slapped my colleague, Fathia Balogun, at a recent event – Actress Remi Surutu

Actress Remi Surutu has opened up on her fight with her colleague, Faithia Williams. The duo had reportedly clashed at a party after Surutu approached Faithia to confront her about things she had heard her say about her. 

Speaking with City People, Surutu, confirmed she confronted and even slapped Faithia at the party which was organised by London based star, Bamidele Omosehin, to iron out their issues in the way she saw fit.

According to her, “My fight with Fathia Williams started when I began hearing all manner of jargons, she was saying about me. I heard she’s been going about running me down in the presence of many of our colleagues and movie producers. She’s messing up big time and somebody needed to put her in a place where she belongs.

This is the person I took in like a sister. We were very close when she joined the industry. I can say it boldly that I was instrumental to her relationship with Saidi Balogun then. They were both living with me in Magodo. I had to send them out because they always fight, and they almost injured my mum.

I don’t know why she suddenly grow that hatred for me and started running me down. Till date, I still can not say what I’ve done to deserve that from her. There are so many other things she did that I can’t say here.

Faithia is so full of herself, probably because they used to deceive her, by calling her the Queen of all the Actresses, “Pelu awon tani”. I decided to confront her and deal with her at that event, because somebody needed to call her to order. And God saved her that day and thank God for the intervention of other colleagues around. I told her “if you move closer to me, I will break bottle on your head” 

When people started calling us to settle it amicably, I told them I am not ready to settle anything with her, and I don’t feel remorseful for attacking her. I have no regret at all, she’s really messing up and she needed to be put in her place.”

Pastor charged for allegedly raping 14-yr-old member, sells church building and relocates

A pastor, Chris McDouglas Omosokpea of Peculiar Generation Assembly Church, Oshodi, Lagos, who’s facing a charge for the rape of his member’s teen daughter has allegedly sold his church building and fled to an unknown place to establish another church.

SaharaReporters reports that Omosokpea had allegedly s*xually abused a 14-year-old girl for the past four years before he was arrested in June 2020 and charged before the court for defilement. He was, however, granted bail on health grounds before the Lagos High Court.

Omosokpea didn’t show up in court when the case came up again on Tuesday, March 2. The Presiding Magistrate, Kubeinje, subsequently adjourned the case till April 21, 2021.

It was gathered that, before he was arrested, the victim claimed the pastor deceived her with fake prophecies and she kept the abuses away from her parents, who had been members of the church for over 12 years, with a strong belief that Pastor Douglas was a real man of God.

However, when she could no longer bear it, she started threatening to commit suicide over the trauma and was persuaded to open up on what she was passing through. It was then she opened up and told her parents that Pastor Douglas had abused her for the past four years and instilled fear into her not to tell anyone.

SaharaReporters learnt that Omosokpea had allegedly established another church in an undisclosed location at Lekki, Lagos.

‘Dispatcher’ caught on his way to deliver two human heads in Akure

A 30-year- old commercial driver,Saka Hassan, who was caught with two human heads, has said he was to deliver them to somebody in Akure, capital of Ondo State.

He said he was given the carton containing the human heads in Lokoja to deliver to somebody in Akure.

The suspect stated he didn’t know who was to take delivery of the goods as he had only the phone number of the receiver, stating the owner dropped the cartoon and walked away immediately.

Hassan was arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency along- Owo-Akure road in Ondo state.

The two heads were concealed in a brown carton.

State Commander of NDLEA, Mr. Haruna Gagara, said his men on patrol along Owo – Akure Road intercepted one ash colour Nissan Sunny Car and found two human heads.

Eredo LCDA CHAIRMAN RECEIVES MOCPED SUG LEADERSHIP.

Hon Adeniyi Saliu, the Eredo LCDA Chairman recieved the new leadership of the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (Mocoped) Naforija, Eredo in his office yesterday, March 1st, 2021.

The visit, according to the Chairman, enabled the Students Union  Executive the opportunity to familiarise themselves with our Government and also discuss matters of mutual interest.

Our co-tenants gagged me with cloth, took turns to r*pe me, teenager cries out

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two men who allegedly gang raped  the 16yrs old daughter of their Co-tenant (name withheld).

 

According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command,  Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects Anthony John 35yrs and Jimoh Idowu 21 were arrested following a complaint lodged at owode-Egba divisional headquarters by the victim, who reported that she was at home with her younger siblings at Efunye village via Owode-Egba, when the two suspects, who are living in the same house with them broke into their apartment at about 2:00am and dragged her into Anthony’s room.

" She stated further that the duo knew that her parents had travelled and they capitalized on that to forcefully break into their room, using cloth to cover her mouth after which they took her to Anthony’s room where they took turns to have carnal knowledge of her.

Upon the report, the DPO Owode-egba division, Csp Ediae Mathew quickly dispatched his detectives to the scene where the two suspects were promptly apprehended. On interrogation, the two suspects confessed to the commission of the crime without any sense of remorse.

The victim has been taken to Owode-egba general hospital for medical treatment." the statement in part read

Oyeyemi added that the state Commissioner of Police, Cp Edward Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti-human trafficking and child labour section for further investigation and diligent prosecution.