Tag: Widow
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How police shot and killed my husband – Widow cries out
A widow, Dorothy Nnabode on Monday told the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel that the police shot and killed her husband in front of her. The NHRC independent panel is investigating alleged violations of rights by the disbanded SARS and other police units. Nnabode made the allegations on Monday in a petition filed by…
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Ojukwu’s son tackles his stepmother, Bianca over comment on Biafra, Obiano
The son of late Ikemba Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Emeka Jr and the father’s widow, Bianca are in war of words over Governor Willie Obiano. Ojukwu’s wife, Bianca, had claimed in one of the interviews she granted one of the National Dailes claimed that the late Ojukwu’ told her a lot of things concerning Biafra…
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“I am ashamed I don’t know my husband’s grave” – Widow tells SARS panel
Mrs Christisna Nnatuanya, widow of Linus Nnatuanya who allegedly died in the custody of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), in Awkuzu, Anambra, says she is ashamed that she can’t show her seven children the grave of their father. Nnatuanya who testified at the Judicial Panel of Inquiry (JPI) on SARS activities in Awka on Tuesday…
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The Lonely ‘World of the Widow’, By Michael West
By Michael West November 6, 2020 When the peaceful #EndSARS protests were forcefully shut down by state governments through curfews following the rampaging activities of prodded irate youths by covert agents of the ruling and political class, not a few families suffered losses of their loved ones. Some policemen and several unarmed citizens were…
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The World of the Widow, By Lola Akande
Lola Akande In his novel, Anthills of the Savannah, Chinua Achebe offers an insight into the world of the widow: “Why will a man mounting a widow listen for footsteps outside her hut when he knows how far her man has travelled?” My immediate reaction when I came across the proverb was to close…
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I’m crying, missing my husband, says Ajimobi’s widow
The widow of late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Florence, has described her late husband as her greatest supporter and strength. She spoke while playing host to a delegation of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Oyo State on Saturday evening at her Oluyole residence in Ibadan. Ajimobi also counseled Nigerians to use…
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Sad! Man dies in Anambra hotel during sex with widow
A man yet to be identified has allegedly died in a hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State, while having sex with a widow. According to reports, the man checked in with a lady at about 5pm on Thursday, but not quite 30 minutes later, he started shouting for help, holding his chest. The hotel management reportedly…
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Police arrest Inspector for alleged murder of widow in Akwa Ibom
The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom state, Imohimi Edgal, has ordered the arrest of a Police Inspector attached to the state police command, Bassey Ikpe, for allegedly killing a widow. Mr Odiko Macdon, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo, on Wednesday. He…
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Widow, lover killed during midnight sex
Homicide detectives have arrested some people at Umuezeoka Umueze, Effium Autonomous Community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State in connection with the murder of two lovers, Ifeanyi Nwokwu and Nkechi Ezaka Ucha. Nkechi, who lost her husband years ago, was Nwokwu’s lover. The lovers were alleged to have been murdered on Sunday night, when…