TheNewsGuru

Tag: wife

  • kidnapped pastor, wife, 137 cows rescued in Kaduna

    kidnapped pastor, wife, 137 cows rescued in Kaduna

    The Kaduna State Police Command in separate operations said it had rescued eight kidnapped victims, including a pastor, his wife, four children, and two other travellers in the state.

    While the clergyman and members of his family were abducted by bandits in their home at Kudenda, Chikun Local Government Area of the state, the two travellers were rescued around Buruku along the Birnin Gwari Highway in the same LG.

    The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, gave the name of the man of God as Pastor Ozigi Hassan of the Mercy Place Ministry Church, Kudenda.

    Also, Jalige in a statement on Friday identified the other rescued victims who were travellers as Yusuf Sirajo of Jega Town, Kebbi State and Kabiru Yahaya, a staff of Birnin Gwari LGA.

    According to the police spokesman, the pastor, wife, and four children were being moved to the forest when operatives of the command rescued them following a distressed call.

    He said, “On the 27th April, 2021 at 0200hrs the Command received a report from DPO Kakuri that some suspected bandits in large number gained access into the residence of one Pastor Ozigi Hassan of Mercy Place Ministry Church, Kudenden and abducted him, his wife and their four (4) children and were heading the forest.

    “However, on getting the wind of the incident, Operatives were immediately drafted to the area, who gave the bandits a hot chase deep into the forest, engaged them in a gun duel which forced the bandits to take to their heels with bullet wounds.

    “Meanwhile the Pastor and his Four (4) children were successfully rescued safely but unfortunately the bandits whisked away the wife one Mrs Fulaki Ozigi into the forest.

    “On the 27th April, 2021 at about 1520hrs the Command received a report from DPO Buruku that some Gunmen had attacked a commuting vehicle along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Highway, by Labi forest in their attempt to kidnap and dispossess the victims of their valuables.

    “Operatives who tactically engaged the bandits forcing them to flee into the forest with bullet injuries while the following persons namely; (1) Yusuf Sirajo of Jega Town, Kebbi State (2) Kabiru Yahaya ‘M’ staff of Birnin Gwari LGA Secretariat were safely rescued and subsequently reunited with their families.”

    He added operatives of the Command recovered 137 cows rustled by bandits following a complaint to the Divisional Police Officer of the Afaka area.

    “To that effect, efforts were not spared in ensuring that the cattle are recovered. The effort by the Command’s Operatives had today 29th April 2021 at about 0200hrs succeeded in the recovery of one hundred and thirty-seven (137) cows and subsequently handed over to their owners after thorough diligence,” he added.

    The police chief also added that two of the bandits that raided the Low-cost Estate in Zaria, have been arrested by the police.

  • Oluwo of Iwo raises alarm, warns public against ‘scam’ that he’s finding wife

    Oluwo of Iwo raises alarm, warns public against ‘scam’ that he’s finding wife

    The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has alerted the public that he is not looking for a wife in the public domain.

    A press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Oluwo, Alli Ibraheem and made available to newsmen said the notice became necessary following series of reports by some women who fell into the hands of scammers using the Oluwo’s name.

    The monarch revealed that he was aware that some detractors had created some social media accounts in his name to perpetrate fraud and discredit his image.

    He maintained that he has no personal Facebook page except his official pages.

    The statement said “we learnt the victims have interest in Oluwo and fell on scammers in the name of rituals to become the queen. The scammers went on to open accounts in Oluwo’s name to continuously perpetrate such questionable acts.

    “Anyone who plays into the hands of these scammers is on his or her own and a paramount ruler of my calibre will not engage in video chats with anyone neither will I exchange inbox messages or video calls on those pages”, he added.

    Oba Akanbi disclosed that the security operatives have been briefed for necessary action.

  • Gunmen kidnap husband, wife, others in Oyo

    Gunmen kidnap husband, wife, others in Oyo

    Some gunmen have reportedly stormed a hotel in Ajaawa, the headquarters of Ogo Oluwa Local Government Area of Oyo State and kidnapped the hotelier, Mr Olukunle Oyedokun, his nursing wife, Juliana, the infant, five other close relatives including his other children and a guest at the hotel.

    According to reports, two other guests were able to escape from the gunmen in the incident that happened around 10.30pm on Saturday.

    But a senior police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said although there was an occurrence at the hotel, the number of the victims could not be established now.

    He said family members gave conflicting figures to the police. He said while some mentioned seven, some said it was just two persons that were abducted.

    The gunmen were said to have started shooting to create fear in the minds of their victims immediately they invaded the hotel located at the back of CAC Primary School, Lagbedu Road, and subsequently whisked their targets away.

    It was gathered that Oyedokun was planning for a burial ceremony coming up this weekend and other family members had arrived in the town to start the preparations for the ceremony.

    The abductors were said to have already made calls to the family of the victims to demand N15m as ransom to free their captives.

    Sources said the payment had been reduced to N2.5m but the family members were said to still be running around to raise the money.

     

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mr Adewale Osifeso, could not be reached by our correspondent and was yet to respond to the message sent as of the time of filing this report.

    However, residents said the police, Amotekun Corps and hunters had started combing the bushes in search of the kidnappers and their victims.

    The National President of Soludero Hunters, Nureni Ajijolaanobi, when contacted confirmed the incident to our correspondent.

    He said members of Soludero Hunters, policemen and others were making moves to rescue the victims.

    Ajijolaanobi also called on Governor Seyi Makinde to make available vehicles and other logistics to members of the Joint Security Task Force he raised to make them effective

    He said Soludero Hunters had been using their vehicles and personal money to carry out their operations since.

     

  • Man kills 57-year-old suspected of having affairs with wife

    Man kills 57-year-old suspected of having affairs with wife

    A 30-year-old man, John Samuel, has been arrested by operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command for stabbing to death a 57-year-old man, Yaji Lawal, at his residence over suspicion that he was having an affair with his wife.

    The spokesman of the Command, Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday.

    Nguroje said Samuel, a resident of Bandasarga village, Ganye Local Government Area, returned home on Sunday around 11pm and met Lawal in his house, adding: “There and then, he suspected the victim of coming to have an affair with his wife; all of a sudden, he stabbed him with a knife and left him in a pool of blood.”

    Lawal, a resident of Bakari Guso village, was rushed to hospital, but was later confirmed dead.

    Nguroje said the police swiftly arrested the culprit, a father of three.

    The state Commissioner Police, Aliyu Adamu, has ordered further investigations into the case, while also appealing for calm in the area.

  • Marriage and intestacy law – Ozioma Onyenweaku

    Marriage and intestacy law – Ozioma Onyenweaku

    By Ozioma Onyenweaku

    I got a call. It was not a number that I knew. The caller introduced himself. On hearing the name, I thought the call was to thank me on behalf of his late brother’s wife and children for successfully obtaining the Letters of Administration for the late brother’s estate. The appreciation call would have been quite apt considering the fact that I carried out the work on ‘credit’.

    Rather, after introducing himself, the caller started his threat. He called me names and threatened to “show” me, to “deal with” me, and to “jail” me.

    What was my offence? I attached a copy of a portion of the Administration of Estate Laws that prescribed the sharing pattern given different scenario, and highlighted the one that applied to the deceased who left a wife and children. This was what irked my caller. He got offended that I brought that to the notice of the wife.

    He said the property would be shared according to their custom. I understand that by their custom, my caller is entitled to a share in his late brother’s property. By the provision of the Law I attached, he has no such entitlement. I then understood his pains. But come to think of it, I did not make the law! Ok, I get it now; my offence was in bringing it out to the attention of the beneficiaries. But my caller is quite wealthy, so why the fuss?

    Well, I know that the kind of marriage the deceased and his wife had does not warrant application of tradition and custom in the sharing of the deceased’s estate. Their marriage was statutory marriage. So the man having died intestate, that is, without a Will, his property would be shared according to the applicable Administration of Estate Law after obtaining the Letters of Administration. The Administration of Estates Law of Lagos captured this in section 49(5):

    “Where any person is subject to customary law contracts a marriage in accordance with the provisions of the Marriage Act and such person dies intestate after commencement of this law leaving a widow or husband or an issue of such marriage, any property of which the intestate might have disposed by Will shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of this Law, any customary law to the contrary notwithstanding.”

    The Estate Law provides the sharing formula:

    1. Surviving husband or wife

    If the intestate leaves a husband or wife without any issue (child), no parent, or brother or sister of the whole blood, then the surviving husband or wife takes the residuary estate absolutely. In other words, where a man dies without a child, has no parent or brother or sister of the same parent (or even their children), then his wife takes his residuary estate exclusively, without sharing same with anyone.

    1. Surviving husband or wife and children:

    If the intestate leaves issue (child), whether or not he leaves parent or brother or sister of the whole blood, the husband or wife will take the personal chattels (cars, clothing, books, shoes, jewelry, furniture, pictures, wines, and such other assets of personal use) absolutely; and in addition, the husband or wife will take one third of the residuary estate while the surviving children take two-thirds thereof equally.

    The surviving spouse, together with the children of the deceased, inherits his property to the exclusion of every other person.

    1. Surviving husband or wife with no issue

    If the intestate leaves a surviving husband or wife, a parent, a brother or sister of the whole blood or their issue but leaves no issue of his own, then the surviving wife takes the personal chattels absolutely; and in addition, also takes two thirds of the residuary estate. Either one or both parents will take the remaining in equal shares absolutely whether or not the intestate leaves brother or sister of the whole blood.

    Where the intestate leaves no parent, the brother or sister of the whole blood take the remaining one third in equal shares absolutely.

    1. Intestate without surviving husband or wife

    If the intestate leaves no husband or wife, the residuary estate will be held for the issue of the intestate, that is, the children.

    1. Intestate without surviving spouse, children

    If the intestate leaves no husband or wife, and on issues, but both parents, then the residuary estate will be held for the father and mother in equal shares absolutely; if the intestate leaves only one parent, then the residuary estate will be held for the surviving parent absolutely….

    Take note that customary marriage, marriage under Islamic Law, and statutory marriage are the three marriages recognized as legal marriages in Nigeria.

    However, in the event of intestacy and property sharing, statutory marriage has a great advantage.

     

  • Timi, Busola Dakolo celebrate 9th wedding anniversary

    Timi, Busola Dakolo celebrate 9th wedding anniversary

    Timi Dakolo Nigerian singer, and Busola, his wife, have taken to social media to celebrate their ninth wedding anniversary.

    The couple shared romantic pictures of themselves alongside beautiful notes to each other to mark the auspicious occasion on Wednesday.

    In a concise Instagram post, Timi praised his wife’s amazing personality while also telling her to always thank him for being a good husband.

    “Happy anniversary to me and the girl wey…be thanking me everyday o…for being a great guy,” he wrote in mixture of English and Pidgin.

    In the same vein, Busola appreciated God for sustaining the union.

    “Ever faithful God! Awesome God! The Light that never goes dim. The Light on our path. The fire that goes before us. The Love that binds us together. The peace that passes all human understanding. Thank you Father. Happy anniversary to us,” she wrote.

    The lovebirds tied the knot in 2012 and the union has been blessed with three children.

     

  • I am still traumatised over catching my wife in bed with another man, husband tells court

    I am still traumatised over catching my wife in bed with another man, husband tells court

    Mr Jimoh Falola, chairman, Board of Trustee, Okada ridders Association of Oyo State, on Tuesday told a Customary Court sitting at Ile-Tuntun in Ibadan that he was still traumatised over his wife’s infidelity.

    Falola, made this known while replying to divorce application from Opeyemi, who has been married t him for 28 years/

    ”I cannot get over the sight of my wife in bed with her lovers from my head.

    ”“My lord, it became a psychological problem for me. In fact, it was her senior brother known as Moshood who is my own friend that settled the matter before I allowed her return to my house.

    “I made Opeyemi my favourite among my eight wives because I give her everything she asked for ,” he said.

    Opeyemi in her petition, told the court:”I wasted a whole 28 years in an unhappy and uneventful union with my husband.

    “I have never had peace of mind while with him. He has turned me into his punching bag.

    ”He is irresponsible and does not provide for our five children.

    “Some of the children have dropped out of school,” Opeyemi said.

    In his ruling, the President of the court, Chief Henry Agbaje advised the couple to exercise more patience especially because of their children.

    Agbaje ordered Falola and Opeyemi to furnish the court with more evidence to substantiate their claims in addition to coming back with their relatives.

    He adjourned the suit until April 12 for judgment.

  • JUST IN: OAU staff hangs self after sending suicide text to mother, wife, children

    JUST IN: OAU staff hangs self after sending suicide text to mother, wife, children

    Tragedy struct on Thursday at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, after a staff of the institution named Fisayo Oyeniyi, hanged himself in his residence after sending suicide text to his mother, wife and children.

    According to report by The Nation, Oyeniyi who was one of the armed guards in the security department left his working place for his house around Kanmi bus stop, at Ifewara road, Ile-Ife to commit the suicide.

    Oyeniyi was said to have sent text messages to his mother, wife and his two children informing them that he was not interested in living again.

    A source in the area named Tolani, said, “the incident happened around noon. I saw people rushing to his apartment to get to see for themselves to be sure of what Mr. Oyeniyi has done to himself.

    “We saw where he hung himself, dangling on the rope inside. He has been buried. This is so sad.”

    Another source said, he committed suicide after two hours that he sent the suicide text to his family.

    The public relation officer of OAU, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, confirmed the incident. He said Oyeniyi left office after he sent a suicide text to his mother, wife and children.

    Meanwhile, the spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, said the matter was yet to be reported to the police.

    More details later…

  • Katsina market inferno: Wife reports husband to police for stealing women’s shoes

    Katsina market inferno: Wife reports husband to police for stealing women’s shoes

    The Police Command in Katsina has arrested a 43-year-old man, Muhammad Abba, who was exposed by his wife for allegedly looting women’s shoes during the Monday morning inferno at the Katsina Central Market.

    The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Gambo Isah, who disclosed this to newsmen, said that 33 other persons suspected to have looted traders’ wares while they scurried for safety, were also arrested.
    Speaking specifically on Abba, he alleged that the suspect looted seven pairs of women shoes during the incident, and kept them in his house.
    According to him, Abba’s wife, after trying in vain to get her husband to return the shoes to the relevant authorities, decided to report him to the Police.
    Isah said that the suspect told the Police, during investigation, that he picked the shoes on the road in the market, and thought it was some lost property.
    He alleged that the other 33 persons equally took advantage of the confusion that enveloped the market during the inferno, to loot power generators, clothing materials and shoes.
    Also looted were wall clocks, cartons of spaghetti, bags of semovita flour, cartons of milk, plastics, carpets, among others.
    “It is unfortunate that these people were busy looting people’s property during the disaster.
    “We have reports that some people are still in possession of such looted items, particularly within Katsina metropolis.
    “I am using this medium to call on the residents to report such hoodlums to the nearest Police station for necessary action,” he said.
    Isah said that the suspects would face the full wrath of the law.
    “We shall prosecute them. No one will be spared,” he said.
    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Wednesday donated N50 million to victims of the Katsina market inferno.
  • TRENDING: Bank CEO caught assaulting wife in viral video goes on leave

    TRENDING: Bank CEO caught assaulting wife in viral video goes on leave

    Embarrassed by his own actions, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Zimbabwe Bank (ZB) Financial Holdings Group, Ronald Mutandagay, took a leave of absence after a video of him assaulting his wife went viral on social media.

    In the viral video which was reportedly recorded by his 16-year-old daughter, angry Mutandagayi, knocked down his wife with a heavy blow like boxer-puncher.

    Watch Video:

     

    The financial institution said Friday it was now considering “appropriate action” against the CEO while he takes a hiatus, possibly forced.

    “The board of directors of ZB Financial Holdings Limited has taken note of the social media communication relating to the Group Chief Executive Officer Mr. R. Mutandagayi which was published on the evening of 7 March 2021,” the banks said in a statement addressed to its customers.

    “The matter in question is before the courts. In the meantime, Mr. R. Mutandagayi has taken leave of absence from his duties while the board of directors of the group considers appropriate action on the matter.”

    The business executive confirmed the incident in an earlier statement but said he acted in self-defense after enduring “three days of assault” from his wife.

    “The unfortunate circumstances surrounding the incident happened on 2 January 2021 after three consecutive days of severe assault and harassment on my person. It is surprising that only two months later is when such a video is issued,” said Mutandagayi.

    He added: “The bona fides of such action is questionable. Further, it is regrettable that the video only shows a certain portion of the incident obviously meant to sell a certain narrative. Since the matter is currently pending before the courts, I shall let the law take its course.”