The Oyo State Police Command on February 8th, paraded four suspects, who were nabbed with human parts in the Ayegun area of Ibadan.

The suspects includes an Islamic cleric, (Alfa) Sulaiman Hamed, 35, Tope Akinyele, 45, who claimed to be the pastor of a church in Ojagbo, in the Oranyan area of Ibadan and and two other accomplices, Olapade Saheed, 32, and Olatunji Abiodun, 26.

While briefing newsmen at the Command headquarters, the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, stated that the Alfa, participated in the Fidau prayers for a dead man but later paid Saheed and Abiodun N2,500, to exhume the corpse because he needed the body parts for making money charm for his clients.

Saheed and Abiodun were later caught with the deceased’s head and other body parts, leading to the arrest of Hamed and Akinyele.

“Someone introduced Saheed and Abiodun to me. I gave them N2,500 to help me find human flesh. We all met at Ayegun junction, Ibadan,” said the Alfa.

“Around 10 pm , I took them to a grave where a body that was brought from Warri , Delta State, was buried. I took part in the prayers for the deceased before he was buried. I left them ( Saheed and Abiodun) there, but they refused to let me go. They said they wanted to sleep in my house that night. I got them a place close to my house.

“In the early hours of the second day, they came to me with a cellophane bag. I did not check what was inside, but I hanged it on the wall of my house. I was on my way to my office in Ile-Tuntun when I saw them in the midst of a crowd with a human head.

“I use human flesh to make money ritual for people and I pay N2 ,500 for the flesh. In this case , the charm was for myself . I did not ask them to cut off the head and it was not in my possession when the police came.”

Saheed admitted that the Alfa paid them N1,500 to do the job and that he took them to the grave of the deceased.

“Alfa called us for a job at Ayegun. When we got there, he showed us a grave three houses away from his house. After we finished the job, he took what he needed from the remains of the dead man and asked us to dispose of the rest.

“We left early in the morning. But on our way , a local vigilance group stopped us and asked what was in the bag we carried. They beat us up after realising that there was a human head and other body parts in the bag. The police later came to arrest us,” he said.

32-year-old businesswoman, Adenike Bolarinwa, has urged an Agege Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve her eight-year-old loveless marriage, citing sexual harassment and constant battering.

Adenike, an indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun, told the court on Friday there was no more love between her and the husband, Abiola Bolarinwa.

The mother of two, who resides at Obawole, Okeira in Aguda-Ogba area of Lagos, said: “My husband constantly beats me and no longer cares for me and our children.’’

The woman, who described her husband as irresponsible, said he often demanded sex amid harassment and blackmail.

“He calls me unprintable names in the presence of the children.

“My husband often makes uncomplimentary utterances about me while forcefully having sex with me; he calls me a harlot,” she said.

The petitioner accused her husband of threatening her life, adding that he had turned her into a punching bag.

“I had to run away from the house when it became unbearable.

“There was a time my husband beat me severely and l was in coma for three days and admitted in the hospital for weeks.

“He is irresponsible, I want the court to separate us as I am no longer interested in the union.’’

She asked the court to grant the custody of their children to her.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the woman was fighting back tears in his passionate plea to the court to dissolve the marriage.

“I want to live comfortably and in peace.”

The respondent, Abiola, a surveyor, however, denied the allegations, describing his wife as wayward and arrogant.

“My wife is stubborn, rude and has no respect for me as her husband.’’

The 38-year-old husband, however, told the court: “I still love her; I do not want the marriage dissolved.

“l promise to resolve whatever disagreement and conflicts we are facing.”

The court’s President, Mrs Ibironke Elabor, who advised the estranged couple to keep the peace, adjourned the case until March 1 for the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to take over the case.

It has been confirmed that online marketplace, OLX has shut down its offices in Nigeria.

According to Punch the employees were formally informed of the decision on Tuesday through a notice of termination, which will commence in March.

Speaking to the Newspaper, the Public Relations and Communications Lead of OLX Nigeria, Uche Nwagboso said:

We made a difficult but important decision in Nigeria to consolidate our operations between some of our offices internationally. Our marketplace will continue to operate here – uninterrupted – as it has since 2010, and we remain committed to the many people here who use our platform to buy and sell every month.

We continue to be focused on constantly innovating to make sure that OLX remains the top classified platform in the country. Of course, we are committed to helping our affected colleagues during this transition and have already offered them meaningful financial and other support

As we’ve expressed to them directly, we are extremely grateful for their many significant contributions to OLX’s success.

An eighteen seater campus shuttle somersaulted in premises of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo state, and two students died.

One of the deceased has been identified as Ebere Omah, a 300 level student of the Faculty of Education.

It was gathered that the bus which was conveying students to their respective departments left the bus park near the school gate around 7 am and shortly afterwards somersaulted.

Ebere died on the spot, while another student died later in the hospital. The remaining 15 passengers and the driver were said to have sustained varying degrees of injury.

Some of those in critical conditions were taken to the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital for treatment.

The state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, who confirmed the incident said a female student died in the crash.

“A female student died . Two are currently at the Irrua Specialist Hospital and one is at a private hospital”

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A 49-year-old city sex worker has decided to retire from the trade.

Sarah Mutero pulled the curtain to a trade she thrived in for many years.

After calling it quits, Mutero received a parcel of land worth Sh120,000 in Makuyu, Murang’a County. Some well-wishers have also promised to pool funds to build her a house after she ditched the trade.

Stanley Ngara aka King of Condoms of LVCT- and who is spearheading a programme to retire sex workers in a humane way said sex workers have played an important role in the fight against HIV/Aids.

“Men will seek sex in all ways, but when it comes to sex workers it is a different game. They don’t accept intercourse without condoms however much men insist to pay more for unprotected sex. Society has a negative perception of sex workers but in reality, they are in the front line in prevention of sexually transmitted diseases,” said Ngara.

He added; “Their clients are men in other relationships

— and from surveys, seven out of 10 clients ask for unprotected sex. Out of these seven, five are willing to pay handsomely. If they accept such deals you can imagine how HIV/Aids can spread. We must appreciate them with a retirement package”.
For 23 years Mutero had been a sex worker, having serviced hundreds of men at her hometown of Embu, Nairobi city centre and in Majengo area.

She claims she would service 20 or more men in a day in her younger years. But as age set in, hard economic times and stiff competition she could manage four customers daily. This means an average of 100 per month and for 23 years she has taken care of over 28,000 men.

“It is not an easy thing to satisfying such a big number of men, some being ruthless, yet we end up poor. We earn peanuts that we can’t even save. Everything I have earned in servicing needy men went to clothes, shelter and food for my children as well as education,” she said.

In sex business, pricing is determined by standards and location. In villages, Majengo and places like that, a session popularly called “shot” goes for Sh100. In the city centre it costs Sh200 and higher in upmarket areas.

In Majengo, sex workers rent the mud houses for Sh4,500 per month and have to close business at 11pm. She is among sellers who spent the night there while others with young children or those whose husbands are not aware what they do for living go home early.

In the sex business, she says, some morals are thrown out of the window if one is to make good money.

“If a shot is Sh100 how many men do you have to sleep with to make ends meet? Many. That is why we don’t disregard customers as far as they can pay and are above 18 years. Though I am old, young men prefer me because we treat them well, and if they are beginners we show them how to put on condoms and do enjoyable sex. My clients are aged between 18 and 35 years,” she revealed.

Mutero is among the old sex workers in the city and has decided to retire and set a precedent for her workmates, some in their 60s.

“Young women are taking over. I also find it weird when some customers we meet tell me I served them five or ten years ago. They wonder how I am still alive and in the business. I have turned down many asking to marry me, especially after I give them delightful sex,” she said.

She added; “I want to retire and settle down quietly. I am not addicted to a point I will retreat to the streets. No, I just want quiet life with my children and I am not interested in getting a husband.”

The mother of two sons jumped into prostitution aged 17 years in 1995 after a stranger impregnated her and vanished. His first-born is a form-four leaver while his second son is in form four but struggling with school fees.

“They respect me and I suspect they know I am a sex worker. They have prayed that I shift from what I am doing. I wish my children do not get into this business or seek sex from prostitutes,” she hopes.

An aborted set of triplets was found in a dustbin by sanitation workers in Johannesburg, South Africa.

A certain Okafor Emeka on Facebook, shared the photos and aired his displeasure by calling out ladies who whole heatedly commit such atrocities.

He wrote; “STOP ABORTION….#ladies please I’m down on my knees in da name of God Almighty stop all this things you’re doing, how can you on earth carry an unborn baby you’ve suffered for about nine months only for you to throw it off in a refuge bin…… This is just outrageous and big murder. This set of triplet babies we’re found earlier this morning in a dustbin during an environmental sanitation…… Some ladies are just to #Heartless!!”

A teenager has lost his life over an argument on a WhatsApp group chat.

According to reports he was arguing about who was least gay in the group, a court heard.

The deceased John Wright, 19, and a guy on the group Paul Akinnuoye, 20, got into an argument after Ice City Boys, members of the group, commented on Donnell Jones being in a new relationship with a girl called Fifi.

Wright during the argument said Akinnuoye is on Jones’ “dick” and Akinnuoye replied that he’s straighter than Wright.

“You are on his dick,” Wright told Akinnuoye after which he called him a “batty boy”.

Akinnuoye replied: “On your mum’s life I’m straighter than you.”

At about 5.20pm both suggested places to meet for a fight before agreeing to meet at Sunset Chicken in Blackheath, south east London on April 19 last year alongside three others.

Wright said it would be a “fist fight ting” and said he would not bring a “shank”.

He said: “I didn’t get a nank, my mum is in, she will notice the knives are gone.”

They all later moved to a park for the fight where Wright was fatally stabbed, prosecutors said. Wright collapsed near the junction of Begbie Road and Hervey Road at about 8.10pm.

Akinnuoye, however, denied involvement claiming he wasn’t there at the time and didn’t see it happen. But the prosecutor Tony Badenoch QC said: “By this time one week later he had set to dispose of his phone and had made enquiries, it would seem, in order to cover his tracks.”

The prosecutor said the evidence now made it “impossible to suggest” that Akinnuoye’s claim he was not there at the time was true. Mr Badenoch said that Akinnuoye’s home in Tunbridge Wells, had a shared kitchen with a set of three different colored Ikea knives, and one was missing when police attended after Mr Wright’s death.

The trial is still ongoing.

27-year-old Miracle Ita, appeared before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, where she was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for trafficking a 16-year-old girl from Oron, Akwa-Ibom to Lagos for prostitution. She is to also pay a fine of N250, 000.

Ita, a mother of two, who is a professional prostitute was arrested by operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on July 15, 2016 at Okon Brothel, Ajah, Lagos where she was exploiting the victim.

When she was arraigned in Court on February 24, 2016, she pleaded not guilty to the one count charge of trafficking in persons preferred against her. Upon that plea, trial on the case with Charge number, FHC/L/57C/2016 commenced on May 12, 2016. Subsequently, the parties adopted their final written addresses on December 11, 2017.

Delivering judgement on Tuesday, Honourable Justice Obiozor found her guilty and subsequently sentenced her to 2 years imprisonment with additional fine of N250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only).

In her reaction to the verdict, the Director-General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli expressed appreciation to the trial Judge and the judiciary for rising up to the occasion in the fight against human trafficking.

She said that NAPTIP with the cooperation of the judiciary and other sister Law Enforcement Agencies will leave no stones unturned in ridding the country of human trafficking.