Family

Mohbad’s family opposes late singer’s anniversary event

4 months ago3356 min

The family of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has appealed to organisations and individuals planning to celebrate the first anniversary of his death to suspend their plans. This was contained in a statement signed by Monisola Odumosu, a member of the family’s legal team and obtained by PUNCH Metro on Monday. The family expressed their desire to mourn their son in peace, without elaborate events that might affect their emotions. “It has come...

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Seven family members die of food poisoning in Sokoto

4 months ago1065 min

No fewer than seven persons from the same family in the Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto have reportedly died as a result of consumption of contaminated cassava delicacy. This is contained in a statement signed by the Information Officer, Sokoto State Ministry of Health, Nura Bello, on behalf of the Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Asabe Balarabe, on Sunday evening. The statement revealed that the village head...

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Seven family members die of food poisoning in Sokoto

4 months ago2574 min

At least seven persons from the same family in Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State have reportedly died as a result of consumption of contaminated cassava delicacy. This is contained in a statement signed and made available by the Information Officer, State Ministry of Health, Nura Bello, on behalf of the state Commissioner for Health on Sunday evening. The statement revealed that the village head of the...

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Kaduna gunmen abduct eight family members, journalist’s wife, daughters

5 months ago923 min

Gunmen have abducted 11 family members including the wife and two daughters of a Kogi-based journalist, Muhammed Bashir, in Kaduna State. Bashir’s wife, Aminat, and his two daughters, Aisha and Hajara, were said to have arrived in Kaduna on Thursday for a holiday with her family members. Bashir, a correspondent with the New Telegraph, in a terse statement, disclosed the abduction to colleagues on Friday in Lokoja. “My dear colleagues, please, I need your prayers,...

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Victim under pressure to drop police station rape case — Family

5 months ago2107 min

A relative of the 17-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a police officer at the Ogudu Area H Command, identified only as Anderson, has accused the suspect’s family of pressuring the survivor’s mother, Aramida Olupona, to forgive the accused officer. Anderson revealed this information to our correspondent during a phone interview on Saturday. Recall that during a telephone interview with City Round on Friday, the mother of the teenager, Olupona, said, “Officer Owolabi is...

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Mohbad’s family conducts fresh autopsy, awaits result

5 months ago3326 min

The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has conducted a fresh autopsy seeking to determine the cause of his death. PUNCH Metro reported that the Magistrate of the Coroner Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, T.A. Shotobi, on June 26, granted an order to the father of the deceased, Mr. Joseph Aloba, to engage a licensed and certified pathologist for a completely independent autopsy on the late singer. The...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Air Force Corporal Detained Over TikTok Posts Hospitalised, Family Members Denied Access To Airman

8 months ago1073 min

Garba before his arrest was well-known on TikTok for comparing the best practices of military personnel in the United States with the situation in Africa. CPL A.I. Garba, an airman with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) detained over his TikTok videos, has been hospitalised because of a yet-to-be-known ailment, SaharaReporters has gathered. Garba before his arrest was well-known on TikTok for comparing the best practices of military personnel in the United...

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Family Of Ogunbanjo, Former Nigerian Exchange Group Chairman Killed In California Helicopter Crash Alongside Wigwe, Others Sues Charter Company

9 months ago1056 min

The family of the late former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, has filed a lawsuit against the United States helicopter company, Orbic Air over his death in a helicopter crash in February. SaharaReporters had reported that Ogunbanjo was killed alongside former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe, his wife Chizoba and his son during a charted helicopter crash in Southern California near the Nevada border, United States of America....

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Lawless Nigerian Navy Personnel Beat Civilian Staff To Death In Lagos As Family Demands Justice

9 months ago1409 min

The family of Richard Onumegbu, a civilian staff of the Federal Ministry of Defence, Nigerian Navy Base, Ojo, Lagos State, has raised the alarm, demanding justice for their son reportedly beaten to death by four Navy officers. Narrating how Richard was killed, a family source in a video on social media said he was killed by the four Naval officers contracted by a young woman who was fond of bullying him and calling...