Gunmen Kidnap Bayelsa Speaker’s Mother-in-law

Ninety-year-old Madam Ogboro Dark, the mother-in-law of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Kombowei Benson, has been kidnapped by armed gunmen.

Dark, fondly called Obololo, was reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen operating along the waterways of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

Boko Haram Kills Emir Of Gwoza, Attacks Two Other Prominent Emirs In Borno

Suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect on Friday ambushed three traditional rulers between the Biu –Azare-Garkida Road in Borno State.

The royal fathers are the Emir of Gwoza, Idrisa Timta, and his counterparts from Askira Abdullahi Askirama, and the Emir of Uba, Ismaila Manza.

my wife threathens my life,husband tells court

A man, Alhaji Sule Toheeb, told an Ilorin Area Court on Wednesday that his wife, Saidat Toheeb, was always threatening to kill him.

Toheeb, 36, who resided at Amilegbe area of Ilorin, prayed the court to dissolve his four-year-old marriage to Saidat for being a threat to his life.

“My wife gets angry at any slightest provocation and always promise to kill me whenever I try to correct her wrong attitude,’’ he said.