A Singaporean faith leader was jailed for 10 years on Wednesday for swindling millions of dollars from her followers and using violent punishments to discipline those who disobeyed her, local media reported. Woo May Hoe was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison, according to Singapore-based Channel NewsAsia, a rare case of cult-like crime in the wealthy financial hub. Woo convinced some 30 followers into believing she was a deity and defrauded them of more than $10 million over several years, according to court documents. Woo had told her followers that their payments would be used for getting rid of their…
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Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said there is no provision for tenure elongation for elected local government chairmen in the 1999 Constitution (as Amended). Mr Fubara made this known while addressing journalists at the end of a security council meeting with heads of security agencies in Port Harcourt. The governor said that the security council meeting was called because of the threat to the peace of the state brewing from the tenure expiration of the outgone local government chairmen. He said, “We will fearlessly lead the way to ensure that peace continues to prevail in the state while protecting…
Friends are mourning one Jere Abbah who was killed by suspected kidnappers in Kaduna State. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report but it was gathered that he was murdered on Monday, June 17, 2024. “I am saddened by the news I’m hearing this night that Jere Abbah was killed by kidnappers. He was a supporter and a friend and comrade. This is such a bad news and this insecurity is really outrageous,” one Lovelyn David Umar wrote.
In a joyous and spirit-filled ceremony, the Motailatu Church of God (MCG) marked its 60th anniversary at its International Headquarters in Ondo City, Ondo State, at the weekend. The events which climaxed on Sunday, was graced by prominent personalities, including Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, former Commissioner in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Benson Enikuomehin, traditional leaders, and top ecclesiastical dignitaries. Governor Aiyedatiwa, represented by his Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, congratulated the church members and praised the founder, Saint Isaiah M. Akinadewo (Omo Jesu), for his tireless efforts in spreading God’s word. He urged…
Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has arrested a couple and one other for suspected human trafficking in Ifitedunu, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state. The feat was achieved when the community Chairman, Mr Arinzechukwu Azodo, notified the Women Affairs Commissioner, Hon. Ify Obinabo. The media aide to the Women Affairs Commissioner, Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, said the couple, Temple and Ndubuisi Nwankwo were arrested alongside one Ebere while attempting to sell their baby daughter for N1m. The couple is suspected to have sold their other…
A 22-year-old newly-wedded bride (name withheld), who had her traditional marriage a week ago, was among those killed during the gunmen attack in Nnobi, Anambra State on Monday, PUNCH Metro gathered. A family source who spoke to our correspondent who visited the town on the condition of anonymity on Tuesday said the victim, who was the only child of her parents, was waiting for her husband based overseas to return home before she was felled by the stray bullets of the assailants. PUNCH Metro reports that some yet-to-be-identified assailants on Monday attacked Nnewi town in Nnewi North LGA and Nnobi in Idemili…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday said it rescued two adults who were severely injured in a road accident involving a van and a truck. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement. He said the agency received a distress call via its emergency toll-free number that there was a road accident at a Mobil filling station after Otedola Bridge inward Alausa at about 06.56 hrs. He stated, “We responded from our command and control centre within 10 minutes. On arrival at the scene, it was observed that a green van, registration…
The police have taken over the 23 council secretariats and some critical government infrastructure in Rivers State. The police said the action was to forestall further bloodbath and breakdown of law and order due to the increasing crisis over the tenure of the outgoing local government chairmen. Spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who spoke in a statement in Port Harcourt, said that a police officer and a vigilante lost their lives during a clash between the two rival political groups. She stated, “Operatives have been deployed to uphold peace in the 23 Local Government Areas. The clash between…
The police command in Lagos says a private security guard, Yusuf Akadogo, has lost his life after being allegedly stabbed during a minor altercation. Confirming the incident to journalists on Tuesday, the command’s public relations officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that the deceased security guard was attacked by an Okada rider, currently at large. Mr Hundeyin stated that the incident occurred on Thursday in the Idi-Araba area of the state. “On that fateful day, around 9:20 p.m., the police received a distress call from a concerned community member regarding a disturbance at Igbira Road, Idi-Araba,” Mr Hundeyin said. He also…
The Delta Police Command has arrested two robbery suspects in the Aladja community of the Udu Local Government Area of the state. SP Bright Edafe, the command’s public relations officer (PPRO), said this on Tuesday in Warri. Mr Edafe said the operatives of the Aladja police out-station nabbed the suspected hoodlums. According to him, the police operatives received a distress call that some suspected armed robbers were carrying out a robbery operation in the Aladja community. “The district officer, alongside members of the community, mobilised to the scene where the suspects were arrested at Igwere Quarters, Aladja. “One locally-made gun,…