A farmer in the western Nigerian state of Ogun has abandoned his wife after she delivered triplets. The incident happened in the small community of Afojupa village, in Obafemi/Owode local government area of the state. Mrs.Bosede Akapo, 30, who already had two children, aged five and eight, before the arrival of the triplets on 24 July expressed surprise that her husband,Biodun, went into hiding after he got the information that she delivered triplets. The babies were delivered in a private maternity home in the village and with Biodun vanishing, the monarch of the nearby town of Owode-Egba, Oba Kolawole Sowemimo, settled the bill. Since she left the clinic, Bosede has not seen her husband, nor has he bothered to see the new babies, he fathered. Mrs Akapo, now mother of five, explained that her runaway hubby is a farmer and was not at home when she began to feel labour pains. She explained that she was assisted by a neighbour who took her on a motorcycle to the Ma...

Very few people will readily talk about porn movies but it does not change the fact that a lot of people watch the film that now go by different names. Investigation shows that these movies, which many frown at, have a sizable followership and consequently, a large market in Lagos that includes underage persons. Over the years, porn movies have been generally called by various names including Adult movies, Stag movies and Blue films. But the common street terms in Lagos, as put by porn movie vendors include Triple X, Mojo, BF, Adults’ and Porno. Although, these movies ought not to be sold in the country, this is, however, not the case in Lagos, where porn movies are publicly displayed, including for the curious eyes of underage persons.  Basically, porn CDs with lewd cover pictures can be found at major junctions from 6pm, openly displayed together with regular movies, to draw the attention of passersby. Some of the vendors have adopted a trick of covering ha...

She was on fire from head to toe. She ran out of the house screaming, ‘Madam has killed me’ –Eyewitness It is not likely that nine-year-old Eno Bassey has heard the word ‘trafficking’ before. She was not even educated past primary one when, two months ago, a woman came to her mother’s house in Calabar, Cross River State and asked that she should be allowed to go live with her in  Lagos. Going to Lagos would have been a dream-come-true for Eno. In May 2013, after discussing with Eno’s mother, she left with Mrs. Nkeze Iroakazi, the fair looking ‘Madam’, who promised Eno’s mother she would be enrolled in school as soon as they got to Lagos. But before they took off for the Centre of Excellence, where Eno thought her life would be turned around, they made a detour and picked up another girl, 13-year-old Happiness Bassey, in another part of Calabar. They bear the same surname but are not related. On Monday July 29, 2013, our correspondent visited the Burns Unit o...

Mrs. Nkiru Mokwe, the wife of the owner of Upper Class Hotel, Onitsha, where human heads were recovered by security agents on Thursday has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President David Mark to save the life of her husband. She insisted that her husband, Bonaventure Mokwe, was set up. Bonaventure was arrested along with 10 other people in connection with the recovery of the two human heads in the hotel. The hotel was on Friday demolished on the orders of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State. Nkiru said the life of her husband was in danger and urged the President and the Senate President to come to their rescue before it was too late. Nkiru, a lawyer, who spoke to reporters in Onitsha on Saturday, said the whole story was a set up, adding that her husband’s enemies were in a hurry to destroy him and his business. “My husband is being detained in a very dehumanising condition at SARS, Awkuzu, and the police have denied him access to his lawyer a...