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Some policemen attached to Maroko police station, Lagos State, have been accused of kill­ing a 24-year old man, Aondona Tavershima and buried him in a shallow grave atLekki beach. Five of the suspected policemen are now cur­rently in police detention. The victim, a motorcy­cle operator, was alleged to have refused to stop when he was accosted by the policemen who were said to be on patrol at about 11am on the fateful day. “On realizing that he was dead, the police­men picked his corpse and put it behind their patrol vehicle, a Toyota Hilux Van, and covered it with tyres. They drove to the beach and buried him. We were the ones who alerted the family that their brother had been killed and buried,” the eyewitness disclosed. Narrating the incident to Sunday Sun on phone, Aondona’s elder sister, Linda, said she got to know about the incident on Thursday, November 11, 2014. “I knew that he left for Lekki with his friend and when he did not come back, I assumed that he had...

Relations of late Segun Ogunlola, the man who held his wife, Pa­tience and children captive for seven years have revealed details on his life pri­or to his disappearance. The fresh facts that emerged paint a picture of a man who was deeply troubled and had over time developed psychological problems that ultimately im­pacted on his relationship with his immediate and extended family as well as the general society. Ogunlola died on October 25, and was buried the same day. Until his demise, he lived in isolation in Aba­ranje, Ikotun/Igando Local Council Development Area, Lagos, with his wife and their four children in a cor­rugated zinc shack built on a portion of swampy land that he acquired. But on Tuesday, October 21, his wife and children breathed the sweet air of freedom, when concerned individu­als rescued them after Oguntola had gone out to get treatment at a hospital and the severely malnourished wife crawled out of the shack to call on passersby for help. Prior t...

Almost 19 months after, residents of the Mortgage Area of Gusau, capi­tal of Zamfara State, still shudder at the memory of the callousness of Kamalu, who hired assassins to mur­der his mother, Hajia Aisha and his younger sisters, aged nine and 11. The bodies of the victims were dumped in the Bager dam, locat­ed off the Gusau-Dansadau Road in the state capital. Although Kamalu was eventually tracked down by the police, arrested and is now standing trial, his accomplices are still at large and fugitives from justice. That is why the residents are grieved and baying for justice to be served Kamalu for the heinous crime allegedly masterminded by him. As  Sunday Sun   gathered, the day infamy happened a day before May 29, 2013. While other patriotic citizens were preparing to mark Democracy Day, generally rejoicing and thanking God for the survival of the current dispensation of civil rule, Kamalu and his cohort were also perfecting plans on how to commit the tripl...

Seven months after Kefee's sudden death, her husband Teddy Momoh is still finding it hard..He told Encomium  It has not been easy for me. It’s been by the special grace of God and His grace has been sufficient for me..I miss everything that she epitomized, her smiles, the way she lightened up the environment and everyone around her, her food and so many other things. I have lost a lot of weight since she passed away because there is no one to cook or call to find out what I would like to eat.  She went the extra mile of cooking breakfast, she packs what I would have for lunch in the office. She would still give me a call to remind me that I have to eat lunch. She turned me from ‘eating out’ to ‘eating at home’ and I find it difficult to eat out now. I miss that love, the union and her brainstorming. I just miss everything she stood for.We had a lot of fun memories together and I would not want to share them with the world. It is very personal an...

Islamic State (IS) has published a shocking guidebook for its fighters on how to rape slave girls – even if they have not reached puberty. The Arabic manual, titled Questions And Answers On Taking Captives And Slaves, instructs IS fighters on how to buy and sell women and girls who have been captured in war as booty. According to  Mailonline , The document, published by the Research and Fatwa Department of IS, gives its fighters the green light to turn captured women into slaves and concubines, and even give them as gifts to one another. It was circulated on the Twitter accounts of senior IS leaders and on Friday was distributed by masked IS fighters outside a large mosque in Iraq’s second city Mosul, which is controlled by the group. The document has been obtained by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute and translated into English. In the guide, one question asks:  ‘Is it permissible to have intercour...

APC presidential flag bearer Buhari has said Boko Haram will not prevail..In a statement released last night, he said..  “I condemn, unreservedly and with every strength in me, the recent terrorist attacks in Kano and Jos, the two historic cities that are known for their rich cultural and religious heritage. “Once again, those who seek to influence our way of life, modify our faith and our most sacred core values, have struck, leaving in their wake lives brutally cut short, limbs badly broken and dreams forced to fade away. “But these people, whose actions are not sanctioned by any religion and who subscribe to no known decent values, will not succeed. Our people are resilient and strong, and our nation is capable, based on our rich human and material resources, of successfully tackling these nihilists. “We will together see the end of them and their reign of terror.  They have failed because Nigeria will remain strong and united in th...

The Lagos State leadership of the All Progressives Congress has begun searching for the running mate of its governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. Our correspondent learnt that four people were being tipped for the deputy governor position. It was learnt that because Ambode is a Christian, the party has insisted that the deputy must be a Muslim. The four persons are the Imam of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Abdulateef Abdulhakeem; the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Ganiyu Johnson; the current Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Idayat Adebule; and a former chairman of the Lagos Island Local Government, Wasiu Eshilokun. A source within the party said Adebule was the most likely candidate because of her gender and high level of education. He said, “We would have picked the Imam of the House of Assembly but some Muslim groups in the state resisted the move, so we decided to go for Adebule. “Adebule ha...