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About thirty innocent persons were allegedly arrested on Thursday in Lokoja at the venue of flag-off of model primary school by Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, by security operatives for stoning the Governor. As gathered by source the security men drafted to Saint Luke Primary School, Adankolo to safeguard the Governor were said to have lost focuse by clustering inside the venue of the occasion, leaving outside security porous. some angry youths protesting over non-payment of salary for several months resorted to throwing stones at the Governor. What would have resulted to serious attack, was later averted, but not without casualties as the stones flying from all directions hit a man on the head, resulting to serious bleeding. A few others were also injured in the attack. The occasion was hurriedly brought to a close and it became a field day for law enforcement agents to make indiscriminate arrest of innocent persons while the wounded were taken to unknown ...

Lebanese and Nigerians clash over land in Abuja

June 30, 2017

Lebanese and Nigerians clash over land dispute in Abuja There was confusion in Abuja on Thursday between the Residents of Games Village Estate and the leader of the Lebanese community, Albert Alwan, for allegedly blocking the road to the estate with a container. The Lebanese community was said to have claimed a portion of the estate on which they reportedly wanted to build a church, but the residents denied them access to the plot. The Secretary of the Games Village Residents Association, Jude Uze, explained that they denied the Lebanese entry because they did not know them as bonafide members of the estate. He said, “The Lebanese community said they have approval from the authorities to build a church inside the estate and we said no. “We don’t have Lebanese community in the estate; who are those that will be attending the church, we don’t know. This morning they just came in and they brought in a container claiming that development control has given them the authority to sta...

Father scatters His Daughter’s Wedding After Groom Failed To Pay Bride Price In Full

September 10, 2017

A wedding ceremony has ended in a sad note after the bride’s father stormed the venue and disrupted the event. A wedding ceremony which took place at Kingdom Witness Chapel in Awutu Breku in the Central region of Ghana ended abruptly when father of the bride stormed the church to demand payment of the bride price. According to AdomNews , the father of the girl, Mohammed Ali claimed the young man had paid half of the GH₵1000 he demanded when the couple who have dated for years decided to marry. The incident resulted in serious chaos when the man walked straight to the altar to drag his daughter away. Mr. Ali also claimed the man promised to buy him a cloth but has failed to fulfill that too. The bride price, also known as bride token, is an amount of money or property or wealth paid by the groom or his family to the parents of a woman upon the marriage of their daughter to the groom. All efforts by pastor of the chu...