Female POS Operator Disarms Robbers Brandishing Gun In Edo

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5 years ago

December 28, 2020

A female operator of Point of Sales Shop ( POS) Monday disarmed two suspected armed robbers in Uhogwa, Ovia North-East local Government Area of Edo State.

Uhogwa is a community where Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp is located at the Upper Siluko road, end of Benin City.

It was gathered that the armed robbers who were armed with a locally made pistol stormed the POS shop where they first pretended to be genuine customers.

They reportedly brought out an Automated Machine card (ATM) and requested for the sum of two hundred thousand naira cash from the POS operator.

While the woman was trying to insert the cash card into the POS terminal, they immediately brandished a gun and ordered her to give them the whole cash and her mobile phones.

The woman was, however, brave enough to strike the hand of the man holding the gun which fell off from his hand.

The woman reportedly thereafter raised an alarm which attracted security agents in the area who responded swiftly.

The two suspects identified as Andrew Adubu and Destiny Olu who rode on a motorcycle to the area were arrested on the spot.

The armed robbers said they were trying to raise money to take care of their family needs during the ongoing Christmas and New Year celebration.

Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor said policemen have been placed in strategic positions across the state to deal with criminal elements.

SP Nwabuzor warned criminals to relocate from Edo state or be faced with strong police onslaught.

Items recovered from the suspects include one locally made pistol and an unregistered motorcycle.

(Standard Gazette(

I Provide Four Square Meals A Day For My Wife, Man Tells Court

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2 hours ago

December 6, 2025

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A commercial mototrcyclist, Malam Isma’il Abubakar, has told a Shari’a Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, that he provides ‘four square meals’ for his wife every day.

Isma’il made this known while responding to his wife, Zainab Saleh’s allegations that he does not provide food for her.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she also alleged that her husband does not respect her parents.

She said she was done with their 10-year marriage and wanted divorce.

Isma’il, however, prayed the court to give him time to settle the dispute with his wife.

The judge, Malam Malam Anas Khalifa, asked Zainab to provide witnesses who can testify to her claims.

He ordered the couple to present their parents or guardians in court.

Court Dissolves Marriage, Orders Man To Pay N30,000 Per Month For Kids’ Food

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December 6, 2025

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An Area Court at Centre-igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the nine-year-old marriage between a woman, Bilikis Abake and her husband, Kehinde Bintin, over claims of domestic violence.

Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Mr Idris Etsu, held that the respondent, had sent a letter to the court through the bailiff, releasing his wife.

Etsu, consequently, dissolved the marriage between both parties, but ordered the woman to observe three months iddah (waiting) period, before she could remarry again.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the court awarded custody of the two children of the marriage, who are eight-year-old and six-year-old, to their mother.

The court ordered the respondent to pay the sum of N30,000, as monthly maintenance fee.

He held that the father should be responsible for his children’s school fees, and should be allowed unrestricted access to his children, except at odd hours.

‘My Husband Kept Coffin Under Our Bed, Planned To Use Our Child For Ritual’

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December 6, 2025

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In a chilling case that shocked Matero Local Court, Zambia, 36-year-old woman from Chisamba has been granted divorce from her husband, whom she accused of attempting to sacrifice their two children.

Bertha Mumbi told the court that her husband, Abel Ngoma, 46, of Chibombo, allegedly plotted to kill their two daughters—aged 11 years and 7 years as part of ritual instructions he received from a witchdoctor in 2021.

According to Zambia Observer, testifying before the magistrate, Lewis Mumba Bertha said that Abel even made a small coffin in preparation for the supposed death of their firstborn and kept it in their bedroom for four consecutive nights after she refused to participate in the scheme.

“By then, he had already made a small coffin in readiness for the death of my firstborn. He never told me about the coffin he made. We slept for four days with it under our bed,” she said.

Bertha said the plan was brought to light by the witchdoctor’s informant, who approached her to demand compensation for cancelling the agreement, since she had refused to consent to the sacrifice.