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Pastor’s Killing: ECWA Laments, Urges Government To Tackle Lingering Insecurity

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4 years ago

September 16, 2021

The General Secretary, Evangelical Church Winning All, ECWA, Rev. Yunusa Sabo Nmadu, has enjoined the government to be proactive in protecting the lives and properties of Nigerians.

He lamented that insecurity had assumed a different dimension such that those in authority needed to wake up to the challenges to avoid the wrath of God.

Speaking on Wednesday at First ECWA Church, Samaru Kataf during the burial service of late Rev. Yakubu Silas Ali killed by unknown gunmen between Zangon town and Kibori, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Nmadu noted that there was the urgent need for Nigerians to be protected from those that have given themselves to doing evil in the society.

Recall that villages, mostly in Atyap chiefdom of the Local Government Area of Kaduna State had come under incessant attacks from suspected armed herdsmen, with dozens of fatalities.

The ECWA General Secretary, while consoling the people, enjoined Nigerians to join the Church in crying to God to arise and take charge of the current insecurity in the land.

Nmadu appealed to the believers not to go back to the old tradition of protecting themselves, saying that it would not be pleasing to God and they will end up not succeeding in what they are fighting for.

The officiating Minister, Rev. Jonathan Nkom, in a sermon, advised the bereaved to take solace in God Almighty over the demise of Rev. Ali.

He prayed to God to expose those who killed the 55-year-old pastor and other members of the community killed by the suspected Fulani militia.

The National President, Atyap Community Development Association, ACDA, Samuel Timbuwak Achie, warned those attacking innocent and harmless people in Atyap land to stop forthwith in the interest of peace, assuring that they would not go free before the Almighty.

DAILY POST reports that the burial witnessed a great number of sympathizers in their hundreds, who were at the Church to pay their last respect to the Pastor who died leaving behind seven children.

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

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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.

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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.

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‘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.