Metro
Thunderstorm Kills Man, Injures Others In Edo

A middle aged man simply identified as MC has been reportedly killed by thunderstorm along Aibanegbe Street, off New Lagos Road, opposite Evidence of the Gospel Church, Benin City.
The incident which was said to have happened during a heavy downpour on Wednesday evening also left others injured and some with lacerations in their hands and legs.
As a result, residents in the street on Thursday insisted that there would be no commercial motor cycle working in the area as the lightning reportedly hit the victims when they ran to take shelter from the rain in a platform normally used by commercial motor cyclists in the street.
Some residents in the area attributed the incident to the use of phones during the rain while others said there is more to it.
A resident of the area who identified himself as Ajibola told journalists that: “They ran to the point where okada people stay to pick and drop passengers when the lightning struck and this man we all know as MC died while some others sustained injuries.
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“The young man is very popular in our street and I was told he recently went for introduction ahead of his coming marriage.
“My last born was very close to him because he is a very friendly person. My son has been crying over the matter and has not been herself. It is because of this that the people in the street said okada should not work today.”
Metro
I Provide Four Square Meals A Day For My Wife, Man Tells Court

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

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

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.
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“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.
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