Author: Feyisayo Helen

A court in Canada has ordered that the three children of Olubukola Ajayi, daughter to Lagos State Justice Olutoyin Ipaye, be returned to Nigeria after concluding they were wrongfully retained by their mother, who has ties with the LGBTQ. Ms Ajayi had prayed the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to grant her sole custody of her three children whom she had taken from Nigeria without the consent of their father, Eyitope Ajayi. She cited domestic violence in her marriage and affinity with the LGBTQIIA, for her decision. In 2016, Mr and Mrs Ajayi, both dual citizens of Canada and Nigeria…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a dismissed police officer, Ogunyemi Olalekan, to life imprisonment for killing 35-year-old, Kolade Johnson. Olalekan, who was said to be attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS) of the Nigeria Police, shot Mr Johnson in the lower abdomen with an AK-47 rifle at about 5.10 pm on Sunday, March 31, 2019, at a viewing centre in the Mangoro area of Lagos. Johnson was shot during a raid by police officers at Onipetesi in Lagos, while watching an English premiership match between Tottenham and Manchester United…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Fourteen persons have died after their boat capsized in Fada village of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a local source, the victims were on their way to a neighbouring town to sell their farm produce when the accident occurred. The sources attributed the accident to the water current as a result of flooding water that has filled up the River Benue. According to the state Police Command, the accident occurred on 20 September, 2022, at 13:00hrs. The Benue State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), SP Catherine Sewuese Anene, disclosed that a…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A Twitter user, Lola Lois, has narrated an experience she encountered in a public transport that made her decide never to help a woman lap her child. She wrote, “One time, a woman pleaded with me to help lap one of her kids cos we was to alight at the same b/stop and i refused, she asked another woman and she agreed (even eyeing me sorta) long story short, we all got down from the bus and the child the woman helped with fell and died. I was so scared, like the kid was literally…

American actor, Johnny Depp is dating Joelle Rich, an attorney who represented him in his UK libel trial against the Sun. He lost the libel trial in November 2020. He sued the newspaper for calling him a “wife-beater,” but the court upheld the outlet’s claims as being “substantially true” and his ex-wife Amber Heard testified to back up the claims. In March 2021, his attempt to overturn the decision was overruled. The London-based lawyer is married but separated, and her divorce may not have been finalized yet. Depp’s new romantic interest was not among the lawyers who represented him in…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Gunmen have kidnapped three policemen In Ewekoro local government area of Ogun state. The officers led by Inspector Oladipo Olayemi, were abducted on the road by their abductors, who allegedly accosted them at Wasimi about 2:30 pm. on Thursday, September 22. Findings have shown that the kidnapped cops arrived in Ogun State from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State, for an investigation. They were said to have been duly booked at the police division in Wasinmi before they left for their place of primary assignment. The source said the commercial driver, who conveyed the cops, escaped…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A lady identified as @Peaceloise on TikTok, has said virgins deserve to be recognized and respected for keeping themselves pure for the men. Peace alleged that she and other virgins are being marginalized for their “no-sex” status. She stated this in a video shared on TikTok. Peace disclosed that she is a virgin. She decided to go public with her status after realizing that virgins are marginalized in society. The TikTok user also noted that before now, they were the standard but now, you hardly find a man who says he wants to marry a…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has accused the Federal Government of being bias for refusing to allow the Amotekun Corps, to carry sophisticated firearms. In response to the Federal Government’s approval of the Katsina State Security Outfit, which is equivalent to the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency, a.k.a Amotekun Corps, to carry sophisticated firearms, the governor stated, “We believe in one Nigeria, but we cannot have one country, two systems.” This was contained in a statement issued by the governor on Thursday through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde. Denying Amotekun the right to…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A Nigeria man identified as @TheAhmd_ on Twitter, has narrated how he shocked the HR personnel of a company because he demanded to be paid 150-250k to sit for a test. According to the tweep, the HR was trying to recruit him for a job. He was asked to sit for a test which is the 2nd phase of the recruitment process but he rejected it and demanded to be paid to do the test. He tweeted, “Ran into a HR personnel of a company that was trying to recruit me earlier this year. Apparently…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- An iPhone 12 Pro-Max valued at N670,000, belonging to an actress, Genevieve Anaele, was stolen by a physically-challenged man, identified only as Okeoma in Lagos State on Wednesday. The incident happened at the Proof Hotel and Lounge, Oniru, in the Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The actress accompanied her friend, Sophia Brown, to attend a salsa dance class in the hotel when the incident happened. The actress, who spoke to our correspondent on Thursday, said, “I went with a friend for a salsa dance class at the Proof Hotel and Lounge. Around…