A man has been detained by the police in Dolphin Estate, Lagos for the offense of marrying a woman without the approval of her parents.
The young man identified as Ugo Madugba according to the distress call posted on Facebook by his 'wife' Nono Orji is being detained on the orders of the woman's father.
Here is what Nono wrote on her Facebook timeline.
Nono Orji
Breaking News: The Nigerian Police in Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi just arrested an Innocent 30year old man called Ugo Madugba for an offence of Marriage
.Marriage has become a crime in Nigeria according to Dolphin police station in Ikoyi. Mr Ugo got married to Dr Nono a 28 year old medical Doctor .Her father has been very distraught about it and has used the police to threaten the young couple to the extent of arresting all those who acted as witnesses to the marriage who are now in custody. He has been denied access to his family and friends and information reaching us has it that his Lawyer was also denied access to him .There is a belief that a plan to poison Ugo is being hatched.
Please forward this message to as many people as possible lets save Ugo's life.
Six suspects standing trial at a Karu Chief Magistrate's Court, Abuja on Thursday fled the courtroom after the Judge announced the striking out of the charges against them.
The Magistrate, A. O. Oyeyipo had struck out the case against the six accused persons following an application for substitution of charges by the prosecution counsel, Nne Okon.
However, before the prosecutor could announce that she was substituting charges, the accused persons took to their heels and fled the court.
The accused persons had been standing trial along with three others who are now dead since Nov. 15, 2013, for criminal conspiracy, mischief and forgery, in contravention of Sections 97(2), 327 and 364 of the Penal Code.
The prosecution counsel said that she applied to strike out the old case and re-arraign the suspects on fresh charges since three out of the original nine defendants had died.
A service of songs was on Wednesday held at the National Christian Center, Abuja in honor of the late Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Barrister James Ocholi who died along with his wife and son in an accident along the Abuja-Kaduna highway on Sunday, March 6, 2016.
Among the dignitaries present at the service were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige and many other ministers and members of the cabinet.
Commonsense Senator, Mr Ben Murray-Bruce has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over the clandestine employment of children and relations of influential members of his administration by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
A list of over 90 highly connected applicants who were recently secretly employed by the apex bank has been trending on the social media.
Talking about the list, Murray-Bruce queried; “Is Nigeria Only For The Rich?"
See how he said it on Facebook.
Ben Murray-Bruce
"First the President said only the children of those who can afford it should school abroad, now the CBN employs those very kids. Is Nigeria only for the rich?
"When Vice President Osinbajo says the Federal Government will create 3 million jobs, are those jobs to be created by getting federal institutions like the CBN to employ the children of the rich while the children of the poor get menial jobs?
"The President said Nigeria has no money to pay unemployed people ₦5,000, but obviously we have enough money to hire rich kids at CBN.
"My name is Ben Murray-Bruce and I just want to make Commonsense!"
In a fresh outbreak of violence, armed Fulani herdsmen have sacked 25 villages in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, killing two people and wounding several others in the process.
Over three thousand persons are reported to have been rendered homeless with their houses burnt down by the rampaging Fulani herdsmen.
Fulani herdsmen armed with sophisticated assault rifles had only a few weeks ago, sacked Agatu communities, killing over 400 persons and taking over their land.
Surviving victims of the Agatu attacks are presently being sheltered in Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camps.
The Herald reports that the Fulani invasion started with the attack four days ago of Ukemberegya, Bwarer, Mbawar, Gov and Gambe Tiev communities.
Mrs. Terungwa Torhemba, a victim of the attack, speaking through an interpreter in Makurdi, said the fully armed Fulani herdsmen had completely taken over Abiam Koya, Iordye, Nyakoo, Mkpikpa., Afom, Uzaagir, Ugbende Mue, Dam, Shaausu, Ukme, Chenbe, Anwen, Sebungen Ubosha, Chia, Asemngoroko and Inderkar.
“They attacked us four days ago, killing our people. So many cannot be located at the moment; we have also lost all of our belongings, farm produce and farmland to the well-armed herdsmen who have completely taken over our villages.
“At the moment we have no source of livelihood because they have also converted our farmlands to grazing settlements for their cattle,” Torhemba lamented.
Simon Ugba, the Caretaker Chairman of Logo Local Government Area confirmed that two persons were killed in the attacks.
He described the number of displaced people as staggering, adding that no designated camp has been created for the displaced persons.
He however assured that everything is being done in collaboration with the state government to help the victims.
The Minister of Interior, Abdurrahman Dambazau had on March 14 in a statement issued by his chief press secretary, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, pledged to take decisive action to bring the perpetrators of the Agatu massacre to justice.
The Senator representing Bayelsa South Senatorial District, Mr Ben Murray-Bruce has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari's economic policy.
In a veiled reference to the prevailing Economic hardship in the country, Murray-Bruce advised Buhari to appoint an Economic Adviser.
See what he wrote on Twitter.
Ben Murray-Bruce
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President @MBuhari , again I implore you to hire an Economic Adviser in addition to your 5 media aides.
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