Precious Okafor, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, who was allegedly raped by a pastor during a ‘special deliverance’ session, spoke to our correspondent at the Onitsha office of the Anambra State Special Anti-Touting Squad Agency, after being rescued, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: Can you tell us about yourself? My name is Precious Okafor, and I ...
An Anambra-based cleric, Favour Ezani, has been arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl, Precious Okafor, at his residence in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, a general overseer of a Pentecostal church, was apprehended by the Special Anti-Touting Squad (SASA), a state government sec...
•Actress Doris Ogala and Pastor Chris Okafor Embattled Lagos-based pastor, Chris Okafor, has refused to comment on the viral claims of actress Doris Ogala that he promised to marry her and several others, including members of his church, while eventually tying the knot with someone else. In a now-deleted post of what appeared to be […]...
•Bandits Gunmen have attacked a church in Kogi State, kidnapping a pastor and his wife. The attack on the newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area, occurred during Sunday service today, reports Channels TV. The community was said to have been thrown into chaos after armed bandits launched an [...
•The attacked church and bandits Bandits have attacked Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, shooting the pastor dead and abducting many worshippers. The attack, which happened yesterday evening, sparked tension in the community which shares border with Kogi State, reports Daily Trust. ...
•Bandits The United Church of Christ in Nigeria (UCCN), known as HEKAN, has condemned the recent armed bandits’ attack on Farin Dutse community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where one of its priests was killed. The terrorists were said to have invaded the community and unleashed mayhem on innocent and unarmed citizens, [&hell...
A pastor who is also a legal practitioner, Aka-Bashorun Olawale Akanni, was yesterday re-arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for the alleged indecent treatment of a 14-year-old girl. The Lagos State Government re-arraigned Akanni on a one-count charge bordering on the indecent treatment of a ch...
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Mrs. Sanmori Taiwo, and her husband, 62-year-old Pastor Sanmori Joshua, for allegedly faking her abduction to extort a ₦10 million ransom from her relatives residing abroad. According to a statement from the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, the inciden...
•Some of the parents (L) and the pastor (R) An official of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Rivers State, Nwamaka Ikediashi, has said that parents of some minors who were brutally flogged by a pastor during a “spiritual cleansing” exercise need counselling. Ikediashi stated this on Channels Televisi...
The Imo State Police Command has arrested Pastor Ikenna Emmanuel and one Franklin Chizoba for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman in Orlu. Police spokesperson Henry Okoye, in a statement this evening, said the suspects lured the victim to the pastor’s residence on June 30, 2025, under the guise of offering prayers for her. Upon arrival, [&hel...
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