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...
•Oba Joseph Oloyede and Pastor Edward Oluwasanmi The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, and a Nigerian pastor, Edward Oluwasanmi, are facing possible prison sentences in the United States after pleading guilty to charges of COVID-19 relief fraud. Oba Oloyede, a US-based accountant and information system expert, was appointed...
•Pregnancy A cleric, Peter James, has allegedly impregnated a teenage girl (names withheld) with disability in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Pastor James, who is in charge of the Christ Apostolic Church, Modebiayo parish at Oke-Gburowo in the Odigbo LGA, was arrested by the security agencies yesterday, reports Daily Trust. He...
•Actress Doris Ogala Nollywood actress, Doris Ogala, has doubled down on her shocking claims that she died and came back to life. The actress, who stated that she was speaking from a hospital bed, said, “That story is exactly what happened to me and I’m still lying in the hospital. Whatever you see there, I […]
Three persons, including a Pastor, have been arrested over the alleged murder of a 2024 graduate of the University of Lagos (LASU), Adedamola Ogunbode. Those arrested were identified as Pastor Whepetoji Sunday, Sherrif Adebayo, a church member, and Omolara Ajisomo, reports Weekend Trust. Two brothers said to be members of the gang, Teniola Aji...
•True Vine Apostolic Church A viral video of Pastor Terry Jackson of True Vine Apostolic Church of Christ, Hampton, Virginia, publicly rebuking a young woman for being pregnant outside wedlock has sparked outrage and debate on social media. The footage, which reportedly happened on Sunday, shows the pastor instructing the visibly emotional wom...
A pastor based in Ogun State is locked in a messy paternity row with a commercial driver following a secret affair between the clergyman and the driver’s wife exposed by the driver’s 14-year-old son, reports The Nation. A rancorous scene occurred at the premises of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ona Iye Parish in the […]
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