Stephanie Otobo, the woman who claimed to have had an affair with Apostle Johnson Suleman was re-arraigned by the police before a Tinubu magistrates’ court, Lagos on Monday, March 20. She was brought alongside one Wisdom Godstime, 43, before Magistrate Kikelomo Bukola-Ayeye on a three-count charge of conspiracy, intent to steal, blackmail and threat to life. Addressing the court, the prosecutor, M. A. Animashaun, said the defendants and others at large committed the alleged offence on February 14, 2016 at about 10.30am at Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. He said the defendants, “with intent to blackmail a man of God, unlawfully demanded the immediate payment of $1million to Otobo by Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the president and founder of Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide, else she would call a press conference and accuse him of committing adult–ery with her and thereafter kill him.” The court also heard that the defendants with intent to extort money from Apostle Suleman, accused him of co...

Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency yesterday, searched for a medical doctor, who jumped into a lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, in the Adekunle area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the man, identified simply as Dr Allwell Orji,a medical doctor with Mount Zion Hospital, Isolo, Lagos  was in a Sport Utility Vehicle en route to Lagos Island at about 4pm on Sunday when he asked his driver to stop after he allegedly received a call. He was said to have walked to the railings on the bridge and jumped into the lagoon. PUNCH Metro gathered that the vehicle and the deceased’s driver were taken to the Adeniji Adele Police Division, while efforts were ongoing to find the doctor “dead or alive” as of 8pm on Sunday. An Instagram user, who claimed to have witnessed the moment Orji jumped into the lagoon expressed shock over the incident. “I witnessed the worst thing ever today! The owner of this particular vehicle jumped into the lagoon right in front of ...

Ex-beauty queen and owner of Rikaoto By Me fashion line, Mariam Elisha, said she is yet to recover from trauma after her car went up in flames on Eko Bridge, Lagos on Sunday afternoon. The Kebbi-State born fashion entrepreneur narrowly escaped death after her Mercedes Benz G-Wagon caught fire while she was in transit. According to Miss Elisha, onlookers drew her attention to the fire because she was in transit and totally oblivious of it. She told PREMIUM TIMES that she attempted to stop the car immediately but the brakes would not work. “When the car began to slow down, I attempted to park it and open the door but it wouldn’t open until people came to help me out before the fire spread to every part of the car,” she recalled. Jesus!!! Speaking further, she added, “I am still in shock and afraid to sit behind the wheels, let alone drive my car because the memories of the accident keeps flashing right before my eyes.  Maryland Elisha. “I saw death sta...