River “Turns To Dryland” At Kara Market, Ojodu Berger.

Ogun River “Turns To Dryland” At Kara Market

A part of the popular Ogun River which flows under the Kara Bridge around Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State has suddenly gone dry.

Unidentified green plants are seen on the river while the water body has given way.

The Kara cattle market community under the bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has become a Mecca of some sort with residents of the community and passers-by trooping to see the dried section of the river which once provided water for the Kara cattle and ram market.

 Traffic in bound Lagos slowed down and Road Safety officials tried to make light the gridlock.

Before the unusual incident, the water body once served as means of transportation for canoe owners but residents say they woke up to see the channel blocked on Saturday morning.

Surprisingly, on the other side of the Kara Bridge, the river was seen flowing freely.

Environmentalists have, however, warned that residents keep off the blocked channel for the risks of it opening up unexpectedly and advised relevant authorities find a means of clearing the plants.

Nollywood Yoruba Actor Alfa Lateef Titilope Itakure Is Dead, Burial For Today In Oyo Town

Nollywood has lost an icon again exactly nine days after the death of Henrietta Kosoko.A popular Yoruba actor who often features in Odunlade Adekola’s movies, Abdul Lateef Titilopeaka Itakure is dead.He passed away last night after two days of mild Malaria fever.In a press statement released by family memberslast night, the deceased will be laid to his final resting place at his family house in Ile Egbaunta, Agunpopo area of Oyo town.The Islamic burial service will start at 8:00am today.

May his soul rest in peace (amen).

Our Daily Agege Bread is now expensive..

Chief Simeon Abanulor, the National Chairman, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria has said an increase in the price of bread, one of the most popular staple in Nigeria is inevitable if bakers are to remain in business.

Abanulor said this at a news conference in Umuahia on Friday
He said that the cost of raw materials, such as flour and sugar had skyrocketed and that bakers in the country had been operating at a loss.

He added that “we are helpless because the price of raw materials ranging from flour to sugar, wheat and butter, has gone up.

“It is therefore imperative that for us to remain in business, we will have to increase the price of bread.”
The chairman explained that the Association at a meeting with flour producers appealed to them to review the price of flour downward.

“However, they told us that there is nothing they can do because the Federal Government is not giving them foreign exchange and that they source it by themselves at the parallel market.

“They maintained that they cannot sell below their cost price.”

Abanulor then explained why it had been difficult for bakers to produce bread with cassava flour.
According to him, the Federal Government is yet to provide bakers with an improver called Enzyme that will enhance the cassava flour.

He said “you cannot bake cassava bread without an improver, it will not work.
“Our challenge is that we reached an agreement with the Federal Government that they are going to give us an improver.

“There are lots of potential in cassava flour but the problem is that government cannot provide us with improver.” (NAN)

MAN SLAPS WIFE TO DEATH

By NGOZI UWUJARE

ONYEKACHI Anele, 36, is prob­ably gnashing his teeth in regret, in the custody of the police at the headquarters of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, of the Imo Police Command, Owerri.

As he ponders over what the future holds for his four-year-old daughter and one-year-old son and the stepson who is at the centre of the fate that has befallen the family, he is equally learning, in a hard and unfortunate way, the meaning of what the bible says: “The devil goes about like a roaring lion seek­ing who it may devour.”

Anele who lived with his family in Obibiezena in Owerri North Lo­cal Government Area, is also wish­ing that he had restrained himself when the devil pushed his wife to stir up anger in him, not long after he returned home from vigil held at Jesus Disciples Fellowship.

Sunday Sun learnt from the Imo Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu that trouble began on June 1, 2016, when Anele’s wife, 32-year-old Chikodi, asked him to give her son from an earlier marriage, N100 to take to school.

Taking up the tale, Anele said: “I got married to my late wife Chikodi Anele over four years ago. She had a son for another man before we got married. We have been living together in peace. We have two children. Our first child, a girl, is four years old while the second child is a boy, who is just one year old.”

He continued: “On May 31, 2016, I went to my church, Jesus Disciples Fellowship, where we had a vigil. I came back around 5: 30 am and started playing Christian music. My wife came to where I was and said that I should give my stepson N100 naira to go to school. I told her that I had no money with me.

“You see, my late wife was hypertensive; she became very an­gry that I did not give my stepson N100. She started to insult me. I got angry and slapped her.

She slapped me in return. I was shocked by her effrontery and slapped her a second time. She fell down and fainted.

“I rushed her to City Hospital, Nekede. On getting there, the doc­tor checked her and confirmed that she was dead. I went to the nearby police station at Umuguma and reported the matter to the police and they arrested me,” he said.

Promptly, the case was trans­ferred from Umuguma Police Station to State Criminal Investiga­tion Department, Owerri, the Imo State capital, where he has been in detention as investigation into the matter was in progress.

The officer-in-charge of the ho­micide section of the SCID, Supol Innocent Obi, further revealed that family members of the deceased had not yet been to the police to know the state of the matter. He stated that Anele had not yet informed them.

In anguish, Anele, told Sun­day Sun: “I love my wife. I had no intention to kill her. It was misunderstanding and annoyance that prompted me to slap her and she died. Up till now, it looks like a dream and a mystery to me.

When Sunday Sun visited the compound where Anele lived with his family before the unfortunate incident happened, his neighbours were still in shock.

One of them, Chukudi Eneka said, “They both loved each other; they were a good family. The devil just caused this thing. Suddenly we heard them quarrelling. The husband slapped the wife and the wife slapped him back. The hus­band then slapped her again. She fell down and fainted. We thought it was a joke. When she was taken to the hospital, the doctor said she was dead. We are shocked over the incident.”

In what appears like a case of Anele being abandoned to his fate, the Deputy Commissioner of Po­lice in-charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa said that the kinsmen of Anele had not been to see him in the custody of the police, but add­ing that the corpse of the deceased was still in mortuary.

27YEAR OLD LOVER KILLED 43YEAR OLD LOVER.....

A bodybuilder who killed a love rival by ploughing into his bicycle at 40mph before driving off has been jailed for life.

Sam Spaven, 27, tracked down 44-year-old Richard Pencott after he found out he was in a relationship with his former partner.

^{Spaven was caught on CCTV in his Audi after mowing down Richard Pencott Photo: SWNS/Nottinghamshire Police}

He smashed his Audi A4 into the father of two in a head-on collision with such force that the bicycle cleared a 10ft security fence.

Mr Pencott died from head and chest injuries, including a fractured skull and numerous broken bones, after the collision on June 24 

A court heard Spaven knew Mr Pencott, a former colleague, finished work at 2pm before cycling home along the A631 in Harworth, Nottinghamshire.

After the crash, he then drove his heavily-damaged car, which had a smashed windscreen, to the gym where he worked in Rotherham where he was later arrested.

Spaven, of Bircotes, Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty to murder on the first day of his trial at Nottingham Crown Court. He was jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 24 years and 194 days in prison.

Judge Michael Stokes said it was "premeditated, deliberate murder" and told Spaven he used the car "like a weapon".

He added: "You, obsessed as you were with your former partner and mother of your child, were blinded by jealousy and bent on revenge."

The court heard Spaven was in a relationship with Amy Sherwood, with whom he has a son, until April this year when she called it off.

But he became abusive and pestered her after finding out she was in a relationship with Mr Pencott, whom Spaven had known since he was aged two, in June.

^{Sam Spaven, left, and Richard Pencott Photo: Nottinghamshire Police}

Prosecutor Michael Evans said he threatened to kill both of them and even told his former girlfriend: "I'm going to chew your face off'".

Spaven then returned to Ms Sherwood's home in Bircotes on June 24 before telling her: "I know Richard finishes work in 10 minutes. We'll see what happens when I drive past him."

Just hours before he killed Mr Pencott in the hit-and-run, he also posted on Facebook: "Richard Pencott and Amy Sherwood have broken me and my family apart and my boy."

Spaven then drove 1.4miles from Ms Sherwood's house to the A631 and waited for Mr Pencott to leave work before driving straight at him.

A court heard witnesses reported seeing him drive away from the area with a smashed windscreen and a big dent to the bodywork of his Audi.

^{Damage to the windscreen Photo: Nottinghamshire Police}

Mr Evans said: "The Audi did not stop. Sam Spaven continued to work as normal where he made himself a protein shake.

"Sam Spaven knew Mr Pencott. He knew where he worked, when he worked and that Mr Pencott would be riding his bicycle along Blyth Road.

"He intended to kill Mr Pencott and deliberately mounted the pavement at speed and deliberately drove at Mr Pencott striking him head on. His intention to kill was fulfilled. He hoped to get away with it. He has not."

The court heard evidence gathered on mobile phone and social media "built a picture of a man blinded by jealousy and bent on revenge".

Mr Evans added: "It is not often that you are able to get a glimpse of a killer's true inner thoughts about what he did."

The court heard Spaven was behind the counter at the gym drinking a protein shake when he was arrested at 5.37pm on the same day.

^{Spaven asked colleagues at the gym where he worked if they could tell him where to get his car fixed Photo: Newsteam / SWNS}

In an emotional statement, Mr Pencott's family described him as "honest and hardworking" and said he was devoted to his two children who are aged eight and 23.

They added: "This unprovoked and cowardly act has robbed all of my family of a son, a brother and a father.

"Spaven went out to seek some sort of jealous revenge for something that was totally and utterly unfounded. He did not have the stomach or the guts to face my brother.

"Richard's murder has left our family devastated. My mother cannot face life without her youngest son. Lewis and Libby, Richard's children, have been hit very hard by this cowardly act.

"They miss their dad very deeply as we all do and no matter how harsh the sentence imposed on Spaven it cannot compare to the sentence imposed upon all of our family."

^{Sam Spaven enters the gym where he worked Photo: Newsteam / SWNS}

After the hearing, police released video footage captured by a passing lorry driver which shows Spaven driving away from the scene in his damaged Audi.

CCTV footage also showed him walking into the gym in Rotherham carrying a holdall just hours after he murdered Mr Pencott. Nottinghamshire Police also released images of his Audi, which showed the windscreen shattered by the impact.

^{Nearside view of the vehicle Photo: Nottinghamshire Police}

Detective Chief Inspector Hayley Williams, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: "This was a pre-mediated and callous attack on a man who had absolutely no opportunity to defend himself.

"Spaven got behind the wheel with the full intention of using his car as a murderous weapon. He drove straight at Mr Pencott, giving him no chance to avoid the collision.

"Spaven then compounded this terrible act by refusing to stop at the scene, speeding off and leaving Mr Pencott to die by the side of the road.

"His violent actions that summer's day have destroyed a number of lives and left behind nothing but devastation."