A man shot and killed his son with a homemade gun during a birthday party he threw for his father, police said on Tuesday. The 63-year-old shooter was detained without a warrant after the police were alerted to a shooting at an apartment in Incheon, west of Seoul. The man is suspected of firing two…
Jonah Kariuki, the father of a 22-year-old man, said on Wednesday that Kenyan police shot his son at point-blank range during protests in the capital, Nairobi. The son, however, is still alive and remains in intensive care. Kariuki said his son, Boniface Kariuki, was receiving treatment at the government-funded Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. “He…
Pastor Alex Ogundipe of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Daki-Biyu District, Kubwa, Abuja, on Sunday, urged fathers to be good mentors to their children. Ogundipe, who is the senior pastor of the church, gave the advice while giving exhortation to fathers as the world celebrates this year’s International Father’s Day. He said the essence of…
In a poignant statement released on Sunday to mark Father’s Day, Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Kayode Ajulo (SAN), extended tributes not only to his late father, Chief Solomon Ajulo, but also to national figures including President Bola Tinubu and Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Ajulo described President Tinubu as “the father of…
Dr Adesida Adewumi, a Consultant Family Physician and Public Health Specialist, says societal expectations continue to complicate the layered health challenges men face across physical, mental, spiritual, and social dimensions. Adewumi made the observation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, in commemoration of Father’s Day. NAN reports…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, commiserated with the FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, over the death of her father, Alhaji Sani Baban-Koko. Wike, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, in Abuja, prayed for…
