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To see more photos Click here An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday, ordered the remand of a 43-year-old Ademola Oladimeji in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his three daughters and assaulting their mother. The Magistrate, A.O. Ajibade , who did not take Oladimeji’s plea, directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. She adjourned the case until March 2 for DPP’s advice. The police arraigned Oladimeji, who resides at Fadeyi, Lagos State, on a two-count charge of defilement and assault. The Prosecution Counsel, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that Oladimeji committed the offence sometime in 2021, in his residence at Fadeyi. She said that the mother of the girls had reported that the accused had been defiling their daughters aged nine, seven and five by allegedly inserting his finger into their private part. She said that when the mother of the girls got to know, she confronted her husband and was ang...

For more photos click here Another case of ‘honor killing’ in Iran, an unnamed young man has beheaded his 17-year-old wife, Mona Heydari and displayed her head around the streets. The murder happened in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday when the young wife was brought back from Turkey, where she had traveled for unknown reasons. Her father helped the husband, who is his nephew, to bring the woman back to the country The husband and his brother, who apparently committed the murder together, have been arrested. Iran’s media watchdog responded quickly and banned Rokna news agency that first released the footage of the killer carrying her wife’s head. Honor killings are prevalent in some parts of Iran, mostly due to societal beliefs and the Islamic Republic’s lax laws and light sentences that encourage the behavior. Article 630 of the Constitution exempts a husband from punishment if he kills if he witnesses adultery. According to a women’s right NGO...