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  • 18-year-old girl strangled to death few hours after receiving call from boyfriend

    18-year-old girl strangled to death few hours after receiving call from boyfriend

    An 18-year old girl identified as Favour Ogheneyenrowho, has been reportedly strangled to death by suspected ritualists in Abraka, Ethiope-East council area of Delta State.

    The incident has thrown the community into serious tension.

    According to eyewitness accounts, the victim’s pubic hairs were shaved off before she was murdered and her remains kept in a “Ghana-must-Go” bag which was disposed at a dump site behind Ozoro park in the town.

    Witnesses said there were violent marks around her neck area, indicating that she was violently strangulated.

    Ogheneyenrowho hailed from Ughere in Abraka Community.

    Recounting the incident leading to the teenager’s demise, Maureen Sunday, her elder sister, told the police that Favour, had received a call from a male at about 10 a.m, requesting that she met him at the Abraka park.

    She however replied the caller that she was going to the market with her elder sister.

    Miss Sunday added that on their way out of their residence located along Winners Road, a young man, whom she had never seen before (whom she believed was the same person that called her sister earlier), boarded a motorcycle that stopped at the junction and approached them.

    A short conversation ensued between them and her late sister, Favour, joined him on the bike and they rode off, even as she called after her to return early.

    Unfortunately, it was the shocking news of her sister, dead and tied with ropes in a sack, that reached her the following day.

    When reached for confirmation, the Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr Adeyinka Adeleke, explained that what had been discovered so far revealed that the killing of the victim was more of a murder case and not ritual killing.

    The police boss also revealed that the suspected killer, who is believed to be Favour’s boyfriend, has since been on the run, adding that the state police command was already on his trial.

    Explaining the circumstances around the killing of Favour, CP Adeleke said “”the lady in question was with the sister and she had a call. When she wanted to leave, she told her sister that it’s her boyfriend that she wanted to go and see.

    “After some time she disappeared, they did not see her. The next day they saw her body tied in a sack in a plantain/ banana plantation and her boyfriend runaway.

    “So it is not a ritual, but a murder case. The physical sign in her body shows in the neck that she was strangulated. Maybe somebody tempered with her neck and throw her body into the bush and now the boyfriend disappeared till now. He is on the run.

    “If he had nothing to do with what happened, why did he disappeared? Why is he on the run? That is exactly what happened; not ritual killing, but a case of murder. Her body has been taken to the mortuary,” he explained.

  • Lai Mohammed condoles with Oyedepo over wife’s death

    Lai Mohammed condoles with Oyedepo over wife’s death

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday condoled with Dr Hezekiah Oyedepo over the death of his wife and General Manager of the National Theatre, Dr Stella Oyedepo.

    The minister had led top management officials of the ministry to the family house of the Oyedepos in Ilorin to condole with the family.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Ms Grace Gekpe, as well as Directors and Special Advisers to the minister were in the delegation.

    The minister described the death of the National Theatre boss as “sad and shocking, ” adding that the entire ministry had lost a great administrator in her.

    He said the deceased was a great enthusiast of culture who left good footprints on the sands of time and beyond the shores of Nigeria.

    “I am here with the top management of the ministry to condole with you on the tragic and sad loss of one of the CEOs of one of our parastatals, the National Theatre,

    “The late Dr Stella Oyedepo was a colleague, a friend, a woman who had infected us with her enthusiasm about positive attitude about life.

    “We were all shocked when we heard the news of her death, but we must accept that God has destined it to happen,” he said.

    The minister said that the deceased left very big imprints in the national eco system of the creative industry.

    “ In the one year she spent as the CEO of the National Theatre, we will continue to remember her enthusiasm, passion and resolute decision to move the establishment to greater heights.

    “When the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Culture, Sen. Fatima Raji-Rasaki, called me yesterday, it was the infectious and passionate nature of Dr Oyedepo that struck her most,” he said.

    The husband, in a brief remark, described his late wife as an “irreplaceable partner” whose death left indelible memories in him and the family.

    He thanked the minister, management and members of staff of the ministry for the condolence visit.

    NAN reports that when the delegation was offering prayers for the family, Dr David Oyedepo, the Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, came in.

    The clergy man, who is a cousin of the deceased’s husband, joined in the prayer session and offered special prayers for all.

    The late Oyedepo, who died in an accident on Easter Monday on her way to Lagos, was appointed as National Theatre’s General Manager in April 2018.

    She was a foremost Nigerian playwright who had written over 300 plays over the course of her career, with 30 published.

    The 65-year-old playwright was also an ex-director of the Kwara State Council for Arts and Culture.

  • ‘Why I joined mum to beat my father to death’

    ‘Why I joined mum to beat my father to death’

    The Niger state Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old, Babangida Usman for allegedly beating his father, Ali Haruna to death.

    The police also arrested Usman’s mother, Hafasat Aliyu.

    It was gathered that the couple, Hafasat Aliyu and Ali Haruna were having a fight when Usman joined hands with his mother to beat Haruna,60, to death.

    The incident occurred behind Shango Primary School Minna in Chanchaga Local Government Area following a disagreement between the couple over their unnamed daughter who was said to have stolen Hafasat’s money.

    The deceased was said to have defended the girl from being reprimanded by Hafasat which led to a physical fight.

    Upon hearing that his parents were fighting, Usman rushed to the house and while defending his mother joined her in beating his father and inflicted serious injuries on him before he was rescued by neighbours.

    However, Haruna died while he was being taken to the IBB Specialist Hospital for treatment.

    Speaking to newsmen, Usman said he was only protecting his mother and did not know that his intervention could lead to his father’s death..

    According to him, his father was always maltreating his mother over things that should not cause quarrel saying: “That was why I always protect my mother from maltreatment of my father.

    “My mother is not safe with my father because of his temperament, everyday there must be an issue that would escalate to fight. I never knew he would die, I was only protecting my mother,” he explained.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammad Abubakar, confirmed the incident saying that the suspects had confessed to the crime and would be charged to court soon .

  • UAE court sentences eight Nigerians to death for robbery

    UAE court sentences eight Nigerians to death for robbery

    Eight Nigerians have joined the death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a court in Sharjah sentenced them to death for a string of armed robberies at money exchanges and cash machines across the emirate in December 2016.

    A ninth man was sentenced to six months imprisonment for being in possession of stolen money.

    He is expected to be deported after serving his sentence, according to Gulf News.

    The convicts were not named but the newspaper said a total of 20 suspects were originally arrested for attacking security guards in four violent attacks at ATMs and money exchanges across Sharjah in late 2016.

    They threatened and assaulted staff and members of the public with bladed weapons in a spate of robberies, three of which were carried out on December 18, 2016.

    The gang — who were all in the UAE on visit visas — were said to be highly organised and plotted a string of orchestrated attacks to ambush security trucks that were transporting money boxes to and from ATMs, and at least one money exchange in Sharjah.

    The first robbery took place at a Dubai Commercial Bank ATM on King Abdul Aziz Street where Dh340,000 was stolen, then two days later they attacked an ATM in Al Safeer Mall in Al Nahda fleeing with Dh700,000, and an ATM in Muweilah where they stole Dh710,000. A fourth attack at a money exchange office near National Paints was foiled by police.

    The police were able to recognise the suspects through surveillance footage captured at the exchange house in the mall.

    Video footage showed the convicts attacking security guards, making off with cash, and in one of the robberies slashing the hands of a security guard with a knife before running away with money boxes.

    Reacting to the death sentence passed on the eight Nigerians yesterday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described it as unfortunate.

    In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja yesterday, the presidential aide said the incident was not an actual description of the personalities of the people of Nigeria.

    She said: “It is an unfortunate incident, but it is not an incident that defines who we are as a people.

    ”If a few Nigerians have committed a crime for which they are being punished, thousands of Nigerians are doing great in that same country and are being appreciated and celebrated.

    ”Mr President who meets Nigerians every time he goes on official trips outside the country always appeals to them to be good ambassadors wherever they are.

    ”I must commend millions of our brothers and sisters excelling all over the world.

    “Bad news travels fast, and I appeal to the media to help spread the good news about Nigerians and not concentrate only on the once-in-a-while negative stories.”

    All the convicted Nigerians were not identified by both the Gulf News and Khaleej Times, both UAE local newspapers, which reported the trial.

    A total of 20 suspects were initially held for attacking security guards in four violent attacks at ATMs and money exchanges across Sharjah in late 2016.

    Out of the suspects, nine were convicted.

    The verdict was handed down by Judge Majid Al Muhairi of Sharjah Criminal Court on Wednesday.

  • Man hacks only brother to death over N100,000 debt

    Man hacks only brother to death over N100,000 debt

    The police in Niger State have arrested a 45-year-old, ldris Aliyu of Daka’agi village in Wushishi Local Government Area, for allegedly killing his younger brother, Aliyu Aliyu.

    According to eye witness accounts, Aliyu was cut with a machete by his older brother for refusing to agree to the sale of farm products to offset a N100,000 loan.

    The suspect claimed he borrowed the sum of N100,000 from a friend of his and gave it to his late brother to renovate his house in the same area, adding that he promised the owner of the money that he would pay back after harvesting their farm produce.

    The suspect said his younger brother had refused that they sell the farm produce to offset the loan.

    Idris, out of anger inflicted machete cut on his younger brother leading to his death.

    “I and my brother have been living and farming together since our parents gave birth to us. I borrowed N100,000 from a friend and gave it to him to fix his house, yet, he refused that we should pay back the money .I begged him to sell our farm produce to settle the man (lender)he didn’t listen to me.

    “After the harvest, I told him the need to settle the person I borrowed the money from, he refused to listen to me and insisted that we were not going sell any farm produce to that effect. I lost my temper, pulled my machete and inflicted deep cut on his neck which resulted to his death.

    “I killed my brother due to the pressure from the person I borrowed the money from and after my brother refused that we should sell our farm produce to pay him off.”

    The suspect who is married with two wives and 13 children regretted killing his brother. He attributed the incident to the work of the devil.

    ”My life is finished, I have killed my only brother whose wife will give birth any moment from now; I am ruined forever,” Aliyu lamented.

    The spokesman of the state police command, Muhammad Abubakar who confirmed the incident said operatives found the deceased lying in a pool of his blood in his residence when they received the report and went to arrest the suspect.

    Abubakar said the matter would be charged to court after investigation.

  • Man jumps to death from bank’s mast in Ibadan

    Man jumps to death from bank’s mast in Ibadan

    A man suspected to be mentally unstable on Saturday jumped to his death from a bank’s network mast in Sango area of Ibadan.

    Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Oyo State Police Public Relation officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the naked victim came to the Wema Bank branch in Sango and entered the building through its small gate.

    Fadeyi said that the victim, having successfully entered the premises of the bank through the small gate, climbed the bank’s mast before the security personnel became aware.

    He said the victim, however, jumped down to the roof of the bank before the police and Fire Service personnel arrived.

    “The impact was so much that he crashed through the roof and fell inside the bank.

    “ An official of the bank was called in to open the premises.

    “By the time the bank’s door was opened, the man was already bleeding through the mouth and was rushed to the University College Hospital where he was confirmed dead,’’ Fadeyi said.

    He said the corpse had been deposited at the Adeoyo Hospital for autopsy while efforts were on to ascertain his identity.

  • Taraba residents flee over death of soldiers

    Residents of Shinkai Village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State have fled their homes following a threat to raze down the village over the alleged killing of a soldier.

    According to Malam Labaran Abdu, the leader of the community, armed men in military uniform stormed the village on Sunday, March 24, 2019, and alleged that one of their men was killed in the suburb of Shinkai and his rifle taken away.

    “The community leaders in Shinkai told the armed men that they knew nothing about the incident, but they threatened that they will wipe off the village if the killers and the stolen rifle were not produced within three days,”

    Abdul told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday.

    “As a result of the threat, residents of Shinkai and surrounding villages have crossed over to Awe, Tunga, Terkura and Lafiya in the neighbouring Nassarawa State to take refuge,” he said.

    Labaran said that the incident the armed men claimed had led to the death of their member took place about 15 kilometre away from Shinkai, and wondered why the people of Shinkai should be made to bear the burden.

    Reacting to the incident, Mr Simon Dogari, Taraba information commissioner, told NAN that he had received reports that there was tension in Shinkai village after a clash between herdsmen and some armed men believed to be soldiers from “Operation Whirl stroke”, who were on special patrol from neighboring Benue State.

    He said that the report had claimed that there was a clash between the two groups which left ‘one man with uniform dead”.

    Dogari, however, wondered why the suspected military personnel, whose operational area was Benue, had crossed into Taraba and clashed with herdsmen.

    He said that a Special Adviser to Governor Darius Ishaku, and the Chairman of Wukari Local Government Area, have been asked to investigate the issue and report back.

    The Commissioner appealed to the people of Shinkai and its environs to remain calm as the state government was working round the clock to nip the problem in the bud.

    Similarly, Mr Bala Dan-Abu, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Taraba on media, who described the death of the military man as unfortunate, urged the authorities to follow due process in redressing the issue.

    “Two wrongs cannot make a right; instead of attacking the village, thorough investigation should be carried out to identity the suspected killers.”

    He called for calm among all concerned, saying that all hands were on deck toward resolving the matter through dialogue.

    Efforts to speak with the Police authorities in Taraba proved abortive, but a senior official of the command said that the matter was being investigated.

  • IGP orders immediate probe of alleged police involvement in NSCDC official’s death

    IGP orders immediate probe of alleged police involvement in NSCDC official’s death

    From Jonas Ike, Abuja.

    …insists there’ll be no cover up

    The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu has ordered a comprehensive and speedy investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Mr. Ogar Jumbo, an Assistant Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who died recently in Abuja.

    While condoling with the family, the Commandant General of the NSCDC, friends and professional colleagues of the deceased, the IGP reassures them that everything humanly possible will be done to ensure that justice prevails in the case.

    He equally enjoins that the NSCDC along with the family of the deceased, may, for the purpose of transparency, nominate any medical doctor of their choice to witness the autopsy, at the appropriate time and venue. Needless to state that an autopsy, which is a comprehensive forensic examination on the body of a dead person, will help the investigators to have a definitive understanding of the real cause of death of the deceased.

    The IGP therefore calls for calm from the family and friends of the deceased and the entire public, reiterating that the case will not be swept under the carpet.

  • How Pius Adesanmi predicted his death

    How Pius Adesanmi predicted his death

    Fans of Pius Adesanmi, Popular Nigerian professor and columnist who died alongside 149 passengers and eight crew members involved the Ethiopian Airliner plane crash, were shocked when they read his last message on social media.

    The revered young professor had on his Facebook page on Saturday written an emotional message around 12pm which many interpreted as him predicting his death.

    The post taken from the Bible read; “If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me and your right hand shall hold me.”

    His post has since generated a myriad of reactions from Nigerians online.

    TheNewsGuru, TNG reported had reported that the airline announced that there were no survivors on its flight ET302 which crashed on Sunday en route Nairobi from Addis Ababa.

    The airline said the 149 passengers and eight crew members on board the B-737-800MAX with registration number ET- AVJ, all died in the crash.

    “None of the people on board the Boeing 737 that crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi survived,” the airline said.

    The management of the Ethiopian airline also confirmed that Amb. Abiodun Bashua was one of Nigerian passengers on board.

  • I fear things more than I fear death- Made Kuti

    Made Kuti, son of Afrobeat singer, Femi Kuti has revealed that he fears things more than death.

    The youngster who recently joined his father’s band as a bassist in 2018, said he is not afraid of challenging the status quo.

    “It’s not that I don’t feel fear but there are very few things that scare me. One thing that you learn to accept growing up as an Anikulapo is to accept death and that’s the biggest fear. We accept that its a possibility to move on to something else after we die but nobody knows for sure,” he said in a chat with Pop ‘N’ Goss.

    “That I will die not contributing to society and I will see my siblings and children suffer, that is a bigger fear for me. I fear things more than I fear death. So I am not afraid of challenging the status quo, what I am afraid of is making a mistake when I am doing it.”

    Made,who is also the grandson of late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, got a place in his father’s band after the former bassist absconded.

    “I thought I would spend the first year or two working on my own album, getting my things together but as I came back, the first thing that happened, the bassist in my dad’s band ran away so when it happened, I knew that it was an opportunity for me to play for one of the biggest bands out of Africa.”