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  • Man jumps into Lagos Lagoon, dies

    Man jumps into Lagos Lagoon, dies

    A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man has drowned after reportedly jumping into the Lagos Lagoon in the early hours of Tuesday.

    The deceased jumped into the lagoon after trekking on the Third Mainland Bridge inwards Lagos Island.

    It was learnt that the man was rescued by some fishermen and officials of the Lagos State Waterways Authority.

    A member of the rescue team, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said despite efforts by paramedics to resuscitate the victim, he eventually passed on.

    He said, “The man jumped into the lagoon around 7.24am. He was rescued by some fishermen and transported to Ebute Ero by LASWA officials. After several hours of trying to resuscitate him, he, unfortunately, passed on.

    “The man’s identity could not be ascertained. He apparently resorted to the action out of frustration. His body was handed over to officials of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit.”

    The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said the case was not reported to the police.

    The Public Affairs Officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Mahmud Hassan, said some officials of the agency witnessed the incident.

    He advised people against taking their own lives.

    “People should learn to speak out whatever their problem is and they should seek help before it is too late. When there is life, there is hope,” he added.

    This is the latest in a series of suspected suicide attempts off the third mainland bridge.
    In June 2018, there were reports of a woman who allegedly jumped off the bridge into the water.
    In the same vein, a medical doctor, Allwell Orji, jumped to his death into the lagoon in March 2017.

  • Commotion in Ekiti as suspected ‘lunatic’ stabs monarch to death

    Odo-Oro-Ekiti, a community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti, was on Monday thrown into mourning as its traditional ruler, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin, was stabbed to death.

    Some residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the traditional ruler was stabbed with a knife by a man suspected to be insane after a meeting of the traditional council.

    A resident, Mr Henry Olu, said the assailant was from the same royal family as the slain traditional ruler.

    Olu said the assailant was earlier seen before the council meeting sitting on the throne and was chased away.

    The monarch was stabbed by the assailant while he was attempting to enter his vehicle after the council meeting.

    ” All we heard was a cry for help from the traditional ruler’s driver shortly after the council meeting.

    “On getting there, we saw our traditional ruler in a pool of his blood with a knife in the chest.

    ” We tried rushing him to the hospital, but Oba Ogunsakin gave up the ghost,” another resident, who does not want his name mentioned, said.

    NAN reports that some irate youths in the community took to the streets in search of the assailant who was said to have fled into the bush after the incident.

    The youths mounted road blocks on major junctions leading into the community while the search lasted.

    NAN also reports that there was panic in the community, with its market deserted as the news of the incident filtered out.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with NAN.

    “It is true the incident actually happened and police men have moved in.

    “The person alleged is of unsound mind and he actually escaped into the bush after committing the crime.

    “ Our men are combing the bush to fish out the suspect.

    ” All I can say for now is that the suspect is within reach and will be put in custody,” he said.

    NAN reports that the late Ogunsakin ascended the throne in 1986.

    NAN

  • Man flogs, inflicts injury on woman for fighting with wife

    Man flogs, inflicts injury on woman for fighting with wife

    A 39-year-old man, Kazeem Salami, was on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for causing a breach of the peace and assault by flogging a married woman during a fight with his wife.

    The defendant, who was arraigned before M. O Tanimola, the magistrate, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail in the sum of N100,000 and two sureties in like sum.

    The court said that the sureties should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Aondohemba Koti, told the court that Salami, a resident of Mushin, Lagos, with no occupation, committed the offence on July 6 at his residence.

    Koti said that the defendant assaulted a co-tenant, Mrs Jumoke Folorusho, by beating her up with a cane and inflicted injuries on her.

    “The defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by whipping his neighbour with a cane, which caused her wounds.

    “The complainant and the defendant’s wife engaged in physical fight but instead of the defendant separating them, he took sides.

    “The defendant’s wife and the complainant were fighting over undisclosed reasons.

    “The defendant ran inside his room, brought out a cane and started flogging the complainant all over her body.

    “The complainant reported the case and the defendant was arrested,” the prosecutor said.

    The offence violates sections 44 and 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    Section 173 stipulates three years imprisonment for assault.

    The magistrate adjourned the case until Aug. 27 for a mention.

    NAN

  • Man kills 80-year-old father, stabs self to death in Ekiti

    Man kills 80-year-old father, stabs self to death in Ekiti

    A 32-year old man, Lekan Adediran, who was identified to be suffering from mental disorder, has reportedly killed his Octogenarian father, Pa Lawrence Adediran in Efon Alaye in Efon Local government Area of Ekiti State.

    It was revealed that the culprit after killing his 80-year old father, was said to have stabbed himself to death with the aid of broken bottle with which he murdered his father.

    The culprit’s elder brother, Ojo Adediran, who reported the case at the Efon Divisional Police Station, said his brother was mentally infirmed and that he committed the offence at about 9.45pm on Monday.

    Briefing newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said the corpses of the two victims had been deposited at the morgue of General Hospital at Efon Alaaye.

    Ikechukwu revealed that the brother of the deceased cum culprit told the police that his late brother had mental challenge, which he said the family had been battling to resolve.

    He said: “Lekan’s brother personally approached the police station in Efon to report how his brother killed their 80-year old father with a broken bottle and also killed himself after succeeding in his devilish act.

    “Their corpses are presently at Efon General hospital for autopsy. However, the police had been able to maintain peace and orderliness in the town.

    “We are not resting on the accounts rendered to the police by the victim’s brother alone, we are still going to conduct investigations to ascertain the veracity of the claim and the reason behind the killing and the subsequent suicide option taken by Lekan”, the PPRO stated.

    Ikechukwu also revealed how some suspected cultists have invaded a satellite village and a drinking joint in Ado Ekiti capital city on July 29 and shot one Ayomide Adebayo, 23 and Sola Akinwande.

    The police spokesman said Adebayo was shot at Oshodi street the same day Akinwande was shot at a drinking joint within Ado Ekiti metropolis.

    The PPRO added that the two were shot in the legs and are now being treated at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti.

    “We got the information at about 10.45pm and upon investigation, it coincided with the day some secret cults wanted to secretly bury a man along Ilawe road .

    “We contacted our men in the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) who laid ambush and got the suspects arrested at their hideouts and are now being detained at the police headquarters where they are helping the police in their investigations”.

  • Pandemonium in Ebonyi as man machetes father, sister to death

    Pandemonium in Ebonyi as man machetes father, sister to death

    A community in Ebonyi State was on Sunday thrown into pandemonium following the murder of one Nwode Nwignoaka and his seven years old daughter by his 25 years old son, Julius Nwode.

    The incident happened at Ifelemenu community, Ekpaomaka in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state.

    According to an eyewitness, Julius went berserk killing his father and sister before attacking six other residents of the community who came to intervene in the matter.

    He inflicted serious machete cuts on the six other residents of the area before he was later gunned down by a husband of one of the victims of his attack, a source said.

    While the reason for his actions could not be ascertained, a source who did not want to be named, said the suspect had taken hard drugs when he came into the house.

    An altercation reportedly occurred between him and his father who asked him where he had been.

    “When he was attacking his father with machete, Julius’ sister came out and asked him why he was attacking their father. And he descended on her and macheted her to death after killing the father.

    “Some neighbours who saw what happened came to the scene. Julius attacked about six of them with the machete. As he was leaving the area wielding the machete, a man called Peter whose wife was among those macheted, went inside his house, brought his gun and shot him and he died instantly,” he narrated.

    The corpses of the victims have been deposited at the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki while the injured are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the state.

    The spokesperson of the police in Ebonyi, Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident.

    She, however, said Julius reportedly killed himself after killing his father and sister.

    “The boy is about 25 years and he burns candle and reads some religious books. So he came home and attacked his father and seven years old sister with Axe and machete. Thereafter he killed himself,” she said

    She said the police were still investigating the incident and she has not been properly briefed on the number of casualties.

  • Man, 40, slits mother’s throat over land argument in Imo

    Man, 40, slits mother’s throat over land argument in Imo

    The people of Okpunoeze village in Uraugu community of Nnewi, Anambra, were on Wednesday thrown into mourning over the murder of Mrs Bene Ikegwuonwu, 70, by her son, Chinedu Ikegwuonwu, 40.

    The incident occurred at about 8 a.m. after an altercation between the duo over a piece of land belonging to the suspect’s younger brother.

    A source, who pleaded anonymity, said the deceased was cooking when her son allegedly approached surreptitiously from behind and slit her throat with a machete.

    “The suspect left the house immediately after the incident, leaving behind his wife and son,” the source added.

    The late woman is said to be blessed with four boys and three girls, one of who died recently in a fatal accident.

    A family member, who pleaded anonymity, said the suspect returned to Nnewi from a failed business in Aba, Abia.

    The source said that the suspect had had a running battle with his mother over his attempt to grab his younger brother’s land.

    “The woman gave Chinedu some money to raise the foundation of his building because he was unable to do anything about it after a year and half.

    “She even went to the extent of taking money from her late daughter’s bank account for the suspect to complete his building after which he then turned around to take over a portion of land belonging to his younger brother,” the source said.

    When contacted, Mr Haurna Mohammed, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident, noting that the police had launched an investigation into the case.

  • Ignore pressure to sign-on to AfCFTA agreement – MAN advises FG

    Ignore pressure to sign-on to AfCFTA agreement – MAN advises FG

    The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the Federal Government to ignore pressure from certain quarters in the industry to urgently sign-on to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).

    Dr Frank Jacobs, President of MAN, made the appeal at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos, tagged: “Matters arising on the AfCFTA”.

    AfCFTA is a trade agreement between African Union (AU) member states, with the goal of creating a single market to ensure free movement and a single currency union.

    The AfCFTA was signed in Rwanda on March 21, 2018.

    Signing the act does not yet establish the agreement but once all documents are concluded and ratified by members, the free trade among AU member states will formally exist.

    Jacob urged the government to continue to withhold its sign-on to the agreement until a credible outcome from an ongoing study initiated by the government on the matter was received.

    He said that Nigeria could become the key driver of improved volume of intra-African trade if the rules of origin, countervailing measures, dispute settlement, amongst other, were addressed.

    He, however, reiterated that the only way to guarantee this positive proposition was to ensure that the negotiating team was guided by a credible and strategic study.

    “In the light of recent developments, we considered it necessary to intimate you (Federal Government) that an insignificant number of non-real sector operators in the private sector are tactfully recommending that Mr President signs the agreement.

    “We (MAN) say they are essentially not at home with the technicalities of a trade agreement of this magnitude.

    “The pronouncement of this group of actors is not representative of the views of the Organised Private Sector of Nigeria.

    “We need to be certain that the agreement is in sync and not constraining our extant economic policies, including the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP) and the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP),” he said.

    The MAN chief reiterated that concerns on the implications of signing the agreement, which had been raised since March, had till this moment not been addressed.

    “We are concerned about the impact of AfCFTA on the nation’s tax structure, government revenue, the welfare of over 180 million Nigerians and its impact on the industrialisation and economic development aspirations of Nigeria.

    “For the avoidance of doubt, we again request that Mr President should not sign the AfCFTA agreement until the outcome of a credible study so indicates.

    “He should but graciously allow the nation’s team to resume participation in the negotiation processes only to ensure that the country is abreast of developments.

    “This will certainly not jeopardise or constrain the reservation of our assent, should we eventually decide that the agreement is definitely not in our favour.

    “It will only mean that, whilst keeping our eyes on the goings-on, we can continue with our much needed and sovereign path to determine whether we should sign-on or not,” he said.

    He lauded the clear demonstration of the commitment of Buhari and his government to the growth of the manufacturing sector; its preservation and the improvement of the wellbeing of the citizenry and the economy.

  • Student allegedly robs man of N100,000 at gun-point

    A 24-year-old student, Obinna Okponwa, has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly robbing a man of N100,000.

    The Magistrate, Mrs. F.F George, did not take the plea of the accused, but ordered that he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions.

    Okponwa, who resides at Olodi Apapa, Lagos, is being tried for arming himself with firearms and stealing.

    The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Awase, told the court that the accused committed the offences on June 12 at Ben Onyeka Street, Apapa, Lagos.

    He said that the accused armed himself with a gun to rob Mr. Godwin John of his N100,000 cash.

    “The complainant, who sells food items, was in his shop when the accused entered under the pretext of buying rice. He pointed the gun at the complainant, ordering him to comply or be killed.

    “The accused opened the complainant’s drawer, took the N100,000 he kept inside.

    “After the suspect left the complainant’s shop, the complainant raised alarm shouting ‘thief thief’, following which the people gave him a hot chase and he was apprehended.

    “The stolen money was recovered and he was handed over to the Police,” the prosecutor said.

    The offences contravened sections 287 and 298 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    Section 298 prescribes 21-year imprisonment for armed robbery.

    The case was adjourned until September 27 for mention

    NAN

  • Shocking! Man climbs four storeys to rescue hanging boy in Paris

    A certain young Malian leaped into action to save a four-year-old child dangling from a fourth-floor balcony by single-handedly scaling the frontage of the building and hauling the youngster to safety.

    Not considering his own safety, Mamoudou Gassama took just seconds to reach the child in a remarkable rescue captured on film and viewed millions of times on social media.

     

    The occurrence took place at around 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Saturday in northern Paris.

     

    Clip of the rescue shows Gassama, 22, pulling himself up from balcony to balcony with his bare hands as a man on the fourth floor makes effort to hold on to the child by leaning across from a neighbouring balcony.

     

     

     

    On reaching the fourth-floor Gassama puts one leg over the balcony before reaching out with his right arm and grabbing the child.

     

    Firefighters arrived at the scene to find the child had already been rescued.

     

    According to initial investigations by the authorities, the child’s parents were not at home at the time.

     

    The father was later held for questioning by police for having left his child unattended and was due in court later, a judicial source said. The child’s mother was not in Paris at the time.

     

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  • How man killed fiancée, deposited her body in a bin in Lagos [Video]

    The man who murdered his fiancee and deposited her corpse in a bin in Oshodi, Lagos, is believed to have killed her because another man picked her call while he was away on a journey.

    Isaiah Chukwu, 35, a spare parts dealer in Ladipo, Oshodi, lived with his 26-year-old lover, identified only as Joy, in a house on Balogun Street, Oshodi. Though not married, Chukwu and Joy, both indigenes of Ebonyi State, had been living together for the past two years.

    All seemed smooth in their relationship until Chukwu traveled, then called Joy on the phone, only to hear another man’s voice. He concluded Joy was cheating on him and when he returned to Lagos, he stabbed her in the back. He then declared her missing.

    However, he ran out of luck when he tried disposing of the body and was caught by youths in the neighborhood.

    To dispose of the body, Chukwu stuffed his victim into a bin with her legs tied, then he put the bin in a sack and knotted the top.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCBwnmm9q1s

    At about 4am on Monday, he dragged the sack containing the body to go dump it but as he got to the ground floor of the house he was accosted by some youths. The suspicious youths asked what the content of the sack was but the suspect ignored them. An Islamic cleric passing by then opened the sack and found the corpse. At this, the mob pounced on the suspect and beat him to a pulp.

    Residents who spoke to Punch Metro on Tuesday said they were shocked because the couple lived together peacefully. Friends of the deceased said Joy adored Chukwu and spoke fondly of him.

    A friend of the deceased said:

    They don’t fight. In fact, people always envied their relationship. The woman could be doing something and immediately she heard that he was around, she would leave it and say, ‘My oga don come. My darling don come.’ I never believed this could happen.

    A police source told Punch that Joy was stabbed in the back.

    We recovered a knife which he used for the crime and four mobile phones from the house. Although investigations are ongoing, we suspect it had to do with suspicion of infidelity.

    The man said he had called her when he travelled and a man picked the call. He said the man queried him (Chukwu) for disturbing his wife.

    Narrating what happened, the suspect said:

    I travelled on Thursday to attend a burial in Abraka, Delta State. I left Abraka the following day for my hometown in Ebonyi State. I called my wife around 11pm to know how she was faring. We exchanged pleasantries.

    Around 11.45pm, I called again, but she did not pick her calls. I called about 10 times, but she did not pick. Then I heard a man’s voice.

    On Monday (after he returned), as I was going to take my bath, I saw the corpse.

     

    A sibling of the victim broke down in tears at the Akinpelu Police Station upon hearing the news of Joy’s death. As a result, the sibling couldn’t speak to the police but her husband spoke on her behalf.

    He said:

    They were not married, although he has visited her family members in the village. They have been living together for the past two years without formalising their marriage. He rented that apartment for her, while he stayed with his brothers in another house. He used to go to meet her at her apartment.

    She (Joy) had come to see my wife about a week ago to say that she was no longer interested in the relationship. But the man said he could not let go because of the money he had spent on her. My wife counselled her to consider him and she said she would think about it before this incident happened.