IMSU Student Kill FUTO Final Year Undergraduate Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 300-level student of Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, named Francis Marvellous, 21yrs, for allegedly stabbing to death Chinagorom Marvellous Kingsley ‘m’, 22yrs, who is a final year student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO. Parading the suspect at the police headquarters in Owerri on Friday, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, said the arrest was sequel to a swift response to a distress call received from the Chief Security Officer, CSO, of FUTO, retired DSP Patrick Egwu, by police…
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Man Rapes, K!lls Mother Of One For Money Ritual The police in Kwara State have arrested a suspect, Atolagbe Oje, for allegedly raping and killing a mother of one for ritual purposes. The victim, Mayowa Ajiboye, is a palm oil seller and resident of Omu-Aran area of the state. She was allegedly raped to death, her corpse burnt and the remains dumped inside a river by the suspect. Speaking on the incident weekend, the state Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, described the suspect as “a monster” and the act as “barbaric”. According to him, the victim initially paid N1,600 to…
Dozens Killed As Israeli Troops Open Fire At Crowd Waiting For Food Aid In Gaza At least 104 Palestinians have been confirmed killed by Israeli troops and 750 wounded at an aid distribution point west of Gaza City who were waiting for a delivery on Thursday. The local health ministry spokesperson Ashaf al-Qidra who confirmed the incident described it as an unprovoked Israeli attack on the civilians waiting for a delivery on Thursday. Video from the scene of the massacre posted to social media showed people fleeing and taking cover. Victims were taken to hospitals by any means available –…
Ritualists Target Bald Men, See Reason Bald men could be targets of ritual attacks, police have warned, after the recent killing of five men for their body parts. The BBC reports that suspects have been arrested in the central district of Milange, in Mozambique, where some killings had occurred. “The belief is that the head of a bald man contains gold,” said a police commander in Mozambique’s central Zambezia province, Afonso Dias. Albino people have also been killed in the region for ritual purposes. Three men have been killed in the past week alone. The BBC reporter in the capital,…
Edo Gov: Fresh Crisis Rocks Labour Party Fresh trouble seems to be brewing in Edo State chapter of the Labour Party, as one of the governorship aspirants on the platform of the party, Kenneth Imasuangbon, who contested in last Friday primary, on Tuesday, demanded that the party leadership declare him winner of the primary election. Recall that Olumide Akpata was declared winner of the primary election conducted by the Julius Abure faction of the LP, after he defeated Imasuagbon and four others on February 23. However, the Lamidi Apapa faction had on February 22 written to the Independent National Electoral…
PalmPay Issues Strong Notice To Users Over link NIN, BVN Leading fintech company PalmPay has issued a final notice to its users to update their account with their National Identification Number (NIN) or Bank Verification Number (BVN) to prevent their PalmPay account from being restricted. Ahead of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline for account upgrade, PalmPay told its users that effective March 1, 2024, all accounts not linked to a NIN or BVN “will not be able to carry out transactions on the PalmPay App.” In a statement issued to its users, PalmPay said that for its users…
BREAKING: Senate Makes U-turn, Agrees To Extend Retirement Age Of NASS Staff The senate has agreed to extend the retirement age of civil servants working in the national assembly. The development comes a week after the upper legislative chamber threw out a bill on the subject. However, it concurred with the house on Thursday. The bill, which has been passed by the house of representatives, is seeking to increase the retirement age to 65 years or 40 years of service, whichever comes first. The existing law prescribes 60 years of age or 35 years of service for retirement. Last week,…
Nigerian Government To Rename Kogi State Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Government To Rename Kogi State The Centre for Speech Development and Learning Initiative has called on the National Assembly for a constitutional review to rename ‘Kogi’ as ‘Confluence State.’ The group’s Executive Director, Alexius Maiyanga, made this call while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He said the call became necessary because the present geographical and political area called ‘Kogi’ is the host of Rivers Niger and Benue, Africa’s most important rivers. According to him, if countries could have their names changed as in the case of…
BREAKING: Massive Sacks Rocks Nigerian Agencies One of the Federal Government agencies operating as a subsidiary of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has reportedly disengaged over 500 of its staff members. Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, who revealed this in a post on his verified X handle, on Thursday, said the affected persons are said to have worked in the organisation as contract staff for several years. He said, if the report is confirmed to be true, the sack would have a major effect on the affected staff. “Learned that…
BREAKING: Paul Pogba Banned From Football Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned from football for four years. The French forward was found guilty of testing positive for testosterone. He performed a routine drug test following Juventus’ victory over Udinese on August 20. According to La Repubblica, the punishment was handed to him by an anti-doping prosecutor’s office based in Italy. The Red Devils’ most expensive player of all time, made 223 appearances for United, scored 39 goals and 51 assists for United. Pogba will be close to 35 years old when his ban expires in 2028. The…