18-year-old girl live-streams killing of her sister, says “I don’t care” {PHOTOS}

An 18-year-old woman identified as Obdulia Sanchez from Stockton, USA, has been arrested after crashing her car and killing her 14-year-old sister, a moment she live streamed to her Instagram account.

Sanchez, is accused of driving under the influence alcohol during the deadly incident in Los Banos, California at the weekend.

According to the BBC, her younger sister, Jacqueline Sanchez, died at the scene and authorities are now looking into the graphic video that they believe shows the deadly events unfolding.

The live Instagram footage shows Obdulia talking to the camera as she drives normally and the moment the car rolled over a barbed wire fence and onto a field.

Visuals from the scene showed Jacqueline’s body fell on the floor, while the other girl in the car waved for help, her sister, Obdulia was busy talking to the camera.

During the live recording Obdulia said, “Jacqueline, please wake up. I f****** killed my sister, OK? I know I’m going to jail for life. I love my sister… this is the last thing I thought was going to happen to us.

“I killed my sister, but I don’t care. I killed my sister. I know I’m going to prison, but I don’t care. I’m sorry baby. I’m a hold it down.”

The disturbing footage ended with her kneeling next to her dead sister and saying, “Wake up baby, I’m f**king sorry baby, I did not mean to kill you sweetie.”

Merced County Sheriff, Vern Warnke revealed that Jacqueline was not wearing a seatbelt when the car crashed and rolled on Henry Miller Road at about 6.45pm at the weekend.

Police added that the 14-year-old was thrown through the back window of the car.

She is now in the Merced County Jail on charges of vehicular manslaughter while under the influence and DUI.

Police told ABC, “Sanchez was under the influence when she rolled her car over into a barbed wire fence and then a field.”

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Meet the 29-year-old Mother Who Donated 2.5 Tonnes of Her Own Breast Milk to Families Who Need It

Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra

Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, a 29-year-old mother-of-two from Beaverton, Oregon, suffers from a rare condition known as Hyperlactation Syndrome.

She produces about 1.7 gallons of breast milk per day, almost 10 times as much as most lactating women, and spends around 10 hours every day nursing and pumping her milk. She has so far donated 600 gallons (2.5 tonnes) of breast milk to milk banks and families in need of it.

Ever since falling pregnant with her older daughter, Isabella, who is now two and a half years old, Elisabeth estimates that she has fed thousands of babies with her breast milk.

She virtually spends her whole day pumping the liquid gold, which she then stores in four large freezers in her home, for local mothers who cannot breastfeed their newborns, gay couples and breast milk banks for premature babies.



Despite the huge amount of time and the discomfort that goes into pumping the milk, the 29-year-old considers it a “labor of love”.

“I pump five times a day – as soon as I wake up, after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner and again at midnight. I produce up to 0.625 gallons of milk during my first pump alone,” the super-producer says. “In total I will spend around five hours a day just pumping and then with storing, labelling, sterilizing etcetera, I easily spent eight to ten hours. Pumping is not fun – it is uncomfortable and it hurts – but it is my labor of love.”
“It is instant gratification when I donate locally because I see the babies and I see them thriving. It will have helped thousands of children. The milk at the milk bank goes to micro pre-emies, so just 1 fl oz can feed three or four babies,” Elisabeth adds. "I don’t discriminate – I have donated to gay couples and to mothers who are on medication or had their breast removed due to breast cancer. It’s an amazing feeling.”

Anderson-Sierra told Inside Edition that she was inspired to start donating excess breast milk after her own experience with her first daughter. She was born prematurely and Elizabeth’s daughter didn’t come in right away, so she had to rely on donor milk.

“Even though I was a producer for my last child, I couldn’t even do it for my own daughter,” the mother said. “When milk finally came in, I wanted to really make use of it and get that milk out there.”


About half the milk Elizabeth produces is picked up by local families and couples, who sometimes choose to compensate her for her work, while the rest goes to California milk bank Prolacta Bioscience, which compensates her with$1 for every fl oz she donates.

Despite taking great pride in having helped hundreds of couples, Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra admits that she did feel some fear in the beginning.
“What if I gave away all my milk and something happened to me to where I then dried up and couldn’t feed my own baby? I’d hear horror stories about that happening to mothers all the time! I’d then be the one in the position that I’d be desperate to find donor milk,” the young mother said.

“I eventually got over it, and kept donating everything I had on hand. It makes me feel like I am giving back to my community and I’m participating in humanity. I would encourage other mums to reach out to their own community and consider donating. Breast milk is like liquid gold – it should never be thrown away. And there is a high need for it out there.”

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Via Oddity Central

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BREAKING News: Man United Unveil Matic as Midfielder Seals Move from Chelsea on 3-year Deal (Photos)

English Premier League giants, Manchester United have confirmed the signing of midfielder, Nemanja Matic from Chelsea in a three-year deal that sees the Serbian move to Old Trafford for £40 million.

According to Dailymail, Matic who will wear the No 31 at United, was left to train alone at Cobham during Chelsea's pre-season tour of Asia and the Premier League champions have consented to his wishes of being reunited with Jose Mourinho.

It was learnt that the initial fee to be £35m, with £5m in add-ons based on how the midfielder performs at United.

The 28-year-old will earn £140,000 a week with the player in line for a bonus should the club succeed in the Champions League.


Matic signs for Manchester United from Chelsea

Matic is short of match fitness but could make his first United appearance against Sampdoria in Dublin on Wednesday, and he revealed his joy at completing the switch.

'I am delighted to have joined Manchester United,' Matic told the club's website. 'To work with Jose Mourinho once again was an opportunity I couldn't turn down.
'I have enjoyed my time at Chelsea and would like to thank the club and the fans for their support. I cannot wait to meet my new team-mates and to start training with them.


'This is a very exciting time for the club and I am looking forward to playing my part in creating more history for this great club.'

Mourinho added: 'Nemanja is a Manchester United player and a Jose Mourinho player. He represents everything we want in a footballer; loyalty, consistency, ambition, team player.
'I would like to thank him for his desire to join us because without that, it would be impossible to have him here. I am sure our players and supporters will love him. A big welcome to our new No 31.'

Chelsea have paid tribute to Matic following his departure, writing on their official Twitter account: 'We thank Nemanja for his fantastic service and wish him well for the future.'

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Five graves found in uncovered Badoo shrine in Ikorodu [PHOTOS]

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday uncovered a shrine said to be used by members of the secret cult terrorizing the Ikorodu area of the state, known as Badoo.

The owner of the shrine identified as Alhaji Alaka Aboyomi, led a team of policemen into the shrine located on a large expanse of land that is surrounded by thick bush.

Four graves were discovered in the compound while another one that looked fresh was spotted on a corner in the compound.

The notorious ritual cult group, struck yesterday killing a couple and two of their children in Ikorodu.

See images, video…

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Heartless! Here’s what a woman did to her husband’s 10-year-old niece (Disturbing Photos)

According to Trezzhelm, the girl pictured below is a 10-year-old girl who lives with her uncle in Gonigora, Kaduna. She is out of school, malnourished, battered and last Sunday, her uncle’s wife Mrs Remi Joseph allegedly burnt her buttocks with fire and abandoned her without treatment. She was left unattended to until a spirited neighbor […]

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14-year-old teenage wife kills husband five months after marriage

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old wife from Lifari Village in the Mashegu Local Government Area of the state for allegedly killing her 40-year-old husband, Isiaka Usman.

The suspect, Aisha Isah, and the late Usman, to whom she got married five months ago, were said to be cousins.

According to report, the teenage wife had been complaining of starvation and maltreatment since she started living with Usman, who already had two wives.

Isah told newsmen on Tuesday that her late husband failed to provide for her for two days, hence her action.

“And when I confronted him, he slapped me and out of anger, I hit him on the forehead with a pestle and he collapsed and died,” she explained.

Isah added, “My husband had the habit of not giving us money for food and each time we (the wives) confront him, he would tell us to go to our parents’ home and eat. He never cared about us; he beat us every time we demanded money for food.”

Asked if the other wife was at home at the time of the incident, she stated that the other wife went to the hospital with her baby.

“My mate was not around; it was only me and my late husband that were in the house at the time of the incident. I picked a pestle and hit him, he fell on the ground and I ran to my mother’s house at Kahigu Village in Mashegu council,” Isah said.

Isah said she inadvertently killed her husband out of anger and pleaded for forgiveness.

“I am sorry for what happened, it is the devil’s work and I pray my parents will forgive me; I never knew that he would die,I regretted all my actions,” she stated.

The police spokesman, Bala Elkana, explained that the victim died at Mashegu Hospital where he was taken for treatment.

He added that the suspect would nevertheless be prosecuted as a juvenile offender.

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Death toll rises to eight in collapsed building, 15 rescued

The building collpase site.


• Raise alarm on suspicious construction, Lagos urges residents
The death toll in Tuesday’s collapsed building on Lagos Island, rose to eight with 15 others rescued though unconfirmed reports from residents put the toll at 12 dead bodies recovered and 24 others rescued. A four-storey building had collapsed at Tokunbo, off Odunfa Road, Carrena/Martins Street, Lagos Island, on Tuesday around 2:30p.m. with many people trapped in the building.

As at Tuesday evening, two dead bodies were evacuated from the building while 14 others were rescued. But working overnight till around 11a.m. yesterday, six more dead bodies were recovered.

Residents. however, countered the official figures, claiming they counted 12 bodies as at the time the rescue operation by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and other emergency responders were concluded on the site.

The Guardian gathered that an 11-year-old boy was brought out alive from the ruins of the building around 4a.m. on Wednesday, after spending close to 15 hours in the rubble.

General Manager, LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu, confirmed that eight dead bodies had been evacuated from the building while 15 people had so far been rescued as at Wednesday evening.

According to Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-West spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the rescue team completed the operation after reaching the ground zero around 1:30 p.m. yesterday.

He said integrity test would be carried out on other buildings in the area to prevent recurrence of the incident. “The collapsed building was initially a bungalow before it was converted to a four-storey with a penthouse. The required six-foot in-between building was not observed in the area.”

Farinloye advised the Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency to prevail on house owners to renovate their buildings regularly. He said the advice followed the challenges of the climate change, which might have effects on buildings in view of high volume of rainfall this year.

Tiamiyu said the account given by the community on the collapsed building was that a telecommunication mast was erected on top of the building and some residents exactly two weeks ago rejected a generating set brought there for the mast.

One of the residents, Yusuf Ali, blamed the collapse on greed by the landlords. “They know it is an old building and they allowed one of the communication networks to erect a mast on top of it.”

Meanwhile, the Lagos State government yesterday urged Lagosians not to hesitate to raise alarm if they suspect any discrepancy in the construction of any building within their vicinity.

Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Wasiu Anifowoshe, who spoke when he visited the site of the building, said Lagosians must join hands with the government and report property owners and developers where they sense any irregularity during construction.

“My advice is for Lagosians, especially tenants that live in these houses. We have been saying this times without number, if you see your landlord doing anything dangerous to your safety, please be a whistle blower, make noise, tell us, let government know in advance. We were informed that this mast was erected two weeks ago. If the mast had not been erected, we might not have had this ugly situation.”
Please be on the look-out, let us be our brothers’ keeper,” he said.

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She raped me when I was asleep – Man accused of impregnating 11-year old

A man accused of sexually assaulting and impregnating an 11-year-old girl claims she raped him when he was asleep.

Justin Armstrong of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, is accused of abusing the girl for 18 months before she informed one of her mother’s friends.

The 38-year-old man was arrested after tests showed the teenager was four months pregnant.

The pregnancy has been aborted to save the girl form serious complications and a DNA examination was carried out on the foetal tissue.

Defense lawyer, Anna-Marie Puryear, said the outcome would help prepare a stronger case against the Armstrong.

The defendant has voluntarily submitted a DNA sample and is cooperating with police, Puryear added.

Prosecutors at Springfield District Court said Armstrong repeatedly told the victim not to tell anyone what was going on.

Assistant District Attorney Jill O’Connor said “when the defendant was told the youngster was pregnant, he claimed she may have ‘raped’ him while he slept”.

Judge Robert Murphy set bail at $50,000, according to Republican newspaper.

Armstrong will appear in court again on August 24.

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Ex-footballer, warlord and model run for Liberia presidency

After more than a decade in power, Africa’s first elected head of state, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is due to step down after October’s presidential election.

And we now know the full list of candidates vying to replace the Nobel Peace laureate, the AFP news agency reports.

It says that there are 20 candidates but there are no front-runners.

The most well known is former football star George Weah, who lost to Ms Johnson Srleaf in the 2005 election.

Former warlord Prince Johnson is also hoping to become head of state.

AFP says that there is only one woman on the list – MacDella Cooper, who used to be a model, but is now a charity worker.

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Man marries laptop, sues baker

An American self-identified “machinist” Chris Sevier has in a ceremony in New mexico, married his laptop.

He has said that if same-sex couples are able to get married and demand that Christian bakers make them wedding cakes, then he should be allowed to marry his laptop and demand a cake to celebrate the union between one man and one machine.

Chris is now suing to demand that a colrao baker, who is already in court after refusing to bake for a same sex marriage should be compelled to make cakes for him and his computer ‘’bride’’.

He also has filed a lawsuit demanding that Utah recognize his man-object marriage.

According to Washington Times, it’s the latest battlefront in an increasingly thorny area of law, after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 established a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.’’

While legal analysts said the case is a stretch, a judge in Utah has allowed part of that lawsuit to proceed, and analysts concede that Sevier’s claims get to the heart of how far the 2015 Obergefell ruling stretches when it comes to non-traditional unions.

Sevier said, “if marriage based on self-asserted sex-based identity narratives is a ‘fundamental right,’ ‘individual right,’ ‘existing right,’ based on a ‘personal choice’ for homosexuals, then clearly it is also a ‘fundamental right,’ ‘individual right,’ ‘existing right,’ based on a ‘personal choice’ for polygamists, zoophiles and machinists.

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BREAKING: Aluu4: Court sentences police officer, 2 others to death

Justice Letam Nyordee of a High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced three out of the seven people facing trial in the killing of four students of the University of Port Harcourt popularly called Aluu4 to death.

Those sentenced to death include, ex-Sergeant Lucky Orji, Ikechukwu Luis Amadi and David Chinasa Ogbonda.

DAILY POST reports that the other four suspects facing trial; Abiodun Yusuf, Joshua Ekpe, Abang Cyril, and John Ayu were discharged and acquitted for lack of overwhelming evidence.

Justice Nyordee in his Judgment blamed the accused persons for embarking on mob action without having the facts about the action of the students.

The Judge said the death of the four children was a culmination of the shameful failure of security institutions especially in the area of intelligence sharing, adding that the Police, the C4i and the Joint Military Task Force failed in their responsibilities.

“You are found guilty in line with Section 319 of the Criminal Code cap 9. of the Laws of Rivers state.”

Speaking with newsmen, counsel to the convicted persons, Chukwueze Ifedi said the decision of the court was based on findings of the investigation.

For his part, the obviously disappointed Director of Public Prosecutions, Ibikiri Otorubio said the state will study the judgment and decide on the next line of action.

“What we can say is that the judge has done his part and we will do our own. We will study the judgment and take the next action,” he said.

Twelve people were standing trial for the murder of the young undergraduates but five were discharged early this year.

Ugonna Obuzor, Toku Lloyd, Chiadika Biringa and Tekena Elkanah were killed on October 5th, 2012 at Omokiri community, Aluu in Ikwerre Local government area of Rivers state.

Father of one of the killed students, Mike Torku expressed disappointment in the judgment.

Torku said the only consolation from the decision of the court is that the children who were wrongly killed have been vindicated.

He also expressed happiness that the matter which has been on since 2012 has come to an end.

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Meet Jay From Houston, the Buff J.Lo Look-alike Driving the Internet Crazy (Photos)

J.Lo (L), Jayfromhouston (R)

You know a photo of Jennifer Lopez when you see it, so people are understandably confused by Instagram pictures of a bodybuilder named Janice Garay, who looks exactly like Jenny from the Block — just in bodybuilder form.

Garay, 28, is the face of the popular Instagram account @JayFromHouston, and some of her photos will have you doing a double-take. In one, Garay poses with her hair swept up in a bun, flawless makeup, and hoop earrings — a classic J.Lo look. In another total J.Lo moment, she cradles her chin in her hand, revealing perfectly manicured nails.

And, of course, she has a penchant for pairing athleisure with big hoop earrings just like Lopez. She even has amazing abs like J.Lo, although Garay’s are even more impressive than the pop star’s.



Garay has built up a serious following in the process — she has 126,000 online fans and counting. She follows just 95 people on Instagram, and yup, J.Lo is one of them.

The bodybuilder is definitely aware that people think she looks like J.Lo. “So what you guys are telling me is that everybody has a twin and @jlo happens to be mine??? I’ll take it!” she wrote in one Instagram post, alongside a photo of herself and J.Lo … we think. It’s seriously hard to tell.

People are blown away by the doppelganger situation going on. “I swear I thought it was JLo when I saw your pic,” one person wrote in the comments. “I literally thought that was just two pics of J.Lo,” another said.


Garay tells Yahoo Beauty that she sees the similarity “at some angles” — and she hears the comparisons “every day” from people. Not that she’s complaining. Garay says she’s “flattered because [Lopez] is my idol, someone I’ve looked up to since I was a little girl.”

Of course, there’s one big difference between Lopez and Garay. While the pop star is known for being fit, Garay is a legitimate bodybuilder. She says she first got into bodybuilding about three years ago and fell in love with the sport. “I saw instant results and got addicted,” she says.



Garay explains that the best part about bodybuilding is the competitions, specifically being onstage. “I feel it’s where I’m supposed to be,” she says.

And that’s one more thing she and J.Lo have in common.

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French actress Jeanne Moreau dies aged 89: agent

French actress Jeanne Moreau, who shot to fame in “Jules et Jim” and starred in some of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 20th century, has died aged 89, her agent said Monday.


Jeanne Moreau
The actress, whose husky voice and show-stopping beauty captivated cinema audiences, was found dead at her home in Paris, the district’s mayor disclosed.

Having made her name in Francois Truffaut’s “Jules et Jim”, his 1962 story of a love triangle, Moreau had a prolific career and appeared in films well into her eighties.

She won France’s equivalent of an Oscar, a Cesar, for best actress in 1992 for “The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea”.

Paying tribute to her, President Emmanuel Macron said Moreau had “embodied cinema” and she was a free spirit who “always rebelled against the established order”.

AFP

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Young Female Barrister Killed In The Kogi Fatal Accident.

Pictured is a young lady who was among the victims of the accident that left many dead, 12 vehicles burnt to ashes in Felele area of Lokoja in Kogi state . Ngozi Nmadu, a young barrister and a blogger gave up the ghost after being involved in the ghastly auto accident between a commercial bus and a petrol tanker on Friday.

The accident occurred as a result of a head-on collision involving a bus and tanker laden with 33,000 litres of petrol.

Most of the victims were occupants of an 18-seater bus believed to be owned by Delta Line.

Ngozi is the first daughter of Hon Emeka Nmadu from Okpanam, who was just called to bar 2 years ago.

Her friends have taken to Facebook to mourn her tragic death.

May her soul rest in peace.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/07/female-law-graduate-among-killed-kogi-fatal-accident-photos.html

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Complete Sports dispatch driver shot in the head by suspended armed robbers

Complete Sports
Jethro Ibileke/Benin

A 53-year-old man, Suleman Tajudeen, who was allegedly shot in the head by suspected armed robbers in the early hours of Monday, is currently lying critically ill at the Benin Central Hospital, Edo State, where doctors are battling to save his life.

The incident occurred at Ofusu Village, along Benin-Ore Road, at about 4:30 am on Monday, when the armed gang numbering about 10, allegedly barricaded a portion of the road to slow down vehicular movement, which allowed them to rob unsuspecting motorists and passengers without stress.

The victim who is said to be a contract driver attached to Complete Communications Limited, publisher of Complete Sports newspaper, allegedly attempted to flee from the robbers when he was shot in the head.

Tajudeen, a father of two and native of Abeokuta in Ogun State, told journalists in Benin at the male medical ward of the Central Hospital in Benin, that his assailants, who took him for dead when they saw him in the pool of his blood, dispossessed him of the sum of N48,000 and his mobile phone.

“I was driving towards Benin, between Ore and Ofusu, I saw their wooden barricade. The driver with The Guardian newspaper, Mr. Kayode, was behind me.

“When I saw the barricade, I had to stop. As I tried to reverse, they (the robbers) shot me and I fell. When I fell and the vehicle stopped, one of them said that I was dead.

“So, they dragged me out of the vehicle, searched me and stole about, N48,000 and my Nokia phone before they left me. ‎I encouraged myself, when they left, and managed to drive down to Benin while the blood was still flowing,” he said.

The Benin sales representative of Complete Communications Limited, Pastor Ayo Oiseomaoje, who confirmed the incident, decried the activities of armed robbers on the affected road.

He noted that robbery attacks on the road, which is a major route to the South-South, had become a regular occurrence.

“Armed robbery attacks happen there everyday. Last Saturday, about three routes were blocked. They (robbers) shot him (Tajudeen). He was the target. When we called the (police) control room, it called the Adeiyan police division to confirm whether it was true that the driver was with us. When they (policemen) saw him, they went back,” Oiseomaoje added.

“Later, the hospital advised us to meet​ the police to get a report. We were told that it was within the jurisdiction of the police in Ore, since the incident happened there. But at the end of the day, he was given medical treatment. He is still in the​ hospital.”

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Moses Nkombe, could not be reached for comments as calls made to his mobile phone went unanswered.

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Court hears how man repeatedly had sex with daughter for 7 years

A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Friday sent one Ibrahim Mohammed, 56, to prison custody, for repeated sexual intercourse with his daughter for seven years.

Ibrahim, who lives at Hausawa Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a two-count charge of procuring minor and incest.

The prosecutor, Inspector Aluta Mijinyawa, said the accused began to sexually assault the girl in 2010 at age 7 when her mother died.

He added that, “the victim was seven year’s then, now a 14-year-old girl.”

Mijinyawa told the court that the girl, having now grown up “to know what is good and bad,” resisted the father, who threatened to harm her.

The prosecuted disclosed that the girl reported the father at Metro Police Station in Kano.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Chief Magistrate, Fatima Adamu ordered the father’s remand and adjourned the case to September 12, for further mention.

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40-year-old beats wife to death over upkeep money in Ogun

The Police in Ogun State have arrested a 40-year-old man, Femi Adebowale, for beating his 37-year-old wife Kuburat to death.

The incident happened in their residence in Agbado area of the state on Monday.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement yesterday said that on the day of the incident, the deceased had asked her husband for the money she would spend on her younger brother’s naming ceremony.

The PPRO said Femi gave his wife N10,000 but that the deceased insisted that the money was not enough, which led to a fight that resulted in her death.

According to Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested following a complaint from the deceased ’s younger brother, Shakiru Alao, who reported at Agbado Division that his elder sister had been beaten to death by the husband over allegation of adultery.

Oyeyemi added, “In the suspect’s statement, he alleged that the deceased had been involving in act of infidelity for quite some time to the extent that she was dating their next door neighbour.”

The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu has, however, ordered the transfer of the matter to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspect.

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Serial Bank Robber Kills His Own Mother and 2 Brothers After They Threatened to Expose His Lies to His Fiancee

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Brett Ryan

Brett Ryan, a 36-year-old ex-bank robber was terrified his family would expose the web of lies he told his fiancee – so he murdered his mum and two brothers using a crossbow.

According to The Sun UK, the man was engaged to Kristen Baxter despite the fact she knew about his bizarre and inexplicable stint as a bank robber.

But there was another secret he couldn’t tell her – one he considered so mortifying that when his mother and brothers threatened to expose the truth before the wedding, Ryan murdered them.

Almost a decade ago, Ryan’s break-up with another girlfriend had triggered a depressive episode that led to him to commit a series of heists in Canada disguised as an elderly man, earning him the nickname “The Fake Beard Bandit”.

But the spree was so out of character for the sweet, popular Ryan that the judge rejected the 10-year sentence requested by prosecutors and gave him just three years and nine months.

Good behaviour resulted in the Parole Board of Canada granting Ryan day release after just 15 months, noting that he did not suffer from major mental illness, psychopathy or have a history of violence.

In fact “this circumstance has reconnected you to your family”, the board wrote.


Brett Ryan was willing to kill his own family to keep a secret from his fiancee Kristen Baxter

Seven counselling sessions (a condition of his day parole) later, a psychologist treating Ryan declared that he no longer needed therapy.

“You remain a low risk for offending,” the board wrote in 2011, granting him full parole.

Just six years later, Ryan strangled his mother Susan and shot his brothers Christopher and Alexander to death with a crossbow in a triple homicide on August 25, 2016.

“The Fake Beard Bandit” was now “The Crossbow Killer”.

On Friday, the 36-year-old was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole after admitting to their murders and the attempted murder of a third brother Leigh, 38.

Kristen, a petite blonde physiotherapist, had met her future husband while he was still on parole and wasn’t fussed about dating an ex-con.

But there were still things Ryan has not been honest about. According to The Toronto Star, he told Baxter he had graduated from college in April last year when in fact he had dropped out months earlier.

He got a job at an IT company only to lose it in June 2016 when his employers found out about his bank robber past and fired him.

Unable to tell Kristen the disappointing news, Ryan simply pretended he was working from home.

The charade went on for months before Ryan’s mother Susan urged him to come clean about his job loss before his wedding, which was just one month away, even offering to support him until he could get back on his feet again.

However, she also told him that if he did not tell Kristen the truth, she would cut him off financially.



Days before the triple murders, Ryan hid a crossbow in his mother’s garage and set up an iPad and iPhone to create an electronic footprint in his home, according to police.
“Brett Ryan was worried that if his fiancee discovered the web of lies, she’d call off the wedding,” Justice John McMahon said at the sentencing hearing.
“This was a sophisticated plan to build in an alibi, although these devices were never used.”

On August 25, 2016, Ryan confronted his mother in her home and the pair had a blazing argument. When the row became too heated for comfort, Susan Ryan rang Brett’s older brother Christopher for help.

Brett retrieved the crossbow, stabbed his mom with a bolt, then strangled her to death with a yellow nylon rope, the court heard.

He laid in wait for Christopher, shooting a bolt through the back of his head when he turned up.

Brett covered the two bodies with a tarp, hid them in a garage and waited for his younger brother Alexander to show. When he did, he fatally stabbed him with a crossbow bolt.

A third brother Leigh, who lived with his mother, heard the commotion an

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Gulder 2014 Ultimate Search winner, Canon Otto kidnapped in Port-Harcourt

Winner of the 2014 edition of the Gulder Ultimate Search, Canon Otto has been kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen.

He was abducted in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital.

Otto’s close friend, Rapheal Koko, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday.

He said: “Otto has been kidnapped”

“He was in Lagos for an event last week and now I’m getting calls from mutual friends that he was kidnapped in Port Harcourt over the weekend.

“We still don’t have all the details yet. It’s just very surprising and shocking.”

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Adeboye Dedicates Multi Million Naira Cathedral In Kogi

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God, (RCCG), worldwide over  the weekend dedicated 2,600 sitting capacity  newly built worship centre in Kogi State.

Independent gathered that about N60m was spent in the project meant for Province three of the church in the state.

Adeboye who was represented by the National overseer of the church, Pastor J.F Adesola, said the people of Kogi State will witness a new revival across the state saying that the new edifice will serve as  a place of Grace for the people.

He declared that God will roll away their past from the state with the completion of the cathedral. He urged Nigerians irrespective of their religious leaning to love one another, as God is not a God of tribe.

While taking the reading from Isiah 43:19, Adeboye  urged the people to reposition themselves for the outpouring of the blessings of God, as he  maintained that God is interested in the welfare of his people even as he challenged the government to make the welfare of the citizenry a priority.

The man of God prayed for Kogi State government, that God will make the state the best despite its current challenges adding that God is interested in making the state envy to others.
The General Overseers, thanked members of Kogi executive council who have been supporting the work of God in the state, said their lives would be like trees planted by the river.

Earlier, Pastor Emmanuel Uroupagha, in charge of the Redeem Christian Church of God Kogi Province three, a acknowledged the power of God in the building and completion of the church.
He prayed for the blessings of God in the lives of the people saying the church now seats about 2600 worshippers, which was made possible by God.
The church dedication witnessed healings, deliverance, salvation and diverse miracles.

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Suspected armed robber gives Warri woman N400 to buy fuel after robbing her of N58,000 in Delta

A suspected armed robber, Samson Omokinovo who is cooling off his heels at the Ebrumede Police Divisional Headquarters in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State allegedly gave four hundred naira to one Mrs. Erhire Egbagbadia after himself and two others allegedly robbed her of Fifty-eight Thousand Naira along the East-West Road near DSC roundabout, DAILY POST reports.

Contacted, the Divisional Police Officer, Ebrumede Division, CSP Ibrahim Shaibu declined comments on the matter but police source who craved anonymity stated that the suspect was arrested following the alarm raised by the victim at the DSC roundabout, pointing out that the incident occurred on Saturday, July 22.

The Police stated that the suspect and two others now at large in a tricycle blocked their victim, Mrs. Mrs Egbagbadia where she parked her vehicle, assaulted and robbed her of the sum of Fifty-eight Thousand Naira.

The police source said,” This very suspect later gave the woman four hundred naira out of the money to fuel her car.”

The police noted that the suspect has confessed to the crime and he has provided useful information that will lead to the arrest of the other two now at large.

Narrating how the incident happened, Mrs Egbagbadia corroborated the police source saying,”When they blocked my car, I thought they were some kind of Task Force and I was like am I not supposed to park here?”

Mrs. Egbagbadia claimed that Samson quickly jumped into her car through the passengers

door while the two others blocked the driver’s side demanding for money.

Mrs. Egbagbadia also claimed that one of the suspects gave her a dirty slap for questioning them before asking the other to show her the gun.

According to Mrs Egbagbadia, “That was when it was done on me that they were armed robbers,” adding that they searched her bag, car and collected N58,000.

Mrs. Egbagbadia further stated that at the point of leaving, the suspect who is in police net gave her N400
and asked her to buy fuel with it.

Egbagbadia noted that she raised the alarm which attracted a patrol team from Ebrumede Division who were on routine patrol around the area while the suspected thieves were few distance from her.

The Police quickly gave the suspected armed robbers a hot chase which led to the arrest of Samson Omokinovo.

Contacted, Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Zanna Mohammed Ibrahim in a text message said,” Sorry I can’t talk right now.”

The Delta State Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Andrew Aniamaka did not pick nor return calls or respond to text messages sent to his mobile phone.

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Flood wrecks havoc in Port-Harcourt, one dead

Torrents of rain has wreaked havoc in different parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

Several areas were flooded in Port Harcourt following heavy rainfall throughout the weekend.

Some of the areas affected by the flood include Rumuigbo, Rumuolumeni, D/Line, Diobu, Rumuola, Rukpokwu and the premises of the Federal Road Safety Corps, along Aba Road.

People were displaced from their homes and properties worth millions of naira destroyed, with activities disrupted at worship centers across the state as a result of the flood.

It was gathered that the Ntawaogba Creek in Port Harcourt overflowed its bank due to debris and lack of maintenance.

Also, a man simply identified as Elijah was feared dead in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt.

Witnesses say Elijah who is a petty trader was electrocuted inside his flooded room.

Another victim of the flooding, Inyesoemi Benibo blamed the situation on a construction company handling the Rumuolumeni road who he accused of neglecting the plight of residents within the area.

“For those of us in Rumuorlumeni, we have complained about the way the construction company is going about their work.

“We are not okay with it and we have reported to the governor. As they are building this road, they were supposed to create a channel for water to pass but they have refused to listen to us. Any little rain that falls causes flooding and that is what we are seeing now,” he said.

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Police nab wanted cult leader, robbery kigpin ‘Arsenal,’ gang members

A wanted suspected notorious armed robber and leader of a cult group popularly known as ‘Arsenal’ has been arrested.

He was nabbed along with seven members of his gang in Lagos.

The arrest followed an operation led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in Ejigbo, CSP Chikezie Okezie.

The raid lasted for several hours at a black spot in Oboye Street.

The robbery kingpin was said to have gone to the notorious area for reprisal attack on a rival cult group.

Police got hint of his movement, reinforced and stormed the location.

Eyewitnesses told PM Express that there was exchange of gun fire between the police and the gang until the police overpowered them.

Arms recovered include 2 pump action rifles, 6 locally made short guns, 6 axes, charms and other dangerous weapons.

The arrest of Aresenal ended his manhunt and reign which lasted for several years.

The suspects have been handed over to the State Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS for further interrogation.

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BREAKING: PDP crisis: Lagos CP hands party secretariat keys to Bode George

From: Chinelo Obogo

Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, has handed over the keys to the offices of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Chief Olabode George.

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So Tragic! Husband and Wife Jump From 9th Floor to Their Deaths...Their Reason Will Shock You (Photos)

The bodies of the couple who committed suicide (Photo:Seth Gottfried)

A broke Manhattan chiropractor and his wife jumped to their deaths from an office building on Friday leaving suicide notes describing how they “cannot live with” their “financial reality,” law-enforcement sources said.

The NYPost revealed that Glenn Scarpelli, 53, and Patricia Colant, 50 — who had carted trash bags filled with belongings from their home to the curb Thursday — leaped at around 5:45 a.m. from the ninth floor of the Madison Avenue building where they worked.

Their bodies were later found in the middle of East 33rd Street in Murray Hill with a suicide note and ID in a plastic baggie in each of their pockets.

Scarpelli titled his typed suicide note, “WE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE.’’
“Patricia and I had everything in life,” the dad of two wrote.

But the note took a dark turn, describing the couple’s “financial spiral,’’ sources said.

Colant’s letter included contact information for family and friends and instructed that a specific person notify their children about their deaths, a law-enforcement source said.
“I just don’t understand why this would happen, why they would do this to their kids,” said Adam Lamb, a fellow chiropractor who was friends with the couple for 16 years.

Records show the couple, who lived in the Financial District, were drowning in debt and slammed with dozens of tax liens from both the federal and state government. But “I feel like there’s something else going on,” Lamb said. “Even with all that debt, it still doesn’t make sense.’’

Steve Bogan, a relative of the couple, called their double suicide “very shocking.”



“Right now, everybody’s in a daze,” he said. The couple, described by several friends as warm, doting parents, leaves two children — Joseph, 19, and Isabella, 20 — who recently graduated from the Upper East Side’s Loyola HS, where tuition is nearly $38,000 a year.

Last year, Joseph said in a school speech that his parents once gave him advice on how to cope if he lost “everyone I love.”
“I am going to share with you some advice given to me by my own parents when I was younger,” Joseph told his Loyola classmates at a morning assembly in March 2016.
“My parents repeatedly told me that I could wake up one day and lose everyone I love, but no one will ever be able to take away my faith.”

Joseph attends the University of Miami School of Business Administration, while his sister is enrolled at St. Edwards University in Texas, according to the high school’s alumni magazine.
“They were both beautiful people,” said a former Loyola student who is friends with Isabella. “They were a big Italian family, always inviting people over for the Festival of the Seven Fishes.
"They were always involved in school.
“Their kids didn’t know anything about their financial problems,” she added. “None of us did. He seemed like he loved his job.”

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BREAKING: US actor, playwright Sam Shepard dead at 73

Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor whose career spanned nearly five decades, has died, US media reported Monday. He was 73.

Shepard died at home in Kentucky last Thursday of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, The New York Times reported, citing a family spokesman.

Shepard, who wrote nearly 50 plays, won the Pulitzer for drama in 1979 for his play “Buried Child” and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1984 for best actor in a supporting role for the 1983 movie “The Right Stuff.”

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Jonathan’s house in Abuja burgled

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Abuja house has been burgled.

According to Premium Times, the house was not robbed by thieves, but by police officers assigned to guard the premises.

The Nigeria Police, the report added, has arrested three of its officers for stealing items valued at several millions of naira.

The house is located at No. 89, Fourth Avenue in the Gwarimpa district of Abuja.

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Meet the 6-year-old Boy Who is Constantly Thirsty Because He Has The Kidneys of an 80-year-old Man

Zach Tierney, six, has a rare condition which makes him constantly thirsty (Picture: MEN)

Zach Tierney is a boy of six years from England, who was found to have the kidneys of an 80-year-old, due to a medical condition that made him thirsty all the time.

According to Metro UK, Zach Tierney, from Offerton, was diagnosed with renal dysplasia and will need either dialysis or a transplant before he reaches puberty.

His family decided to seek medical advice after noticing Zach could not stop drinking.

They eventually learned his kidney function was at just 25% of what it should be, a level generally found in people over 80 years old.

Now the family want to raise funds and awareness for Kidney Research UK and say it does not get the same profile as charities for other diseases.

Mum Michelle Tierney, 36, said: ‘I’m a nurse so I had a feeling something was not quite right with him. He was thirsty all the time.
‘We would find him in the bathroom in the middle of the night drinking from the tap and he wasn’t growing as much as his peers.
‘It is a scary disease as you don’t know anything about it before it’s too late. But he is a cheeky little boy who talks about his kidneys as if they are people inside him.
‘He’s very brave and resilient and interested in what is going to happen to him in future.’


Zach Tierney, six, and family who are fundraising for Kidney Research UK (Picture: MEN)

The family held a ladies night at their home on Saturday to take their fundraising for Kidney Research UK to around £2,000.

Zach also lives with dad David, 38, sisters Aoife and Niamh, eight and five, and brother Samuel, one.

He can still lead a relatively normal life, but once his function drops below 20% that is when he will be unable to do things other youngsters take for granted.

Even now he is on a strict diet with very limited protein, dairy and fat intake.

The family has thanked everyone who has helped them with the fundraising and made donations.

Marie Dean, 59, Zach’s gran, said: ‘Everyone has been so kind. Kidney disease is not as well known and doesn’t have as high a profile as other diseases.
‘The money we are raising will help buy dialysis and improve the lives of children like Zach.’

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Delta man burns 13-year-old son with iron, ties him for 3 days over alleged witch-craft [PHOTO]

A man identified as Austin Segun has been banished from Eruemukohwarien community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state for tying his 13-year-old son, Tobi, to a burglar-proof for three days because a pastor declared the boy a wizard.

The boy was rescued by members of the vigilante group in the community who heard him whimpering at about 2am.

The step-mother of the victim told Vanguard that they were informed in church that the boy was a wizard and that the victim also confessed to being a wizard.

According to her, “They told us that he is a wizard at a Church we went to for prayers and he also admitted that he is a wizard.

“At a point, my husband had to use a hot iron to burn his palm and feet owing to his misbehaviour. Despite this, he opened the fridge in the house and ate everything. This led to my husband tying his hands and legs to the protector.

“He had just been tied for three days before we were arrested. On that day, our landlord called us on the phone that we should come back to the house. On getting home, we were faced with a crowd that started hitting my husband and me.

“After some minutes, the Police came and arrested my husband, while I was asked to take Tobi to the Ughelli Central Hospital for treatment.

“My husband was able to secure his release, but the IPO in charge of the case ordered that we should move out of the community. This was documented and we all agreed to it including leaders of the community.”

The 13-year-old boy also told the newspaper that his biological mother is dead.

“I always run from the house because I am not comfortable. My mother is dead and the woman here is my step-mother.”

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Tragedy as Mother and Two Children Die During Holiday in Front of Her Husband

The scene of the incident

A mother and her two children have died in a car accident in north Devon, police said.

According to a Metro UK report, the family are believed to have been on a summer holiday to the West Country when the accident between their car and a lorry happened.

It was witnessed by the woman’s husband, step-father to the two children, who was travelling just ahead of them in a separate vehicle.

Emergency services were called at 8.25am on Monday to the A361 in Barnstaple.

The section of road near Aller Cross and Lankey Junction will be closed for the rest of the day.

A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: ‘A road closure has been put on at West Buckland junction and the Lankey junction on the A361 whilst officers conduct scene investigations.

‘The closure is likely to be on all day and motorists are being advised to avoid the area.’

The carriageway was also closed in both directions to allow the air ambulance to land.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident to get in touch.

North Devon MP Peter Heaton-Jones sent his condolences to the victims, saying: ‘Very sad to hear three people – a mother and two children – died in North Deveon Link Road crash today. Thoughts with families and emergency services.’

Only yesterday he had tweeted an appeal to make the road safer, following a separate crash on Sunday.

‘We need major improvements to make the road safer which is why I and Devon County Council are pushing so hard,’ he said.

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Ikorodu Murder: Lagosians Warned Against Staying In Isolated Areas

A suspected member of Badoo Group arrested
The Lagos State Police Command has warned Lagos residents against living in isolated and unsafe areas where they might be vulnerable to attacks by hoodlums.

The police spokesperson in Lagos, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said in a statement that the warning became necessary following the murder of four family members at Ibeshe, Ikorodu, at the weekend.

“A murder incident was reported during the early hours of Sunday, July 30 where police operatives of the Lagos State Command responded to a distress call at Oke Ota, Ibeshe, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

“Mobilizing to the scene, police operatives found it extremely difficult to locate the house which was situated in a thick forest where it is remotely impossible for anybody to identify a dwelling house in the area.

“Eventually arriving at the scene on foot, the house is just a room and parlour with one open window and no visible form of security.

“There, a family of five was attacked and three died on the spot while one died while receiving treatment at the hospital.

‘’The last member is alive and responding to treatment,’’ the police spokesperson said.

He urged community leaders to identify persons staying in isolated areas which are no longer safe to come and report to the police.

“This should be done in order to stop people from moving into unsecured area without proper social structures.

“The command also wishes to inform members of the public to come forward with useful information to aid the police and not resort to jungle justice as investigation is ongoing,” the statement said.

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Chai: See the Man Who Broke Young Lady's Leg With Remote-Controlled Car Just 3 Weeks to Her Wedding (Photos)

Emily Patel

Ricky Fitzgerald, a 40-year-old man has been jailed after deliberately driving a remote controlled car into a woman and breaking her leg.

According to Metro, the man drove the petrol-powered device into Emily Patel, 22, three weeks before her wedding on August 21 last year.

The incident happened while she was at an exercise class in St John’s Park in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, and the court heard he had been trying to intimidate the group she was with.

The impact of the crash caused Mrs Patel to trip and she suffered a triple fracture to her left leg.



Fitzgerald fled the scene.

The beauty salon owner did manage to get married to husband Sudi Patel but was forced to walk on crutches the whole time.

Judge Hetherington slammed Fitzgerald at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday when he sentenced him to two years in prison after he had admitted grievous bodily harm.

‘You intentionally drove that car in the direction of various people who were lawfully trying to have some recreation in the park,’ he said.

‘You then drove the car at one of the members of the class, it has been said at 30mph.’



He continued: ‘She was some three weeks away from her own wedding.

‘There was the most appalling disruption inevitably to that.’

The judge rejected mitigation Fitzgerald, who suffered from mental health issues, had simply been reckless with his actions and had not intended to cause injury.

Speaking after the hearing, Mrs Patel said: ‘It’s been a bit of a roller coaster of a year for me, but I am happy it’s finally come to an end.

‘I had no idea what sentence he would receive, but I am happy with the two years in jail he was given.

‘Unfortunately it will never repair the fact that he almost ruined my wedding day, but hopefully his sentence will punish him for that.’

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Militants rape, film abducted women in Akwa Ibom

Niger Delta militants in Akwa Ibom State, some days ago abducted several market women and whisked them to their hideouts in the creeks.

The victims were, at gunpoint, forced to strip while their captors sexually molested them and took pictures of their private part with their phones.

NDV reports that the women from different communities in the state and neighbouring Cross River State were returning from Nwaniba community market in Uruan local government when over 10 masked men ambushed the two speedboats conveying them.

A victim, Mrs. Christiana Sunday John, who spoke through an interpreter, said: “We were badly treated, our womanhood was abused. I joined the second speed boat going back home when midway into our journey; another speed boat from nowhere blocked us.

”To my greatest surprise, the boat was conveying over 10 hefty masked men, two of the armed masked men jumped into our boat and ordered the boat operator to take to one of their camps in the creeks.

“The two armed men robbed the 25 of us on board the speed boat before we got to their destination.

“At the camp, they forced us to pull-off, we were forced to pull everything to the pant and they asked at gunpoint to expose our private parts while they took several shots with their camera phones.

“Most of the women, who initially proved stubborn, went home with machete cuts. Two boats loaded with women returning from Nwaniba Market were attacked.

“After their evil operation, they removed the boat engines, living us stranded in their camp. They collected N70,000, which was all I had on me, now I do not know how to start all over again.”

Chairman, Nwaniba Village Council, Elder Samuel Jeo, told NDV that “the saddest thing was that mothers and wives of our men were forced to dance nude while they were being filmed”.

“This is the most embarrassing criminal operation in Nwaniba. We built that market with community effort, now militants have closed down the market.

“No customer would want to come here and risk his or her life. The market was built two years ago, now we cannot generate revenue because of the effect of militancy and pirates who are terrorizing the area on a daily basis”.

Elder Jeo said militants and pirates were operating freely in the area, recalling that on June 27, they killed many persons and razed about four villages, including Edile Ikpa, Ufak-Effiong, Akpa-Mfurukim and Akara Obio Uruan.

“Last week, we recovered the decomposed remains of Enang of Mbiakong village, killed with his machete in his cassava farm. In Nwaniba, we are living in fear, no government protection,” he bemoaned.

Also speaking, a prominent Nwaniba community leader, Chief Emmanuel Ben Akpan, said: Our men can no longer go for fishing to feed the family while the women cannot go to the market or farm; we are stranded.”

In his reaction, Chairman, Uruan local government, Dr. Edwin Okon, decried that his people in the fishing communities have suffered untold hardship in the hands of militants, who always cross into Akwa Ibom through the waterways.

“We have lost countless numbers of people to these militants and we want government and other agencies, including the National Emergency Manage-ment Agency (NEMA) and the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to come to the aid of the displaced people”, he said.

Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Chukwu Ikechukwu, said: “Failure of the community to file the matter with the Police in the area was hampering investigation and action on the problem.”

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5 Nigerians arrested for drugs, human trafficking in India

The Times of India has reported, on Monday, July 24, 2017, the arrest of five Nigerians and an Indian lady by Indian police, the latest in the serial busting of Nigerian gangs either for drug related crimes or fraud.

According to the newspaper, the Nigerians and their Indian accomplice were found in possession of a wide variety of drugs, including cocaine, brown sugar and amphetamine. They were also accused of human trafficking by way of offering Nigerian girls into prostitution.

Nigerians
Three of the suspects paraded by police in India | The Hans India
Arrested by the Rachakonda Police in Hyderabad were Palaparthi Sangeetha, 35, a resident of Sun City, her partner Cosmas Ojukwu, 30, their associates John Okorie, 26, a BA student of Nizam College, Okereke Cyril Anezi, 31, a BCom student of Nizam College and president of Nigerians in Hyderabad, John Paul Onyebuchi, 34, and Ogunka Henry Okechukwu, 31.

Sangeetha, the Indian partner of Cosmas and John Paul Onyebuchi were the first to be arrested. They were nabbed at a bus stop on Sunday night with three grams of cocaine and 200 grams of ganja in their possession.

Based on Sangeetha and John’s confessions, police raided Ojukwu Cosmas’ flat and arrested Cosmas having 10 grams of cocaine, 12 grams of brown sugar, 37 blue amphetamine tablets and 40 pink amphetamine tablets, a laptop, `1.54 lakh cash, three cell phones and an Activa vehicle in his possession.

Cosmas then told about his drug business in Hyderabad. “He had been procuring drugs from his friend Gabriel, who operates from Goa and Hyderabad. He supplied drugs through Sangeetha, John Paul and Henry,” Rachakonda commissioner Mahesh Bhagawat said.

After confessing about his drug network, Cosmas then gave away the address of his associates John Paul, Henry and Cyril. Police seized seven grams of cocaine, 300 grams of ganja, Rs 50,000 cash, laptop and cell phones from them, the TOI reported.

The hansindia.com gave the total drugs seized as 20 grams of cocaine, 12 grams of brown sugar, 39.8 grams amphetamine tablets and pieces, 1.675 kg of ganja and Rs 2 lakh cash.

John Paul and Henry confessed that in addition to peddling drugs, they also trafficked Nigerian women to customers in Kushaiguda and Neredmet areas.

“The Indian visas of Cosmas, John Paul and Henry had expired years ago . John Paul was arrested twice by Mapusa police of Goa in 2016 for illegal stay and drug peddling. Despite knowing about all this, Cyril knowingly provided him shelter at his rented flat in Yapral,” the commissioner of police said.

Cosmas, who came to India in 2012, was reported to have links with drug peddlers operating in Goa, Mumbai and Chennai. He sold each gram of cocaine and brown sugar for Rs 20,000 to customers.

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