Oct 1, 2019 – Top News Magazines.

Policeman’s accidental discharge kills female colleague in Delta

Oct 1, 2019 topnews

One of the serving police officers at the B Division in Asaba has allegedly shot a female colleague dead in Asaba, the Delta State capital. It was gathered that the killing occurred on Saturday during the demolition of illegal structures at the Bonsaac area of Asaba by the officials of state Ministry of Environment in company with some police officers. It was learnt that trouble started when the market women tried to resist the exercise. An eyewitness said that on hearing gunshots, the women charged at the firing policeman and that…

Woman kills lover’s son, sentenced to life in imprisonment

Oct 1, 2019 topnews

Ana Julia Quezada, a Dominican woman, has been sentenced on Monday to life in prison in Spain for murdering the eight-year-old son of her Spanish partner in a case that shocked the country. A jury in Almeria in southern Spain last month found her guilty of killing the boy, who was the son of her then partner Angel Cruz. A court on Monday handed down a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years, the stiffest possible jail term under Spanish law. Gabriel Cruz disappeared on February 27,…

Donald Trump writes Buhari

Oct 1, 2019 topnews

Donald Trump, United States President, on Monday wrote to his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari in commemoration of the country’s 59th independence. “On behalf of the American people, I extend our warmest greetings and congratulate you on the 59th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence,” Trump said. The American leader noted that his country will be helping Nigeria to “dismantle” the infamous Boko Haram terrorists while noting that “Nigeria is among our strongest partners in Africa.” “We are allies in the global battle against terrorism, and we want to see Boko Haram and…

Woman confesses to selling her three kids for N500,000, blames hardship

Oct 1, 2019 topnews

Blessing Stephen, a 25-year-old woman, has confessed to trading all her three kids for N500,000. Stephen was a member of a child trafficking syndicate recently smashed by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. Other arrested members of the syndicate are a self-acclaimed doctor, Una Godwin 58; Blessing John 27; Israel Ariyo 33; Itoro Anthony; 40 and Mforbong Ntoro, 48. The operatives had launched a manhunt for one of the suspects, John, who abandoned a four-year-old boy in a church in the Ketu area of the state. John…

Fidelity Bank urges public to disregard malicious claims

Oct 1, 2019 topnews

One of the nation’s leading banks, Fidelity Bank has advised it’s teeming customers and members of the public to disregard the malicious stories and lies of some mischievous individuals being circulated against the Bank. ln a Statement signed by Mr. Charles Aigbe, the Bank’s Divisional Head, Brand and Communications, it reads: “Our attention has been drawn to the planned disruption of service and social media attacks on the Bank by a few outsourced staff who were recently recalled by their employers. The move, which is the handiwork of the…