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Pastor Stabs Nurse To Death Over Phone Battery

Oct 9, 2017Oct 9, 2017 topnews

An Assemblies of God Church Pastor, Esom Jehovah, and his 21-year-old daughter reportedly stabbed a trainee nurse, Callista, who approached the pastor over a missing phone battery and charger a neighbor gave to her to charge, to death. It was gathered that the Pastor reacted angrily to the confrontation that happened in Umuohiagu Autonomous Community of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo state, with his daughter running to the house to fetch a knife with which the Pastor stabbed the deceased with, who bled and died on the spot.…

Illicit drug peddlers busted in Mushin, 50 suspects arrested

Oct 9, 2017 topnews

50 suspected criminals have been arrested with about 48 bags of illicit drugs in a Joint enforcement operation by operatives of the Lagos State police command and the task force at the weekend. The arrests were made during the ongoing state-wide enforcement operation tagged ‘Eradication of Criminal Hideouts’ carried out around the Akala area and other drug den of Mushin. The raid was led by Soji Akinbayo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Superintendent of Police (SP) and all Divisional Police…

IBB okays OGD for PDP chairmanship, calls him ‘breath of fresh air’

Oct 9, 2017 topnews

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, one of the founders of the Peoples Democratic Party who is also a former Nigerian president, has thrown his weight behind the former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel in his bid to become the National Chairman of the party describing him as the ‘breathe of fresh air’. IBB made this declaration at his Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger state on Wednesday when Daniel alongside his powerful delegation paid him a visit in furtherance to his nationwide consultation. Speaking during the visit, Daniel said he had…

Angry mob kills Police inspector for allegedly shooting passenger

Oct 9, 2017 topnews

A police inspector has been confirmed killed by the Police Command in Adamawa State on Thursday along the Wuro-Dole-Pariya Road in Girei Local Government area of the state. The command’s Spokesman, SP Othman Abubakar, said the incident occurred following a misunderstanding between some passengers and a routine patrol team along the road. Abubakar who did not give details of the “misunderstanding” simply said that it led to the deceased opening fire which resulted in the killing of the passenger. He said the late inspector was mobbed to death, adding that…

Tunisia’s health minister dies after charity marathon

Oct 9, 2017 topnews

After taking part in a charity marathon to help battle cancer, Tunisia’s health minister, Slim Chaker, died of a heart attack on Sunday, officials said. The 56-year-old, fell ill after running some 500 metres (yards) and then making a speech at the start of a race in the coastal town of Nabeul aimed at raising funds to build a clinic for children with cancer, his ministry said. He died later at a military hospital in Tunis. “I have lost a brother and a colleague,” Prime Minister Youssef Chahed wrote on…

One Person Quarantined as Monkey-pox Spreads to Akwa Ibom

Oct 9, 2017 topnews

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong has announced that the monkey-pox disease has spread to the state with one person confirmed having the ailment. Speaking in Uyo, the state capital, the commissioner said the affected person is presently being quarantined, adding that two other suspected cases were being monitored by medics. According Ukpong, the viral ailment borne by wild animals, especially monkeys, could be contracted through body contact with infected persons and warned the citizens to shun bush meat. The commissioner called on the residents of the…

“Signing Nnamdi Kanu’s Bail Put Us In Trouble” – Senator Abaribe

Oct 8, 2017Oct 9, 2017 topnews

Those that signed the bail bond of separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu appear to be biting their fingers as the United Kingdom returnee disappears into the thin air. Leader of Southeast caucus in the National Assembly, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has explained that those who signed the bail bond for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from detention are now in trouble. Abaribe also stressed that as a result of agitations by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra for a separate state of Biafra,…

I’m In A Relationship- Simi

Oct 8, 2017 topnews

Singer and sound engineer, Simi, recently cleared the air concerning her rumored love life featuring Adekunle Gold and Falz. She said: “I met Adekunle Gold while I was performing at an event centre in Lagos. Unknown to me, he had been listening to me since I was a gospel artiste and he said he was a fan of my music. At that time, I just knew him as a graphic artist, popularly referred to as the ‘King of Photoshop;’ I didn’t even know he was a singer, but we just…

I Will Knock Out Anthony Joshua If We Got Into The Ring Together – Vital Klitschko Wants Revenge

Oct 8, 2017 topnews

For Vitali Klitschko, boxing remains a family affair and he wants to make a sensational return to the ring to avenge his brother Wladimir’s defeat to Anthony Joshua. Joshua, 28, won a knockout over Wladimir in their epic heavyweight clash April 29, and now Vitali fancies a crack at the Nigerian-born Brit whom he described as ‘lucky’. Vitali takes some of the blame for the loss, saying he feels guilty for telling his brother to not be too active in round six as he felt Joshua would tire out with…

IGP Idris Dislocates Edo State As Criminals Take over

Oct 8, 2017 topnews

Just as peace and orderliness has become the issue in Edo state of recent and there are no signs of being watered down; going by the tendencies that Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris prevented the new CP from resuming duties in the Edo since the transfer of the incumbent CP, Haliru Gwandu. Consequently, Edo has been thrown in panic and persistent state of tumult as the citizenry and senior government officials cringe from the terror of criminal gangs and their masterminds. The criminals are believed to be those…