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Catholic Churches beef up security over attacks on priests

Sep 10, 2017 topnews

Following the abduction of priests by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, security has been beefed up in Catholic churches in Lagos and the eastern part of the country. In one week, attempts had been made on two Catholic priests by kidnappers. The first was that on Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Onunkwo of Umuotuasi Village, Osina in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State , last week. He did not survive the attempt unlike his counterpart at St Thomas Catholic Church, Onilekere area of Lagos, Rev Fr Daniel Nwankwo, who is…

Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign “a political tool” against opposition -Adeyeye

Sep 10, 2017 topnews

Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government of being “more corrupt than the previous,” PDP-led government of Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking recently at the Hackney Borough’s Speaker’s Parlour, at Hackney Town Hall, where he unveiled his ambition to govern Ekiti State in 2018 before well-wishers and supporters, Adeyeye said unlike Buhari’s two predecessors, Olusegun Obasanjo and Jonathan, who prosecuted and jailed members of their ruling party, Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign has become “a political…

Man City crushes Liverpool 5-0

Sep 9, 2017 topnews

With Liverpool having avoided defeat against their top-six rivals last season, it was the first time Jurgen Klopp’s side had lost to one of their principal adversaries since a 1-0 loss at home to Manchester United in January 2016. Liverpool’s Sadio Mane was dismissed for a challenge that saw goalkeeper Ederson stretchered off as Manchester City destroyed their Premier League title rivals 5-0 on Saturday. Brazilian Ederson was carried off in a neck brace after being caught in the face by Mane’s foot as he raced out to head the…

Escaped killer of 8-year-old girl re-arrested in Jos, family demands justice

Sep 9, 2017 topnews

Ifeanyi Dike, kidnapper and murderer of eight-year-old Chikamso Mezuwuba who escaped from police custody has been re-arrested by the police. The killer was re-arrested yesterday morning in far away Plateau State by men of the state Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Dike, an undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), killed Chikamso, on August 19, this year, and was arrested and handed over to the Police. He later escaped under suspicious circumstances from the custody of a Police officer, Johnbosco Okoroeze, who has been dismissed from the Force and is…

Beyonce celebrates 36th Birthday with a ‘queenly’ cake

Sep 9, 2017 topnews

Beyoncé, wife of American rap star, JAY-Z, turned 36 on Monday, September 4. She celebrated at Made In America in Philadelphia where JAY-Z asked fans to serenade her with “Happy Birthday.” Bakers at Cake Life Bake Shop revealed that the celebrations continued backstage and involved a huge black and gold birthday cake. They baked and delivered a cake and other treats as asked to the location of Made in America. On request, there was a geode themed cake, which had a volcano-like honey and lavender cake featuring edible sugar crystals…

Man kills 5-days-old baby he had from affair with wife’s sister

Sep 9, 2017 topnews

Moses Otimba, a 47-year-old man has been arrested by the Police in Bayelsa State for allegedly impregnating his wife’s 18-year-old junior sister and killing the five days-old-baby boy they had from the unholy relationship. Otimba was paraded with Joy Matthew, younger sister to Mrs. Otimba at police headquarters. The suspect was said to have allegedly killed the baby five days after birth and buried it in a shallow grave by the seashore. Otimba, an indigene of Ogbogoro Community in Yenagoa Local Council of the state, was said to have carried…

Prince George Goes To School

Sep 8, 2017 topnews

Great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth and third-in-line to the throne, Prince George has started school. The four-year-old little prince went to school without the company of his pregnant mother Kate to support him because she is suffering from severe morning sickness. George was taken by his father, Prince William, from their Kensington Palace home to Thomas’s Battersea school in southwest London, which says its most important rule is to “Be Kind” and charges almost 18,000 pounds ($23,490) per pupil per year. “We expect our pupils to make impressive progress as a…

Ritual suspects confesses to killing victims for N15m

Sep 8, 2017 topnews

Police in Ondo state paraded three suspected ritualists who confessed that they were contracted to kill students of Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo, for a sum of N15 million. The suspects, John Adenitire (30), a.k.a Emir; Fisayo Fasanu, a.k.a Abore and Abdulrafiu Tijani, a herbalist, disclosed that the price placed on human parts attracted them to the business. They, alongside other 15 suspected armed robbers, were paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju, at the command headquarters yesterday in Akure. Their victims, Miss Oladepo Blessing and Oluwasemilore…

Atiku claims to be sidelined by APC after 2015 election victory

Sep 8, 2017 topnews

In an interview on the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, (VOA), Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President alleged being sidelined by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government which he said he helped into power in 2015. Atiku said such treatment was being meted out to him despite his efforts in making sure that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was defeated in 2015. The former vice president spoke from Yola in Adamawa State where he celebrated the Eid-el- Kabir: “Honestly speaking, I’m still a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC); I…

Glo staff strangled to death by husband in Bayelsa

Sep 8, 2017 topnews

Stephen Ogho-Oghene Akpata, an Australian returnee, has been arrested by the police in Bayelsa State for allegedly killing his wife, an employee of Glo network, Onyinye, after making love to her for about an hour. Akpata, who confessed to committing the dastardly act when paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Amba Asuquo, was arrested in Lagos following his failed attempt to flee to Ghana. Asuquo said the incident was first reported to the police on August 16 around 2:00p.m. when one Moses Awo complained that Onyinye, 33, failed to report…