Motherhood knows no bounds: Mother lion protects injured fox

A hungry lion spots an injured fox on the road.

But two mother lions and rush to block the hungry lion from attacking the fox.

One mother lion even roars the hungry lion away.

Then the hungry lion picks up one of the mother lion's cubs.

But the mother lion snatches away each of her brood to safety.

Nobody was going to mess with this mother lion's cubs (or, for that matter, her adopted fox whose ears are visible close to mother lioness.)

Eventually, the hungry lion wanders away from the mother lion's protective gaze.

Heartwarming

I'm glad I abstained before marriage

You recently advised a 20-year-old man that when he’s with a woman he cares for, he shouldn’t hesitate if they both wanted to know each other erotically; that making love was the most natural thing in the world.
I agree with you—with love and commitment in marriage.
I feel sad that these days love-making is regarded so lightly and, as a result, very few relationships or marriages last; young girls get pregnant and teenagers, who are not mature, face problems.
When I was younger, I was in love with many boys. If I had indulged in love-making with all of them, I would have regretted it by the time I met my husband.
He and I were friends first and our love developed slowly. We knew a lot about each other before we got married and only then did we embark on our desires and then to fulfil them in the security of marriage was the most wonderful, lasting and satisfying experience.

His cougar has left, yet we still sneak around!

My boyfried and I were having an affair while he was living with an older woman, who was also his business associate. Because he was financially reliant on her, we had to be discreet.
However, they split up recently and he moved to a bungalow she helped him to buy.
He always said things would be different between us when he was unattached, but they aren’t. We go out and make ove more and he tells me he loves me— then he denies we have a committed relationship.

He's moving away because I dumped him

For close to a year, I was in an unhappy relationship. I was then living with my boyfriend and we both shared expenses as we had good jobs.
Then we joined this wonderful octal club and I fell in love with a man in our group. My boyfriend found out and I had to move out of the flat.
I knew he was heartbroken and I felt guilty. I now heard he has voluntanly asked to be transferred to another state and will be moving away soon.
I feel so responsible for turning his life upside down. What do you think I can do to ease his pain?

She doesn't know whether to Dad about Mum's lover

I recently discovered that my mum is having an affair behind our dad’s back. I am 27 and live at home.
She left her Facebook logged onto my computer and I found racy messages between her and a younger man who works in the same office as hers. I confronted her and she confessed, but she made me swear not to tell my dad.
I feel my dad has a right to know so he could put a stop to it, but I know that if he does find out, it would break up the family. I can't trust my mum any more.
This discovery is making me really miserable. What should I do?

The VERY inventive ways students cheat in exams

Students may be breaking up for school this week but that doesn't mean that their Christmas break will be study-free. 

With January exams on the horizon, it seems there's no end to the lengths students will go to achieve grades without actually spending their Christmas break revising.  

From equations disguised as nail art to hints hidden under plasters, these cheating hacks shared by milkha prove students don't miss a trick when it comes to cheating. 

While they may seem like an easy way out, these methods are not recommended as they constitute as an immediate disqualification.

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Man kills mother, buries her in septic tank

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old man, Segun Ogunlusi, for allegedly stabbing his mother to death and burying her in a septic tank.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement yesterday, saying the suspect was arrested following a report from his younger sister, Yetunde Ogunlusi.
Oyeyemi said the incident occurred at 16, Oketunde Street, Molatori Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.

25-yr-old woman steals a boyfriend neighbour’s son to deceive another boyfriend into marriage

A 25-year-old woman, Patience Benedict, told police detectives that she stole the four-year-old son of one of her boyfriends’ neighbour to present him to another boyfriend as the son she had for him, so he will marry her.
She was arrested by operative of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for kidnapping the boy at Masaka area of Nassarawa State.
The suspect, who is a native of Kagoma in Kaduna State and a mother of three, was said to have kidnapped the boy (names withheld) last Monday, after telling his mother that she wanted to buy clothes for the boy.
The suspect had two boyfriends: one in Masaka, Nassarawa State, and the other at Kubwa, Abuja, where he took the stolen boy.
Police sources disclosed that Okpe’s mother was thrown into confusion when her son did not return while Patience, who took him away, refused to pick her calls.
The boy’s mother reported to the police in Nassarawa State and when they could not make head way, the case was transferred to IRT.
The IRT operatives trailed Patience to Kubwa area of Abuja through her mobile phone, apprehended her in the home of her boyfriend and rescued Okpe.

He didn't reply my love letters

I really fancy a guy who works a few offices away from mine. We eat in the same canteen from time to time and he’s often joked about his single status.
He’s also been friendly towards me.
I’ve since written him two letters, telling him how I feel about him and he hasn’t replied.
I’m a bit shy when it comes to talking to men. What else do you advise I do?

Should I go for no string sex?

I’ve been friends with this guy for years and we get on like a house on fire.
We both have great jobs and a good social life. The thing is, he’s really fit and sexy and I’d like to have him as a “friend with benefits.” I’m not sure how to bring this up as I’m frightened it might damage our friendship.

I would really like to watch live sex

I’ve always wanted to watch people having sex. In fact, it’s my number onefantasy.
I’m an average kind of guy with my fair share of sexual experience. Yet,I don’t know why this idea turns me on so much and I worry that I might bekinky or a sort of pervert.
I’d like to get this fantasy out of my system, but don’t know how to go about it. Can you help?

#PayFalcons: What a Facebook user thinks

Daily rehearsal, just in case Sai Baba is thinking of appointing a new clown for the sports ministry. I can talk rough, do nothing, get fat pay, police escort, watch matches without knowing who is playing or how they got on the field… would even consider smoking something that fries the brain.Asaju

One of the kidnappers of CBN Governor’s wife bought 2 houses, 3 plots of land and opened N3m shop

Police have apprehended one of the three remaining suspects involved in the kidnap of the wife of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in October, bringing to 10 the number of suspects so far arrested.
The suspect, identified as Abubakar Umaru, was trailed by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, to a grocery store in Minna, Niger State, where he was arrested.
Nine suspects, including two serving and a dismissed Army personnel, were earlier arrested few days after the CBN governor’s wife and three others were kidnapped on the Benin-Agbor Highway.
N80 million was allegedly paid as ransom to the kidnappers, while Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris, reportedly deployed his IRT operatives, led by CSP Abba Kyari, to track down the suspects.
The suspects, who were mainly herdsmen, were said to have been arrested in separate locations in Delta, Edo and Benue states. N16.1 million and some exotic cars were recovered from them.

Umaru’s investment
Meanwhile, Umaru, who had allegedly escaped with a large share of the ransom, was said to have bought two houses and three plots of land in Minna, Niger State. He was said to have opened a grocery store with N3 million.
Umaru claimed he received N10 million as his share, disclosing that a driver, who is a native of Delta State, was called into the bush from Edo State to transport each member of the gang out of Asaba, Delta State.
According to him, each member of the gang paid the driver N750,000 as he drove them to the point where they boarded buses to their various destinations.

CP Owoseni's charity or aiding and abetting

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, ordered the release of a young lady and her baby, arrested for stealing plantain, by officers of Agbowa Police Station.

Owoseni also gave her N10,000 when she said hunger pushed her into stealing at Agbowa Market.

2 men caught stealing N1.548m abandoned by fleeing robbers

Two motor park miscreants, popularly known as agberos, Adegoke Adewale and Ganiyu Idowu, have been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command, while they were stuffing N1.548 million, money abandoned by fleeing robbers in Oshodi area of the state.
The suspects were among other miscreants who pretended to be helping the police in chasing three armed robbers who snatched about N3 million from a yet-to-be identified bank customer in Oshodi.
The robbers dropped their loot in a compound and the suspects stole and stuffed into their private parts.
Some RRS operatives, who were near the scene of the robbery, chased the robbers leading to the arrest of one of them, while two others escaped on foot.
Meanwhile, the miscreants and recovered loot have been transferred to Makinde Police Station in Oshodi.
Also recovered along with the loot were three cheque booklets of Diamond and Zenith banks, several signed and counter-signed cheque leaves.
Reacting to the incident, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police Dolapo Badmus, assured that police will apprehend the fleeing robbers.

Hairy

A secondary school in Surulere, Lagos.

Egba chief allegedly defrauds Obasanjo Farms of N105m

AN Egba High Chief and a popular businessman, Chief Salimon Ajayi, popularly known as Rantipe, was, yesterday, arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, for allegedly fraudulently obtaining N105 million from a company, Alarab Properties, a subsidiary of Obasanjo Holdings Limited.
Ajayi, who is also the Balogun of Ijemoland in Egbaland and owner of the popular Rantipe Petroleum, was arraigned on a three-count charge of forgery, fraud and theft.
Reading the charges before the accused, the police prosecutor, Sunday Eigbejiale, told the court that the accused had fraudulently forged Sidipon Community Power of Attorney and fraudulently obtained N105 million from the company in the sale of 67 acres of land at Sidipon village.

Benue commissioner arraigned over murder of don

The Benue State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr. Sekav Iortyom, was, yesterday, arrested and arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court for criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.
Among the charges brought against Mr. Iortyom in court was failure to attend, in obedience to an order from a public servant.
The commissioner was arrested following his alleged involvement in the murder of a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Mkar University Gboko, Dr. Wilfred Tondo, who was murdered in August.

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Lagos records 9,579 fresh HIV cases in 6 months

About 9,579 persons, of the 616, 318 that attended the HIV Counselling and Testing, HCT, awareness programme from January to June, 2016, have tested positive to HIV.
Dr. Oluseyi Temowo, Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, LSACA, made this known in Lagos, yesterday.
Temowo spoke at a briefing in Ikeja to mark the 2016 World AIDS Day with the theme Hands Up for HIV Prevention.
The United Nations had, in 1988, declared every December 1 as the World AIDS Day, to honour AIDS victims and focus on issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.
Temowo said that in 2015, 599,560 people were counselled, tested and received results out of which 15,311 people were found to be positive.
The LSACA chief said that 52,803 people living with the virus were currently on antiretrovirals.
He said: “These statistics simply means that there are many more people who are not aware that they have the virus. That is why knowing one’s status is very important.
“It is a common knowledge that an HIV positive person can be symptom free for 10 years and will continue to infect others if not checked and treated. Being HIV positive does not translate to death with appropriate medications.”

My husband is off sex!

I‘ve heard plenty of stories about women who don’t want to have sex, but what if it’s your husband who has little interest?
Mine has no physical problems, no extramarital affairs that I know of— he’s just never in the mood.
How should  I deal with this?

I’m still to have an orgasm

I’m a 24-year-old woman who has slept with a few men. My boyfriend and I have good sex, but I don’t think I’ve ever had an orgasm. I’ve never really felt shivers down my spine, so what do you suggest I do?

WORLD TOILET DAY: Vanguard's say

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ASP sold 16 AK-47 rifles to criminals at N250,000 each

Indictedpolice officers

suspects and recovered armsand ammunition

Oliver Honiol, the leader of a gang of armed robbers, kidnappers, cattle rustlers and car snatchers disclosed, yesterday, that the gang’s arms supplier was an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Yuguda Abbah, who was also in charge of the armoury and exhibit keeper of recovered arms and ammunition.
The gang leader said his gang got 16 AK-47 rifles from the officer and paid between N230,000 and N250,000 for each.
Honiol, leader of the 45-member gang, who hails from Song in Adamawa State, made the disclosure while being paraded with other members of the gang, noting that another policeman, Sergeant Habila Sarki that introduced him to ASP Abbah, the supplier of the arms.
However, Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Donald Awunah, who paraded the suspects and the cache of recovered arms and ammunition, disclosed that ASP Abbah, Sergeant Habila and seven other police officers who had been aiding and abetting kidnapping, robbery and cattle rustling in the North-East, have all been dismissed for unprofessional conduct after facing orderly room trials and the Force Disciplinary Committee.
The other police officers are Sergeant Diphem Nimmyel, Sergeant Yasan Danda, Sergeant Abbas Mailalle, Sergeant Bwanason Tanko, Sergeant Donan James, Corporal Idris Salisu and Corporal Zakari Kofi.

FLYING COW: Couple escapes death as cow crashes into car in Aba

A couple escaped death at the popular 7-Up Junction, Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State, yesterday, when a cow hit the windscreen of their vehicle, while in motion.
Eyewitnesses said that the couple was brought out unharmed from their Toyota Camry, with number plates FF 923 ABJ, while the windscreen was badly damaged.
One of the eyewitnesses said: “We were at a car wash to clean our vehicles, when we heard a bang. No one knew where the cow emerged from. It crashed into the car, which was speeding. The woman and her husband were trapped; we managed to rescue them unhurt.”

You want to know what road repair miracle mean? GO TO JAPAN!

While motorists around the world endure the misery of pothole damage, authorities in Japan have given a lesson in efficiency - by fixing a gaping sinkhole in just one week. The huge chasm measured around 30 metres wide and 15 metres deep when the road collapsed last Tuesday. But just seven days later, the road, in the business district of the Japanese city of Fukuoka, has been reopened. Construction teams worked around the clock, dumping huge amounts of wet cement and sand into the huge hole and fixing electricity, gas and water lines. Subway construction is believed to have caused the collapsed. The city's mayor, Soichiro Takashima, even apologised for the inconvenience that had been called to citizens, stating: 'We're very sorry for causing great trouble.'
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Man, 70, rapes 8-yr-old deaf, dumb girl in Ogun

Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 70-year-old man, Gabriel Akindele, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old deaf and dumb girl in a toilet.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said yesterday that the randy septuagenarian committed the offence at 7, Michael Ayegusi Street, Owode Ijako in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Oyeyemi said the police team found out that the suspect lured the girl to the toilet, where he raped her.
According to Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested following a complaint from the mother of the girl, who noticed an unusual behaviour from the girl after the incident and used sign language to inquire from her daughter.
He said: “The girl informed her mother of the incident, which prompted the mother to report the matter to police. The DPO of Sango Ota, SP Akinsola Ogunwale, detailed detectives to the scene and the randy old man was subsequently arrested.
“On interrogation, he confessed to committing the crime. It was discovered that he lured the girl to the toilet, where he unlawfully had carnal knowledge of her. The commissioner of police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the case be transferred to the Anti-human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, CIID, for proper investigation.”

Dickson floors Silva at Supreme Court

Crowd celebrating Governor Seriake Dickson’s Supreme Court victory over Chief Timipre Sylva of APC, in Yenagoa.

Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (retd.) fielding questions from journalists shortly after receiving news of Governr Dickson’s victory.

Police to pay family N200m over man's disappearance in Ikorodu

A Lagos Federal High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Idris, has ordered the Nigerian Police Force to pay N200 million to the family of late Waheed Kabiru, who was allegedly killed by the men of Igbogbo Police Division in Ikorodu, Lagos, about a year ago.
The judge also gave an order directing Police to publicly apologise in three Nigerian dailies for the unlawful killing of the deceased, and to release the deceased’s corpse to his family for decent burial.
While giving the judgment, Friday, Justice Idris declared that the sudden disappearance, killing and extra-judicial murder of the deceased Waheed Kabiru by the men of Igbogbo Police Division was Illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional and gross violation of his constitutional rights as enshrined under Sections 33 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the African Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

One Year After: DSS announces officers' death to widows

The Department of State Services, DSS, has officially confirmed to wives of the seven operatives, who were ambushed by militants at Ishawo area of Lagos, that they are dead.
This is coming one year after the incident occurred.
The slain operatives, who were on a mission to rescue a kidnapped woman, when they were ambushed are: Uzo Nwafor, O. O. Kayode, Luke Amole, S. Owolabi, S. Adegbite, Ben Mafo and Bayo Adeniyi.
Despite several publications and confessional statement by a militant, who was later arrested by the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, of how the operatives were killed, DSS insisted that its men were still alive.

Akwa Ibom politician, wife kidnapped

Gunmen have kidnapped a prominent politician and businessman, Obong Amaete Akpan Ntuk, from Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
He was reportedly abducted with his wife at 7p.m. on Saturday, on his way home from Ibom International Airport.
The incident occurred at a village in Mkpat Enin Local Government, near Ikot Abasi.

Deadly Checkpoint: Robbers kill Delta policeman, others in critical condition

One police officer was feared dead, yesterday, while his colleague and a female trader were said to have sustained life-threatening gunshot wounds when a gang of robbers ran into at police checkpoint at Ughelli, Delta State.
The incident, it was gathered, occurred at 6:30a.m. along the Agbarha-Otor-Ughelli Road.
Giving details of the incident, a commercial motorcycle operator, Okadaman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said  the policemen, who had mounted a checkpoint along the road, were taken unawares by the gunmen.

Pastor impregnates lover’s 15-yr-old daughter

Policemen from Ogun State Police Command have arrested a  prophet, Dr. Michael Adeniran, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl (names withheld), who is his lover’s daughter, both members of his church.
The suspect, Shepherd of El-Bethel Parish of Celestial Church of Christ, Ita-aka, Abeokuta, allegedly lured the SS 2 student of Saje High School, Abeokuta, into his car on her birthday and raped her.

Herdsmen butcher colleague over cattle

Policemen from Ogun State Police Command have arrested two Fulani herdsmen for allegedly killing another herdsman, whose cattle they were trying to steal, at Itadodo area of Ofada in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, disclosed that the two men, Abdulahi Anaruwa and Mohammed Suleiman, met the deceased, Garuba Mohammed, while he was grazing his cattle with two of his kinsmen, and lured him into a nearby bush, where they killed him with machetes, on October 28.

Woman, 3 children, neighbours perish after cassava flour meal in Kogi

A woman, three of her children and two of their neighbours, have died after eating a cassava flour meal in Ogaminana, headquarters of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Three of the victims died one after the other at the Okene General Hospital, while the remaining three died Monday night in their house.
The ages of the dead five children were between nine and 15.
Confirming the sad incident, Public Relations Officer of the council area, Mr. Abdulhamid Salahudeen, said the late mother had in the evening of Sunday, October 30, brought the cassava flour (white amala) from her farmland at Ohuepe village, about 30-minute drive from Ogaminana.

Runaway Wife: Bride jilts groom at wedding reception

A 41-year-old man, simply identified as Julius, is finding it difficult to understand why his “wife” abandoned her marital vows midway into their wedding, shouting “I am no longer interested,” at the wedding reception in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State.
All pleas by the bewildered husband at the popular Orhunwhorhun Road for the woman to reconsider her decision were to no avail.
Her close friend said she saw her true love at the reception venue and decided to follow her heartthrob.

PLEASE, MARRY THE WOMAN WHO LOVES YOU
Because your snoring can be louder than the TV or like a plane flying low

Sometime last year, I travelled to Bénin city for a wedding. I went alone and was prepared to sleep over in a hotel. But at the party I met an old friend who insisted I come over to his room so we could jist, drink and eat. I had already moved into his room before something hit me.
One thing I dread so much is snoring. If I'm on the same bed or same room with you and you snore, I may not sleep till morning. So when night came, I was wondering if this my friend snores. I often think people with pot belly, huge frame are terrible sleepers. I guess snoring has to do with stature sometimes.

Immediately we entered the room, he fell on the bed and in two minutes, he started. Oh my God! it was like a passing trailer! I picked my phone and Google snoring. I read a few things about it: wake the snorer, make him sleep with the sides, etc. Na lie. The more I hit him in his sleep, the more he snores. At about 1am, I had to leave the room for the reception where I dozed till morning.

"We Miss You Colonel Gaddafi," Cry the Troubled Libyans

One Mahommed, a 31 year old Libyan spoke words that largely resonated with the general feeling in his country. He said, “I joined the revolution in the first days and fought against Gaddafi. Before 2011, I hated Gaddafi more than anyone. But now, life is much, much harder, and I have become his biggest fan.” The country has seen a five-fold increase in the cost of food, unpaid salaries for months, the rise of Islamic State terror and worsening electricity black-outs. Nothing improved after Gaddafi and the country sees it now. Mahmoud, another Libyan added his own words of disappointment in the bitter fruits of the revolution, “We have had seven governments since 2011 and what have they achieved?' The only thing we can see is new dustbins because one of the early governments installed these new large bins across Tripoli. We still point to them and laugh, saying it's the only achievement of the revolution.”
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Kerosene explosion kills 2 children in A-Ibom; father in critical condition

AN explosion caused by adulterated kerosene left two children dead, while three other persons, including father of the children, Nsikak Michael, suffered severe burns in Ikono Ibom clan in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.
Michael, a father of three and tricycle operator, who also has a poultry farm in Ikot Enyingne Ikono, said he bought the kerosene from a filling station along Idoro Road, while returning from work.
According to him, “on getting home, I decided to light up the lantern in my poultry farm to keep my birds warm. But I needed to add more kerosene to the lamp as the light was going out.

Truck crushes 4 Oyo FGGC students, driver

FOUR students of the Federal Government Girls’ College, Oyo, who were returning from a mid-term break died in an auto crash, yesterday evening, when a gari-laden articulated truck fell on a bus conveying them to school.
The incident, in which the bus driver also died, left five other girls with severe injuries.
An impeccable source, who is a senior staff in the school said the accident occurred at Sabo Market and that the four students died on the spot.
Students and teachers broke down in tears when the names of the affected students were mentioned on the assembly ground, yesterday.

Man survives acid, machete attacks by assassins sent by wife

Ogun State  Police Command, yesterday, paraded a female banker, Oluchi Tochukwu, and two suspected hired assassins over a botched plot to kill her husband, identified as Onyebuchi Tochukwu.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, explained that the 32-year-old banker, who is a staff of a new generation bank, allegedly masterminded the failed assassination of her estranged husband by arranging and keeping the weapons used in the attack in the husband’s compound in Ajah.
The couple had been married for three years and had a daughter, before the union crashed.
Iliyasu said the two suspected assassins, 32-year-old Chigozie Smart, and 36-year-old Kingsley Ikechukwu, were intercepted at Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State, while attempting to escape to Onitsha, Anambra State, with the would-be victim’s Range Rover.

FEC meeting in Abuja, yesterday

When you don't believe in what is being said

Fuel finished in my banana leaf private jet ‘flying’ from Benin to UK, says man found in Sapele river

A man, who confessed to newsmen that he was ‘flying’ from Benin Airport, Edo State, to attend a meeting in the United Kingdom, before watching a football match going on simultaneously in the coven, also in the United Kingdom, was, yesterday, discovered at Ajogodo River, Sapele, Delta State.
The self-confessed wizard said: “I was flying in with what is known in the physical realm as ‘Plantain Leaf,’ but it is actually my expensive private jet in the coven realm.
“It crashed me into this bridge, when the fuel in it finished. My members will be here tonight to refuel it for me, so I can continue my journey to the UK.
“I have to be in the UK to watch football, because there is economic recession, unemployment and inflation in Nigeria.”

Truck crushes woman, twin children to death in Ibadan

TWELVE persons, including a mother and her twin children, were feared killed in an accident that occurred, yesterday, at Oja-Oba Market area of the Ibadan South East Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Police put the casualty figure at four, but some eyewitnesses claimed the number of lives lost could not be less than 18.
While the accident left several people injured, several commercial cars and property were crushed by an articulated vehicle.
According to a source, the driver of the truck, which had just off loaded cement, lost control of his vehicle and crushed about 12 persons on the spot.
While the remains of those killed were taken to the morgue at Adeoyo State Hospital, the injured were rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

I'm a Frustrated Wife: Woman pays assassins N500,000 to kill husband

Mrs Orji and Ikechukwu

A 41-year-old woman, who was arrested by policemen attached to Area ‘J’ Command, Ajah, Lagos State, for allegedly hiring assassins to kill her husband of 14 years over a disagreement which led to their separation, has said she was a frustrated housewife but that she only sent the thugs to beat him.
The suspect, Mrs. Chika Orji, was arrested following a confessional statement by one of the suspected assassins, Bright Ikechukwu, who was arrested while attempting to break into Mr. Orji’s apartment at Jakande Estate, Ajah.
During preliminary investigation, it was discovered that one of those hired for the botched assassination was a carpenter, identified as Ekene, who usually worked for Mr. Orji.

What Reuben Abati saw and heard in Aso Rock

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF ASO VILLA

People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don’t think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if something has not gone wrong with the thinking process at that highest level of the country.
I have heard people insist that there is some form of witchcraft at work in the country’s seat of government. I am ordinarily not a superstitious person, but working in the Villa, I eventually became convinced that there must be something supernatural about power and closeness to it. I’ll start with a personal testimony.
I was given an apartment to live in inside the Villa. It was furnished and equipped. But when my son, Michael arrived, one of my brothers came with a pastor who was supposed to stay in the apartment. But the man refused claiming that the Villa was full of evil spirits and that there would soon be a fire accident in the apartment. He complained about too much human sacrifice around the Villa and advised that my family must never sleep overnight inside the Villa.
I thought the man was talking nonsense and he wanted the luxury of a hotel accommodation. But he turned out to be right. The day I hosted family friends in that apartment and they slept overnight, there was indeed a fire accident. The guests escaped and they were so thankful. Not long after, the President’s physician living two compounds away had a fire accident in his home. He and his children could have died. He escaped with bruises.

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