Kidnappers release APC councillorship candidate’s daughter after father withdraws from race

Bukola

Abductors gives stay-at-home order to candidate’s entire family
... monitor, relate family's every move
All Progressives Congress, APC, councillorship candidate for Odi-Olowo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos, Bode Adeosun, has withdrawn from the race, following threat by kidnappers to abduct his children.
Investigation revealed that his withdrawal was the only condition given by abductors for the release of his abducted 19-year-old daughter, Bukola.
Bukola was abducted by gun-toting men at about 9p.m last Tuesday and taken to an unknown destination. Her abductors, as gathered, contacted her father in the early hours of yesterday, informing him that Bukola was in their custody.

Arsonists kill family of 3, because man resisted rape attempt on wife

Unidentified arsonists, believed to be cultists, have set ablaze a family house at Okpako-Ejemah in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, killing one Alhaji Hamza Garuba, his wife and a step-son.
Mr. Muhammed Sani, younger brother to Garuba, narrated that about five arsonists invaded his brother’s house at about 10p.m., Sunday, and attempted to rob the family.

Father chains 13-yr-old son over N2,000

The boy

His father

A 13-year-old teenager, who was chained by his father for stealing his N2,000, was rescued by policemen attached to Shagamu Police Division of the Ogun State Command, yesterday.
Neighbours at 9, Dokun Street said the teenager was found on the bare floor, naked, with his hands and legs bound. They also said he had blood stains on his body.
When asked why he was in the position, his father, Adeoye Oreyomi, 41, accused him of stealing his N2,000.

Five die in stampede over N500 alms in Katsina

five persons, including four minors and one 40-year-old woman died in a stampede, while collecting N500 alms (Zakkat) in Katsina State.
Meanwhile, the state’s Police Command said it had arrested one Kamal Ma’a Gafi, who was giving the alms.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the incident and arrest, also said the incident left 15 persons with injuries.

188,588 signatures collated for Dino's recall

Moves to recall Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi West from the National Assembly thickened yesterday, as the pro-Dino’s recall group claimed it had gathered 188,588 signatures out of the 360,098 registered voters in Kogi West, representing 52 percent required for his removal.
This came on the heels of a Dino support group describing the recall process as a ‘comedy’.

Thief forced to eat raw yam in Enugu, dies

A young man, who was allegedly caught stealing tubers of yam at Afor Awkunanaw, popularly called Gariki Market, Enugu, and was forced to eat the yam, has died.

Man drives 3-inch nail into nephew’s skull over N500

The boy

The house

Doctors at a private hospital in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos, are battling to save the life of an orphan, Friday Paul, whose uncle/guardian drove a three-inch nail into his head for stealing N500.

Joy Odama's death: IGP fixes fresh autopsy for today, as prime suspect suddenly appears

Police investigations into the suspected murder of Joy Odama, a 200-Level undergraduate of Mass Communication of Cross River State University, in Abuja, took a new twist, yesterday, as the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, through the IGP Monitoring Unit, ordered that a fresh autopsy be carried out to confirm the cause of her death.

FRAUD!

A Facebook user, Ken Fash, posted this picture with the following statement:

Any make-up artist that does this should be arrested on a minimum of a two-count offence.

1. Attempt to defraud

2. Impersonation

This is share wickedness.

And a 3rd offence added by my broda: OBT— obtaining luv under false pretence

Police kill Okadaman over N50 in Enugu

Late Bitrus and his wife

THERE is tension as the Police in Enugu State and members of Ikpa-modo, Enugu Ezike, in Igboeze North Local Government Area of the state trade blames over the death of 38-year-old man, Bitrus Chukwudi Ugwuanyi.
It was alleged that Ugwuanyi, who was an Okadama (commercial motorcyclist), was killed by policemen for his inability to pay them N50.

Pregnant woman, 2-yr-old son electrocuted in Ibadan

IT was a pathetic scene at Alare Compound of Aremo in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area yesterday, as sympathisers gathered to mourn the death of a pregnant woman and her two-year-old son by electrocution.

Man celebrating 27th birthday dies after night with girlfriend

A man has been found dead after spending the night with his girlfriend.
It was gathered that the deceased, identified as Michael Adegbehin, a 2012 graduate of engineering from a South-West university, celebrated his 27th birthday last Thursday.

Evans is trending. Badly

His houses, boys and weapons

Cleric butchers 7-yr-old boy, buries head in Church

The suspects (left) and the boy's body in a bag 

Late Kazeem's mother

There was tension, yesterday, in Odokekere area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, following the discovery of the dismembered body of a seven-year-old boy, Kazeem Rafiu, at a Church building.
A self-acclaimed prophet, simply identified as Eri Imole, family friend to the boy’s parents, had reportedly established a white garment church about two months ago in the area.
The boy’s dismembered body was found in the Church's uncompleted building.

67-yr-old man to court: She’ll beat me to death if you don’t dissolve this marriage

“My wife will beat me to death one day if I continue with the marriage,’’ A 67-year-old man, Mr. Olawale Jayeola, told an Igando customary court in Lagos, yesterday.
Olawale, an engineer, said his wife, Olatayo, was fond of punching him as if she were punching a bag, beating him like a baby.

Man in trouble as lover dies in Enugu hotel room

One Joel of Enugu State is currently undergoing interrogation in the hands of detectives from Enugu State Police Command as to what led to the death of a lady identified as Ifeyinwa after they both checked into a hotel room in Enugu.
Joel admitted to checking into the hotel with the woman before her sudden death, saying he rushed the deceased to a nearby hospital, where the doctors confirmed her dead.

VANGUARD'S EDITORIAL ON QUIT NOTICE TO IGBO: Stop this nonsense, now!

Periods of social anomie  open opportunities for   delinquents to thrive in society. And so Nigerians discovered on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 when separate groups of self-styled Northern youths at a joint press conference in Kaduna, issued an infamous declaration that ordered Igbo living in the North to leave the region before October 1, 2017.

The youth groups who had been unknown until their villainous outing, in a rather remarkable way birthed themselves into odium with their declaration.

Badoo Boys wipe out Ikorodu family, take out pregnant woman’s unborn baby

Again, Badoo Boys struck in Ikorodu area of Lagos, killing a man, his pregnant wife and two children. One of the children, suspected to have been raped, was still lying unconscious in the hospital at 6p.m., yesterday.
Four members of the gang stormed Mr. Israel Olusanya’s home at Itamaga, Radio Area of Erunwen at 1a.m., on  Tuesday, in a black SUV. 46-year-old Olusanya was a farmer, while his wife was a teacher.
The assailants gained entry into the apartment through a window, smashed the Olusanya’s heads with a grinding stone, ripped the pregnant woman’s womb open and removed the foetus.

Man rubs salt, pepper into housemaid’s injuries in Aba

A man, identified as Chibuike Onwuchekwa, inflicted injuries on his housemaid for failing to fill two water containers at Umuga Ovom in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State.
Eyewitnesses said that Onwuchekwa and his wife had, last Sunday, sent the young girl (names withheld) to fill two water containers in their house from a nearby borehole, while they left for church service.

Kogi youths move to recall Rep

You're being used by govt, lawmaker replies

The Yagba Youths for Change has said it has begun the process of sourcing for a replacement for the member representing them at the House of Representative, Sunday Karimi.
The group, which disclosed this in Lokoja during a lecture to mark Democracy Day, alleged that Karimi’s “laggard attitude” had deprived the people of Yagba constituency the dividends of good representation.

Pensioners take to begging in Kwara

Pensioners in Kwara State have taken to begging for alms on the streets of Ilorin.
Checks in the state capital revealed that the pensioners are always in strategic positions, particularly in popular filling stations and other public places, begging for alms.
Armed with their documents, they approach owners of flashy cars who want to buy petrol, asking them for money so they can feed themselves and their family members.

Anti-open grazing law: Benue seeks arrest of Miyetti Allah's leaders

Benue State government, yesterday, faulted Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, over its opposition to the state’s Open Grazing Prohibition Establishment Law, 2017, which Governor Samuel Ortom recently signed into law.
Meanwhile, Benue State House of Assembly has called on the Inspector General of Police to arrest the leadership of Maiyetti Allah Kautal Hore, following Tuesday’s media briefing by the National President of the Association, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello and Secretary, Alhaji Saleh Alhassan.

Google to build groundscraper headquarters in London

Google has unveiled final plans for its luxury £1billion UK super headquarters with sleep pods, sports pitches and a rooftop 'field' with 200-metre running track to ensure 'wellness' for up to 7,000 staff.

The tech giant's 870,000 sq ft building planned for Kings Cross in London will be the first office it has designed for itself outside California.

Described as a 'groundscraper' because the building will be as long as the Shard is tall - designers say when completed it will be one of the best places to work in the world.