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BUSTED: How I Killed Ex-Governor Igbinedion’s Mother ― Housemaid

BUSTED: How I Killed Ex-Governor Igbinedion’s Mother ― Housemaid

How I Killed Ex-Governor Igbinedion’s Mother ― Housemaid The housemaid of Mrs Maria Igbinedion, the deceased mother of Chief Lucky Igbinedion, former Edo State governor on Tuesday painted a graphic picture of how she killed the 85-year-old woman. Miss Dominion Okoro, 25, who who was paraded at the Edo State Police headquarters in Benin alongside other suspected criminals confessed that she hit a stool on the octogenarian’s head on an attempt to steal from her. Dominion said she sneaked into her room and made an attempt to steal her N100,000, gold necklaces and a wristwatch. She said when she saw…
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Group Seeks Collaboration With Abia Govt On Infrastructural Development

Group Seeks Collaboration With Abia Govt On Infrastructural Development

Group Seeks Collaboration With Abia Government On Infrastructural Development A non partisan and non governmental organisation, Abia Infrastructure Mandate AIM, made up of Abia professionals and technocrats from both in Nigeria and the diaspora has after its recent zoom conference interaction resolved to partner with Abia state government in the area of building legacy Infrastructure for Abians. The resolution further said that being part of the solution to improve Abia Infrastructure is more pertinent than indulging in blame games since all of us are first and foremost Abians who will suffer for our collective negligence. This group which has built…
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BREAKING: Bandits kill Kaduna lawmaker

BREAKING: Bandits kill Kaduna lawmaker

A member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly representing Giwa West, Rilwanu Gadagau, has been killed by bandits. Mr Gadagau, who was chairman House Committee on Local Government, was abducted at a point called Dindin Rauga along Kaduna-Zaria Road on Monday night. DAILY NIGERIAN gathered that he was killed by the attackers on their way to their hideout in the forest. Sources told DAILY NIGERIAN that he last spoke with one of his colleagues, Shehu Yunusa, who represents Kubau Constituency, moments before the attack. “They were on phone with his colleague Shehu Yunusa on that fateful night, telling his…
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Popular Enugu Native Doctor With 60 Wives, 300 Children, Dies At 74

Popular Enugu Native Doctor With 60 Wives, 300 Children, Dies At 74

A popular Enugu native doctor, Simon Odo, has died. The late Odo, popularly called ‘King of Satan’, is adjudged among the most famous native doctors and magicians to have come from Enugu Ezike in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. Aside his mystical fame, including his acclaimed travels to India via a stream behind his house in an astral form, the late King of Satan married over sixty wives and had over 300 children and grandchildren. He boasted that all his wives live cordially despite their numbers. He was reported dead on Tuesday after a brief illness. He…
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HABA!!! 47-year-old security guard rapes daughter, 18, in gatehouse, blames devil

HABA!!! 47-year-old security guard rapes daughter, 18, in gatehouse, blames devil

A 47-year-old security guard, Jacob Obomerelu, has been arrested by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for allegedly raping his 18-year-old daughter. Obomerelu, who worked as a security guard in a residential building on Awolowo Road, Tanke area, Ilorin, allegedly had carnal knowledge of his biological daughter in a gatehouse that also served as his apartment. The incident happened on Monday, December 6, 2021. The victim, who moved out of her father’s house in 2017 after he separated from her mother, was adopted by one Alhaja Mariam Bello in the Gaa-Akanbi area of Ilorin.…
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Unknown Gunmen Kidnap Mother Of Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Chief Of Staff In Kogi

Unknown Gunmen Kidnap Mother Of Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Chief Of Staff In Kogi

Unknown Gunmen Kidnap Mother Of Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Chief Of Staff In Kogi. The incident was said to have happened on Monday evening after she observed evening (Ishai) prayer. Unidentified gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the mother of Governor Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff, Abdulkarim Jamiu Asuku at her residence in Nagazi community, under Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. The incident was said to have happened on Monday evening after she observed evening (Ishai) prayer. According to Daily Post, a resident of Inese/Ovakere new layout in Nagazi community, where Mrs Seriya Raji resided, said the gunmen stormed her residence…
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Bloody Monday, as bandits take over Kaduna-Zaria highway, kill many, kidnap dozens

Bloody Monday, as bandits take over Kaduna-Zaria highway, kill many, kidnap dozens

Bloody Monday, as bandits take over Kaduna-Zaria highway, kill many, kidnap dozens It was a bloody Monday along the Kaduna-Zaria highway after a band of heavily armed bandits took over the road, killing scores of travellers while abducting many others. Information garnered by Ripples Nigeria had it that the deadly attack occurred at Kofar Gayan on the outskirt of Zaria around 8pm on Monday, with that terrorists shooting sporadically at vehicles in order to immobilize them and abduct the passengers. Eyewitnesses said the attackers succeeded in abducting many travellers and took them into the bush before the arrival of security…
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Lady weds bedridden lover in Benue

Lady weds bedridden lover in Benue

A 45-year-old bedridden man who has been begging members of the public since March 2020 to assist him raise N1.5million for spinal cord surgery has wedded his 27-year-old partner, Igbere TV reports. The groom, Terkimbir Benjamin Tyough, an electrician from Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State had resigned to his fate since he was unable to afford the bill for his treatment after falling off an electric pole in March this year injuring his spinal cord. He was rushed to the hospital following the accident but later taken home for inability to pay the bill (1.5million) demanded by the…
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BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen Attack Police Headquarters In Abia, Kill One

BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen Attack Police Headquarters In Abia, Kill One

Unknown Gunmen Attack Police Headquarters In Abia, Kill One Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked the headquarters of Abia State Police Headquarters in Umuahia the state capital, killing at least one person. The victim according to a reliable source who spoke with ABN TV is an Inspector of Police who was on guard duty at in front of the station. The attackers were said to have struck around after 1am on Monday but were repelled by the superior firepower of the policemen on duty. They were said to have unsuccessfully attempted to overrun the station. When contacted,…
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Rampaging Bandits Kill 3 In Sokoto Community Hours After Gov Tambuwal Left The Area

Rampaging Bandits Kill 3 In Sokoto Community Hours After Gov Tambuwal Left The Area

Rampaging Bandits Kill 3 In Sokoto Community Hours After Gov Tambuwal Left The Area Bandits killed three persons after invading Kurawa village in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state. The attack reportedly occurred hours after Governor Aminu Tambuwal visited the area on a condolence visit to the families of travellers burnt to death by bandits along Sabon birni-Isa road on Monday December 6. The Governor announced a donation of N250,000 to each of the families. It was gathered that bandits invaded the village around 8pm on Thursday December 9. According to Daily Trust, a resident said; “They came…
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