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A mother-of-four has been found dead just hours after sharing a Facebook status suggesting she had been called a "fat ugly c***" Alli MacDonnell, 36, who had four children aged 2 to 15, took to social media yesterday to write about the verbal abuse: Why is it ok for a man to call a girl a fat ugly c***?????? Seriously new level of pushing someone to the edge. Facebook users replied the post, telling the autism awareness campaigner that it "is not OK" and urging her to rise above the abuse. A short while after sharing the Facebook post, the mom was found dead. It is not clear if the post was linked to her death. Friends of the model, who was signed with Andrea Roche’s AR Model Agency, took to social media hours later to mourn her. Stephanie Whelan wrote: Absolutely devastating. What a beauty inside and out. No matter how beautiful we knew you were it’s how you feel inside that matters. You were a very proud mammy a...

                                              A Nigerian singer, Melissa Whiskey's mum, Mrs Abimbola Olusola(right), was recently murdered in Lagos state by her aggrieved staff. Mrs Olusola who owns Etashol Hotel and Suites, and the manager of her hotel, Tunji Omikunle, were strangled by some workers at the hotel located on Budland Street in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, on January 24th. Mr Omikunle According to the police, Olusola who lived in London for 35 years, returned to Nigeria in 2018 to set up a hotel in March of the same year. Olusola and Omikunle had recently discovered that some of their employees had defrauded the company of money running into millions. They were handed over to the police and sacked afterwards. Last ...

A 3-month-old baby, Mohammed Sani, was burnt to death in a fire outbreak in Kano on Tuesday February 5th. According to reports, Mohammed's parents lived in a two-bedroom apartment at Sheka Yar’ Kasuwa in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano where the fire started. The mother of the child was the only one at home and had run out of the house in search of help from neighbours when the fire started. Unfortunately, the child died in the raging fire before men of the state fire service could contain it. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

On Tuesday, an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos remanded a man identified as Habeeb Eletu, for allegedly stabbing to death, a man over his refusal to accept Islam. The defendant, 26, whose plea was not taken, is being tried for malicious damage and murder. The Prosecutor, Insp. Kehinde Omisakin told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Jan. 22, at 9.00p.m., at Awoyaya Town in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. Omisakin said the defendant allegedly became furious and dashed out at night on the said date, confronting whoever came his way to accept Islam. The defendant was said to have insisted that whoever refused to accept his religion would either be stabbed or have his property damaged. The prosecutor alleged that in the process, the defendant maliciously damaged a Toyota Camry marked LND 568 FM (Lagos) and a Honda saloon car marked GGE 478 AM (Lagos). She said in the process, the defendant stabbed one Ojo, 27, whose...

A Thai man has been killed after being electrocuted charging his phone while using earphones to listen to music in Thailand.  Police said they found 24-year-old Kritsada Supol on his mattress with his Samsung device plugged into a power point with a cheap charging cable. When the property owner visited his room in Chonburi the next morning, police said the body of the man who is factory worker was found with signs of burning around his ears.                           According to the Sun UK, he appeared to have been listening to music or talking to someone, with the microphone section of the earphones resting over his lips.   Police Captain Jaleuk Polthong from the Phan Thong Provincial Police Station in Chonburi, Thailand , said they believe that Kritsada was electrocuted while using the earphones and charging his smartphone...

The daughter of the Chief Whip of Katsina state House of Assembly, Bello Abdu Danmusa has been reportedly kidnapped. Hajiya Amina Danmusa is married to Muftahu Yakubu Ciro in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State,  where the incidence occurred. According to Daily Trust, although no ransom has so far been made, sources close to the family said the incident took place when the bandits attacked her residence purportedly to kidnap her husband who wasn’t available at that time. Attempts were also made that night to kidnap another elderly woman, Baba Maiwaina, who sustained injuries and was abandoned by the abductors. In a similar development, a Medical doctor, Dr. MJ Yusuf’s two children were kidnapped by gunmen in Jibia town, Jiba Local Government Area of Katsina state. It was gathered that the abductors stormed his residence picked up the wife and the two kids at about 1 am on Monday night. Sources say the wife fell off the motorcycle of the abdu...

The Department of State Security DSS and the Nigeria Police have began an investigation into an alleged abuse of some pupils of the Abuja School for the Deaf in Kuje. The security agents were alerted recently after suspected ritualists invaded the school, abducted and molested some pupils, while initiating some others  into cult groups. One of the parents of the affected students who spoke on Brekete (a breakfast programme on Human Rights radio) in Abuja on Tuesday February 5th, said that her son who attends the school had been molested by teachers in the school. It was gathered some parents also brought the matter to the attention of the Federal Ministry of Education who contacted the Federal Capital Territory Administration, the government authorities overseeing the school. The Federal Ministry of Education asked the DSS carry  a detailed investigation and  it was discovered that no case of molestation was found at the end ...

                                   The police in Ebonyi state have arrested a 50-year-old man, Cyril Oko, for stabbing his 25-year-old neighbor, Peter Nkwuda, to death on Monday February 4th. According to the police, the deceased and the suspect stay in Oroke Onuoha area of Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state. Trouble started when Peter started playing music from his room, raising the volume very high to the discomfort of his other neighbors. The suspect it was said had gone to appeal to him to reduce the volume but he refused. An argument ensued which turned into a fight. Cyril stormed into his own apartment, came out with a knife and stabbed Peter who died instantly. The matter was reported men of the Kpiripkiri Police Station who dispatched operatives to the scene of the...

Armed bandits who raided communities in Zamfara recently are said to have made a demand of N30million as ransom to release Alhaji Ibrahim, the husband of late Ade Marafa, an elder sister to Kabiru Marafa, Senator representing Zamfara Central. The bandits also set Ruwan Bore community in Gusau Local Government Area ablaze.  A resident of the community, who spoke with SaharaReporters, disclosed that the bandits called the family to demand the money before he could be released. “They have called demanding N30million,” he said adding that the bandits came with the intention of kidnapping Marafa’s sister, but she resisted. When they arrived, they tried to kidnap her, but she resisted. So they killed her, and took away her husband.” The bandits invaded the community in the early hours of Tuesday, killing 14 people and setting two communities Tungar Takoka and Tudun Wadar Maijatau ablaze. Residents of those areas have moved to Mada and ...

Zimbabwe’s Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has again been airlifted to a South African hospital for emergency medical treatment after his health had deteriorated over the weekend. According to reports, Chiwenga fell ill after attending a brief politburo meeting and checked in at Avenues Clinic; an elite hospital in the capital Harare. Chiwenga was later airlifted to a hospital in Cape Town after his health deteriorated over the weekend. Back in October 2018, the VP was treated for “exhaustion” and 1980s injuries from the war of liberation. Chiwenga and his wife, Mary, have been showing signs of illness, with visibly swollen hands and discoloured skin patches, something he said was due to poisoning. Last year, Chiwenga suggested he was paying the price for removing former President Robert Mugabe, triggering speculation he might have been poisoned.

Popular Telugu TV actress, Naga Jhansi committed suicide at her residence in Hyderabad by hanging herself on Wednesday. The 21-year old actress is said to have taken such an extreme step after a failed relationship with her boyfriend Surya aka Nani. Jhansi and Nani are said to have been in a relationship for a while now but Nani's parents were against their relationship. They were unhappy with him planning to get married to Jhansi and this did not go down well with her. Police officials reached her residence after they were informed by neighbours of the actress' death.                               Officials shifted her body to Gandhi Hospital and have started investigating the case. Reportedly, police officials are waiting for the post-mortem report and will begin their investigation after that. Jhansi is known f...

Two people have been arrested following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in south London. The men, aged 19 and 27, were arrested after they arrived at a hospital shortly after the murder which took place in Battersea, less than half a mile from Prince George’s primary school. Police and London Ambulance Service were called to Wolsey Court, off Westbridge Road, at 7.52pm on Tuesday following reports of a stabbing. The police arrived to find a 19-year-old with stab wounds. He died at the scene at 8.36pm. The Metropolitan Police said a murder investigation has been launched after the teenager was stabbed to death. They added that the two men arrested in relation to the stabbing were taken to separate police stations and the victim’s next of kin have been informed.

Operatives of the Enugu State police command have arrested a notorious kidnapping ring that specialized in abducting children from schools located in the six local government councils in Enugu east senatorial zone and whisking them to neighbouring states for sale. According to reports, the ladies identified as Nkeiruka Odo from Imilike Agu village in Udenu council area of Enugu State and Precious Chukwuemeka Chineneye from Aguleri, Anambra State had been terrorizing residents with their nefarious attitude. The ladies were said to have enticed children with dresses, Biscuits, Chin-Chin, and Candies among others. Last month the kidnappers had abducted a little boy identified as Ugwu Levi Chiagozie from a Nursery school located in Imilike Ani, Udenu and whisked him away to Anambra State where they had sold him to a nurse. They met their waterloo on Monday after they were arrested when they attempted to abduct a child at a certain Primary school located at Imil...

                           The Rivers state police command has declared a state of emergency on the East-West road over incessant killings, kidnapping and robbery of commuters who ply the Choba and Mbiama stretch of the road. This comes after a recent attack on a popular commercial bus on the road where the driver was shot dead and 12 passengers were kidnapped. It was gathered that sequel to the ambush on the convoy of the lawmakers from Ahoada west local government area which killed the leader of Ahoada west legislative Assembly, Ekele Cohen, Governor Nyesom Wike, vowed that the killers of the lawmaker must be fished out and that security agencies must put a stop to the insecurity on the road. According to the spokesman of the Rivers state police command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, the command has declared a state of emergency on that s...

                                               A lot of residents of Lagos state who own a car can relate with this lady's tweets. It chronicles how traffic robbers have forced many Lagos commuters to live in fear, even in broad day light. Continue to read below...                                                                                 ...

                              Disgraced American singer, R Kelly , 52, has been banned from a Danish radio network in the wake of sexual assault allegations against him. The artist’s alleged long history of sexual, physical, and mental abuse of young women and underage girls including surrounding himself with sex slaves were last month detailed in the docuseries 'Surviving R Kelly' In a statement by Bauer Media, which runs The Voice, NOVA, Radio 100, Pop FM, Radio Soft and MyRock in Denmark, reaching around 2.7million listeners each week in a country of 5.8million, they said they have barred Kelly after the 'very serious' claims. As a radio we have a responsibility on who we give the airtime to,' said Bauer Media official Tobias Nielsen. 'It's very serious and we feel we can't have him on the playlists.' This comes ...

The U.S. Coast Guard announced a major drug bust after they seized close to 35,000 pounds of cocaine from suspected drug smuggling vessels in Eastern Pacific Ocean. The drugs, worth an estimated wholesale value of $466 million, were intercepted off the coasts of Mexico, and Central and South America and off-loaded in Port Everglades, Florida on Tuesday, the Coast Guard said in a news release. In the statement, it was revealed that the U.S. Coast Guard offloaded approximately 34,780 pounds of cocaine. Six different crews seized the drugs from 21 separate vessels stopped in Pacific waters. The haul was the "result of the collaboration and coordination of multiple Coast Guard and interagency assets to address the complex maritime challenge of transnational criminal organizations,” Cmdr. Michael Sharp said. Most of the drugs originate in Colombia and are destined for the U.S., according to Schultz.

Facebook user, Tope Boyede, who lives in Akure,  alleges that his neighbour beat her 2-year-old daughter to pulp with turning stick after she failed to count number 1-200. Read his post below.. "This little girl of two and half years did not fall or hit by a motorcycle, but she was brutally beaten by her mother with orogun (stick for turning Amala or Gari)  for not been able to count 1 to 200 ,this happened in my compound this evening, I didn't do or send it online because of this, but it has been happening repeatedly and I can't take it no more, Good people of Nigeria, help me to rebroadcast this until it get to an NGOs, I want this woman to be dealt with for treating her daughter like this for cry out loud, in case any NGOs want to get in touch with me for the arrest of this woman, this is my contact  07031312213. Pls Awon abiyamo tooto e dide Ki e gba Omo Yi lowo Obinrin ika yi"            ...

                                           Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier accused of shooting dead four family members in Alebtong District in December last year,  pleaded guilty to four counts of murder against him on Monday, February 4. Pt Isaac Newton Okello, a 43-year-old UPDF soldier attached to the 3rd Infantry Division in Moroto pleaded guilty to shooting dead a 35-year-old Emmy Okello (his brother), 29-year-old Betty Arao (wife to the brother who was seven months pregnant) and their three-year-old son, Elvis Okullo. While appearing before the 3rd Infantry Division court martial chaired by Col J.B Katongole,  in Alebtong District, Pt Okello told court that he killed his brother because of land wrangles and that he was also angry at h...

A Nigerian man has stated that he is scared of getting married because ''men always die first in marriage''. Okwudiri wrote this on Facebook after a report by AFP on Monday, about a new study by the  National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal, stated that women tend to outlive men and stay mentally sharp longer, because female brains appear on average about three years younger. The study enrolled 121 women and 84 men, who underwent PET scans to measure brain metabolism, or the flow of oxygen and glucose in their brains. Like other organs in the body, the brain uses sugar as fuel. But just how it metabolizes glucose can reveal a lot about the brain’s metabolic age. Subjects ranged from their 20s to 80s, and across those age spans, women’s brains appeared metabolically younger than men’s, said the findings. A machine-learned algorithm showed that women’s brains were on average about 3.8 years younger than their chronological a...

                                   A high chief in Edo state, Chief David Edebiri who is the Esogban of Benin Kingdom and the Odionwere (Head) of witches and wizards in Edo state, has given reasons why self confesed witches and wizards in Benin kingdom are not killed. Edebiri in a chat with members of the African Bar Association who paid him a courtesy call today, said any witch or wizard that confesses in the Benin kingdom, is treated with uttermost respect and is rehabilitated back into the society after undergoing certain processes. Edebiri said the powers to deal with witches and wizards in the kingdom was given to him by the Oba of Benin. “Witches and wizards are my subjects. We deal with them in a decent way. There is no magical process in it. Once anybody confessed to be...

                                     A 3 months pregnant woman, Susan Atieno, 24,  is nursing serious stab wounds at Coast Provincial General Hospital (CPGH) in Mombasa following a botched murder by her husband. 28-year-old Daniel Okello, took his own life after trying to kill his wife in a bizarre incident that stunned their neighbours at Sisi kwa Sisi in Changamwe. She was stabbed four times in the chest, and other parts of her body, during the attack at about 1am on Tuesday. When NTV Kenya met Ms Atieno at the hospital for an interview, she could not speak but doctors said tests confirmed the baby was still alive. She appeared shocked, likely because the man was the father of the child and because the foetus survived the vicious attack. Neighbours said that a few minutes aft...

A young man is currently on the run after raping a 5-year-old girl through the anus and vagina. The man, who is the son of the landlady, raped the daughter of a tenant at No. 47 Erede Street, Ekerube in Abaranje, Ikotun, Lagos. The man lured the victim into his apartment, pulled her underwear and penetrated her both through her private and anus. He then warned the girl not to tell her parents or he will kill her. His evil action was discovered when the girl's mother was bathing her and the girl wouldn't allow her to touch her private part due to pains. Her private part was then checked and it was discovered that she had been abused. It was also discovered that she had been penetrated via the anus too. Following this discovery, the girl was questioned and she opened up then added that the landlady's son told her not to tell anyone, else she will be killed. The matter was reported to the police but the suspect cannot be found as he has...

The Enugu Zonal Office of EFCC has secured the conviction of a businessman, Nicholas Emenike for advance fee fraud. Emenike who owns Raso Construction Company Limited, was on March 27, 2017 arraigned at an Enugu State High Court, on a two-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N4,467,500. His ordeal began in 2015 when he was reported to the EFCC by a complainant who alleged that Emenike deceived him into supplying rods for the execution of a multi-million naira building contract he claimed to have won. After supplying the rods, Emenike issued a post-dated cheque, which was returned unpaid. Investigation by the EFCC, however, revealed that Emenike was never awarded any contract, as there was no document to support his claim. It was further established that he sold the rods and diverted the proceeds to his personal use. He had pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. The prosecution team led by Ani Ikechukwu Michael opened its case...

                                          A resident of Bayelsa state, Ibomo Rafeal Seimiengha, is currently heartbroken over the death of her brother, Gelsthorpe Sege. In a post shared on her Facebook page, Ibomo revealed that her brother, Sege, was attacked by armed robbers hours after his wife reportedly flaunted bundles of Naira notes on social media.