Category: METRO - Page 11 - FAMOUS REPORTERS

Jul

2025

5-year-old boy dies in hot car as mother thought she took him to day care

METRO#ChiefWilliamMcManus, #Daycare, #LipFiller, #PinnacleKidsAcademy, #SanAntonioPolice

5-year-old boy dies in hot car as mother thought she took him to day care A 5-year-old boy was confirmed dead strapped at the back seat of his mother's car, after his mother thought she dropped him off at day care. According to the San Antonio Police Department, a 5-year-old boy died after being abandoned in a hot car, and his mother “fully” thought the child was in day care, but oblivious that he was still in the back seat. The 22-years-old young mum, says she usually leaves her 5-year-old son off at Pinnacle Kids’ Academy in San Antonio for…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

UNIZIK Law student dies as hostel mistress refuses her access to insulin over N120,000 fee

METRO#Insulin, #NnamdiAzikiweUniversity, #NnamdiAzikiweUniversityTeachingHospital’s, #Unizik

UNIZIK Law student dies as hostel mistress denied her access to insulin over N120,000 fee The hostel mistress of Nnamdi Aziz University has taken to her heels, to a yet to be identified destination, after bluntly refusing to allow some students access to their dying colleague's insulin, a Law student, over unpaid fees of the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand naira (N120,000), which eventually led to the death of the latter. Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, are demanding justice following the tragic death of Ajana Isabella, a law student who reportedly died after being denied urgent…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Customs intercept container of donkey genitals on Kaduna–Abuja road

METRO#Donkeygenitals, #Interception, #NigeriaCustomsService

Customs intercept container of donkey genitals on Kaduna–Abuja road Nigeria Customs Service agents, yesterday, halted a 40-foot container conveying donkey parts on the Kaduna–Abuja Motorway. This was disclosed to newsmen during a press conference, yesterday, Thursday, 10, in Abuja, by Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CG). After a coordinated surveillance operation by personnel from the Special Wildlife Office and Customs Intelligence Unit, the contents of the container—which were suspected of being headed for illegal export—were discovered on Friday, June 5, 2025, at approximately 9 p.m. The CG, who was accompanied by Abdullahi Maiwada, the Service’s National Public Relations…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Goosebumps , As Man, 63 rapes 14-year-old boy, gifts him $50 bill compensation

CRIME, METRO#Arraignment, #QueensCriminalCourt, #Rape, #VirgilioTaveras

Goosebumps , As Man, 63 rapes 14-year-old boy, gifts him $50 bill compensation Authorities have expressed worries over a sad incident involving a sick man who may have victimised more minors after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old boy and gave him a $50 cash as a compensation for the upsetting encounter. According to the criminal complaint, Virgilio Taveras, 63, enticed the adolescent into his car and $•£•×•ually att@cked him near the intersection of 175th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, at approximately 1 p.m…. The sick man who was identified as Virgilio Taveras, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

How I lost my leg doing pedicure, Nigerian man wails *A must read

METRO#Amputation, #Himalayansalt, #King’sHospitalLondon, #OlubiyiJibowu, #Pedicure, #Selfmedication

How I lost my leg doing pedicure, Nigerian man wails*A must read A Nigerian man has narrated how hw lost one of his legs after a home pedicure went wrong. A Nigerian man who gave himself a pedicure at home had to have his leg amputated when the treatment went wrong. Olubiyi Jibowu said he ran a bath, added Himalayan salt and soaked his feet, but the 57-year-old didn’t realise how hot the water was until he pulled his feet out and saw angry blisters all over them. Instead of seeing a doctor, he treated the burns himself with Dettol,…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Breaking: Head rolls, blood spills, as wrongly parked Imo govt waste truck chops off Bus driver’s head

METRO#death, #Driversnegligence, #Ghastlyautocrash, #ImoStateWasteManagementAgency, #okrotraders, #wrongparking

Breaking: Head rolls, blood spills, as wrongly parked Imo govt waste truck chops off Bus driver's head The yet to be identified driver of the bus rammed into the wrongly parked Imo govt truck, leading to his untimely death. Pandemonium broke out across all nooks and crannies of Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, yesterday, as a bus conveying market women rammed into a Waste Disposal Truck, said to be owned by the government of Imo State. The Waste Disposal Truck which had the inscription 'Imo State Waste Management Agency ',was said to be parked by…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

CEHRAWS calls on Abia to intervene in attack on Item widow, plot to bribe authorities by Chief Ukoha, Others

METRO#CEHRAWS, #CentreforHumanRightsAdvocacyandWholesomeSociety, #Culturalostracization, #Widow

CEHRAWS calls on Abia to intervene in attack on Item widow, plot to bribe authorities By Charity Uwakwe The Centre for Human Rights Advocacy and Wholesome Society (CEHRAWS) has expressed utter indignation over what it described as the vicious and coordinated attacks, destruction of property, and subsisting threats to the life of Mrs. Esther Onuoha, a 52-year-old indigent woman from Uzo Mkporo, Apanu village in Item community, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. According to a statement signed by Comrd. Okoye, Chuka Peter, on behalf of CEHRAWS, and issued to Famousreporters.com, today, Wednesday, July 9, the organisation decried the…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

How UNN student allegedly murdered female colleague in Nsukka hotel over #15k increase for sex

CRIME, METRO#EmmanuelGambo, #UNN

How UNN student allegedly murdered female colleague in Nsukka hotel over #15k increase for sex A female student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, who was allegedly murdered in cold blood by her colleague in a hotel last week, over N15,000 additional payment for the second round of sex after the initial payment of N5,000. The police in Enugu have arrested a student of material and metallurgical engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), for the alleged murder of a female colleague. Daniel Ndukwe, the Enugu police spokesman, addressed the press on Monday. Ndukwe said that the command,…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

How 13 Ebonyi youths got murdered in Anambra, FENRAD demands investigation, justice

CRIME, METRO#13EbonyiyouthskilledinAnambra, #FENRAD, #Humanity, #Investigation, #NnannaNwafor

How 13 Ebonyi youths got murdered in Anambra, FENRAD demands investigation, justice By Charity Uwakwe A clarion call has been made to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the Director of State Security Services, and other relevant law enforcement agencies, to conduct a transparent, and independent investigation into the killings recent gruesome killing of 13 Ebonyi youths in Anambra state. The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), a leading human rights and environmental justice organization in a press statement made available to Famousreporters.com, Sunday, July 6, insisting that the perpetrators of the dastardly act be brought…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Outrage in UNIPORT, As Student Accused Sets Boyfriend Ablaze

METRO#CynthiaChukwundah, #Murder, #SunnyAmadi, #UNIPORT

Outrage in UNIPORT, As Student Accused Sets Boyfriend Ablaze The University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State (UNIPORT) is on the spotlight again following a horrific domestic violence which has not only sent shockwaves on the campus but also across Rivers State, as a young man, identified as Sunny Amadi, reportedly died from severe burns allegedly inflicted by his girlfriend, Cynthia Chukwundah, a 300-level student of the University of Port Harcourt. The incident allegedly occurred on Ogboro Street in Choba, near the University campus. According to viral reports circulating on social media, Cynthia, said to be from Odohua in Emohua Local…