Category: METRO - Page 20 - FAMOUS REPORTERS

Nov

2023

IMO 2023: Tension As Gunmen Torch INEC REC’s Home in Enugu State

IMO 2023: Tension As Gunmen Torch INEC REC's Home in Enugu State Reports filtering in from Enugu State has it that the country home of Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, Mrs Syvia Agu in Udi LGA of Enugu State has been attacked by yet to be identified hoodlums. The attack, according to sources, is coming on the heels of alarm raised by civil societies who alleged that the INEC REC has plotted to rig the Imo state election in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in Imo State. Recall that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)…

Oct

2023

By Famous Reporters

50 decomposing, 20 headless bodies uncovered in Abia cattle market

METRO#AbiaGovernment, #AlexOtti, #CattleMarket, #Corpse, #LokpantaCattleMarket

50 decomposing, 20 headless bodies uncovered in Abia cattle market By Charity Uwakwe, Abia. Abia State government says it has discovered not fewer than 50 decomposing, 20 headless bodies uncovered in Abia State. The government of Abia State says her administration has uncovered 50 decomposing, 20 headless bodies around Lokpanta Regional Cattle Market in Umunneochi Local Government Area of the State. Governor Alex Otti disclosed this during a Media conference in Umuahia, on Sunday night, wailing that market environment has become a den of criminals. He vowed that there was no going back on the decision of the state government…

Oct

2023

By Famous Reporters

BREAKING: How Journalist died while covering ministerial screening

METRO#MinisterialScreening, #TijaniAdeyemi, #TribuneNewspaper

How Journalist died while covering ministerial screening Tijani Adeyemi, a Tribune Newspaper correspondent, died on Wednesday, Oct. 4, while covering the ministerial screening in the Senate wing of the National Assembly. Before commencement of the screening of the three ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate for consideration by President Bola Tinubu, Adeyemi slumped. He was immediately rushed to the SGF clinic but sadly died of a cardiac arrest while in one of the National Assembly’s shuttle buses. Journalist dies while covering ministerial screening He was confirmed dead at the SGF office before his body was moved to the National Assembly’s…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

Father Of Final Year Student, 19, Stabbed To Death In Delta By Yahoo Boyfriend Alleges Ritual, Demands Justice

CRIME, METRO#Delta, #Murder, #OghenefejiroSuccessRegha, #Yahoo

Father Of Final Year Student, 19, Stabbed To Death In Delta By Yahoo Boyfriend Alleges Ritual, Demands Justice The family of the slain final year Accounting student of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Miss Oghenefejiro Success Regha, has alleged that the murderer of their daughter, intended to use her for money ritual. The family noted that the plan was halted, following the presence of a neighbour who earlier came to the rescue of their daughter but was allegedly threatened with knife by the suspected ‘ritualist boyfriend. They appealed to the Edo state government and security operatives to ensure that…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

BREAKING: Tension in Imo as robbers shot dead policeman, wife in cold blood

CRIME, METRO#Gunmen, #NigeriaPolice, #PointOnSale, #Robbers, Chisco Transport Company

BREAKING: Tension in Imo as robbers shot dead policeman, wife in cold blood Pandemonium struck in the wee hours of yesterday, Sunday, in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, as three gunmen shot dead an Assistant Superintendent of police (Rtd), Mr. Sampson Owobo alongside his wife.. The incident took place at about around 8pm beside Chisco Transport company office, situated around Owerri Area police command office, a building which houses the Owerri Urban police Divisional headquarters at Egbu Road-Owerri, The gruesome killing of the Edo State born man and his wife, threw the residents and business owners into a state…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

My Brother-in-law killed my sister, deceased wife’s brother wails *I saw him smash her head on wall… Eyewitness

CRIME, METRO#Murder, #Rafiat

Engr. Shittu Yusuf, brother to Rafiat has narrated how his 30-year-old sister, (Rafiat), was allegedly killed by her husband, Peter Nielsen during an argument. He wailed that Nielsen, had severally smashed the deceased's head on a wall during a heated argument in the Gas Line area of Ijoko, Ogun State, on August 6, 2023 34-years-old Yusuf and elder brother of the deceased who hailed from a home town called Ekpa, told newsmen that t"it is very true", that Nielsen committed the said crime against his younger sister. Narrating the incident, he said:"Well, I was told that she went over to…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

Tension, as newly inducted Nurse gruesomely murdered in nightclub while celebrating

METRO#BoluwatifeOmoniyi, #Induction, #NightClub, #Nursing

Tension, as newly inducted Nurse gruesomely murdered in nightclub while celebrating A nursing graduate of Lead City University Boluwatife Omoniyi has been gruesomely murdered by yet- to- be identified assailants while celebrating her milestone. Famousreporters.com gathered that Omoniyi was on Tuesday, inducted into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. According to reports, her remains were discovered without a womb after a night outing in Ibadan. Omoniyi was found dead and evacuated by the Police in Ibadan. It was gathered that she had gone to celebrate her recent induction into the nursing profession at a nightclub on Tuesday night before…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

Boy, 19 uses ‘For Girls’ love charm, impregnates biological mother

CRIME, METRO#Abomination, #Charm, #Ekanem, #ForGirls, #Impregnate

Boy, 19 ‘For Girls’ love charm, , impregnates biological mother 19-year-old Ekanem has committed an unthinkable act that has thus leaving the community in outright disbelief. This is following his shocking news of making use of a certain charm known as 'For Girls' on his unsuspecting biological mother, and having a canal knowledge of her, which resulted in getting her pregnant eventually. This is indeed, an act which is perceived to be abominable and condemnable in the land, as it shows to what extent the teenage boy was willing to go in his quest to satisfy his lustful desires. The…

Jul

2023

By Famous Reporters

Sh0cking: How Farmer, 50 offered last child for money rituals to train other 9 children*His head is too strong for ritual… Herbalist

CRIME, METRO#Arrest, #Blood, #Farmer, #Herbalist, #Ritual

Sh0cking: How Farmer, 50 offered last child for money rituals to train other 9 children*His head is too strong for ritual… Herbalist A certain Nigerian native doctor has declined the hearty request of a Beninese farmer, Poni Bada, who had offered his nine-years-old son for money ritual. According to Vanguard newspaper, 50-year-old Beninese farmer, Poni Bada, left his country home for Nigeria, with his unsuspecting nine-year-old son, who he intended to use for money rituals. In the company of the farmer, were three other suspects: Ige Koselu, Benjamin Balovi and Segun Shile, who had visited a herbalist’s home in Owode…

Jul

2023

By Famous Reporters

FUEL HIKE: Truck crushes monarch to death inside commercial tricycle (Keke Napep)

METRO#death, #FuelHike, #Hike, #KekeNapep, #Monarch, #Tricycle

PUMP PRICE HIKE: Truck crushes monarch to death inside commercial tricycle (Keke Napep) Truck crushes Ogun monarch to death inside commercial tricycleA traditional ruler, Olu of Onibuku in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Olusegun Bankole, was crushed to death by a truck. The monarch was said to be aboard a tricycle, otherwise known as Keke Napep, when the liquor-laden truck ran over the tricycle along the Ota-Idiroko expressway, close to Winners Chapel on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. The Oba was said to have died on the spot when the truck with registration number, EPE 252 XF,…