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Sad! Man Beats Wife To Death Over Pregnancy For Another Man
A man beat his wife to death with a pipe wrench after learning she was pregnant with her boyfriend’s baby authorities have reported.
“I did it. I finished her and called the police and went outside,” he said to the arriving officers, according to a report. He was wearing a bloodstained white button-down shirt and had blood on his hands and cheek, the report said. “I’m not crazy,” he told officers, according to the report.
Mother Whose Daughter Has Progeria Steals Heart Of Many (Photos)
A mother has stolen the heart of many after she shaved her hair to show support for her 6-year-old daughter, Adalia Rose suffering from Progeria.
This condition causes her body to age much faster than normal, with loss of hair being one of the side effect.
Nalalia Amozurrutia, decided to shave her head in order to show her devotion for Adalia. Nalalia shares images of herself with her daughter on her Facebook page, showing family, friends, and fans how they both deal with Progeria in their everyday lives.
This special act of love has shown her daughter that she is not alone in her 'Trauma'. The average life expectancy for a child with Progeria is about 13 years, but some with the disease die younger and some live 20 years or longer.
U.S Rapper Reveals He Chopped Off His Egg-Plant To Address His Callousness Towards Women
Wu-Tang Clan rapper, Andre Johnson, has explained why he cut off his penis during a party, and then jumped off a second-floor balcony. Johnson explains that he took the extreme measure because he felt that his penis was out of control, and that his “interactions” with women had been “callous.”
He says, “At the back of my mind, my issues were eating me. I was thinking my interaction with women have been just callous, no moral code. “I said I will fix this problem that is causing me so much misery. That’s when I think the insanity kicked in. I said, ‘Yo, my dick is outta control. I need a vasectomy.”
And then he went on to perform the “vasectomy” on himself. He had survived the incident, which happened in April 2014. Describing his unusual action, he told the BBC3, “I just jumped up, out of nowhere and I went to the kitchen. “I grabbed a knife and, bam, I pulled down my pants and (he mimes a chopping motion) … that quick.”
He assures that though doctors were unable to reattach the severed part of his penis after a life-saving surgery, that doesn’t mean that he can’t have sex. “When I’m actually having the act of sex, it’s not like, ‘Oh I wish I still had my penis. It’s like, I’m in there. Like it used to be,” he said.
Johnson was hospitalised after the incident and diagnosed with having suffered a period of severe depression. He was later referred to a psychiatrist. Confessing that he was under the influence of drugs and drinks, he discloses, “When we have mental health issues, we turn to drugs – you know, smoke this, have a drink."
Anthony Joshua Defeats Wladimir Klitschko In The 11th Round (Photo)
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua beats Wladimir Klitschko to add WBA heavyweight title to IBF belt
Anthony Joshua stopped Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round at Wembley to add the WBA heavyweight title to his IBF belt.
The Brit landed a huge uppercut in the early stages of the penultimate stanza and the Ukrainian beat the count, but never recovered.
He was knocked down once more later in the round before the referee a stop to the bout.
After an even opening four rounds, Joshua came out with a barrage of punches in the fifth and floored Klitschko.
Klitschko came back strong in the fifth and dominated the sixth, putting Joshua on the canvas.
But Joshua weathered the storm and regrouped in the next four rounds, before the dramatic 11th.
Two knockdowns were followed with another group of big shots when the referee waved off the scrap.
In the aftermath of the fight, Joshua said: "What can I say? First and foremost, 19-0, three and a half years in the game. I’m not perfect, but I’m trying.
"If you don’t take part, you fail, I want to shout out my trainer.
"I want to give a massive shoutout to 95,000 people in the arena and lastly as boxing states, you leave your ego at the door and a massive shoutout to Klitschko for taking part."
The 27-year-old was born in Watford to a Nigerian mother and a British father of Nigerian and Irish decent.
Sad! 100Level UNILAG Student Commits Suicide After Being Disgraced By Her Roommates (Photo)
100L UNILAG student, Ariyibi Ayomide, From the faculty of business ADMINISTRATION commits suicide after missing items were found in her bag
Full story:
An incident happened in her room (Amina Hostel) which involved the missing of belongings (which includes make up and clothes) of another girl in d same room.
On Thursday, some of the belongings of d fellow room mate was found in Ayomide's bag ( scattered in three different bags - make up in one of of her bag, clothes in another bag and clothes in another bag making 3 of Ayomide's bag).
As a result the roommates disgraced Ayo and called her many names( relating to a thief) and disgraced her publicly.
Ayomide called her mum and her mum came down next day( Friday) to settle d issue. The make up was valued at 2000 Naira in which Her mum paid. After that, her mum told her to pack her bags and follow her home which she did but as she was going d room mates shouted on her and called her so many names.
Her mum took her home and went back to work (her mum is a unilag staff). Ayomide was d only one left at home when she took sniper in the afternoon. Her mum came back in d evening and saw her child in a critical state. So she asked what happened to her; Ayomide just stretched her hand to do bottle of d sniper she took.
Immediately her mum gave her palm oil( epo in yoruba) but results were not forthcoming. So she rushed her to a medical centre at ebute metta, still results were not favourable, she was then taken to Luth ( Medilag). Ayo gave up in LUTH around after 7 Yesterday. REST IN PEACE AYOMIDE!!!!"
FRSC Operatives Arrest Suspected Traffickers With 17 Underaged Children Stuffed In A Car (Photo)
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has revealed that its operatives in Kaduna State in the course of their duties impounded a vehicle for overloading and broken windscreen only to later discover occupants of the vehicle are suspected child traffickers with minors heading to an unknown destination.
The vehicle was travelling from Kano to undisclosed location on 27th April, 2017, when the patrol team flagged down the driver who refused to stop, but with the advantage of the traffic light at Dutsenma junction that turned red and the traffic build-up, he was forced to stop which enable his arrest.
17 minors and 3 adults (a driver, a woman and one other person), totalling 20 persons instead of only 9 persons, were found occupying the vehicle.
The Corps’ Sector Head of Operations in Kaduna who interviewed the driver and could not get a convincing answer regarding the movement of the passengers, immediately directed the occupants to be taken to Kano office of NAPTIP for further investigation and necessary action.
Men Pay Extra Money To Have S3x With Prostitutes In Abuja Without Condom
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Agency for Control of HIV/AIDS (FACA) said it distributed seven million condoms to FCT residents in 2016, to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The Project Manager of the agency, Dr Uche Okoro, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Abuja on Saturday.
Okoro said that beneficiaries consisted of those vulnerable to the condition like commercial sex workers and homosexuals.
He further said that FACA carried out intensive training for those prone to HIV/AIDS infection on the importance of the use of condoms, consistently, while having sexual intercourse. “Some people pay extra money to have sex with commercial sex workers without the use of condom, with the intention of spreading HIV through them. “We have advised them not to accept or allow such a thing as their lives are equally important,’’ the project manager said.
According to Okoro, the prevalence of HIV had reduced drastically in the FCT with the agency’s massive enlightenment campaign, especially in 2016.
He also said that FACA had designed a five-year strategic plan from, 2017 to 2021, on eradicating HIV/AIDS in the territory.
Okoro, however, expressed concern over the gradual withdrawal of support by development partners, saying that the development would pose a challenge to the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country.
He, therefore, urged the Federal, state and local governments to pay serious attention to eradicating the condition from the country.
DailyTrust
Update: Bruises Spotted On The Corpse Of Delta Politician Who Died In Police Custody (Photos)
Fresh reports have it that an autopsy has been carried out on former Director of Direct Labour Agency, Chief Lucky Ayomanor who allegedly died of cardiac arrest in the custody of the police in Sapele, Delta State. While the autopsy result is yet to be officially disclosed to the public, new photos show that the politician sustained bruises and also swollen eyes in the course of his arrest.
It was gathered that Chief Ayomanor was accosted and searched by the police, who were on a “stop” and “search” duty along Gana road in Sapele. It was alleged that a fully loaded revolver and pump action was discovered in the SUV of Chief Ayomanor after he was searched by the police.
The police immediately arrested the Community leader and a former Labour Party, Delta State House of Assembly Candidate in 2011 election, when he failed to provide the licence.
Chief Ayomanor was alleged to have fainted and was quickly rushed to the hospital by the police where he suddenly died.
It was gathered that Chief Ayomanor was accosted and searched by the police, who were on a “stop” and “search” duty along Gana road in Sapele. It was alleged that a fully loaded revolver and pump action was discovered in the SUV of Chief Ayomanor after he was searched by the police.
The police immediately arrested the Community leader and a former Labour Party, Delta State House of Assembly Candidate in 2011 election, when he failed to provide the licence.
Chief Ayomanor was alleged to have fainted and was quickly rushed to the hospital by the police where he suddenly died.
Pregnant Nigerian Lady Dies Mysteriously In Her Sleep After Using The Toilet (Photos)
A Nigerian woman identified as Mrs Keke Esu, who got married last year has died mysteriously.
According to a Facebook user who shared the sad news, the woman who was pregnant reportedly died in her sleep after waking up to use the toilet. She slept and never woke up again.
According to a Facebook user who shared the sad news, the woman who was pregnant reportedly died in her sleep after waking up to use the toilet. She slept and never woke up again.
Late Senator Adeleke's US Based Younger Brother Weeps At His Grave In Osun (Photos)
US base younger brother of late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, Dr. Ademola Adeleke, yesterday visited his elder brothers grave in Ede, Osun State where he wept bitterly and was consoled by relatives. See more photos after the cut...
Man Divorced 3 Hours After Getting Married As Bride Declares Him ‘Greedy’ (Photos)
A husband was divorced after three hours and had his head shaved as a punishment after his wife said he was 'greedy' and married another man on the same day. Rubana Parveen, 18, married Muntaj Ansari, 26, on Wednesday morning, in Chandwa village, in eastern India.
But after the traditional Muslim nuptials the auto rickshaw driver started demanding a huge dowry and insisted on buying an expensive motorbike
The bride’s father, Bashir-ud-din Ansari, 58, who owns a hotel, had already bought him a motorbike but Muntaz wasn’t satisfied and demanded a better model.
A witness said: ‘Everyone kept telling the groom to calm down and tried convincing him to accept what he was given. 'But he kept threatening to go home without his new bride. The groom and bride’s father were arguing a lot. It was a crazy scene.’
Bride Rubana decided to call a local ‘Qazi’, also known as a Muslim judge or adjudicator, and with her family’s support she declared an open ‘Talaaq’, which is a Muslim divorce.
Bashir-ud-din said he made sure Muntaj’s family return all gifts and dowry money already paid.
Muntaj’s family were so ashamed they wrote a letter of apology promising to return everything.
Local residents were outraged with Muntaz’s behavior and as a punishment they made him wear a garland of shoes with a placard reading: ‘I am greedy for dowry’.
They even shaved a strip of hair off his head, along with his brother.
But later that evening Bashir-ud-din, who is a father of four, arranged for another local man to marry his daughter.
But after the traditional Muslim nuptials the auto rickshaw driver started demanding a huge dowry and insisted on buying an expensive motorbike
The bride’s father, Bashir-ud-din Ansari, 58, who owns a hotel, had already bought him a motorbike but Muntaz wasn’t satisfied and demanded a better model.
A witness said: ‘Everyone kept telling the groom to calm down and tried convincing him to accept what he was given. 'But he kept threatening to go home without his new bride. The groom and bride’s father were arguing a lot. It was a crazy scene.’
Bride Rubana decided to call a local ‘Qazi’, also known as a Muslim judge or adjudicator, and with her family’s support she declared an open ‘Talaaq’, which is a Muslim divorce.
Bashir-ud-din said he made sure Muntaj’s family return all gifts and dowry money already paid.
Muntaj’s family were so ashamed they wrote a letter of apology promising to return everything.
Local residents were outraged with Muntaz’s behavior and as a punishment they made him wear a garland of shoes with a placard reading: ‘I am greedy for dowry’.
They even shaved a strip of hair off his head, along with his brother.
But later that evening Bashir-ud-din, who is a father of four, arranged for another local man to marry his daughter.
Pastor Strips Married Woman, Caresses Her In A Hotel Room In Delta State
Delta State Police Command have engaged in an investigation over a 34-year-old Anglican Church pastor from Anambra State, who allegedly tricked a 23-year married woman that had a matrimonial problem to a hotel in Asaba, where he took-off her clothes and caressed her
The cup of the pastor, also in the habit of obtaining money from his victims, ran over recently after one of his victims exposed him.
Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, confirmed the arrest of the randy pastor.
The cup of the pastor, also in the habit of obtaining money from his victims, ran over recently after one of his victims exposed him.
Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, confirmed the arrest of the randy pastor.
Air Force Jets Bomb Boko Haram’s Artillery In Sambisa Forest (Photos/Video)
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets on Friday successfully destroyed an artillery piece being sneaked into Sambisa forest by insurgents. Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, in a statement, said the artillery piece was concealed under a tree and sighted by a NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft while on daytime patrol in the Sambisa general area.
He said that about seven insurgents were also observed to be moving out from under the tree.
“The crew on board the ISR platform therefore, immediately called for air strikes by NAF combat platforms. “Following the alert, one Alpha Jet and one F-7Ni fighter aircraft were scrambled for air interdiction on the artillery piece.
“The Alpha Jet and F-7Ni strikes were observed to have hit the target. Thereafter, the Alpha Jet strafed the area with rockets and the location of the artillery piece was completely engulfed in an inferno. “Subsequently, Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) footage by a NAF ISR aircraft revealed that the strikes were successful as the artillery piece was neutralised,” Adesanya explained.
Adesanya stated that with the successful attacks, attempts by the remnants of the insurgents to reinforce their capability with the artillery piece was thwarted.
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He said that about seven insurgents were also observed to be moving out from under the tree.
“The crew on board the ISR platform therefore, immediately called for air strikes by NAF combat platforms. “Following the alert, one Alpha Jet and one F-7Ni fighter aircraft were scrambled for air interdiction on the artillery piece.
“The Alpha Jet and F-7Ni strikes were observed to have hit the target. Thereafter, the Alpha Jet strafed the area with rockets and the location of the artillery piece was completely engulfed in an inferno. “Subsequently, Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) footage by a NAF ISR aircraft revealed that the strikes were successful as the artillery piece was neutralised,” Adesanya explained.
Adesanya stated that with the successful attacks, attempts by the remnants of the insurgents to reinforce their capability with the artillery piece was thwarted.
New Born Baby Sold For N200k In Katsina Found In Imo State (Photo)
A baby boy delivered by 18-year-old Aisha Lawal who is knwon to hang around a Katsina brothel, has become the center of controversy in a case of alleged abduction and subsequent selling of the baby to one Grace Ohuhu for N200,000.
Apart from Aisha and Grace who have been arrested by the police over the incident, three others namely; Ogugua Okoh, a 43-year-old senior nurse with the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Katsina; her friend Joy Ihenamere, and one Hauwa’u Ibrahim, believed to be Aisha’s god mother who is camping her at the brothel, are also being detained by the police over the case.
Daily Trust gathered that sometime in January, Aisha was delivered of a baby boy at the Federal Medical Center Katsina where she was told she had a stillbirth and that the baby had been buried.
She hurriedly packed her things and left the hospital without settling her outstanding bills.
Trouble however started when a fracas ensued between Aisha and her god mother, Hauwa’u which led to the intervention of police officers. Little did they know that a can of worms was about to be opened. Hauwa’u had accused Aisha of doing the unthinkable by selling a child she had out of wedlock. The accusation led the policemen to probe further.
According to the state Commissioner of Police Abdullahi Usman, Aisha was impregnated by someone she doesn’t know and after delivery, connived with her friend, Hauwa’u and a nurse, Ogugua Okoh, who linked them up to one Joy, to sell the baby for N200,000 to Grace Ohuhu.
“We traced Mrs Grace Ohuhu to far away Imo State where she was apprehended and the baby recovered,” the commissioner said.
Narrating her ordeal, Aisha who admitted she conceived the child out of wedlock, said she was assisted by Nurse Okoh to deliver the baby at the FMC. “They told me that the child had died when I demanded for it,” she said.
For Hauwa’u, Aisha was brought to her by someone she could not recollect anymore. She said the nurse helped with the delivery of the baby but that Aisha had been complaining and contemplating what to do with the baby. She alleged that Aisha had planned to dispose of the baby in the refuse bin.
However, Nurse Okoh said the duo approached her when Aisha was seven months pregnant for an abortion which she out rightly declined. She pleaded with them to have a rethink as she couldn’t take part in the killing of an innocent baby.
“I never knew she was a prostitute; they live in our neighbourhood and it was Hauwa’u that came along with Aisha on what they were planning. She asked me to help out because Aisha was about getting married and her parents don’t know of her condition,” she said.
“After delivery, they couldn’t come up with money to settle the bill. It was later arranged with nurses on duty that she (Aisha) could abscond and be recorded as those who usually run away after delivery.”
“When we were returning home, I heard them discussing in the tricycle of how to dump the baby in a carton for dogs to feed on or dump it in the refuse bin,” she added.
She said it was at this point that “I pleaded with them to let me take care of the child because there’s a woman (Joy) who had always asked me to help get a kid for her sister to adopt.”
Okoh said Grace, after she was told of the situation, sent the first N50, 000 to Aisha to help in buying clothes and for proper up keep of the child. She denied buying the baby, noting, “I took care of the baby for over one month.”
On her part, Grace Ohuhu who had been married for 18 years without a child, said what they were sending to the nurse was for the up keep and not payment for the child.
“I actually contacted Joy to help out and after I was told of the baby, they kept asking for more money for the up keep and I later sent N150, 000,” said Ohuhu.
The baby, who had been named Victor, has been recovered, while the state commissioner of police said investigation is still ongoing on the matter.
Apart from Aisha and Grace who have been arrested by the police over the incident, three others namely; Ogugua Okoh, a 43-year-old senior nurse with the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Katsina; her friend Joy Ihenamere, and one Hauwa’u Ibrahim, believed to be Aisha’s god mother who is camping her at the brothel, are also being detained by the police over the case.
Daily Trust gathered that sometime in January, Aisha was delivered of a baby boy at the Federal Medical Center Katsina where she was told she had a stillbirth and that the baby had been buried.
She hurriedly packed her things and left the hospital without settling her outstanding bills.
Trouble however started when a fracas ensued between Aisha and her god mother, Hauwa’u which led to the intervention of police officers. Little did they know that a can of worms was about to be opened. Hauwa’u had accused Aisha of doing the unthinkable by selling a child she had out of wedlock. The accusation led the policemen to probe further.
According to the state Commissioner of Police Abdullahi Usman, Aisha was impregnated by someone she doesn’t know and after delivery, connived with her friend, Hauwa’u and a nurse, Ogugua Okoh, who linked them up to one Joy, to sell the baby for N200,000 to Grace Ohuhu.
“We traced Mrs Grace Ohuhu to far away Imo State where she was apprehended and the baby recovered,” the commissioner said.
Narrating her ordeal, Aisha who admitted she conceived the child out of wedlock, said she was assisted by Nurse Okoh to deliver the baby at the FMC. “They told me that the child had died when I demanded for it,” she said.
For Hauwa’u, Aisha was brought to her by someone she could not recollect anymore. She said the nurse helped with the delivery of the baby but that Aisha had been complaining and contemplating what to do with the baby. She alleged that Aisha had planned to dispose of the baby in the refuse bin.
However, Nurse Okoh said the duo approached her when Aisha was seven months pregnant for an abortion which she out rightly declined. She pleaded with them to have a rethink as she couldn’t take part in the killing of an innocent baby.
“I never knew she was a prostitute; they live in our neighbourhood and it was Hauwa’u that came along with Aisha on what they were planning. She asked me to help out because Aisha was about getting married and her parents don’t know of her condition,” she said.
“After delivery, they couldn’t come up with money to settle the bill. It was later arranged with nurses on duty that she (Aisha) could abscond and be recorded as those who usually run away after delivery.”
“When we were returning home, I heard them discussing in the tricycle of how to dump the baby in a carton for dogs to feed on or dump it in the refuse bin,” she added.
She said it was at this point that “I pleaded with them to let me take care of the child because there’s a woman (Joy) who had always asked me to help get a kid for her sister to adopt.”
Okoh said Grace, after she was told of the situation, sent the first N50, 000 to Aisha to help in buying clothes and for proper up keep of the child. She denied buying the baby, noting, “I took care of the baby for over one month.”
On her part, Grace Ohuhu who had been married for 18 years without a child, said what they were sending to the nurse was for the up keep and not payment for the child.
“I actually contacted Joy to help out and after I was told of the baby, they kept asking for more money for the up keep and I later sent N150, 000,” said Ohuhu.
The baby, who had been named Victor, has been recovered, while the state commissioner of police said investigation is still ongoing on the matter.
How Aspiring Footballer Turned Robber After Losing Out Of Under-17 Team (Photo)
Akwa Ibom State indigene, James Udobong, 29, had always nursed a dream of becoming a footballer for Nigeria’s national team. After training as hard as he could in 2003, he found his way to Abuja, to participate in an Under-17 trial, but wasn't picked. To survive Udobong resorted to phone robbery. Udobong said after he could no longer make ends meet, one of his friends suggested that he followed him to Transcorp Hilton and other five star hotels in Abuja, where they could target customers who were drunk in order to steal their phones.
He said, “My friend also taught me how to place orders online for expensive mobile phones. We tell the dealers that we were buying the phones on behalf of a prominent politician lodged in any of the five-star hotels we choose to use.
When the dealer makes delivery, we take him to a floor of the hotel and take the phones inside a door under the guise of delivering it to the politician but the dealer wouldn’t know that door leads through a staircase downstairs.
Usually, after taking the phone, I jump inside a waiting taxi in the ground floor and leave the hotel. But in my last operation, I brought the dealer to Transcorp and asked him to wait outside the room in order to show the phone to my principal. .
I got into a lift and went to the ground floor. But I was arrested by waiting security men at the hotel.” Udobong was handed over to the police who recovered all the phones he stole from the dealer – iPhone, Infinix Note, two tablets and two Samsung Galaxy phones.
Source; Punchng
He said, “My friend also taught me how to place orders online for expensive mobile phones. We tell the dealers that we were buying the phones on behalf of a prominent politician lodged in any of the five-star hotels we choose to use.
When the dealer makes delivery, we take him to a floor of the hotel and take the phones inside a door under the guise of delivering it to the politician but the dealer wouldn’t know that door leads through a staircase downstairs.
Usually, after taking the phone, I jump inside a waiting taxi in the ground floor and leave the hotel. But in my last operation, I brought the dealer to Transcorp and asked him to wait outside the room in order to show the phone to my principal. .
I got into a lift and went to the ground floor. But I was arrested by waiting security men at the hotel.” Udobong was handed over to the police who recovered all the phones he stole from the dealer – iPhone, Infinix Note, two tablets and two Samsung Galaxy phones.
Source; Punchng
29th April: Today In History
Today is Saturday, April 29th, the 119th day of 2017. There are 246 days left in the year.
1429: Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English.
Today’s Highlight in History:
Events:
1992: Ajury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by several days of rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths.1429: Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English.
1798: Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation” was rehearsed in Vienna, Austria, before an invited audience.
1817: Representatives of the United States and Britain concluded the Rush-Bagot Agreement, which limited the number of naval vessels allowed in the Great Lakes.
1861: The Maryland House of Delegates voted 53-13 against seceding from the Union. In Montgomery, Alabama, President Jefferson Davis asked the Confederate Congress for the authority to wage war.
1916: The Easter Rising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities.
1945: During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau (DAH’-khow) concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his “Fuhrerbunker” and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz (DUHR’-nihtz) president.
1957: The SM-1, the first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
1967: Aretha Franklin’s cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect” was released as a single by Atlantic Records.
1977: Pope Paul VI and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Donald Coggan, participated in a Christian unity service in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
1987: Ronnie DeSillers, a 7-year-old liver recipient whose story had prompted thousands of Americans, including President Ronald Reagan, to lend support, died at a Pittsburgh hospital while awaiting a fourth transplant.
1997: Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson, a drill instructor at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, was convicted of raping six female trainees (he was sentenced to 25 years in prison and dishonorably discharged). A worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons went into effect. Astronaut Jerry Linenger and cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev (sihb-BLEE’-yehv) went on the first U.S.-Russian space walk. Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist Mike Royko died in Chicago at age 64.
2011: Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in an opulent ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey.
Birthdays:
Actor Keith Baxter is 84.
Bluesman Otis Rush is 82.
Conductor Zubin Mehta is 81.
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff is 79.
Pop singer Bob Miranda (The Happenings) is 75.
Country singer Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 74.
Singer Tommy James is 70.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is 67.
Movie director Phillip Noyce is 67.
Country musician Wayne Secrest (Confederate Railroad) is 67.
EFCC Arraigns Court Official For N9.2m Fraud In Ibadan (Photo)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, April 28, 2017 arraigned a deputy chief registrar of the Ibadan Judicial Divison of Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio, before Justice S. Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on a 2-count charge of fraud to the tune of N9.2million.
Adio allegedly collected the said sum as payment for a property located at Plot 10, Block XXIV, Bashorun Estate, Ibadan, sold to one Yekini Olonade, but failed to surrender the title documents of the property to him.
Efforts of the victim to either recover the money or have possession of the property yielded no result.
Guards Burgle Boss’ Home, Steal N6m Worth Of Cash, Electronics (Photo)
Two security guards, working at a house in Ikeja GRA, have been arrested after breaking into their boss’ house through a burglar-proof to steal hard currency and electronics.
The suspects, Abu Abubakar and Hadi Isiaka, both indigenes of the same community from Kogi State, were employed through an agent, to work as day and night guards at the home of the GRA-based businessman, who frequently travels out of the country.
Isiaka, 30, had worked at the house for about two years before Abu was employed by their boss who did not know they were kinsmen.
Saturday PUNCH learnt that Abu, 24, was sent packing from the house less than four months after he started work on suspicion of his criminal nature.
The police said the landlord of the house travelled abroad with his family in December 2016 only to come back and realised that $2,000 he kept in his bedroom was gone.
In addition to that, part of the bundles of N200 and N100 notes kept in the room were also taken.
But the case was not reported as the landlord decided he wanted to be sure of the actual thief before reporting to the police so the innocent ones out of his domestic staff would not suffer.
After trying in vain to determine how the house, which was locked up could have been accessed in his absence, he travelled again few months after with his family with the hope that the burglary was a one-off thing.
But this time, 2,000 Euro belonging to the landlady and the entire bundles of mint Nigerian notes which the family kept for social events were carted away.
Also stolen in the house were Apple Macbook, iPads and other valuables. Later, it was discovered that a hole barely enough for an adult’s head to pass through had been cut through the burglar-proof of one of the rooms in the house.
The police said the entire worth of mobile phones, perfumes and cash stolen on the two occasions amounted to N6m.
However, when Isiaka was questioned about how the house was burgled while he was working, he denied knowledge of it, but instead diverted suspicion to a former guard who was recalled to the house after Abu’s sack.When asked if Abu could have perpetrated the burglary, Isiaka said he did not think so.He was later asked to contact Abu since it had been discovered that they were both kinsmen but he insisted that Abu had left for their village to bury his mother.
They were charged on three counts of conspiracy, burglary and stealing.
A police source who is familiar with the investigation, said that when Isiaka finally took them to where Abu lived, they met Abu’s mother but they did not reveal themselves as policemen.
On a second visit, Abu’s mother was said to have disguised as someone else with a hijab and told the police that Abu would not be home from work for some days. “We realised she must have learnt that we were policemen. When we threatened to arrest her until the actual mother showed up, she removed her Hijab and said she was indeed Abu’s mother that we had met the first time,” the police source said.
It was learnt that the woman promptly took them to Abu’s house where he was arrested.He later confessed that he indeed carried out the burglary. Isiaka on his part first admitted to getting a share of N50,000 from proceeds of the loot. Again he change his words and said his share was N175,000. Later, he denied he got anything at all.
The suspects were detained at the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos.On Thursday, the police said the suspects had been arraigned before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos.
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