A bull has been detained at the Khayega police post in Kakamega County, Kenya after it trampled a woman to death.
The owner of the bull was also arrested and is currently in custody as police carry out investigations into the incident.
The bull nicknamed ‘Tusker’ reportedly broke loose and charged at three women from Lutoto village and trampled one of them to death as the owner, Josphat Bilimo was driving it back home from a match last Friday.
The 60-year-old woman identified as Felistus Luda is reported to have been attacked by the bull as she attempted to flee from the scene.
Mr Bonventure Munanga, the director of the Kakamega County Bullfighting Association, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, July 5, said the bull caught up with woman as she attempted to flee to safety.
A 24-year-old cultist, Oluwatosin Ikuhemeyin, who escaped from jail in Owo, in Ondo State in March, has narrated he and six other inmates planned and escaped from prison after spending two weeks.
Ikuhemeyin, known as 4G, has been on the wanted list of the state police command over his role in several cult clashes in the state, which has led to the death of members of another cult group.
While being paraded before newsmen, Ikuhemeyin said
“I was a member of a cult group called Aye and I am the leader, number one, in Igbokoda before I was arrested and sentenced to correctional centre in Owo. I was arrested in Igbokoda. But I escaped from Owo Prison in a jailbreak with six other people after spending two weeks in the prison.
I met some people in the prison, led by one Dada, who were planning on how to escape before I got there. So they co-opted me into the plans and it was successful. We escaped through the toilet and it took us some days, as we always filled the toilet with water to weaken the place.
There was an Hausa guy, who understands the technique, and eventually we succeeded in escaping from the prison. I headed straight to my house in Akure to change my clothes and left the town to Ogun State, where I worked with some people before returning to Igbokoda to work with the fishermen.
“I only came to Igbokoda to relax when the policemen spotted me and arrested me.”
A member of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima has claimed that Nigerians clamouring for the party’s presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso to be the running mate of his (Kwankwaso) Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi are not politicians.
Galadima made the claim on Monday while featuring on Arise Television’ Morning Show.
According to him, the Kwankwasian movement has been in force for the past 32 years, while that of Peter Obi started just two months ago, stressing that there is no way the NNPP candidate can deputize Obi.
He said, “Those who said Chief Peter Obi could not be Kwankwaso’s running mate are not politicians.
“They just started a movement two months ago while the Kwankwasian movement has been on ground for 32 years and the primary reason for the movement is for Kwankwaso to become President.
“No Nigerian has ever performed well while in office like Alhaji Kwankwaso. I understand that Peter Obi was the governor of Anambra State and he did his best but not like Kwankwaso.”
He argued that Kwankwaso has more educational qualifications than any other presidential candidate of any political party
In the early morning of Monday 4th July, reports has it that two persons were burnt to ashes after the youths investigated the murder of a child and some of her vital organs we’re missing.. A Facebook user Sen Chijinkem post on how the incident took place at Ede oballa nsukka.”
Happening Now @ Ede Oballa, Nsukka
Two Bur!nt To Ashes At #EdeOballa Town This Morning….
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This little daughter of late #Igwe #Philip of #Umuidu was k!lled and removed some parts of her body.
Edeoballa Sons and Daughters went under cover to investigate those involved in the crime …..
Early this morning the news of mastermind broke out….
Two person were caught and bur!nt into ashes at #Ekeoche….”
The South-East zone of the All Progressives Congress has set its sight on the positions of Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation if the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, wins the 2023 general elections.
The development was disclosed by a top party chieftain in the South-East, who craved anonymity.
The source disclosed that a delegation was scheduled to meet with Tinubu with their demands when he returned to the country.
“If the South-West has the presidency while both the North-West and North-East are still negotiating for running mate, it is only fair to allow the South-East take the senate presidency and SGF,” he said.
When contacted, Deputy National Chairman (South) and former South-East chairman of the party, Emmanuel Enekwu, denied having knowledge of any agitation for senate presidency or SGF from his region.
He said, “I have no knowledge of such demands. The APC has not started allocating offices to any region or persons. Our interest is how to win elections because you can’t share offices without winning elections.
“We have a presidential candidate that demands that all hands must be on deck. Nobody enjoys any booty or loot before the war. That can only happen after the hostility ends.
The Police in Imo State have arrested Uzoma Egemba for scalding the buttocks, thighs and body of his 12-year-old maid for riding his children’s bicycle.
Egemba who hails from Mbaise was arrested at his Umuguma residence in the early hours of Thursday following efforts made by some concerned citizens, led by social media influencer, Darlington Ibekwe, and an activist journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma.
Egemba, who is currently in detention at New Owerri Police Divisional Headquarters, blamed the devil for his action.
He said that he burnt the girl’s body on Sunday after he saw her riding the bicycle he bought for his children.
The concerned Nigerians took interest in the girl’s case following a video clip made by her school teacher which went viral on Wednesday.
Okeoma thereafter took the girl to Imo specialist hospital Umuguma- Owerri, where she was admitted.
At the hospital, the member representing Mbaitoli State Constituency, Okey Onyekanma, where the girl hails from, representatives of the National Human Rights Commission, members of the Owerri branch of the Nigeria Bar Association, and an activist, Uba Dinamuta, came and vowed to ensure the child gets justice.
One of the doctors, who refused to disclose her identity, told our correspondent that the injuries the girl sustained from the burning were deep.
She said that the girl would spend time at the hospital to enable them to take care of her.
The mother of the girl, Amarachi Jude, told our correspondent that she needs justice.
When contacted, the police spokesperson for the Command, Micheal Abattam, said that he had not been briefed.
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Katsina State has expressed concern over the poor turnout of residents registering for the Permanent Voter Card in the newly established 1,750 polling units.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Jibril Zarewa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Katsina.
He said that one year after the commencement of PVC registration, there was a poor turnout of people for registration in the newly established polling units.
Zarewa said, “In May 2022 when we did analysis, we realised out of the 1,750 newly established polling units, about 1,200 units did not have more than 50 people who registered in each of them.
“This registration involved transfers. Some of the polling units have zero registration, some have only one, some five while some have not more than 50 people who registered.
“Although this can be attributed to the suspension of telecommunication networks in 17 of the 34 Local Government Areas for about five months due to the security problem.
“Since the resumption of the exercise in March, out of the 1,750 polling units created, about 1,200 don’t have up to 50 people that registered in each of them.
“We are appealing to the people of those areas where the new polling units were created to go and register, as INEC is always ready for them.
“The reasons for the creation of additional polling units is to serve the areas and decongest the congested polling units through the transfer of their polling units.”
He disclosed that initially there were 4,902 polling units in the state but with the creation of the additional ones, there are 6,652 polling units at present.
Zarewa explained that the collection of the PVCs is appreciable, saying towards the 2019 election, INEC had to stop the issuance of the PVCs.
“As at that time, we had about three per cent of our cards collected, which means out of the 3.230 million PVCs we had, just about 50,000 were not collected.
“As of Jan. 12, 2022, we have taken 53,000 from the headquarters, and just a few days ago, we have taken an additional 20,000 for people who made corrections,” he said.
A case of Monkeypox disease has been recorded in Anambra State.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, said the victim is a resident of Anambra East local government area of the State where he contracted the disease.
He said that the victim was being attended to in an isolated treatment ward at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, (NAUTH) in Nnewi.
Obidike said the state’s preparedness and response team had been on alert mode since the alarm was raised about the outbreak of the disease in some parts of the country early this year.
He added that the surveillance team of the state’s preparedness and response team had about two weeks ago received information about two suspected cases of Monkeypox disease, explaining that while one suspect is a resident of Anambra East local government area, the other was reported around the Oyi and Onitsha local government areas.
He said that the two suspected cases were consequently isolated, and that the one from Anambra East local government area eventually tested positive on Thursday.
He said, “Few weeks ago, two suspected cases of monkeypox were reported in Anambra East, Onitsha and Oyi Local Government Areas, out of which the case from Anambra East LGA was confirmed positive.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, vowed that the terrorists behind the Ajata-Aboki massacre, in Shiroro council area of Niger State, will not go unpunished.
The Nation had reported that terrorists attacked a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, Shiroro council area of Niger State on Wednesday, killing not less than 43 persons, including 30 soldiers, seven mobile policemen and six civilians, and reportedly abducted several others, including Chinese nationals and locals.
In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President, who described the attack as a direct assault on Nigeria, vowed that Nigeria will not bow to terrorists’ pressure and scaremongering.
He, however, paid tributes to the gallant men of the security forces who lost their lives in the process of fending off the attack. We honour our security forces, and particularly those brave souls who have given their lives fighting against the evil that is terrorism. They constitute the best that Nigeria has to offer and we remember each of them.
Sadly, Nigeria’s fight against terrorism continues. It is a battle that is taking its toll on all of us. But we shall not relent, nor shall we surrender.
“We say it again that we have reduced Boko Haram to a shell of its former self. But terrorists are parasites. They thrive when the world is suffering.
“This atrocity only serves to further strengthen us against them. Nigeria is united in obliterating these demons. Each day we grow closer to that goal. When they lash out during times of global suffering it is the act of a cornered animal, an act of desperation.
“As always, their goal is the same: to sow fear and division amongst us. We will not let them.
“Instead let us pray for the families and loved ones of those who sacrificed their lives in the fight against evil, and let us pray for the safe and speedy return of those abducted. We will do everything possible to ensure their return.
“And to the sadists, I say this: we are coming. No matter what rock you crawl under, what hole you sink into, what lie you hide behind, we are coming and we will find you. Shiroro will see justice. Nigeria will know peace,” the President assured.
A housewife, Delu Ali, has been dragged before an Ilorin magistrates’ court in Kwara State for orchestrating the kidnap of her husband over a disagreement on the sharing of cows between them.
According to the police, the victim, Alhaji Ali Shehu, was kidnapped by Fulani men at Share in Ifelodun LGA.
The prosecutor told the court that, “During investigation, it was revealed that Delu Ali and her elder brother, Sanni, now at large, conspired with bandits to kidnap the victim.
“Delu admitted organising the kidnapping due to a fight between her and her husband over the sharing of cows between them.”
In her ruling, Magistrate Folake Olokoyo ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional centre and adjourned to July 12.
