Angela Blackwell,27-year-old woman has been arrested and charged to court for murder after she allegedly locked her 4 days old newborn baby inside fridge for 3 hours in February. The child was rushed to hospital in Chester County, South Carolina, after becoming unconscious in February. The infant of hypothermia, the Chester County coroner confirmed the case. It took six months to charge the mother because extensive interviews with family members needed to be conducted, police said. One neighbour, commenting on the child’s death, said: “That’s wrong. “Wrong is wrong, regardless of whatever it is. It ain’t supposed to be like…
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An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to respond to a motion seeking to stop the probe into the finances of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s administration. Other defendants in the suit include the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Department of State Services and five banks doing business with state government and the managers of those banks. The motion was filed by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, to stop the anti-graft agencies from investigating the accounts…
In a dramatic turn of events, the Kano police Command Tuesday evening withdrew it’s personnel barely 15 hours after siege. Police authority in Kano are keeping sealed lips over the soft stand effort to speak with the police Commissioner, Rabiu Yusuf proved abortive . However, Vanguard learned that the withdrawal of the police officers was sequel to complaint allegedly lodged to higher authorities by the sitting MP. As at 6pm that Vanguard visited the Lugard road residence of the former Governor, it was empty devoid of bustle and hustle associated with multi-million naira Guest House. Shortly after the withdrawal, handful…
Former governor of Edo, Oserheimen Osunbor, said he was declared disloyal by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because he refused to share the state’s resources to party leaders. Mr. Osunbor, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 2015 general elections, said this at APC’s campaign rally in Iruekpen, Esan West Local Government Area, for the Sept. 10 governorship election in the state. He described the PDP as an “evil party”, whose interest was not the development of the state, but to share the resources among party leaders. He said such mentality of the party was reason for the…
The Nigeria president, Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to fulfill his promise of protecting Nigerians and securing its territory from the menace of Boko Haram and other violent extremists in the country. The President stated this on Tuesday, when he launched the revised National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACTEST) developed by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Abuja. Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President Buhari condemned the activities of Boko Haram militants, describing it as “mindless killing of children and innocent citizens.” Buhari said: “The government is determined to ensure that the safety of every single Nigerian is…
Addie has never been intimate with another man because of her self-esteem issues. This is story of a 35-year-old lady who was born with a conjoined twin attached to her buttock has never had a boyfriend because of her condition. Addie reveals that her deformity means she’s never wanted to be intimate with anyone before and has barely had a social life because she was bullied. Appearing on Botched By Nature, she’s hoping that Dr. Dubrow and Dr. Nassif can finally help fix it. Talking about her condition, Addie’s mum reveals she didn’t know she had conjoined twins until Addie…
THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA has barred nine commercial banks from all foreign exchange transactions and operations. The commercial banks were barred for hiding some $2.12 billion belonging to the nation’s oil corporation, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and failed to remit the funds into the Treasury Single Account . A top Central Bank source confirmed to Channels Television on Tuesday, that President Muhammadu Buhari had been briefed on the matter and the sanctions to be imposed on the defaulting banks. The nine banks comprise of three tier-one lenders and another six tier-two deposit money banks. All the banks…
The Nigeria President, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday condemned the killing of eight people in a village in Zamfara State as barbaric and unacceptable. The incident occurred on Monday after a student of the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara made a blasphemous statement against Islam and Prophet Muhammad. He was consequently attacked by a mob and beaten to a pulp. A man took pity on him and rushed him to a hospital in his car. The man’s act infuriated the mob; they attacked his house, set it ablaze and killed eight persons. Reacting to the news on his Twitter handle, @MBuhari,…
An 18 –seater bus built from scratch by former Niger Delta militants trained at Innoson Kiara Academy, an arm of Innoson Motor Manufacturing Company, Nnewi, is to be delivered to President Muhammadu Buhari through the Presidential Adviser on Amnesty Programme, General Paul Boroh (retd). The bus was on display at Innoson Motors and the Niger Delta trainees were elated that the federal government provided them the opportunity to acquire skills that had changed their lives for the better. The donation of the bus to the President formed part of the graduation ceremony of 120 Niger Delta youths at Innoson Motors,…
NIGERIA PRESIDENT, MUHAMMADU BUHARI’s proposed bill to the National Assembly entitled “Emergency Economy Stabilisation Bill 2016” may be dead on arrival. A report by Thisday indicates that Nigeria senators are not favourably disposed to assenting the bill because of fears that Buhari was seeking to transform himself into a tyrant and would foist a dictatorship on the nation. Being a former military president who served as the nation’s head of state from December 1983 to August 1985 after taking power in a military coup, such moves by Buhari has always being viewed with suspicion. Buhari’s emergency powers bill is billed…