The perpetrator, a Somali migrant, severed a hand from one of the victims during the attack.“When your Lord was revealing to the angels, ‘I am with you; so confirm the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers; so strike the necks, and strike every finger of them!” (Qur’an 8:12)“Two dead in knife attack in Ludwigshafen,” translated from “Zwei Tote bei Messerangriff in Ludwigshafen,” Spiegel, October 18, 2022 (thanks to Medforth): Two people were killed and another seriously injured in a knife attack in Ludwigshafen. The alleged perpetrator was shot and seriously injured by the emergency services…
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A Nigerian student schooling in the US was killed by a propeller of the private plane he had rented for a dinner date.Sani Aliyu, 21, died on Sunday night, October 16, in a freak accident after walking into a spinning propeller of a small plane on the way back from a date.The Georgia Southern University student was returning to the plane, which was piloted by his two friends, when he was hit twice in the head at Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport. Mr Aliyu and his date were heading to nearby Savannah, which is around 55 miles of Statesboro from the main…
A Nigerian lady has shared her experience at the bank after she went to complain that her account was cleared. She accused the bank employees of not showing enough interest in her matter even as she was crying in the hall.According to the young woman, the bank official told her to prat and hope that the scammers who withdrew the money will return it. The heartbroken lady sat down on a chair in the banking hall and cried her eyes out because she was confused on what to do being that the bank refused to assist her. She called out…
We met at a moment when everything was wrong with the world. We woke up every day counting dead people and how many new people had contracted the deadly virus. It was the pandemic, Covid was king. She was wearing a nose mask but her beauty couldn’t be masked. I said I wanted to be a friend and she laughed subtly. I asked, “Or someone like me can’t be your friend?” She retorted, “Oh far from it. What’s wrong with you that you can’t be friends with me? We can be friends.” Sadly, we couldn’t shake hands or hug to…
A Nigerian man has taken to social media to lament and question the existence of God after a bus he saved up money for three years to buy so he can start a logistics business, went up in flames hours after work started.On Monday, October 17, he took to his Twitter handle to express his joy after purchasing the bus. Posting photos of the bus, he wrote; After 3 years of starving/saving I got myself this car which I will be using for interstate journey in parking loads for people, it has not been an easy task after loosing my…
Davido’s logistics manager Isreal DMW, has left the Afrobeats star’s lover, Chioma Rowland, smiling with his funny talks as he compliments her cooking skills.Isreal DMW is just as popular as the singer himself and from time to time hilarious videos of him make the rounds on social media. Chioma, who is also known as Chef Chi, is well known for her love for cooking and good culinary skills.The Singer’s aide , in the video, could be heard hailing Chioma, whom he referred to as a great Cook and woman of substance. His words;“You sabi cook and you have good character”Chioma…
The account ‘Officialblessingceo’ was taken down during her live Instagram session to buttress her point on the innocence of celebrity auto dealer. Ikechukwu Darry Ogbonna better known as IVD, over the death of his wife, Bimbo due to domestic violence. She lamented that Nigerians are dragging her for saying the truth; she noted that the pain she got over the page that was taken down, she will use it to finish everyone as she promised to reveal more about the IVD saga. “I have seen and conquered depression”- Blessing CEO set to launch book, vows to help people overcome depressionThe…
A Nigerian lady identified as Adetemi has gone on TikTok to release a lengthy video to document her struggle to survive in the UK.Making a video of herself sitting in a public place, she said that not all the people abroad are living a good life like many believe. Abroad is not how many have painted itAdetemi, in the Yoruba language, said that she is out to beg, hoping that she would see someone to offer her a job that she can do. In her words: I’m trying to beg for money to survive. I have not been able to…
A Nigerian lecturer identified as Maureen Egeonu, has warned students to ensure they retrieve their Permanent Voters Card before examinations begin.This directive comes few days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its 8-month-long strike.According to Egeonu, who is also a lawyer, students who do not have their PVCs risk being prevented from entering exam halls. In a now deleted-tweet, the lawyer also said disgruntled undergraduates are free to report her to the Vice Chancellor of the institution where she lectures.The tweet reads; ”Dear students, Collect your PVC because it might be your identification into exam hall…
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) Bola Tinubu, says majority of President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements are largely unappreciated by Nigerians.He stated this on Tuesday in a goodwill message he delivered at the ongoing three-day ministerial retreat for Ministers and Permanent Secretaries in Abuja.The former Lagos state governor, who made a case for the president, said Nigerians should understand that Buhari inherited insecurity and other challenges from the previous government. Tinubu, while speaking on the theme, ‘Enhance Security, Fight Corruption, Transform the Economy’, said though Buhari is not appreciated for all he has done, it will change in…