A Nigerian man created a scene in front of the Home Office in the United Kingdom where he went to apply residence permit.He laid down flat under a public bus and refused to come out thereby preventing the bus from moving.It was gathered that the Home Office declined his application to become a permanent resident but he did not accept their decision in good faith. The man chose to go outside and lie down under the bus in protest against the unfavourable decision.People were begging him to come out from under the bus but he refused, he inisisted on getting…
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A toddler, Ewhalshoh Mandela Mairabo, who was kidnapped alongside her mother and 29 others, three months ago has died five days after regaining freedom. The victims were kidnapped by bandits in May 2022 at Dogon-noma in Maro Ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. They were released on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, after payment of N5m ransom and two motorcycles. One of the victims was killed in captivity. According to a member of the community, Istifanus Egoh Destinity, the toddler died on Sunday, September 4, 2022.Her mother is among the released victims still receiving treatment in the hospital. Read…
ApregnantNigerian woman gave birth on a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul, Turkey to Manchester, UK.Nweke Ifeoma went into labour while on the flight on Monday, September 5, and she delivered a baby girl.Cabin crew tried to take the Nigerian citizen to a more secluded part of the aircraft and asked over the loudspeaker if there was a doctor on board. Luckily a doctor stepped up and along with the air hosts and hostesses, helped deliver the tot at 33,000ft.Cabin crew cut the newborn’s umbilical cord and the pilot diverted the plane to Vienna International Airport in Austria.In a statement on…
The badly decomposed body lying on a bedThe decomposed body of a man found in the bedroom of his house after four years has left residents of Apete in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in shock Community leaders leading security men to the sceneThe deceased, whose identity remain unknown as at press time, was said to have been seen by neighbours four years ago during one of his occasional trips to Ibadan from Portharcourt in Rivers State where he resides at the time. The cause of his death is yet to be acertained but residents in the area disclosed that…
Aachen Bishop Helmut Dieser walks to the cathedral. Henning Kaiser/dpaOne of Germany’s most progressive Catholic bishops has described homosexuality as “God’s will,” saying in an interview that he had changed his opinion on the matter.“Homosexuality is not a glitch on God’s part, but God’s will to the same extent as creation itself,” Helmut Dieser, the bishop of Aachen, told the weekly publication Christ & Welt. “Yes, my view has changed,” he added.The Catholic Church has traditionally regarded homosexuality as a sin. Today, the church claims that the disposition itself is not yet a transgression, but that homosexuality must not be…
A TikToker suffering from dwarfism has made a clarification addressed to those who think she’s a kid.The lady who revealed that she is 22-years-old, stated that she’s an adult who knows what she’s doing on the social media platform. @Itzamaeliaa said she decided to make the video because she gets some many messages from people calling her a child. Watch the video…
Doctor arrested for killing his friend and stealing his car in Edo A 36-year-old medical doctor, Abbas Adio, has been arrested by the police in Osun State over alleged murder and armed robbery. It was gathered that the suspect, who claimed to be a physician in one of the Kwara State Government-owned hospitals, allegedly killed the taxi driver he hired during a trip to Benin City, Edo State in July, 2022. The command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, while parading the suspects on Tuesday, September 6, said: “The Edo State Police Command had sent a distress call to the Osun Command that…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested an armed suspect, Conference Nyerhovwo, who was on a revenge mission against suspected cultists. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, said the suspect was intercepted in Warri while on the way to kill the suspected cultists who allegedly murdered his brother. “On 1/9/2022, Patrol team attached to Warri Area Command intercepted a suspicious looking boy later identified as Conference Nyerhovwo ‘m’ aged 20yrs of Jesse town in Ethiope West LGA, Delta State, carrying a bag. Policemen subjected the suspect…
69 year old Ipalibo Gogo Banigo is the deputy governor of Rivers state.Just like the 54year old Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, she is on the last leg of her second term in office.Wike and Banigo – nee Harry – were first sworn into office in 2015 and won re-election together in 2019.Banigo born on 20 December 1952 is listed as the first female deputy governor of Rivers State. SocietyNow.Ng’s digs revealed that Banigo is a medical doctor who began her career at the Rivers State Port Health Service and went on to become Director of Public Health Services, Acting Commissioner,…
Police officer places curses on his commander and two others by pouring libation and performing rituals by a river side The aggrieved police officer identified as Yahaya Osman a.k.a Alhaji disclosed that he’s currently sitting at home because his commander and two colleagues lied against him to disgrace him. He gave the name of the commander as Stephen Boadu, and that of his colleagues as Asare and Atta Gadafi. Osman said they accused him of selling weed and cocain£.He called on the river gods to take action against the police officers for seeking his downfall. Osman said the river gods…