Category: Odd news

How 1,844 Prisoners Escaped in Nigeria’s historic Jailbreak + PHOTOS

Precious Ibekwe

  Here is why the jailbreak constitutes Security threat to everyone living in the country + how sIx inmates voluntarily returned while 35 inmates refused to escape during the major attack in history of Nigeria’s correctional centres   The Nigerian Correctional Service (NSC) has disclosed that at least 1,844 inmates were currently on the run following gunmen attacks on its correctional headquarters in Owerri, Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. NSC added that of the 1,844 inmates set free by the gunmen, six have voluntarily returned to the facility to continue their…

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555-million-year-old headless Creatures with Human genes discovered

Damilola Olonade

  Scientists at the University of California – Riverside, say discovered ancient creatures are Earth’s first Animal, surprisingly similar to humans   The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads, legs, or arms, but pieces of them remain inside of us today, new research shows. According to a study by University of California – Riverside published in the SciTech Daily, 555-million-year-old oceanic creatures from the Ediacaran period share genes with today’s animals, including humans. “None of them had heads or skeletons. Many of them probably looked like three-dimensional bathmats on…

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Bank CEO in Trouble, Caught Violating Wife In Viral Video + PHOTOS

Aoko Benjamin

  A man identified as Ronald Mutandagay, who is theGroup Chief Executive Officer of Zimbabwe Bank (ZB) Financial Holdings Group, has taken a leave of absence after a video of him assaulting his wife went viral on social media. In the clip which was reportedly recorded by his 16-year-old daughter, Mutandagayi can be seen chasing his estranged wife and striking her in the face. The blow that was landed brought Mutandagayi’s wife falls to the ground. The video incited widespread outrage and the board of the financial services group is…

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How popular Actress, Orisabunmi, brother, sister died within 96 hours

Gbenga Adeoti

  More detailed information have emerged on how popular Nigerian actress, Mrs Folake Aremu, widely known as Orisabunmi, her younger sister, Mrs Janet Ademola, and her brother, Steve Onisola, died within 96 hours. Just 72 hours after the death of Orisabunmi, her younger sister, Mrs Ademola, reportedly passed on. News of the demise of Ademola, the last child of the family, was broken on Saturday by Gbenga Onisola, her nephew. It will be recalled that Orisabunmi’s brother, Steve Onisola, had died on Thursday, barely 24hours after the death of the…

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How my son impregnated me, my daughter aborted for dad, brother — Banker

Gbenga Adeoti

  A social media user who identified herself as a female staff of one of Tier 1 banks in Nigeria has narrated how she got pregnant for her son, who also impregnated his younger sister. The agonising wife and mother narrated her story to an Instagram page for family issues: Beyond Intimacy (BI). According to the woman, who sought for the protection of her identity, loneliness in her marriage drove her to molest her son sexually from the age of 12. She said that her son was the only male…

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Nigeria’s Vice President Osinbajo will become president in 2021 – ‘Prophet’

Aoko Benjamin

    The Founder of Prophetic Hill Chapel of Ghana, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has stirred up controversy with his prediction that the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), would emerge president in 2021. The prophecy was delivered by the Christian cleric during the cross over service into 2021 on Thursday. President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2019 for a four-year term ending in 2023 but Gaisie said: “Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will become president in 2021.” He tactically did not mention the name of the country or…

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Why I wanted to sell my 3 month-old son for $375 – Nigeria Woman tells Police

Precious Ibekwe

  A 21 year old Nigeria woman, Emila Sunday from Akwa Ibom State, arrested by policemen in Anambra state for trying to sell her three months baby boy for about N150,000 ($375 based on N400 per dollar) has reportedly told the Police real reason she took the dastardly action. The Police spokesman, SP Haruna Mohammed, who stated this, noted that the suspect who was arrested while attempting to sell her three months old baby boy, claimed that she wanted to sell the boy due to hardship. She was arrested in…

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How 70-year-old Nigeria man impregnated teenage grand-daughter

Gbenga Adeoti

  A 70-year-old man, Hunsu Sunday, was on November 10, 2020 arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for defiling his 15-year-old granddaughter (name withheld), impregnating her. This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Friday in a statement. Oyeyemi said the suspect was apprehended following a complain lodged by the aunt of the victim, who reported that the victim has been living with her grandfather since the demise of her mother. She stated further that the victim came to inform her that her…

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Petrol station in Ogba on fire – Lagos Emergency Agency

Damola Oyede

  A Tuesday morning fire has gutted a petrol station in Lagos with safety officials stating that they are yet to unravel the material losses to the inferno. The filling station along Ajayi Road, Ogba, Lagos, went up in flames in the early on Tuesday. The Head, Public Affairs of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the incident, saying: “A petrol station along Ajayi Road is on fire.” He added that recovery operation was ongoing. As at the time of filing this report, the extent of the…

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Marketers demand cheaper, cleaner alternatives to petrol, diesel as Nigeria battles deregulation fallout

Micheal Olatunji

  There must be cheaper and cleaner alternatives to petrol and diesel made available to the public especially now that full deregulation of the Nigerian Petroleum downstream sector commenced, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has said. The group also added that Nigeria could develop into the refining hub for West and Central Africa becoming a net exporter of refined products following Federal Government’s new policies on alternative energy, total deregulation, liberalization of the petroleum downstream sector and the coming on stream of new modular refineries. The association, in…

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