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ATROCIOUS: I Hit Her With A Pestle -  Edeh Tochukwu, Suspect Speaks On Girlfriend’s Killing Operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team  have arrested a 31-year-old man, Edeh Tochukwu, who allegedly killed his lover, 48-year-old Ijeoma Felix (Phyllis Ijeoma on FB) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The suspect who was paraded at the IRT Office in Abuja on Tuesday, confessed to having hit the victim with a pestle during an allegedly violent argument at her two-bedroom residence in the Lugbe area of the FCT on October 24. After hitting her, the suspect said he took the Toyota Camry belonging to the deceased, along with her phone and some other belongings before leaving the house. He added that he was arrested on November 2 after changing the car documents of the Camry and selling it for N1.7 million. Recounting his version of the events that led to Ijeoma’s death, he told journalists both he and Ijeoma had an argument over a Toyota Highlander she had given him, whic...

2023: Rivers State Government Seals Off Atiku Campaign Office In Portharcourt The Rivers State campaign office of Atiku Abubakar the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been sealed off. The Rivers State PDP presidential campaign council said the action was based on the orders of the Rivers State government. The office which is located in GRA Port Harcourt was sealed off in the early hours of Friday. Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike had a few weeks ago signed Executive Order 22 which prohibits the citing of campaign offices by political parties in residential areas without government approval. But the media team of the PDP PCC, Rivers State, said it had applied for approval from the state government but has not received any feedback for several weeks. The group, therefore, condemned the “act because it rubs off on our fundamental right to free expression of interest.” It also said: “This egregious move by the Rivers State Government, seen in the prism of po...

United States President Joe Biden has on Tuesday signed gay marriage legislation into law against a backdrop of an ongoing conservative backlash over gender issues. “This law and the love it defends strike a blow against hate in all its forms,” Biden said on the South Lawn of the White House. “And that’s why this law matters to every single American.” Singers Sam Smith and Cyndi Lauper performed. Vice President Kamala Harris recalled officiating at a lesbian wedding in San Francisco. And the White House played a recording of Biden’s television interview from a decade ago, when he caused a political furor by unexpectedly disclosing his support for gay marriage. Biden was vice president at the time, and President Barack Obama had not yet endorsed the idea. “I got in trouble,” Biden joked of that moment. Three days later, Obama himself publicly endorsed gay marriage. Lawmakers from both parties attended Tuesday’s ceremony, reflecting the growing acceptance of same-sex unions, once among t...

  A 4-YEAR-OLD Kenyan boy has been rescued after surviving 6 days in the Tsavo wilderness filled with Wild-Animals. A four-year-old who had wandered kilometers toward the Tsavo East National Park. According to Roan Carr-Hartley, a pilot from Sheldrick Wildlife Trust who spotted the boy from his chopper, the entire incident was a miracle. Hartley explained that all odds were against the child, who was alone in the vast wilderness packed with wild animals including lions and hyenas.

Socialite Shay Diva jailed for four years for ste@ling the car of her 61-year-old lover Kenyan socialite Sheila Wairimu alias Shay Diva Africa has been sentenced to four years in prison with the alternative of a Ksh200,000 fine after she was found guilty of motor vehicle theft. The 30-year-old socialite was accused of accessing tycoon, PJ Dodhia Kumar’s TIMs/NTSA account and transferring ownership of the vehicle to herself without following the due processes of succession. According to records at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), Shay Diva filed a transfer of the log book by logging into the TIMs account of the deceased at 11.45 pm on April 26. The transfer was authorised at 2 pm the next day, but there were no supporting documents from the owner. After Kumar d#ed in April 2021 at the age of 61, his family filed a complaint with the police after it was discovered that Shay Diva had taken the vehicle. The family noted that the tycoon had only given the socialite the La...

Police arrest serial thief two months after he was rescued from jungle justice for the same crime in Lagos The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial phone thief. The suspect, Chinedu Ike, 25, was rescued from jungle justice by RRS Patrol team sometimes in September, 2022 in Iyana Oworo over the theft of a mobile phone. "He was beaten to a coma by eyewitnesses before he was rushed to the hospital by the team. He was discharged after some days," "On Monday, November 28, 2022, adopting his usual style, he sneaked into a parked car to steal the driver’s mobile phone in Iyana Oworo. "He was arrested by RRS officers when those who knew Chinedu hinted the driver to check his phone. Our officers recovered the driver’s Infinix Note 10 from Chinedu’s bag. He has been sentenced." the police said in a statement on Wednesday, November 30.

Polygamy will curb prostitution, moral decadence - Ned Nwoko Politician Ned Nwoko has expressed his stance on the prevalence of prostitution and moral decadence in society. The former House of Representatives member argued moral decadence will largely decline if men embrace polygamy. He reasoned the level of prostitution among women particularly in the South is because many of them are without husbands and means of livelihood. Nwoko, who's married to six wives including actress Regina Daniels, insisted the continued refusal of men particularly those in the Southern region to embrace polygamy like their Northern counterparts will continue to fuel the rise of prostitution among their women. He said: “What some of our girls do to make ends meet is regrettable, and if our men emulate their northern counterparts by having more than one wife, that could probably change the situation. “The average southerner may have only one wife, but many girlfriends also, and he is spending his money o...