Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Man proposes to his girlfriend with six different diamond rings

   


A man asked the hand of his girlfriend in marriage using six engagement rings. In photos that were shared from the proposal, the man could be seen going on his knees and presenting his lover with a box containing six diamond rings of different sizes.

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Businessman murdered on his farm in Taraba


    Barjanga was also a businessman with many big shops at different locations in MutumBiyu, headquarters of Gassol.  According to Daily Trust, late Barjanga was abducted last year on the same farm and he reportedly paid over N7million ransom.

Federal Government must end the activities of bandits, terrorists, and kidnappers- PDP Governors


    Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have called on the Federal Government to end the activities of bandits, terrorists, and kidnappers terrorising residents in parts of the country.

   They made the call on Monday at the meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum held in Bauchi State, where they deliberated on the state of the nation and reviewed the state of the nation’s democracy, economy, and security.

Passengers Who Abscond From Quarantine Risk Prosecution, FG Warns

   


The Federal Government has vowed to sanction returning passengers who abscond from quarantine facilities, including possible prosecution of such individuals.

   Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, believed such persons constitute a major risk to the country’s health system. He raised concerns over reports from port health officials that some passengers from high risks countries have continued to abscond from facilities where they were quarantined.

Man Utd agree fee with Real Madrid for Raphael Varane


    Manchester United have agreed a fee of £41m with Real Madrid for defender Raphael Varane. The price for the France international is believed to be £41m including add-ons and the deal is set to go through, subject to a medical.

   Having already signed England international Jadon Sancho for £73m from Borussia Dortmund, the acquisition of Varane would be a further statement of intent from United.

Young graduate shot dead, many injured as hoodlums attack Shoprite mall in Ibadan

 


 Some hoodlums suspected to be cultists reportedly killed a fresh graduate while many others were wounded when they attacked Shoprite Mall along Ring Road, Ibadan on Sunday night,July 25. 

   A witness, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday July 26, in Ibadan that the deceased identified as Akinola Babatunde, was shot dead by the hoodlums at the entrance gate of the mall.

Killer Of A/Ibom Job Seeker Pleads Guilty To Murder

   


    Uduakabasi Akpan, who was accused of killing Iniubong Umoren, a 26-year-old graduate of Philosophy from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has pleaded guilty to the murder. Umoren was lured out of her home with a fake job interview, raped and killed in April in the outskirts of Uyo.

   Her remains were buried in a shallow grave in Mr Akpan’s family house where the crime took place. Uduakabasi, who was arraigned yesterday alongside his father, Frank Akpan before a State High Court judge in Uyo, pleaded guilty to murder but denied raping his victim. Frank, arraigned on a one-count charge of accessory after the facts pleaded not guilty. Consequently, the presiding judge, Justice Bennett Illaumo, adjourned the case to August 18, 2021, for further hearing.

Gunmen Abduct Doctor’s Wife, Friend In Benue

 


    A medical doctor’s wife and her friend have been abducted by gunmen at the New GRA in Makurdi metropolis, Benue State.

   Witnesses said the incident happened on Sunday between 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm in front of the home of the doctor’s wife’s friend. It was gathered that the wife of Dr Dzwachi, a medical doctor, working with the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, drove her friend home when the abductors struck and whisked them away.

Kaduna Kidnap: Four Additional Baptist Students Regain Freedom

 



    Four additional abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kaduna State have regained their freedom.

  A top official of the school told Channels Television on Monday that the four students escaped from the forest last night where they were held captive by their abductors. The latest development, therefore, brings the total number of the rescued students to 38 out of the 121 that were abducted by bandits on July 5th.

Nnamdi Kanu takes case to African Rights Commission

 


    Special Counsel to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Mr Aloy Ejimakor has disclosed that the extraordinary rendition of his client is now a matter before the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights.

  Ejimakor said that the defendants in the petition are both Nigerian and Kenya governments, whom Kanu is asking to account for his abduction from Kenya. He disclosed that among prayers in the petition include that Kanu is restored back to his state of being, which was Kenya, before his abduction that he described as reprehensible.

UNN ASUU To Federal Government- 'Prevent Another Strike'


  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has advised the Federal Government to take steps to avert another nationwide strike by the union.

   The UNN chapter Chairman, Dr Christian Opata, gave the advice on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka. Opata spoke against the backdrop of the recent threat by ASUU to resume the strike suspended on Dec. 24, 2020.