METRO Archives | FAMOUS REPORTERS

Aug

2023

Father Of Final Year Student, 19, Stabbed To Death In Delta By Yahoo Boyfriend Alleges Ritual, Demands Justice

CRIME, METRO#Delta, #Murder, #OghenefejiroSuccessRegha, #Yahoo

Father Of Final Year Student, 19, Stabbed To Death In Delta By Yahoo Boyfriend Alleges Ritual, Demands Justice The family of the slain final year Accounting student of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Miss Oghenefejiro Success Regha, has alleged that the murderer of their daughter, intended to use her for money ritual. The family noted that the plan was halted, following the presence of a neighbour who earlier came to the rescue of their daughter but was allegedly threatened with knife by the suspected ‘ritualist boyfriend. They appealed to the Edo state government and security operatives to ensure that…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

BREAKING: Tension in Imo as robbers shot dead policeman, wife in cold blood

CRIME, METRO#Gunmen, #NigeriaPolice, #PointOnSale, #Robbers, Chisco Transport Company

BREAKING: Tension in Imo as robbers shot dead policeman, wife in cold blood Pandemonium struck in the wee hours of yesterday, Sunday, in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, as three gunmen shot dead an Assistant Superintendent of police (Rtd), Mr. Sampson Owobo alongside his wife.. The incident took place at about around 8pm beside Chisco Transport company office, situated around Owerri Area police command office, a building which houses the Owerri Urban police Divisional headquarters at Egbu Road-Owerri, The gruesome killing of the Edo State born man and his wife, threw the residents and business owners into a state…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

My Brother-in-law killed my sister, deceased wife’s brother wails *I saw him smash her head on wall… Eyewitness

CRIME, METRO#Murder, #Rafiat

Engr. Shittu Yusuf, brother to Rafiat has narrated how his 30-year-old sister, (Rafiat), was allegedly killed by her husband, Peter Nielsen during an argument. He wailed that Nielsen, had severally smashed the deceased's head on a wall during a heated argument in the Gas Line area of Ijoko, Ogun State, on August 6, 2023 34-years-old Yusuf and elder brother of the deceased who hailed from a home town called Ekpa, told newsmen that t"it is very true", that Nielsen committed the said crime against his younger sister. Narrating the incident, he said:"Well, I was told that she went over to…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

Tension, as newly inducted Nurse gruesomely murdered in nightclub while celebrating

METRO#BoluwatifeOmoniyi, #Induction, #NightClub, #Nursing

Tension, as newly inducted Nurse gruesomely murdered in nightclub while celebrating A nursing graduate of Lead City University Boluwatife Omoniyi has been gruesomely murdered by yet- to- be identified assailants while celebrating her milestone. Famousreporters.com gathered that Omoniyi was on Tuesday, inducted into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. According to reports, her remains were discovered without a womb after a night outing in Ibadan. Omoniyi was found dead and evacuated by the Police in Ibadan. It was gathered that she had gone to celebrate her recent induction into the nursing profession at a nightclub on Tuesday night before…

Aug

2023

By Famous Reporters

Boy, 19 uses ‘For Girls’ love charm, impregnates biological mother

CRIME, METRO#Abomination, #Charm, #Ekanem, #ForGirls, #Impregnate

Boy, 19 ‘For Girls’ love charm, , impregnates biological mother 19-year-old Ekanem has committed an unthinkable act that has thus leaving the community in outright disbelief. This is following his shocking news of making use of a certain charm known as 'For Girls' on his unsuspecting biological mother, and having a canal knowledge of her, which resulted in getting her pregnant eventually. This is indeed, an act which is perceived to be abominable and condemnable in the land, as it shows to what extent the teenage boy was willing to go in his quest to satisfy his lustful desires. The…

Jul

2023

By Famous Reporters

Sh0cking: How Farmer, 50 offered last child for money rituals to train other 9 children*His head is too strong for ritual… Herbalist

CRIME, METRO#Arrest, #Blood, #Farmer, #Herbalist, #Ritual

Sh0cking: How Farmer, 50 offered last child for money rituals to train other 9 children*His head is too strong for ritual… Herbalist A certain Nigerian native doctor has declined the hearty request of a Beninese farmer, Poni Bada, who had offered his nine-years-old son for money ritual. According to Vanguard newspaper, 50-year-old Beninese farmer, Poni Bada, left his country home for Nigeria, with his unsuspecting nine-year-old son, who he intended to use for money rituals. In the company of the farmer, were three other suspects: Ige Koselu, Benjamin Balovi and Segun Shile, who had visited a herbalist’s home in Owode…

Jul

2023

By Famous Reporters

FUEL HIKE: Truck crushes monarch to death inside commercial tricycle (Keke Napep)

METRO#death, #FuelHike, #Hike, #KekeNapep, #Monarch, #Tricycle

PUMP PRICE HIKE: Truck crushes monarch to death inside commercial tricycle (Keke Napep) Truck crushes Ogun monarch to death inside commercial tricycleA traditional ruler, Olu of Onibuku in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Olusegun Bankole, was crushed to death by a truck. The monarch was said to be aboard a tricycle, otherwise known as Keke Napep, when the liquor-laden truck ran over the tricycle along the Ota-Idiroko expressway, close to Winners Chapel on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. The Oba was said to have died on the spot when the truck with registration number, EPE 252 XF,…

Jul

2023

By Famous Reporters

2Years after tragedy: Lagos Government Awards Over N61Million Contract For Mass Burial Of 103 EndSARS Victims… Says none is from Lekki Tollgate

METRO, NATIONAL NEWS#Endsars, #EndSARsProtest, #Lagos, #LekkiTollgateShooting, #Protest

2Years after tragedy: Lagos Government Awards Over N61Million Contract For Mass Burial Of 103 #EndSARS Victims… Says none is from Lekki Tollgate A letter from the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency has confirmed a move by the state government to carry out a mass burial for 103 victims of #EndSARS close to three years after their deaths. The letter dated July 19, 2023, and titled ‘Letter Of No Objection. Mass Burial For The 103. The Year 2020 EndSARS Victims’ was addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and signed by the Director General of the Lagos State Public Procurement…

Jul

2023

By Famous Reporters

BLACK SATURDAY: Two Siblings die, as fence collapses into building

METRO#Building, #Collapse, #death

BLACK SATURDAY: Two Siblings die, as fence collapses into building The lifeless bodies of two children suspected to be siblings have been recovered as a fence collapsed into building in Lagos State. The bodies of two siblings who got trapped under rubble in Ishawo, Ikorodu area of Lagos State, following collapse of a fence on their room amid heavy Saturday’s downpour, have been recovered. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday, at No 25, Ajao street CWC, by Olainukan Bus Stop, Ishawo, Ikorodu, Lagos State. Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, the acting coordinator. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) territorial office, confirmed the incident…

Jul

2023

By Famous Reporters

FireOutbreak: LASEMA rescues 7 children from orphanage home

METRO#FireOutbreak, #LASEMA, #Orphanage

FireOutbreak: LASEMA rescues 7 children from orphanage home The Head of Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, Mr. Nosa Okunbor says that their men had yesterday, Sunday, rescued seven children from a fire incident at an orphanage/motherless babies home. LASEMA PRO in a statement made available to the Media in the early hours of today, Monday, said the orphanage home was engulfed by a domestic fire. According to reports, the said fire was began from an air conditioning unit in the house following a power surge, on Sunday afternoon. It was gathered that the seven male children…