Barely 24 hours after the Boko Haram islamist sect called for truce, some gunmen believed to be members of the group yesterday shot dead a civil war commander and former member of the Supreme Military Council, General Muhammadu Mamman Shuwa. Shuwa, who fought the Civil War between 1967-1970 alongside his associate and former President Olusegun Obasanjo was killed in his house at Gwange 1 ward opposite Customs area of Maiduguri at noon almost an hour before the Friday (Juma’at) prayers. Residents  said the retired General usually receives guests in front of his house almost on daily basis, where long mats are spread for the guests, friends and other relations to seat in line with Kanuri/Shuwa tradition. “It is a usual thing for people to come to his house and today’s case was not different. He was seated with some guests and four people also came. Everybody thought they were there to greet him and then proceed to mosque with him unknown to them the four men were ...

Sounds like apocalypse but this is no dooms day prediction as experts have alerted that in 50 years to come, Lagos risks being washed away by tidal waves. It is the only Nigerian costal city that might go under if nothing serious is done to stop it.Climate Change and the poor environmental attitude of the residents are already assisting this prediction to come true. Earlier, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) based in France, had, in a study entitled Ranking of the world’s cities most exposed to coastal flooding today and in the future, revealed that Lagos was at risk of being submerged in the next 50 years. Lagos was among cities in the developing world facing similar fate. Cotonou, Liberia and Abdijan in West Africa were in the number. OECD said that “in the 20th century, sea level rose by an estimated 17 centimetres but conservative global mean projection for sea level rise between 1990 and 2080 ranges from 22-34 centimetres. Oceans wh...

Uneasy calm now pervades the air as residents of Shagamu Road, Ikorodu, Lagos, are still in shock over the recent arrest of a 25-year-old man who specialises in exhuming and selling human parts for rituals. Frail looking Rahaman Abdul was caught with a fresh human head in a cemetery along Shagamu Road Ikorodu, on October 5. Confirming the shocking news, which threw residents of the area into confusion, Mr. Ade Bayo, who claims to be the personal assistant to the vice chairman of Ikorodu Local Government Area squealed that before Abdul was arrested on that fateful day, the security men at the cemetery had always complained bitterly on how they usually find the cemetery in bad shape with body parts littered around the vicinity almost every morning. Continuing, Bayo disclosed that the men became more alert in their quest to unmask those behind the weird happenings around the vicinity without knowing that one of them, was working hand in hand with the corpse rogue. Unfortun...

A 22-year old man who was arrested for impersonation by the police has confessed that most of the security equipment he allegedly stole or acquired illegally was sold to police officers in various divisions in Lagos. The suspect, Samuel Johnson revealed this when he was paraded at the Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos State. He was dressed in army camouflages when he was arrested. In the course of further investigation, army uniforms and walkie-talkies among other military and police security equipment, were found in his possession. Johnson claimed that his major suppliers are traders at Alaba from whom he buys the equipment and sells to the police officers at cheap prices. He however denied selling his equipment to armed robbers, as he was being investigated because he was suspected to have been selling the gadgets to armed robbers. He said he wore the uniform whenever he hawked the items at police stations pretending to be a soldier in order to safeguard his ...

Environmental officers have arrested two men identified as Tolu Makanju and Jonathan Ogbeide, for allegedly being in possession of 85 dead chickens they were processing as frozen food for sale. The suspects were arrested at 3/5, Olusegun Babatunde Street, Igando, by officials of the Environmental Health Unit of Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area, Lagos State. Sources say the dead chickens after being processed were usually neatly packed and sold to eateries as frozen foods and also supplied to caterers who cook for big events such as birthdays and weddings. They had since been handed over to the police at Igando police station for prosecution. A police source at the station who pleaded anonimity said that they would be charged to court after a thorough investigation into the matter. The council’s Chief Environmental Health Officer, Mrs Omowumi Onibudo said concerning the suspects; “some of the women working for them became jittery when we caught them unaw...

Imiefan Omokaro, a   three-year old pupil of Kingdom Heritage Model School along Sapele road in Benin City, was on Thursday afternoon, found dead in the toilet of her school. She was said to have tumbled into a bucket half-filled with water. A source disclosed that little Imiefan was found by a teacher in the toilet who immediately raised alarm and the girl was taken to the Winners Chapel Church, operators of the school, where pastors engaged in series of prayers to revive the girl. Strange enough, at the close of school, when Imiefan’s mother came to pick her, the teacher said they were looking for her. The source added that it was not until two hours after Omokaro fell into the bucket that she was taken to a hospital where she was confirmed dead by the nurse on duty. Father of the girl who gave his name as Omokaro Jolly, said he dropped his daughter at school hale and hearty and was surprised that the school authorities could not tell him what happened to his da...

The escalating incidence of students shot dead by dare devil men of the underworld is frightening to say the least. And this is happening as government is busy fighting Boko Haram on all fronts while other evil vices seem to have taken over- as armed robbers, cultists, rapists and ritualists are having a field day unperturbed. According to popular blogger Linda Ikeji, classmates and friends of the slain student sent the story to her. The student, Wunmi Adebayo, was shot at point blank last night when she went to visit a friend of hers in his house at Golden Estate in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state. The 200 level student was visiting the said friend when they were suddenly attacked by armed robbers who robbed them of their possessions and later shot Wunmi in the face because she fought them off as they attempted to rape her. Her corpse has been deposited at the mortuary. Wunmi was the first child of her parents and friends say she was very jovial, friendly and kind hearted. Her...

Black magic and evil spirits have captured the soul of a new-born baby in Colombia who can apparently already walk by himself and produce fire, his own mother has claimed. Ana Feria Santos gave birth to her son last month but says her joy quickly turned to fear when she noticed that he had ‘several abnormalities’ – leading to fears in her community that he is the ‘devil in disguise’. She says the boy can already stand up and walk – quite a feat for a child of just four weeks. Much like the 1976 horror film The Omen, the mother-of-five says he frequently hides around the house, cackles in an ‘adult’ way for hours on end and has an ‘intimidating’ pair of eyes. She told the RCN Radio station: ‘He walks like an adult, sometimes going off and hiding underneath the bed, in a suitcase, in the washing machine or in the fridge.’ Her neighbours in the town of Lorica, near the Caribbean coast, also say he is possessed by a ‘malign spirit’ and that he is capable of producin...

A woman who was dragged into an alleyway and raped after a night out was subjected to a second horrifying ordeal by another man as she lay recovering from the attack. Mustafa Yussuf was the first to prey on the woman as she walked through Manchester city centre on New year’s Eve, marching her into Church Street car park and raping her in a nearby lane. After the assault the then 20-year-old fled the scene, leaving the woman helpless. It was then that, instead of assisting her, another man pounced on the woman and raped her. The distressing details of the double rape emerged as Yussuf, now 21, from Manchester, was jailed for seven years for the attack. He claimed to have had a consensual encounter with the woman but denied rape. But a jury at Manchester Crown Court trial rejected his account and found him guilty. Judge Martin Steiger QC, sentencing, said he ‘hadn’t the slightest doubt’ that Yussuf was ‘perfectly aware’ the woman was too drunk to consent to any a...

A 61-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl says he now wants to sue the child, the Hartlepool Mail reported today. In July, John Thompson of Hartlepool, England, pleaded guilty to a sexual assault charge, but told the court that his victim instigated the encounter. Thompson received an 8-month suspended sentence. He was also ordered to undergo treatment and banned from contact with anyone under the age of 16. The former brewery employee claimed that the young child “flirted” with him before pushing him down and forcing her tongue into his mouth, according to the Sun. “I knew it was wrong,” Thompson reportedly said in a police interview, “but somehow our mouths became open. I could not push her off.” In court, he admitted to reciprocating and kissing the girl back. Judge Gillian Matthews noted that Thompson was “potentially high risk” to young girls, but said that suspending his sentence was the only way he could receive treatment, according ...