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Suspected Port Harcourt 'serial killer', Gracious David West has changed his plea to 'not guilty' after confessing to luring his victims to hotels in Port Harcourt, drugging and murdering them. In spite of the video released by the police in which he was seen confessing to the crimes, David West reversed the admission. “The defendant had earlier pleaded guilty to the 9 count charge of murder but has decided to change his plea today,” prosecutor Chidi Ekeh said. The suspected serial killer's laywer, Vincent Chukwu backed his client on 'change of plea' while dismissing his confessions earlier as having “no legal effect”. “The basis of this matter is the evidence. Let them (the prosecution) put their evidence before the court”, he told AFP. It was further gathered that the second suspect arrested in connection to the killings, Nimi Thankgod also pleaded not guilty and was granted bail.
A 23-year-old son of a retired civil servant, Goodness Aimieghemen, has emerged best graduating student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), in the 2017/2018 academic session. The civil engineering graduate who bagged First Class honour achieved the feat with a total 4.89 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). Aimieghemen, who also carted home six laurels at the 45th Convocation Ceremony of the University held on Thursday was rewarded with the sum of N230, 000. Earlier while addressing the graduands, the Vice Chancellor of UNIBEN, Prof. Faraday Orumwense, recalled the giant strides the institution had made in the past five years.
cab man abducts children read below ....... Touch Not the Anointed “KINGDOM HERITAGE CHILDREN” are Super Protected by God of LIVING FAITH CHURCH and the Spirit of our Father Dr. David Oyedebo. Before us this afternoon at D/Line PHC a cab man abducted 3 school children from a woman that was about taking his cad on a drop after school, she put the children in the cab and just tuned to enter the cab, this fool drove off with the Children to an unknown destination for his selfishness purpose. The God of Living Faith Church took over the search of the Children, few hours later this same foolish  cab man drove to same point where  the frustrated mother was still  crying and praying 😭 to the God of OYEDEPO for Help. Probably with the mind that nobody took notice of him or  nobody  recognized him. But as God would have it,  on sighting his face and the color of the cab, she recognized him and raised alarm, we all ran out and accosted the man, after muc...
The Federal Road Safety Corps has said that the fuel tanker fire on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has been brought under control and normalcy returned to the scene. FRSC said this in a statement signed by Florence Okpe, FRSC Public Education Officer (Ogun Command) on Friday. Okpe said that the incident happened around 7:30 a.m. at KM 30 of the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway around Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State. It involved two vehicles and seven persons. Only one person was injured and has been taken to the hospital for treatment. The statement revealed that the cause of the accident is suspected to be excessive speed, which led to a loss of control. “The Fire Service were invited and they extinguished the fire. The crash scene has been cleared and traffic restored on the Expressway The injured victim was rescued to Famobis Hospital Lotto, near Mowe, Ogun State.” Source: PUNCH
The University of Lagos, has suspended another lecturer, Dr Samuel Oladipo, of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, after he was also indicted in the Sex for Grade documentary produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC. Oladipo was caught on tape pressuring journalist, Kiki Mordi, who posed as a female student, for sex. Oladipo in the video, asked Kiki to go on dates with him, teased her about her breasts and even took her to the famous ''Cold room'' where other lecturers bring female students for pleasure. The Principal Assistant Registrar, Communication Unit, UNILAG, Taiwo Oloyede, who made Oladipo's suspension public, said it was ratified on Tuesday October 8th. The University on Monday October 7th, suspended a lecturer,  Dr Boniface Igbeneghu, of the Department of European Languages and Integrated Studies, Faculty of Arts, after he was also caught on tape sexually harassing the female journalist who posed as a 17-year-ol...
President Buhari has met with Bill Gates and Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote in New York. During the meeting today, the President applauded the contributions of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as Aliko Dangote Foundation to humanitarian and developmental activities in Nigeria.

MAN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE

A middle aged man popularly known as papa Ebube residing in Aritelin area in yenagoa took his own life by hanging in the early hours on Sunday. According to residents in the area, papa Ebube may have commited suicide because he lost his bet nija ticket that could have earned him thirty six million naira. Documents found in his possession when the police arrived, revealed that, the deseased was a graduate, a tricycle  rider and a great lover of sports whose son is expected to graduate from the Nigerian  military school this year. Neighbour's told our reporter that papa Ebube was a jolly good fellow in the neighborhood, had two wives and two children living with him but left when they constantly suffered domestic violence under his watch Suicide is not an option.

Portharcout serial killer has been apprehended...

I don’t know what comes over me to kill. After I have killed, I feel remorse and cry for killing, but after that, the irresistible urge to kill comes over me again. I kill alone.” The 39-year old notorious Port Harcourt serial killer, Gracious David West, has confessed to have killed seven women in Rivers, Lagos and Imo States. West, who hails from Buguma in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, confessed that he killed five women in Port Harcourt, one in Ikeja and another in Owerri and survived on the money he stole from the victims’ ATM cards. He made the confession on Friday, while being paraded by Mustapha Dandaura, Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police at the police’s headquarters. On the motive behind his actions, he said: “I don’t know what comes over me to kill. After I have killed, I feel remorse and cry for killing, but after that, the irresistible urge to kill comes over me again. I kill alone.” About belonging to a cult group, he “I was a m...
Lagosian shares her scary experience with fraudsters who hypnotised her and made her do anything they ordered Stay safe .

Okonjo-Iweala loses dad

Prof Chukwuka Okonjo, the Obi of Ogwashi Uku, Delta State and father of former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has died. The professor of mathematics died at the age of 91, in Lagos, soon after he arrived from a trip to the United States of America and Ghana
A university of Lagos lecturer  Sunday Meshioye reportedly committed suicide by drinking sniper after being forced to a face a disciplinary panel set up to investigate an incident he was reportedly involved in. The deceased reportedly faced the disciplinary panel after the UNILAG bus he was driving got burnt. It was gathered that Meshioye took the deadly insecticide on Wednesday September 11, after facing the disciplinary panel set up to investigate the incident on Tuesday September 10. The UNILAG staff was rushed to UNILAG health center before being transferred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Idi Araba area where he died. He is survived by a wife and three children.
A protest which some students of Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) engaged in today September 10, turned violent as the convoy of the First Lady of Ekiti State, Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi was attacked. The students who were protesting over the poor power supply in the school community, allegedly barricaded the Oye-Ikole-Abuja highway to prevent the convoy of the wife of the governor who toured some local governments in the state from passing in a bid to register their dissatisfaction. reported that the students were joined in the protest by hoodlums and commercial bike operators who hurled stones and other objects at the First lady's convoy after she arrived. Eyewitnesses claimed that the clash with security operatives led to the death of two students, burning of some vehicles including that of security operatives and seizing of two Pump rifles. It was learnt that Mrs. Bisi was sandwiched between some security operatives who “whisked her away from the scene in...
Tragedy  as four children hanged by their father in South Africa.......... Kuhlekonke, 4, Khwezi, 6, and Siphesihle Mpungose, 10, were hanged to death by their father at their Wyebank home on Tuesday afternoon. Ayakha, an academic achiever at Pinetown Girls' High School, went missing after she was fetched from school by her step father Sbu Mpungose. A manhunt led to a gruesome discovery - her lifeless body near some bushes in New Germany. She had been strangled with the belt of a bathrobe. Sbu Mpungose was discovered hiding in KwaDebeka by police on Wednesday. Mpungose, 44, was arrested and made a brief appearance in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The man, who wept often during the short proceedings, was represented by Legal Aid and abandoned his bid for bail. He was remanded in custody and will appear in court next month.

17-year-old girl sets herself ablaze over fiance?s inability to pay N17,000 dowry demanded by her father

A 17-year-old girl identified as Aisha living in Albarkawa area in Gusau metropolis in Zamfara state on Sunday August 8, set her self ablaze owing to her fiance’s inability to marry her due to his poor finances. Aisha’s neighbour told Daily Trust that she decided to commit suicide after she learnt that her fiance who dated her for quite a long time has no money to pay for dowry in preparation for her wedding. He said her lover called Umar was asked by her parent to present himself to her family for the marital engagement but the young man told her parent that he was not financially well off to pay for the N17,000 as dowry demanded by the father of the girl. “She brought a gallon of petrol and a matchbox. She got her self drenched in the petrol and struck a match stick and within a second she got engulfed in flames.Even before setting her self ablaze, her younger sister had tried hard to stop her from taking the dangerous decision by flinging the matchbox from her hand as an...
People of Ukelle in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, unleashed their anger on a pastor after accusing him of using residents for rituals According to Facebook user, James Nicolas, the pastor used three boys for rituals last week. In anger, youths of the community stormed his church which they set ablaze along with his house before beating and parading him . 'Yeah this is the fake prophet who has been using our people for rituals. Remember earlier this year, we reported a case where about 5 people got missing on their way to North ukelle from Edor, and last week again this same demon has sacrificed 3 boys again from Wanihem. From the pictures above, angry youths have set his house and church on fire'.
Former Nigerian International Footballer Joseph Yobo Celebrates Birthday.  Joseph Yobo is a year older today
Nicki Minaj has announced her retirement from music to start a family. The Queens rapper, 36, who has been active in the industry since 2004 took to Twitter on Thursday night (September 5) to write, “I’ve decided to retire & have my family. I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, in the box- cuz ain’t nobody checkin me.” To her Barbz, she added, “Love you for LIFE.”
Zimbabwe ex-president Robert Mugabe has died at the age of 95. Mugabe, who was Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, died after battling ill health, his family confirmed. The current President of Zimbabwe announced his passing on Twitter, writing: "It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe's founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe." Mr Mugabe had been in hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in November 2017, after being in power for over three decades.