Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Funeral: UNIBEN student buried in tears (photos)

 student from the University of Benin, identified as Moses Ogbornida Adeshina, better known as an amateur, was buried today, November 6, 2019.

The popular hype was shot down in an alleged retaliatory attack perpetrated by a cultist during the last week of the year celebrations at the campus faculty of arts, met at Dockaysworld.

His friends, family, and classmates had come to his funeral and let him rest in tears and mourning.

According to reports, his body left the University Hospital of Benin University and was reportedly transported to the third cemetery where he was buried.

Amateur was also a popular tutor at school and he would have been 21 when he passed away.

More burial photos to come stay tuned.


Wednesday, 24 October 2018

University Prof. commits suicide in Makurdi


A professor of biological sciences at the Federal Agricultural University Makurdi, Frank Onyezili, has committed suicide.

Punch correspondent learned that the Don who has gone.

A source of the institution.

The source said, "One thing I noticed was not complaining about proper care and he was getting older."


Department head Ms. Waku Roseline has confirmed that the incident happened.

Waku said Professor Frank Onyezili committed suicide on Friday at FUAM.

When police spokesman DSP Moses Yamu was contacted, he said he was unaware of the incident.

Saturday, 6 October 2018

UPTH Mortuary Attendants Remove Eyes Of Dead Child


The morticians at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) were accused of removing the eyes of a dead child, an 18-month-old twin named Chuma, who died of anemia on August 3, 2018, at the hospital infirmary.

The father of the dead child, who had returned to the morgue two weeks later, was horrified to find that the body they brought him was mutilated and the UPTH coroners could not explain how, when, or why the corpse Parts were missing.

The father of the dead child, who spoke to the correspondent of Saturday Sun, said:

"Even when the baby was still breathing, one of the sisters came up to me and asked me to pay N30,000 to bury the baby somewhere, which annoyed me so that from that moment on they became nonchalant, claiming they would wait for the blood test until the child dies. "

It was reported that the couple traveled to Ughelli, where their families had encouraged them to bring the body home for the funeral.

"I went to the mortuary on September 17 to pay the bill and get the body," the desperate father continued. "I had N20, 000 with me, but after I took the money, the guard told me that my bill was N 56 000. I asked to see my baby's body, but to my surprise, both eyes been removed when he gave birth to the baby's body. "

According to the father of the dead child, he was prevented from taking pictures of the body.

Again, Herdsmen Kill Four, Burn 35 Houses in Plateau State

About four people, including a soldier and a policeman, were frightened during another midnight attack at Nkiendoro village in the State Plateau State Bassa Area, from suspected breeders.

In the attack on Thursday night, a Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church burned, "Winning All", in the village of Nkiendoro.

The attack came just 24 hours after the murder of 19 people, including a family of seven when the same armed men attacked the Ariri community in the same LGA.

Thursday, 4 October 2018

Again! Herdsmen Kill 18 In Plateau state

Fulani suspected breeders killed 18 people and injured four others during an Ariri community assault in the Basa regional government on Wednesday.

Among the victims of the attack that took place at 11.30 pm were women and children.

The latest attack caused the condemnation of the alleged militarization and the threat of fake soldiers in the metropolis of Jos.

On Tuesday night, 13 people were afraid of being killed by suspected Fulangi parrots during a midnight attack at the Riyom LGA of Plateau State.

Two Killed In Delta APC Primaries As Gunshots Flow Freely

 Two persons were reported dead in a violence that erupted at the Delta North senatorial district primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

While some sources said the deceased were killed by stray bullets from gunshots fired by police officers, who were on ground to keep peace at the Federal College of Education, (Technical) venue of the exercise, others said they were killed by political thugs.

However, Delta Police Commissioner, Mr. Muhammadu Mustafa, told Vanguard that there was an accidental discharge at the venue.


Speaker of the Students Union Government of the institution, Mr. Vincent Ubani who confirmed the incident, identified one of the deceased as Henry Nweke, a 200 level student of Industrial Technical Education of the school.

Ubani who could not identify the second corpse, said the bodies of the victims had been deposited in the mortuary.

Monday, 1 October 2018

4 years dies after his 20 years old brother throws him out of the building


The police responding to a 911 call found the little boy Shimron Smith, unconscious and indifferent to the yard outside his home in East Midwood around 3:30 am. on Saturday, NYPD said.

Simon was told dead on stage, the police said. The medical examiner said he had died of multiple injuries of violence and that his death was manslaughter.

Shimron's brother, Shawn J. Smith, was accused of killing a second degree, NYPD said. He is accused of throwing the boy out of the roof of the seven-story building.

Friday, 28 September 2018

1 Pilot Dies In NAF Aircraft Crash In Abuja

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says one of the pilots, successfully ejected from one of the F-7Ni aircraft that had previously crashed in the FCT, was passed on.

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, said in a statement Friday in Abuja.

"It is with a heavy heart that, regrettably, I announce that one of the pilots who was successfully ejected from one of today's downed F-7Ni aircraft has passed over." May his soul rest in peace. Further details of the incident will be communicated, "said Daramola.

Sunday, 23 September 2018

Sad! Ras Kimono’s Wife Also Dies

Three months after the death of the reggae icon Ras Kimono, his wife, Efe, also died.

He died late at night, around 3:00 a.m. while she was being transferred to the hospital. Efe had attended a family function yesterday and it was fine, before she started complaining of discomfort.

Before her death, she actively participated in her husband's funeral ceremony and in other activities related to the farewell of the icon.

Her death comes three months after the death of her husband, who died in June.

Friday, 21 September 2018

Tanzania Ferry Disaster Kills 100 people

It is known that at least 100 people died after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, authorities said.

There are many more missing and it is feared that more than 200 people have drowned. Rescue efforts resumed Friday after being detained overnight. The MV Nyerere ferry capsized near the island of Ukara on its way from Bugorora.

It is believed that the overloaded vessel capsized when crowds on board moved aside when it docked.

It has been said that the official capacity of the ferry was 100 people, but officials say the boat was carrying more than 400 passengers when it capsized.

Thursday, 20 September 2018

Armed Robbers Attack In Ekiti killed 2 people

Residents of Igede, headquarters of the Irepodun / Ifelodun Local Government Area, panic after a bloody attack on a bank of the old generation in the city by suspected armed robbers on Wednesday night.

The gang of seven men pounced on the bank located on the Ado-Aramoko-Ilesa road at approximately 5.50 p.m. and shot sporadically in the air.

Residents revealed that human and vehicular traffic was stopped by the thugs who were located inside and outside the bank's premises.

The attack surprised the banking and local workers who lived nearby, by surprise, as the bank had officially closed for the day at the time the thieves got stuck.


A bank worker and a security guard were shot dead by thieves during the operation that lasted about 20 minutes.

The thieves, during the attack, flew the ATM Machine with bullets, causing panic in the vicinity of the bank.

Igede was the last Ekiti community to try the bitter pill of a bank robbery.

Other communities that have witnessed bank robberies in recent times are Ado, Ikere, Ilasa, Ikere, Ifaki, Otun, Okemesi and Ilawe.

A visit to Igede on Thursday showed residents wearing sad looks meeting in groups to discuss the bank robbery.

Police spokesman Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the incident, said that men from the Special Anti-Theft Squad (SARS) were deployed on the scene who exchanged gunfire with the thieves.

Ikechukwu, a deputy superintendent of police, said the thieves later fled the scene and were pursued by the SARS men until they escaped into a dense forest somewhere between Igede and Ilawe.

He revealed that the guard, who was shot in the head, died inside the bank premises, while the injured staff died in the hospital.

According to him, the forest has been cornered by the police and his men are combing the bush in search of the thieves.

Monday, 17 September 2018

23 People Dead In Weekend Of Ethnic Violence In Ethiopia

Ethnic violence in Ethiopia left 23 dead over the weekend, state media reported Monday, as protests against the killings took hold of the capital, Addis Ababa, where angry crowds gathered in the center of the city.

State news agency Ethiopia (ENA) said an organized mafia carried out a wave of killings and looting in the city of Burayu and its surroundings, leaving 23 people dead and 886 displaced, citing Oromia regional police commissioner Alemayehu Ejigu.

ENA reported that more than 70 people had been arrested.

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

BBC News Presenter Rachael Bland is DEAD

BBC present Rachael Bland has died. She died today aged 40 years old with an inspirational public battle with cancer.

The mother-of-one, who was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in 2016, who died of hailing her bravery and died as she fought terminal illness.

On Monday she told the world she was late in her life.

Rachael poignantly revealed she had wrapped up 18 years' worth of birthday presents for her Freddie so he had a gift of her until he was 21. But it is not yet known if she was able to finish her memoirs - simply called 'For Freddie' - which she had written just for him so he could remember her.

It's beyond sad. May her soul rest in peace.

Tuesday, 4 September 2018

19-Year-Old Igbo Boy Commits Suicide Over Banana

A 19-year-old man, who was identified as Prince Chigozie, has reportedly committed suicide because he was denied some bananas by a relation of his.

The incident took place at Mmakwum village, Obosi in the Idemili North Local Government Area of ​​the state.

Punch Metro gathered on Monday that Chigozie hanged himself in his room. A source in the community Punch correspondent that Chigozie was found hanging in his room by his father.


He said, "Though no suicide note was found around him about his death, we suspect he had been killed because he was denied by some of his relations, who, I would not want to mention here.

"I saw him fuming in the morning hours When I approached him, he said that he had his many things because of his unemployed state.

"I kept him easy, but he kept fuming and threatening Shortly after that, I heard that he had committed suicide.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Haruna confirmed the story to our correspondent.

He said, "One Uche Gbughemobi or Mmakwum village Obosi reported at Obosi Police Division how he found his son dead in his room." The scene had been visited and Crown's Obosi hospital had been confirmed dead by a medical doctor. "

He said the case was being investigated to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Crocodile Eats Woman & Her Baby In Uganda

A crocodile has attacked and then eaten a woman and her five-month-old baby in Uganda, it has been reported.

The incident, which took place on the shores of Lake Albert, has been led to the country's wildlife authority issuing a stark warning counting people to avoid crocodile-infested regions.

Jesca Kabiira, a resident of the Kagadi district, had gone to get some water from the shores with her baby when she was captured by a crocodile.

An eyewitness said that nearby when they saw the crocodile, but Ms Kabiira was not able to get away, according to the Daily Monitor.


"We are advising people to avoid areas where these man-eater crocodiles are," Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) spokesman, Bashir Hangi, said.

"Crocodiles stay in fish-breeding areas, but when the fish gets depleted, they come to the surface and attack and eat humans."

Ms. Kabiira's husband said that he had not recovered yet.

Woman Stabs Neighbour To Death For Calling Her Shaku-Shaku

A 23-year-old hairdresser, Opeyemi Adamson, reportedly killed her neighbor, Taiwo Olowookere, in their home in the Meiran area in the state of Lagos.

Punch Metro gathered that the 28-year-old Taiwo lived with the suspect's mother-in-law, who gave her accommodation after being divorced from her husband.

Opeyemi, who lived with her husband, stayed with the victim on the same grounds. The duo would have provided animosity until Friday, August 24, when things took a tragic turn.

The deceased had reportedly complained about Opeyemi's eight-month-old baby and said the child's sound was bothering her.


The suspect reportedly insulted her, whereby words were exchanged.

Taiwo, who reported the incident to the police prior to her death, said that her assailant became angry after she (Taiwo) called her shaku-shaku woman (useless person), adding that she had put her in the neck.

She had said, "About three months ago I had a problem with my husband. The woman I stayed with was her (Opeyemi) mother in law.

"One day my child was sick and I took him to a hospital, and when I came back I greeted her, but she refused to respond, and that was when our misunderstanding began.

"I went to my child's bath around 7 am on August 24. While that happened, her child began to make a noise, I called her that her child was bothering me, but she abused me.

"She started cursing me and I called her shaku-shaku woman, she asked why I would call her such a name She said she would show me what a Shaku-Shaku woman looked like She went in and pulled out a knife that she'd always put me in the neck. "

Punch Metro gathered that the victim reported the case at the Meiran police station and Opeyemi was arrested.

Taiwo was taken to a local medical center where she was treated until her death.

Opeyemi, who spoke to Punch correspondent, however accused the victim's husband of her death, while she also accused Taiwo of jealousy.

She said, "Her husband has always beat her, and that's why my mother-in-law helped her." When she came home, she always cursed me, always saying that I was happy because I had a good husband, while she did not have a good marital home. and that she would deal with me.

"The knife was hers, I put her self-defense in. Her husband bought her everything while she was in hospital, and when she died, her husband dumped her body into our house and fled."

The husband of the deceased, Sunday Olowookere, a factory worker, told Punch correspondent he had reconciled with his wife when the incident happened.

He said that Opeyemi had problems with his wife after the latter no longer kept money with her.

He said, "My wife and I had a misunderstanding about her posture, she got annoyed and left for a co-trader's house, a SARS officer intervened and I was asked to sign a commitment that I would never again would impose whatever I did.

"We both made statements at a police station and I thought it was over, but she said she was not ready to follow me home; she said she would come with me later.

"My wife can be rude, but she would never fight with anyone." The woman who stabbed her is a cult member, and she started to have problems with my wife after my wife no longer gave her money in custody.

"I was working late at night when I got a call that my wife was stabbed in. It was the next day I got there, she was taken to a local medical center where her injuries and her neck were swollen. asked to do an X-ray for her, I took her to a general hospital when she gave up the ghost. "

Opeyemi was taken to court for an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates' Court at a point of murder.

The chief magistrate, O.O. Olatunji, has put Opeyemi back and expunged the case until October 3, 2018.

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Suicide Bomber Kills 11 people In Iraq. - report

A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle in al-Qaim town in western Iraq, killing at least 11 people, including five members of the security forces, police said.

The 9-hour attack on a checkpoint in the suburbs of Al-Qaim also injured 16 people - 11 civilians and five members of the security forces.

The city, located on the Syrian border, some 340 kilometers from Baghdad, was one of the last in Iraq to be taken over from the Islamic State group last November.

A month later, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over jihadists.


But since then, security forces have announced a number of campaigns to flush out information system fighters into sparsely populated areas where they continued to launch attacks.

Tuesday, 21 August 2018

Man Tortured To Death By Police After Being Labelled 'Yahoo Boy'

A young man identified as Ifunanya was allegedly tortured to death by Nigerian police officers attached to Warri Division B in Delta State.

It is reported that the late Ifunanya was deeply asleep when agents attached to Division B broke into their apartment and surrounded all the occupants of the house in search of Internet fraudsters, known as "Yahoo Boys". .

They searched the house, found nothing and ordered Ifunanya and four other people to enter their Hilux van before taking them to the station.

It was alleged that the police had tortured Ifunanya to obtain information but that he could not do so like others when he died during the brutal process.

Ifunanya fainted and was taken to the general hospital where he was confirmed dead by the doctor.

The police hastily dispatched the others arrested with Ifunanya and accused them of armed robbery.

According to reports, the other arrested victims are currently in Okere prison.

17 Year old Boy Shot Dead On His Birthday

Armond Latimore

Armond Latimore, a St. Louis teenager posted online, was happy to be on his 17th birthday after all he had been through. A little over an hour later, he was shot in the head.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the boy was shot outside a restaurant around 1 pm Saturday - his birthday,

He was pronounced dead at the hospital. No arrests were made. Homicide detectives are investigating.

Her mother, Chandra Payne, said she went to a store when she heard the news.

"He told me he wanted ice cream," said Payne. "I went to Save A Lot and three minutes later I got the call."

Latimore's post on Facebook Saturday was celebrated just before his birthday. He read: "Through all that I said, I'm glad I can say that I managed to see 17."




Latimore was a sophomore at Vashon High School. After the shoot, Payne said he found a piece of paper that his son had written for the school about a bully who would not stop harassing him. She said that Latimore had never told her or other family members of any problems with anyone.

Payne said that since filming, the people involved have shown his photos on Latimore's Facebook page, where he is seen with a lot of money and poses with a gun. She said her son was unarmed and the money belonged to someone else.

She said that her son was a good boy.

"He has always been a child of help," she said. "He would cut grass, wash your car or sell water, love music and love money.

Harvey Collins, 60, saw Latimore two hours before his death when the teenager helped move Collins' daughter to her dormitory at Harris-Stowe University.

"I can not believe that a few hours later he was dead," Collins said. "It's a shameful shame."

Sunday, 19 August 2018

Nigerian Soldier Declared Missing Has Been Confirmed Dead

A Nigerian soldier identified as Nweke Chidiebere Emmanuel, who has been reported missing by his family since Boko Haram's ambush in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, last month, was confirmed dead.

The brave soldier who served at the Ojo jail in Lagos before being posted to Maiduguri to fight Boko Haram - was buried by his family.

"We confirmed it, my brother is really dead and already buried without the presence of members of his family, he was buried with other officers, 36 of them," said the family.

That his soul rests in peace.