Man kills leopard with his bare hands, says; “I stared death in the eyes. I stood with my fists clenched, ready to punch like a boxer. I told myself one of us had to die.”
These are the heroic words of Ndumiso Mona who battled with a stray leopard that allegedly escaped from the Kruger National Park (KNP).
Amateur gardener Sebastian Suski is the proud new owner of the world's longest cucumber - a specimen of Cucumis sativus that until this week was growing in a polytunnel at his allotment.
Despite the blisteringly hot summer in the UK, Sebastian - who was born in Poland but now lives in Southampton - was able to tend to his impressive patch of cucumbers and produce a whopper measuring 113.4 cm (3 ft 8.6 in), beating the previous record by 6.4 cm (2.5 in).
Sebastian has been growing big fruit and veg with the help of his wife Renata for seven years.
Police in Kerala, India have arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian national, Okafor Eze Emmanuel, for alleged drug trafficking.
Okafor was arrested by Palarivattam police from KR Puram, Bangalore on Wednesday, August 24.
The accused was nabbed by a team led by Ernakulam ACP P Rajkumar, comprising Inspector S Sanal, Sanip Kumar, Mahin Abubakar and Arun Surendran.
The investigation began with the arrest of one Haroon Sultan, who was caught with 102.04 grams of MDMA at Kalur Worldwide Stadium Hyperlink Street on July 20, 2022.
A former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko has demanded immediate apology from Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF over what he called defamatory comments against him.
Ned Nwoko had accused the governors of not telling Nigerians the entire truth about the Paris Club refund, accusing them of deceiving the people with falsehood.
In their response, the Nigeria Governors Forum had allegedly used a libelous comment, for which Hon. Ned Nwoko is seeking apology to be published in the dailies with a payment of $40m dollars as compensation for the alleged malicious and false accusation.
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has met with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in London.
ThisNigeria reports that the meeting held on Thursday with some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors present.
Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Senator Dino Melaye, has said his principal will floor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State.
Tinubu has been in control of Lagos State since 1999 when he was elected governor. Although he left in 2007, he still wields a large influence in the state, determining who gets what as far as politics is concerned.
Pandemonium erupted on Thursday evening when overzealous operatives attached to the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, attacked a journalist and the security details at the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja.
The incident occurred after Tijani, who earlier arrived for a meeting, was driving out of the party headquarters amid a heavy blaring of sirens by her security aides.
Trouble started when a security detail to the minister slapped the chief security officer manning the main gate of the APC secretariat for not being quick enough to order his ‘boys’ to open the gate after seeing Tijani stepped out of the premises.
Ms Muhibat Taiwo Abdulsalam, a staff of the Federal Competitive Consumer Protection Commission FCCPC, Katsina Branch, has allegedly killed her boss right in his office, broad daylight, accusing him of sexual harassment.
According to a source who pleaded anonymity, Muhibat had a money dispute with her boss, Julius Haruna, the Northwest Zonal Coordinator, FCCPC earlier on the fateful day he was allegedly killed.
Unknown to other colleagues in their office, Muhibat had gone to the Katsina GRA Police Station to report her boss for sexual harassment.
A defamation petition filed by Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, wife of Dr. Frank Ayade, the younger brother of Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade led to the arrest of Citizen Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, and the attempted kidnapping of his staff on Friday.
Mrs. Alami Ayade, through her lawyers in Abuja – Uyi Frank Obayagbona & Co had written to Citizen Jalingo, claiming he wrote a defamatory article about her and wants N500 million as compensation. But the letter was served on August 14th with Citizen Jalingo given two weeks to delete the article and comply, or else redress will be sought in court.
“I am still surprised why the authorities are finding it difficult to name the person whom we all know already, but honestly this is Nigeria and powerful people always have something to do to escape,” said one source who described it as, “unusual,” given the fact that the school always, “make sure we set the example by respecting the rule of law.”
But, Mrs. Ayade denies these. She described them as “baseless and untrue” according to a statement shared by a journalist, George Odok.
62-year-old man from Bihar, India has been getting a lot of attention in his home country after it was revealed that he has not taken a bath in over two decades.
Dharamdev Ram is famous in his home village of Baikunthpur. Everybody knows that he hasn’t taken a bath or even a quick shower in 22 years, but nobody mocks him for it, on the contrary, he gets a lot of respect for his decision.
A Suspected Cultist, Jinai Sunday, has shot himself in the arm while attempting to load and remove a live cartridge from a locally-made pistol in Ogun State.
The Amotekun Corps in the state said the “pistol accidentally exploded, resulting in serious injuries on his left arm.”
Ogun Amotekun Corps Commander, CP David Akinremi (rtd), said Sunday and other accomplices, who are “members of Aiye Cult group” were at their usual meeting in a bush located along Kakanfo village in Obada-Owode, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, when the incident happened.
Uduak-Abasi Akpan had lured Iniubong Umoren out of her home with a fake job interview, raped and killed her in April in the outskirts of Uyo.
GRASSROOT REPORTERS had reported that he later buried her remains in a shallow grave in his (Akpan) family house where the crime took place.
In the statement titled, ‘Mompha Wanted By The EFCC’ – The Truth Story’, Mompha detailed the history of his arrest and arraignment by the EFCC.
Mompha said, “After my arrest and arraignment on the first case at the Federal High Court Lagos, on the 10th of December 2021, the court gave me judgment and ordered EFCC to release my wrist watches and other valuables in their custody to me for having been unlawfully seized.
“Being a bitter agency, the EFCC in dissatisfaction with the judgment of the court on the release of my wristwatches came up with other trumped up charges against me.
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu will remain in prison till October 31st as the case has been adjourned again.
Ekweremadu appeared in court on Thursday was will remain in Custody as the judge adjourned the case till the end of October for a hearing.
It can be recalled that the Nigerian senator first appeared before the Uxbridge magistrates’ court in London, where the lawmaker denied all the charges against him.
A Nigerian Man, Sufiyanu Abubakar Salihu is set to marry Fatima Ibrahim Kani, the younger sister of his late fiancée, Rukaiya Ibrahim Kani.
Sufiyanu and Rukaiya were set to be married on August 12, 2022, in Bauchi State but she passed away on Wednesday, July 27.
Sufiyanu also took to Twitter on July 28, to announce the death of Rukaiya.
Fatima had mourned her sister a day after she died, writing; "Indeed, life is ephemeral and death is inevitable and certain end. I lost yet another sister Ruqayya Ibrahim Kani (Aunty Ummi), her marriage was scheduled to take place in two weeks from now but now she's gone forever. Ya Allah kagafarta mata kamata rahama kasa inna mu yazo mucika da imani. Plz pray for my sister."
