5 Homosexuals Fight In Lagos After Contracting HIV

There was chaos in Egbe, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State, when some homosexuals allegedly fought one another after contracting the Human Immunodefeciency Virus (HIV).

Punch Metro gathered that one of the men, identified as Ezeugo, infected his first lover with the virus.

Man Kills Brother Over Father’s Burial

A man, Ejiofor Oyiogu, has allegedly stabbed his 47-year-old elder brother, Ekene, to death in the Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The siblings were sons of a popular politician in the area who recently passed on.

A source told Punch correspondent that the siblings had issues over budget for their father’s burial, among other issues.

Drama As Bribe-Seeking SARS Men Keep Lagos Businessman In Toilet

A  businessman, Immanuel Ibe-Anyanwu, created a sensation on Monday after calling for help on Facebook while in the toilet of a Zenith Bank branch at Ago Palace-Way, Okota, Lagos State.

Ibe-Anyanwu claimed that some operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad were waiting outside the bank to extort money from him.

Photos: Army destroys herdsmen militia camps and armed robbers, kidnappers hideouts in Benue and Taraba States

Troops of 72 Special Forces Battalion on Sunday, 8 April, while on patrol within Gbajimba, Kaseyo and Adagu communities in Benue State, destroyed some herdsmen militia camps abandoned by criminals.

One motorcycle was recovered from the camp during the operation.

Seven wounded soldiers in Boko Haram fight flown abroad for treatment

Yesterday, the Nigerian Army in Lagos said seven of its troops wounded-in-action in the North East would be flown abroad for advanced medical treatment.  

The Acting Chief Medical Director, 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Yaba, Brig.-Gen. Adekola Dada, disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the hospital in Lagos.  

Mayor Hamidou Koundaba shot dead in Burkina Faso

Hamidou Koundaba, the Mayor of Koutougou commune, in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum was shot and killed on Sunday evening, local media reports.  

The attackers fled the scene after killing him outside his home, reports said.  

Photos: 27-year-old woman dies after being embalmed alive due to medical blunder

A 27-year-old Russian woman has died after being embalmed alive due to a horrific medical blunder.

Medics put Ekaterina Fedyaeva on a formalin drip after routine surgery in her home city of Ulyanovsk instead of connecting her to a saline one.

Mike Tyson Unimpressed With Joshua's Performance

Mike Tyson has revealed he has fresh doubts about the pedigree of Anthony Joshua after the Brit became the WBO, IBF and WBA (Super) champion.

Joshua defeated Joseph Parker on points in his first 12-round fight as a pro, but the former knockout king failed to spark against the New Zealander.

PDP Will Take Over Ogun In 2019- Kashamu

The senator representing the Ogun East Senatorial District in the Senate, Buruji Kashamu, says the Peoples Democratic Party will take over the seat of power in Ogun State in 2019.

He said this on Sunday at the party’s stakeholders’ meeting held in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state.

Over 300 Youths Denounce Cultism In Bayelsa State As Government Goes Hard

Over 300 Bayelsa youths are reported to have denounced their involvement in cult activities today, 9th April 2018, as leaders of the various youths groups in the state converged for a final solution to the recent rise in crimes and criminalities.

The event which took place at the state volunteer office chaired by Hon. Prince Douye Koroye, witnessed the turn out of a large mammoth crowd.

Nigeria Stocks Drop To 3-Month Low After Buhari's Declaration For 2019

Nigerian stocks dropped to a three-month low after President Muhammadu Buhari said he would seek re-election in 2019, ending months of speculation about his future, Reuters reports.

Bandits in police uniform kill DPO in Abia

A group of unknown gunmen on Sunday shot and killed the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Rumuolumeni Police Division, Rivers State, Mr. Kingsley Chukwueggu.

Chukwueggu was said to have been killed by the hoodlums, who were in police uniform and mounted a roadblock around Asa in Obiehie, Abia State.

President Buhari has not approved $1 billion equipment for military – Presidency

The Presidency on Monday said there was no truth in reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the purchase of equipment worth $1bn for the military.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, stated this while speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Apple co-founder protests Facebook data mining, closes account

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account as the social media giant struggles to cope with the worst privacy crisis in its history.

In an email to USA Today, Wozniak says Facebook makes a lot of advertising money from personal details provided by users. He says the “profits are all based on the user’s info, but the users get none of the profits back.”

Shock As Popular TV Journalist Gets Shot Inside His Residence

A journalist was shot and wounded critically inside his residence near the Indian capital city, New Delhi, police said Monday, NAN reports.

The TV journalist Anuj Chaudhary working with a Hindi news channel was shot Sunday evening in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) on the outskirts of New Delhi.

'Frustrated' Conte Lambasts Chelsea Players Over 1-1 Draw Against West Ham

A frustrated Antonio Conte claimed that West Ham's fightback to earn a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge summed up Chelsea's disappointing campaign, after Javier Hernandez's late equaliser further dented the defending Premier League champions' top-four hopes.

Chelsea took a deserved lead through Cesar Azpilicueta on 36 minutes and mustered 23 efforts on the West Ham goal, but a combination of poor finishing and inspired goalkeeping from Joe Hart ensured the game was still close when Hernandez replaced Gelson Fernandes with 20 minutes remaining.

PSG Forward, Neymar To Make Big 'Announcement' About Messi

Something big between Neymar and former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi is apparently about to happen.

That is according to Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar, who left Camp Nou last August for a record €222 million deal with the Ligue 1 giants.

Beautiful Wife Of The King Of Swaziland Kills Herself By Overdosing On Drugs (Photos)

It has been reported that Senteni Masango, the eight wife of Africa’s last absolute monarch, Swaziland’s King Mswati III, has died after committing suicide.

According to Citizen, she was found dead in the early hours of Friday morning, April 6, barely a week after the burial of her sister Nombuso Masango.

Catholic Priest Shot Dead As Citizens Battle To Remove President Who Has Ruled For 17 Years

A Catholic priest has been found dead in the Congo days after another priest was abducted.

 

Father Etienne Sengiyumvam 28, was found ‘shot in the head’ hours after he had celebrated a wedding with his parishioners, the head of his diocese said.

 

‘Father Etienne Sengiyumva was killed Sunday by the Mai Mai Nyatura [militia] in Kyahemba where he had just celebrated a mass including a baptism and a wedding,’ Father Gonzague Nzabanita, head of the Goma diocese where the incident occurred, said according to AFP.

Stunning Photos Of The Tallest Building In The World

Burj Khalifa tower is the tallest building in the world, according to Guiness Book of Records. The building is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is 828 m (2,716 ft 6 in) tall. The Burj is more than twice the height of the Empire State Building, and almost three times the size of the Eiffel Tower.

 

In the course of confirming the Burj as the World’s tallest building, Guinness World Records also ratified a number of other lofty achievements for the ground-breaking structure.

No Peace Until FG Delists IPOB As Terrorist Group - Prof. Ben Nwabueze

While speaking yesterday when members of IPOB, led by the African Representative, Gorge Onyibe, visited him at his country home, Atani, in Anambra State, former National Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof  Ben Nwabueze, said he will no longer participate  in any peace talk unless the Federal Government delists the IPOB as a terrorist group as well as de-proscribe it.

According to Daily Sun, the elder statesman wondered why the federal government tagged IPOB a terrorist group and proscribed its activities for just agitating for Biafra restoration, while groups like Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen, “who have been slaughtering people”, are moving around freely.

School Bus Carrying 40 Students Falls Off The Road Into A Gorge, 20 Feared Dead

It has been reported that around 20 school children were feared dead in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh on Monday evening, when the school bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge, a senior state government official confirmed to Xinhua.

According to NAN, the officials said the mishap took place in the state’s Kangra district in Nurpur city.

Rudiger Slams Chelsea Team-mates Over 1-1 Score With West Ham

Chelsea defender, Antonio Rudiger has hit out at his team mates for failing to win yesterday’s Premier League game against West Ham.

Javier Hernandez’s strike cancelled out Cesar Azpilicueta’s goal ending the game in a 1-1 draw.

Man Arrested With Fake $400,000 By EFCC (Photos)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, April 7, 2018 arrested a suspected fraudster, one Samson Otuedon, at Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State for currency counterfeiting. Masaka is few kilometers away from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

 

Luck ran out on Otuedon, who specialized in counterfeiting foreign currencies, following an intelligence report on Friday, April 6, 2018 on the activities of a syndicate of fraudsters duping unsuspecting victims in Masaka area of the State.

Nigerians raise suspicion over President Buhari’s health after latest trip to London

Nigerians are suspicious of President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest trip to the United Kingdom, with many fearing that his health issues may have arisen again.

Buhari is scheduled to fly out of Nigeria on Monday, for an official visit to the UK, where he is expected to hold discussions on Nigeria–British relations with Prime Minister Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM) scheduled for April 18-20, 2018.