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A gang of ritual killers were reportedly nabbed by vigilantes in Nkwerre, Imo state on Thursday. The gang is made up of six men, two of whom are pastors of the Lord’s Chosen Catholic Charismatics Church. According to Marcel Ezenwa who shared the story on Facebook, one of the pastors was arrested by Imo State Rapid Response Squad Command while he was in church ministering to children. The gang were first busted by the vigilantee in Nkwerre through the assistance of some youth leaders before the police were invited to the crime scene in Umugara village Nkwerre to take over the case. Three of the men have been arrested while three are still at large. The ones arrested confessed to being the mastermind behind the kidnap of a 12-year-old girl from Umugara village for ritual purposes for a token of N500,000 and another N500,000 after delivery of human parts or victim. They also confessed to being part of a gang that kidnapped, defiled and butchered one miss Chigaekwu from Umunac

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, who recently created a novel Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment in the state, has said majority of Nigerians are not happy. He said  89 per cent of Nigerians are not happy in the real sense of the word happiness. He noted that only four per cent per cent are really happy to some extent, while seven per cent might claim to be happy, adding that the vital aspect of human existence which is happiness must be addressed.  Okorocha, who made the claims at the weekend when officers of the Nigeria Airforce, led by the Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command, AVM Sampson Akpasa, visited him at the Government House, stressed that agitations, insurgency, hate-speeches and so on, come up when people are not happy. “One thing is certain, if you can observe, recently, the level of crisis and agitations are on the increase in the nooks and crannies of the society. While we fight insurgence, I would want to advise we also go deep down to f

In a shocking incident, a 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped and brutally murdered on Friday at Hisar's Uklana village in Haryana, India. A wooden stick was also inserted into her private parts, reports ANI. "FIR has been registered, SIT has been formed for a thorough investigation in the case, no persons have been arrested yet," said Jitender Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hisar. According to reports, the girl was abducted from her house at night and brutally raped. She was left to die with a wooden stick inserted into her genitals. The post-mortem confirms rape and torture, further telling that 16cm of the stick was found inside her- that damaged her uterus and intestines, reports India Today. The villagers have shut down all the shops and blocked major roads. Investigating officers have not ruled out gang rape. Forensic experts have also been roped in to carry out further investigations.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State, Engr. Markus Gundiri, has expressed doubt over the loyalty of Governor Jibrilla Bindow to the party following the departure of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Gundiri was a 2015 governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and also 2011 governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. He said this while insisting that no politician in Nigeria can defeat President Muhammadu Buhari. Gundiri said the ruling party was waxing stronger in his home state after the exit of Atiku Abubakar. He said this yesterday in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists, adding that Atiku’s return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, did not have any destabilisation effect on the APC. He said, “Who else in this country today can stand election against Buhari and win? I don’t think there is anyone. “Look, you have to look at the achievements of this president in these few years

The Portuguese sparked a row by telling Pep Guardiola’s players to keep their celebrations down, with Blues goalkeeper Ederson taking exception Manchester United and Manchester City players and staff were involved in a heated altercation in the Old Trafford tunnel which left Jose Mourinho covered in water and Mikel Arteta nursing a cut eyebrow, Goal understands. Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson is said to have confronted Mourinho, which led to a number of players and members of staff from both teams spilling out of their respective dressing rooms and into the tunnel, where they pushed and shoved each other. United first-team coach Silvino Louro is believed to have been in the thick of the action, along with a handful of players from both sides, coaches and masseurs. Goal has learned that City coach Arteta received a cut eyebrow in the ruckus, while United striker Romelu Lukaku is believed to have been heavily involved. Witnesses claim a number of bottles were thrown, with Mou

Davido has revealed he has no beef with anyone in the B=Nigerian music industry - He made this known after he won the Future Awards Africa Prize for Music - Wizkid also won the award the Future Awards Africa prize for young person of the year 2017 has seen Nigerian music grow at an exceptional pace all over the world. Two musicians are mainly responsible for this – Davido and Wizkid. While Davido has flourished in Nigeria and Africa, Wizkid has continued to shine outside the country. Naturally, their fans and even the musicians themselves have a rivalry with each other. However, none of them have come out to expressly say they have beef with each other – until now. After winning the Future Awards Africa Prize for Music, Davido in his thank you speech said "For this industry, me i no dey fight anybody o.” Meanwhile, Wizkid also went home with the Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of the year. See the full list below: THE FUTURE AW