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A Kentucky man has been charged in connection with the gruesome murder of his girlfriend who was dismembered before her body parts were hauled in suitcases all the way to south suburban Markham. Police said Melvin Martin Jr., 30, who was initially charged as a fugitive took his girlfriend’s remains on a Greyhound bus to visit family in Markham, traveling more than five hours with the body parts to the Chicago Greyhound station at 630 W. Harrison St. Markham spokesman, Michael Taylor said in a statement that Martin was arrested on Monday at the Markham Public Library after curious family members made the discovery.  The spokesman said some parts of the woman’s body were found in Illinois, while the other half was found in Kentucky.  'A severed head and other body parts were found in the bags, while police in Kentucky found the woman’s torso,' he said. 'Martin had been staying with family for about a week, and family members became curious after he asked them on at...

A Kenyan woman, Jackline Njoki Mwangi has revealed that she knowingly infected men with HIV to punish them for not using protection. Mwangi, also known as Kiki wa Ng’endo, was first diagnosed with HIV as a teenager after sleeping with men for money to take care of herself and her nephew. This was after her mother left her and her sister in the care of their aunt to go and work in the United States. The 36-year-old, who made the startling revelation on Thursday September 17, in an interview with Kenya's online news portal, TUKO, justified her action saying she picked the disease from an infected person who also did not care to warn her. Mwangi said it was her sexual partners’ responsibilities to protect themselves and not hers. "At the end of the day, I can not be your keeper. You know you do not know me. I am not related to you yet you want to have sex with me, why don't you wear a condom or take a test with me if I am comfortable and if I am not, ask me to wear...

The Niger State Police Command on Friday, September 18, paraded three suspects arrested over alleged armed robbery, fraud and theft. Spokesman for the Command, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the arrest, said that on September 8, at about 10 pm, acting on information, Police operatives attached to 'B' division Bida arrested one Yahaya Ibrahim aged 20yrs 'm' of Doko, Lavun LGA with a locally made revolver pistol along Federal Polytechnic road, Bida.  "The suspect robbed a shop attendant at a Shopping Complex along Federal Polytechnic road, Bida with the said revolver pistol and in an attempt to escape from the scene; he was arrested by the Police. During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and the locally made revolver pistol was recovered. Case under investigation, suspect will soon be arraigned in court for prosecution," said Abiodun. In a similar development, on September 14, acting on tip-off, Police operatives attached to Chancha...

  The Kogi state government has written the United States Government over the electoral fraud allegation levelled against it and visa ban to politicians accused of masterminding electoral violence in the state.  The Yahaya Bello-led administration justified its win in the governorship election by pointing out that opposition parties failed to prove they won the election in all courts the case went through. The Kogi state government who noted that it is not challenging the visa ban in any way, however protested against US' "collateral and unwarranted interference in its political and social processes." The letter written by the Secretary to Kogi Goverment, Mrs Folashade Arike and addressed to the US Ambassador to Nigeria read;   KGS/GO/ADM/25/II/XXX 16 September 2020 The Ambassador Of The United States of America Embassy of The United States of America 1075 Diplomatic Drive Central Business District Abuja, NIGERIA Your Excell...

  Governor Nyesom Wike has paid the police the N30 million bounty he placed on a criminal suspect popularly called Bobosky. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Tammy Danagogo presented the N30 million cheque to Police Commissioner Joseph Mukan on behalf of the Governor in Port Harcourt yesterday September 17.  Danagogo reiterated the Wike's administration's resolution to continue working for the safety of residents of the state.  He said;    “Governor Wike will continue to stand by his words, as this is not the first time such redemption is occurring in the state. If we can recall when the governor made a promise over Don Wani, a criminal who disturbed the peace of ONELGA, all security agencies and citizenry were activated to capture him, and the pledge was also redeemed.  “I thank the police officers for the gallantry in arresting the criminals and I also thank the informants who cannot be mentioned here." The Police Commiss...

  Arch-rivals, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have failed to make the final shortlist for UEFA's positional awards next month.  The awards will recognise the top performers in each at the 2019-20 Champions League campaign, and both Messi and Ronaldo missed out on the final shortlist due to their devastating Champions League campaign.  It is the first time the Barcelona and Juventus superstars failed to make the final shortlist for their position.  Champions League champions, Bayern Munich dominated the 12-man list with seven players nominated across the four categories. Bayern's star, Manuel Neuer is up for the best goalkeeper award, against PSG's Keylor Navas and Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak. David Alaba, Alphonso Davies, and Joshua Kimmich dominated the defender list while Thomas Muller and Liverpool-bound Thiago Alcantara are up against Manchester City star, Kevin De Bruyne for best midfielder. Robert Lewandowski is the favourite to win the UEFA's best ...

  A man who allegedly defrauded a US-based Nigerian woman has been taken into custody. Sylvester Ehiarinmian, 43, made love advances to Mary Ope, 40, who is married with children, promising to marry her, Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, AIG Ahmed Iliyasu said. The married mother naively fell into the suspect’s scam net, police said, and he allegedly swindled several millions of Naira and landed properties out of her.  The victim, who owns a farm in the FCT, Abuja, reportedly had the intention of setting up other businesses in Nigeria and she was introduced to Ehiarinmian as someone capable of providing security to and from her farm. They got in touch and the suspect was said to have made a love advance to her, with a promise to marry her, even though she claims he was aware she was married. She claims she "hypnotically" fell in love with the suspect who dispossessed her of both cash and property . AIG Ahmed revealed that...

  Governor Nyesom Wike has commented on the upcoming governorship election in Edo state.  The Rivers state Governor in an interview on African Independent Television (AIT) on Thursday September 17, alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is hoping to win the election by manipulating the result.  Wike who is also the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council on Edo governorship election, stated that the APC "will be beaten silly in the governorship election" if there are no thugs spearheading electoral malpractices.   He said;    “The IG has said they will not give room to any thugs, to any miscreants, and it is our prayer that is done. If that is done, APC will be beaten silly in this election. If what IG said is carried out, you will see that APC will not near – the only hope they have is to manipulate the security agencies.  “Remember what happened in my case and if you take the case of...

  Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wale Babalakin has resigned as the pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos.  Babalakin conveyed news of his resignation in a letter dated September 15, 2020 and addressed to Adamu Adamu, the minister of education. The pro-chancellor who sent in his resignation after he was suspended by the federal government, said his decision was based on many "vested interests" asides other issues he raised.  The resignation letter read;    “I would like to thank the President of the Federal of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (the “University”) from May 2017 till date. “I am also grateful that I was considered fit to be the Chairman of the Federal Government Negotiation Team on the Agreement reached with university unions in 2009, from 6th January 2017 till date. I equally want to thank you sir, for your role in recommending m...

  The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up from the 31st to 29th position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings.  In the latest rankings released by the football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria got 1493 points and are now third in Africa, with Senegal (20th) and Tunisia (26th) in first and second respectively. Algeria (35), Morocco (43), Ghana (46), Egypt (51), Cameroon (53), Mali (57) and DR Congo (57) make up the top 10 rankings of African teams. Nigeria’s last international game was a 4-2 away win against Lesotho in the 2021 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers, played in November 2019. Belgium is still number one in the world FIFA ranking, followed by France, Brazil, and England respectively. Portugal, Uruguay, Spain, Croatia, Argentina, and Colombia make up to the top 10.

A 31-year-old shopkeeper Tashume "Happy" Bambore was on Thursday, September 17, sentenced to life in prison for raping a 5-year-old girl who went to his store to buy ice lollies and biscuits in Phakamisa, outside King William's Town. Eastern Cape. Police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni, said Bambore lured the girl into a bedroom where he raped her on 11 March last year. "A 36-year-old customer entered the shop and saw Bambore appearing from the bedroom while pulling up his pants. The 5-year-old also appeared from the bedroom with him," said Tonjeni. "The customer then immediately called a 29-year-old fellow Phakamisa resident and they took the child to her mother. The child then disclosed to her mother what had occurred," National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Anelisa Ngcakani said. State advocate Linda Jekwa asked the Eastern Cape High Court in Bhisho to not deviate from the prescribed minimum sentence of life imprisonment for the r...