Armed robbers shoot driver, r£pe female passenger on Osun highway

Armed robbers attacked two vehicles travelling along Ife/Osu highway in Osun State, shot a driver and r@ped a female passenger.

A passenger in one of the two vehicles involved, who spoke to Punch on Thursday, September 5, 2024, said the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday between Ife and Osu community in Osun State.

According to him, the robbers numbering about eight had stopped a commercial bus coming from Lagos and a private car. They ordered the passengers to disembark and collected various sums of money from them.

“The robbers attacked two vehicles. A bus and one private car. I was travelling on the bus. Both vehicles were coming from Lagos. We were out of Ife but yet to reach Osu community, when our vehicles were stopped by the robbers. They were about eight in number and they carried guns,” the source narrated. 

“The driver of the bus was shot, but he didn’t d!e. He was injured. One of the passengers in the car, a woman was raped. They collected the money we had and our ATM cards. They made us transfer various amounts into their account. They later handed our cards to one of the gang members

"But some passengers fled into the bush while all that was going on. They told us they told some people they saw as they were wandering in the area that robbers were operating nearby and security men were mobilised to the area.

“A few minutes after the robbers left us, I saw policemen, vigilante members, and some men wearing the uniform of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, arriving and they began to comb the area. They arrested one of the robbers. The security men took the suspect arrested away." 

The acting PPRO of the State Police Command, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, confirmed the incident, adding that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the crime.

 

“The incident happened. I got a briefing about it not long ago and we were able to apprehend one suspect. He is helping our investigation,” Giwa-Alade said. 

Woman, 23, struck by rare condition that causes her vagina to 'gradually close up' - and triggers growth of a 'micropenis'

Doctors have performed an ultra-rare operation to transform the life of a 23 year-old woman who suffered a range of bizarre genital deformities — including the 'closing up' of her vaginal opening.

The woman had only noticed the problem in the two years prior to the surgery, and had so far experienced regular menstrual periods, according to the report published in Springer Nature.

Gynaecologists also noted that her clitoris — genital tissue with around 8,000 nerve endings responsible for sexual pleasure — was more than 10 times the size of the average length, and resembled a 'micropenis'. 

 Intriguingly, scans showed her reproductive organs, including her womb and ovaries, were normal. 

The woman was said to be suffering a genetic condition that affects just one in 160,000 women worldwide, called clitoromegaly.

The rare disorder causes the external genitals to develop abnormally, often resembling male organs. 

It is thought to be caused by a mutation in DNA that causes a severe imbalance in sex hormones as a child develops.

While most women who suffer the condition develop some male genitalia at birth, in this most recent case, reported by doctors at Shalinitai Meghe Hospital in Nagpur, India, the 'penis' only began to grow when the patient grew older. 

The experts note that symptoms of the condition can go unnoticed until puberty kicks in and patients are affected by an increase in sex hormones. 

Doctors noted that the patient also had extremely small amounts of breast tissue, as well as excess hair growth on the face. 

A major operation was conducted to cut away the excess clitoral skin, leaving a small line of nerve tissue resembling typical female anatomy, measuring roughly 5mm.

Surgeons then removed the 'fused skin' that was covering her vaginal opening, and all incisions were stitched closed. 

The doctors reported that the woman was discharged after five days. 

One month later, sensation in the area was said to be 'normal' and the patient was 'delighted, happy, and extremely satisfied' with both cosmetic and functional results, the doctors said.

The authors of the medical case report note that many cases of clitoromegaly go unnoticed, particularly if the changes to genitalia is minimal.

The condition, they say, has 'great psychological and psychosocial impact' and can cause 'great mental agony for the family'.

'This leads to social withdrawal, especially in team sports and medical examinations involving nudity,' they continue. 'They avoid romantic and sexual relationships, although there is no net effect on pleasurable sexual activity.'

Bandits abduct 22 persons in Kaduna fresh attack

 

At least 22 people including a nursing mother with four children have been abducted by bandits who attacked Mani village in Rido ward in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Thursday morning, September 5.

Although the police authorities in Kaduna State are yet to confirm the incident,  a youth leader in the Rido community,  Zacharia Musa told Channels Television that the bandits stormed the community in large numbers while the residents were still asleep,  and started shooting,  and later moved from house to house to kidnap people.

In another incident,   Bandits attacked Dan Honu II,  New Millennium City also in Chikun Local Government where they abducted a nurse and her three sons.

The attack came barely two months after two journalists were kidnapped by bandits in the same community and were released after one week.

Security agencies have not responded to the recent upsurge of attacks, but Local sources told our correspondent that the bandits invaded the Dan Honu II community at about 10 pm on Wednesday and scared the residents with gunshots before taking away some people including a woman and her three sons.

While the woman was later abandoned inside the bush due to her failing health condition,  the bandits, however, went away with her three children.

18-year-old boy kidnapped after being lured with a carpentry job

 

An 18-year-old carpenter, Bello Afeez Oluwapelumi was kidnapped on April 1, 2024, after being lured by the kidnappers who disguised as clients that wanted his services concerning a carpentry job.

According to a family member, Bello Karimat Iyanuoluwa who reached out to LIB, Afeez was kidnapped on his birthday and efforts by his family to reach the abductors after payment of ransom have been futile.

" I am coming to make this report hoping that you can help me family in any way. My brother (18yrs) was kidnapped on the 1st of April (his birthday) after he was called in pretense to come and look at a work(capentary work)that they want him to help them do. We were contacted by he adopters on the same day with his number and they have been collecting money constantly ever since which different account numbers and pos accounts.( All information abt the various account numbers are readily available upon request). 

"It's been about 2 months now and they have stopped communication with us after constantly calling and receiving money for four months straight. We got the police involved from day one and paid for tracking like two times (at iyaganku Ibadan and with amotekun). They just collected the money and didn't seem to do anything abt it till this day. 

"I have tried posting in twitter when all this first happened but nobody saw it cus I have no following on Twitter.

"Pls I just want you help me post his picture so that I can locate my brother ( dead or alive). It's been 6 months of sleepless night and trouble in my family. My family and I will really appreciate if you can help us."

Anyone with information regarding Afeez's whereabouts, should kindly contact the family on 07037034664, 08035330771, 08163353285 or report to the nearest police station.

When I was President, I did everything I should do for Nigeria and I can beat my chest and say that. I took over the affairs of Nigeria - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he can beat his chest and say that when he was President, he did everything he needed to do for the country and was in charge of the affairs of Nigeria. 

While speaking at a lecture held in Lagos recently, Obasanjo who was President from 1999 to 2007, said;

“When I was there, I did everything I should do for Nigeria and I can beat my chest and say that. I took over the affairs of Nigeria as elected president with N3.7 billion in reserves and we were spending N3.5 billion to service debt. So, I decided we must seek debt relief and I went out for it… and we got debt relief. Not only did we get relief from a quantum debt of N3.36 billion, but we also came to a quantum debt of N3.6 billion and I left with over N25 billion in what we call excess crude, that is, the money we saved from the budget and what we actually received and we had a reserve of over N45 billion.”

The former President added that Nigeria may be complex but certainly not difficult to manage.

“I always say Nigeria is a complex country. You must understand that. But Nigeria is not a difficult country to manage. You have to be honest with yourself, Nigeria and your God''

"My sister would have been his next victim" Man shares chats between Ayomide Adeleye, suspected k!ller of FUNAAB student, and his sister

A man has shared the chats Ayomide Adeleye sent to his sister, asking for personal details about her life.

He shared the chats after it emerged that Ayomide kidnapped and murdered a student of FUNAAB,  Christianah Idowu, after collecting ransom from her family.

 

 

The man, who grew up with both Ayomide and Christianah, shared screenshots that make him believe the suspect was also trying to prey on his sister.

In the chats, Ayomide is seen asking the man's sister when she will return from school.

When she told him it'll be weeks before she's back, Ayomide complained that it's "far".

 

 

He's also seen in the chats, expressing concern for his friend Christianah's safety, despite having allegedly murdered her.

It has now been alleged that he had k!lled his ex-girlfriend and his blood sister but both de@ths were swept under the rug.

 

 

See below.

 

 

How 'friend' allegedly kidnapped and m8rdered Ogun varsity student after collecting ransom

Kidnapped 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta State (FUNAAB) Christianah Idowu, was allegedly k!lled by a friend after collecting ransom from her parents. 

LIB reported that Christianah had left her home in the Itaoluwo area of Ikorodu heading to the University of Lagos where she was observing her industrial training before she was abducted along the Ikorodu-Yaba road. 

The abductors contacted her family and demanded a sum of N3m as a ransom before they could release her. 

A social media personality, Man of Letter (@LettertoJack) who confirmed the sad development, said the victim was abducted and k!lled by her friend, Adeleye Ayomide, a 200L student of Philosophy at the Olabisi Onabanjo University.

According to him, the suspect killed Christianah and buried her in his father's compound after collecting N350,000 ransom from her family. Read the chilling report below: 

"On the 19th of August 2024, Christiannah Idowu was declared missing after her parents were contacted by her abductors using her own WhatsApp contact

The first contact with the parents was established around 8:49pm after which they sent photos of the victim in captivity to them using the WhatsApp ‘view once’ feature. 

The abductors requested for a ransom fee of N1,500,000. Christiannah’s parents raised N350,000 immediately. The abductor then requested that the money be sent to a bet account through a bank deposit channel. (Info reserved for now) 

After receiving the money, on the 22nd of August, the abductor requested that bank statement of the sender be forwarded to his email (withheld). 

On the 23rd of August, family complied. Immediately after that, the abductor stopped communicating with the parents. 

Meanwhile, on the 22nd of August, some amount was sent to the GTB account of Christiannah and the amount was then withdrawn into the Wema bank account belonging to the main suspect (Name withheld for now). 

Investigation by intelligence operatives began on the 26th to unravel details of the account number. By the 29th, intelligence operatives had confirmation from the bank that the BVN linked to the masked Betting account allegedly belonged to the account owner (name withheld for now) who also operates the Wema Bank (account no withheld for now) 

Further investigation revealed that he was able to withdraw the sum of 100,000 from the betting account before agents got the bet company to lock the account. 

Armed by these information, operatives began investigation into the suspect whom they observed to have a mutual relationship with Christiannah Idowu, especially judging by Instagram posts as they both commented on each other’s pages. 

The crazy thing is: the same account number used to launder some amount directly from Christiannah’s account has been posted on Twitter once to “beg for a give away free money” 

With all these information at hand, the operatives began to track down his cell phone activities and text messages. The cell phone tracking led them to his parent’s house, somewhere in IKORODU. 

Operatives then got confirmation of his presence in the building through active tracking of his mobile device. Immediately, gallant personnel of the Nigerian army 174bn swooped in on the suspect to conduct arrest. 

After the arrest, damning evidences were seen with the suspect and this includes the victim blue ITEL A56 with IMEI:35230******. 

Also, in his phones are details of the money moved and also details confirming he owns the Betting account that was locked. It was registered with his phone number. 

On his phone, they found an interaction between his personal email and the email address that has been interacting with the family of the deceased. 

After reviewing the evidence, the suspect was then taken into custody to enable the operatives conduct further investigations. 

Upon reviewing this evidence, suspect was successful taken into custody for necessary action. 

On August 3, the suspect reportedly confessed to the father and the soldiers that he killed the girl and buried her in their house. 

There is also a new story awaiting further confirmation that in 2018, the suspect’s ex-girlfriend was killed in same manner. 

Also that in 2020, the suspect’s own biological sister met the same fate, and the same thing has happened to Christiannah in 2024. It’s really devastating. I’ll give more updates as I get them.

 

 

Venezuelan President announces Christmas will take place in October

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro moved Christmas celebrations in his country from December to October.

 

Despite most of the world celebrating Christmas on December 25, Maduro made a live television address this week urging that the people of Venezuela begin from October this year to celebrate Christmas

In a bizarre speech, the president said: "It is September and it already smells like Christmas.

"And that is why this year, in homage to you, in gratitude to you, I am going to decree the advancement of Christmas to October 1. Christmas starts on October 1 – for everyone, Christmas has arrived, with peace, happiness and security."

But his countrymen are not happy about this, with many saying they can barely feed, let alone celebrate.

Speaking to AP News, local man Ernesto Ruiz raged over the decision.

The 57-year-old in Caracas, said: "Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, family reunions, parties, presents. But without money and with this political crisis, who can believe that there will be an early Christmas?"

And Inés Quevedo, a 39-year-old secretary and mother of two children, said: "We are all worried about how we are going to put food on the table, how we are going to pay for the bus, send the children to school and buy medicine when we need it.

"I don’t think they will improve our salaries or pay us the 'aguinaldo'," she added, referring to the Christmas bonuses that workers usually receive at the end of the year.

The minimum wage has not changed since 2022: 130 bolivars per month, or about £2.67. Workers also earn a monthly food assistance bonus of about £30, and those who have signed up for a system of government benefits get an additional $68.

"We’ll see what this Christmas is all about," Quevedo said.

I have sinned - Pharmacist who criticized Goodluck Jonathan for pegging petrol price at N87 per litre, asks God for 'forgiveness'

A pharmacist, Yusuf Dauran, who criticized former president, Goodluck Jonathan, for pegging the price of petrol at N87 a litre, has asked God for forgiveness. 

In 2012, Jonathan's administration increased fuel price from N67 to N97 but reduced it to N87 in January 2015.

However, many people including the then opposition party, viewed the reduction as a political move to sway voters. 

In the old tweet dated January 21, 2015, Yusuf wrote: “So a liter is now #87 . GEJ carry your change waka we want real CHANGE abeg.”

Quoting the tweet on Tuesday September 3, the pharmacist wrote: “Lord forgive me for I have sinned”

The NNPCL on September 3, 2024, increased the pump price of petrol from N568 to N855, N897 per litre (depending on the location) amidst lingering fuel scarcity.