Thirteen former fighters of Boko Haram, have reportedly escaped with rifles and motorcycles given to them by the Borno State government.
Premiumtimes reports that the 13 are among thousands of former Boko Haram fighters and their families who had surrendered to the government and were enlisted to join the military in fighting the ins-urge.
The escapees attached to the military operatives in Mafa fled their camp between the 1st and 2nd of September. The report quotes Malik Samuel, a researcher with a deep understanding of jihadi groups in northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region, as saying that eight ex-fighters first escaped from the camp on September 1 before five others followed suit the next day.
He said the escapees called Abdullahi Ishaq, a special adviser to the government on security matters, threatened to unleash more violence.
After their escape, the jubilant terrorists reportedly released a video brandishing the rifles.
The state government is yet to react to this development.
The use of the Sarco suicide capsule, dubbed the “Tesla of euthanasia,” has been suspended just weeks after an American woman ended her life in the controversial machine.
The Sarco was created by Dr. Philip Nitschke, the founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. It was used for the first on Sept. 24, 2024, to take the life of an immunocompromised 64-year-old woman from the Midwest.
Swiss officials have said that the Sarco had not been approved when it was used to take the unidentified American’s life.
A criminal investigation into the pod is pending and all of the 371 active applications have been suspended, according to the National Review.
Switzerland is one of the few countries that permits travelers to legally take their lives under its assisted sucide practices, which do not require a doctor but can include outside help.
The pod requires the user to activate it themselves, with a modulated voice directing them to press a button if they “want to d!e.”
Once pressed, the capsule is flooded with nitrogen, which drags the user’s oxygen levels to deadly levels until they eventually enter a hypoxic state before asphyx!ating.
“When she entered the Sarco, she almost immediately pressed the button,” Nitschke said, according to the National Review.
“She didn’t say anything. She really wanted to d!e. My estimate is that she lost consciousness within two minutes and that she died after five minutes. We saw jerky, small twitches of the muscles in her arms, but she was probably already unconscious by then. It looked exactly how we expected it to look.”
Police arrested several people connected to the American’s death, including a Dutch photographer covering the assisted suic!de.
It is not known if Nitschke was among those arrested.
Embattled music executive and rapper, Sean “Diddy” Combs doused a woman with lubricant that was mixed with the date r@pe drug Rohypnol before he viciously assaulted her alongside his bodyguard and a third friend, the accuser’s attorney claims.
The unnamed victim was allegedly forced to remove her clothes when Combs threatened her with a knife, lawyer Ariel Mitchell-Kidd told NewsNation.
Diddy then supposedly squirted the woman “all over her body” with “some type of lubricant or oil,” after which she noticed herself becoming “more and more limp,” the lawyer said of her client’s alleged ordeal.
The victim did not recall being forced to consume any drugs, but oil can be a conduit for Rohypnol, or GHB – the so-called “date-rape drug,” Mitchell-Kidd claimed.
“So, in order to get that to topically take into somebody’s body, you need a conduit, which is typically oil,” the attorney noted.
“So, it seems to me that there were some types of drugs mixed into the oil, which is why he was dousing her in that oil prior, not only to make it easier to assault her, but that was what was lowering her defenses.”
After he doused her with the mysterious liquid, Combs allegedly raped Mitchell-Kidd’s client, as did his bodyguard and a third person.
Mitchell-Kidd (pictured below) said she plans to file a complaint on behalf of her client later this week.
“The details are graphic, and the complaint lays out all of the details. … She was finally able to get away after the gruesome attack,” she told NewsNation of the alleged assault.
It was not immediately clear if the client Mitchell-Kidd was discussing with the same client who previously said she was lured to Combs’ home and raped in 2018.
That unnamed victim filed a police report after the incident, Mitchell-Kidd said last week.
Combs, 54, has been behind bars since Sept. 16, when he was arrested in New York City for racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation for purposes of prostitution.
He was accused of using drugs to keep victims “compliant” during violent, sometimes days-long sex sessions, the federal complaint said.
Last week, more than 120 victims announced plans to file lawsuits against the Bad Boy Records founder for alleged sexual abuse and exploitation.
The wave of allegations were split evenly by gender, spanned over 30 years and included 25 minors – including one 9-year-old, attorney Tony Buzbee said of the horrifying allegations.
The children Combs allegedly abused were “seeking TV or music careers with promises [from Combs] of ‘I’ll make you a star,” Buzbee claimed.
A 47-year-old man, Ita Okon has been sentenced to life imprisonment for r@ping an 8-year-old girl in Calabar, Cross River State.
Okon was convicted and sentenced on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, by Hon Justice Blessing Egwu of Family Court 2 Calabar.
In addition to the life sentence, the Court also awarded a compensation of N1,000,000 (One million naira) to the survivor.
Reacting to the judgement, the Principal Counsel at BRCI, Barrister James Ibor, thanked the police and the Cross River State Ministry of Justice.
"May I use this opportunity to thank the Nigerian Police Force, Cross River State, the Ministry of Justice, Cross River State and Basic Rights Counsel Initiative for the output. The war against Violence Against Women and Girls must be won,” Ibor stated.
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at the city of Haifa in northern Israel on Tuesday, October 8, after the city was hit for the first time in 18 years on Monday, October 7.
Hezbollah, an Iran-backed group, said it had launched a "large rocket salvo" at Haifa and its northern suburbs.
The Israeli military reported more than 100 rockets crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory on Tuesday, saying some were intercepted.
Hezbollah's attack comes as Israel expands ground invasion of Lebanon.
Earlier, Israel said its troops have begun ground operations in south-west Lebanon. Until now, its invasion had focused on the eastern side of the border
The ground offensive began on September 30, and Israel says it's targeting Hezbollah sites.
About 2,000 Lebanese have been killed since Hezbollah began firing at Israel a year ago in solidarity with Hamas.
Speed Darlington's mother, Queen, has released a video begging for the release of her son.
She explained that her son's security called her family members to let them know that the comic rapper had been arrested over a video he made defaming Burna Boy.
"Burna Boy came with his team and they picked Darlington from his house," she said.
Going on her knees, she added: "Darlington is my only son. I am begging you Burna Boy, please tamper justice with mercy. Have mercy on my son. Forgive him, please."
She called on all Nigerians and all fans of Speed Darlington to join her in begging Burna for her son's release.
This comes after Speed Darlington insinuated that Burna Boy had a thing with Diddy, and that's what made him become famous in the international community.
The police in Lagos state arraigned a 25-year-old tailor identified as Victoria Effiong, before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Iba last Friday, October 4, for allegedly refusing to marry a suitor after collecting N2.8m among other things, from him.
Effiong is facing three counts bordering on breach of peace, cheating and obtaining by false pretence.
Punch reports that the police prosecutor, Inspector Chinedu Njoku, told the court that the incident occurred on September 25, 2024, at 10 a.m. at Ajanaku Street, Isashi.
‘’Effiong unlawfully cheated the complainant, Dominic Asuquo, by obtaining the sum of N2,866,000 under the pretext of agreeing to marry him, but she failed to follow through.”
The prosecutor further told the court that while the defendant was dating Asuquo, she obtained an iPhone worth N240,000, different clothes, a wristwatch, shoes and bags valued at N350,000.
He also said that the complainant gave the defendant a cash sum of N810,000, and daily feeding money for seven months worth N868,000.
The situation escalated when Asuquo discovered that Effiong was planning to marry another man, despite having introduced him to her parents, who were aware of their relationship.
“Effiong also withdrew N300,000 from Asuquo’s ATM account for shopping,” Njoku added
The defendant who was arraigned before Magistrate Mrs O. M. Ogun, pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.
In her defence, Effiong denied being in any relationship with Asuquo and claimed that he knew she was seeing someone else. She admitted to receiving the iPhone, a smaller phone worth N20,000, money, and other items but insisted that she had told Asuquo to stop sending her money because she was uncomfortable with it.
According to the prosecutor, the offences committed are punishable under Sections 168, (1d), 322, and 314 (2) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
However, Magistrate Ogun granted her a bail of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
“One of the sureties must be a blood relative, show proof of tax payment to the Lagos State Government, and have their address verified,” the magistrate ruled.
The case was adjourned until November 28, 2024, for mention.
Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, has made startling revelations about his involvement in rigging local council elections during the tenure of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
Okocha, who served as Amaechi’s Chief of Staff from 2007 to 2015, made the admission during an interview on Channels TV, adding that the reinstated Rivers APC chairman, Chief Emeka Beke, was allegedly also involved.
Okocha, who was recently removed as Rivers APC Caretaker Committee chairman by a Port Harcourt High Court and replaced by Beke, did not shy away from addressing his role in election rigging. He claimed he should be seen as a "whistleblower" for coming forward.
"On the issue of whether I rigged the election, I did not hide it. I should be paid as a whistleblower," Okocha stated before being interrupted by the interviewer, who remarked that election riggers should be in jail.
Okocha responded, "No. If you were an armed robber yesterday, and today you came to confess that you stole something somewhere yesterday. Are you saying that the law will now take a retroactive effect? The answer is No."
Okocha further explained that his public statements were meant to prevent others from using the same tactics he once employed. "When you have an idea of a thing and you see the other person also wants to use the tactics that you already know. You will shout. That is the reason why we went to court."
When pressed on who was behind the election rigging orders, Okocha directly implicated Beke, saying, "Yes, all of us were together including Emeka Beke."
Beke, who appeared alongside Okocha during the interview, immediately rejected the accusations and warned that the police would arrest Okocha for his admission of rigging. "During the election, was I part of it? Have you ever heard me say rig election?" Beke asked before Okocha countered, "Are you saying that under the Amaechi government, you never participated?"
Beke responded firmly, “I did not follow you to the election. I did not partake in any election whatsoever. When you wake up and confess and you want to put me there. I am not part of that. You rigged the election and we are going to ask the police to arrest you that you rigged the election.”
A Facebook user, Sylvia Ngozi has mourned a lawyer, Okechukwu Ututu, who d!ed in a road crash in Anambra State.
According to reports, the lawyer had just deposited the corpse of his late mother in a morgue before his tragic d3ath.
The accident occurred along the Awka axis of the Awka-Enugu Expressway on Sunday night, September 29, 2024.
It was gathered that his vehicle hit an abandoned stationary articulated truck on the road and somersaulted into a nearby drainage.
Five days ago, he posted the invite to his mother's burial slated for October 12, 2024.
“I just woke up about 20 minutes ago just to ease myself then I opened my Facebook. The first thing I saw was my best friend's photo,” Sylvia wrote.
So went through the write up I can't imagine what I heard that Okechukwu Ututu is gone. How can I believe this, how can I type Rip how, how can I call his family to asked them about this how.
He just sent me an IV that he's mother's burial is coming up on 24th of this month which I sympathize coz I wasn't aware he Lost his mum.
My Barr, okay ututu, (You Sabi the guy wey him hand dey painam so) as we fondly call each other whenever we see each other or talk on phone why?
You just got married on the 5th of January 2024 and that was the last time we saw each other, my friend why we met in Edo state during my waec you fought for me all through the Exam to make sure I make all my papers which I did and you became a friend and also a brother all through my admission process your there for me you protected me in All angles despite where are not in the same school, but you will travel all the way from Akwa to Enugu at times my parents will give you money and food to bring for me.
I know how passionately your to became barrister which you succeed today you became one which you have assisted my me with your good office, we still have a lot of business proposal to carry on with but today your gone
Why did you allow this?
Who did you leave your beautiful Wife and daughter for?
Who will I call when I needed your advice in your filled work?
Who will I Bost of as my Barr?
Egbengwu youth and Nimo in general lost a good guy, warrior and intelligent person chai!! Nnukwute ihe Maru anyi
I don't know how to bear this but God knows everything
But if someone hand is upon this your death may that person no know peace
Good night my best friend may God accept your soul.
