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Confession How I killed Ataga, Chidinma Shares Details

Confession: How I killed Ataga, Chidinma Shares Details

October 13, 2022 6:03 am

A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square yesterday watched the video recording of how the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga was allegedly murdered on June 15, 2021.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that an undergraduate whose name was given as Chidinma Ojukwu, and one Adedapo Quadri are presently standing trial for Ataga’s murder.

They were arraigned alongside Ojukwu’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu who has been accused of stealing Ataga’s iPhone 7.

In the video which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, Ataga’s body was seen in the video lying on the ground facing …

Autopsy Report Reveals What Killed Juice Wrld

January 23, 2020 3:22 pm
Popular young rapper and singer Juice WRLD, whose real name is Jarad Anthony Higgins, died as a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed on Wednesday.

According to the medical examiner, the rapper’s death was an accident.

AFP had reported that Popular young rapper and singer Juice WRLD, died after suffering a seizure in Chicago’s Midway airport.

It was learnt that Juice’s flight from California landed early Sunday morning and he suffered a seizure while walking through the airport.

It was reported that Juice

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Lecturer, Wife, Three Kids Die In Benue Motor Accident

Three Killed, 28 Injured In Niger Auto Crash

January 20, 2020 10:17 am
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Niger Command, on Monday confirmed that three people died in an auto crash on Bida – Kutigi road in Bida Local Government Area of the state.

The State FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Joel Dagwa,who made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that the accident, which occurred on Sunday in Wuya village about 14 kilometres from Bida town, involved a Mitsubishi lorry with registration KRN 102 XA number, conveying 31 passengers.

Dagwa said that 3 of the passengers died, while 28 others sustained injuries and were rushed to

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Simon Mallam, Nigerian Prof Killed In Gas Explosion Buried

January 19, 2020 6:26 am
The remains of late Prof. Simon Mallam who died in a gas explosion in Sabo Tasha, Kaduna have been laid to rest in his hometown, Malagum, Kaura Local Government, Kaduna State.

Mallam, a Professor of Nuclear Physics at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, was until his death, the Chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.

He was among the eight persons killed in the gas explosion on Jan. 4, 2020.

Mallam’s remains were laid to rest on Saturday, after a funeral Service held at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Malagum.

The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Ogbonaya Onu

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Iran Missiles Killed 80 US ‘Terrorists’ – Iran Officer

January 8, 2020 10:05 am

Iranian state television has quoted a senior Revolutionary Guards Corps as claiming that at least 80 “American terrorists” were killed in missile attacks on US bases on Wednesday.

Iran launched 15 missiles on US targets in Iraq in retaliation for the death of Qassem Soleimani, who was buried on Wednesday.

The television added that none of the missiles were intercepted by US troops, according to Al Jazeera.

The claim could not be independently verified and the state television did not provide evidence of how it obtained that information.

Read Also: Breaking: Plane Carrying 180 People Crashes In Iran

Citing a …

The Deadly U.S Drone That Killed Soleimani

January 7, 2020 12:48 pm

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).

 

The MQ-9 and other UAVs are referred to as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPV/RPA) by the USAF to indicate their human ground controllers.

The MQ-9 is the first hunter-killer UAV designed for long-endurance, high-altitude surveillance.

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 In 2006, the then–Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General T. Michael Moseley said: “We’ve moved from using UAVs primarily in intelligence, surveillance, and …

No Sacred Cow In Corruption Fight – Lai Mohammed

Boko Haram: FG Explains Why ISWAP Killed 11 Christians

December 31, 2019 7:50 am
The Federal Government has described the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, as irrational and inhuman.

Addressing the press in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Monday, Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, maintained that the terrorists “do not subscribe to any religion, despite their pretensions.”

He added that this “explains why they reportedly murdered 11 innocent men in Nigeria recently, in a dastardly and cold-blooded manner, just to avenge the killing of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by US forces. The world must unite to fight this scourge of our time.

“Our gallant men

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Texas Church Shooting: One Killed Before Gunman Shot Dead

December 30, 2019 2:40 pm

A gunman opened fire in a church in Texas, killing one parishioner and wounding another before being shot dead by members of the congregation.

The gunman stood up from a pew at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a suburb of Fort Worth, pulled out a shotgun, a begun shooting.

Police said they were still trying to determine the attacker’s motives.

White Settlement Police Chief JP Bevering praised “the heroic actions” of those who confronted the attacker.

The shooting took place at about 11:50 (17:50 GMT), during the morning service. The service was being live-streamed on social …

ISWAP: We Killed 11 Christians To Avenge Al Baghdadi

December 28, 2019 9:16 am

The ISIL (ISIS) group has released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 Christians in northeast Nigeria, one day after Christmas.

The footage posted in an online Telegram news channel late on Thursday by ISIL-linked propaganda arm Amaq showed 11 blindfolded men being lined up at an unidentified outdoor location.

One man is shot before the other 10 are beheaded. A masked man in the almost one-minute video claimed the killings were in response to the death of ISIL chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his spokesman.

Al-Baghdadi committed suicide in October to avoid capture during a raid by …

FSB Agent Killed, Attacker ‘Neutralised’ In Moscow Shootout

December 19, 2019 5:21 pm

An officer in Russia’s FSB security service was killed and five people were wounded Thursday when a gunman opened fire near its central Moscow headquarters.

The FSB, a successor to the KGB, said the lone attacker was “neutralised” after the attack outside its notorious headquarters on Lubyanka Square close to a busy shopping area in the heart of the Russian capital.

Footage shot by passers-by showed people running in panic while armed officers made their way towards the scene after the late evening incident, taking cover behind parked cars.

“An unknown individual opened fire near building… there are casualties. …

Child Killed As Quake Strikes Southern Philippines

December 15, 2019 3:19 pm

A powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Sunday, killing a child, injuring dozens and damaging buildings in an area still recovering from a string of deadly quakes in October.

Police said a rescue operation had been launched at a heavily damaged market building in Padada near the 6.8 magnitude quake’s epicentre, which is about 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of the major city of Davao.

Patients were evacuated from hospitals as a precaution and nervous crowds massed outside shopping malls after the jolt and dozens of smaller, but strong aftershocks.

“We can no longer use our …

At Least 43 Killed In Delhi Factory Fire

December 9, 2019 2:41 pm

At least 43 people have died in a factory fire in India’s capital New Delhi, with the toll expected to rise, police told AFP.

The blaze broke out in the early hours in the city’s old quarter, whose narrow and congested lanes are lined with many small manufacturing and storage units.

“We… have since rescued at least 50 people,” Sunil Choudhary, New Delhi’s deputy chief fire officer, told AFP.

They were “labourers and factory workers sleeping inside this four-or-five storey building,” he said, adding that the fire had been extinguished but rescue operations were ongoing.

A senior Delhi police …

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