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Eight people alleged to be vampires have reportedly been killed by an angry mob who accused them of entering people’s houses to suck blood. Police on Friday confirmed that eight people accused of being “vampires’’ were killed by angry mob in Malawi. Police Spokesperson Ramsey Mushani told dpa on Friday that the killings, which took place in Malawi’s south, are based on the belief that “vampires’ ’ dressed in black enter the homes of sleeping residents to suck their blood. Mushani said the latest killing occurred on Thursday in the southern city of Blantyre when a group of angry residents accused an epileptic man of being a vampire and then killed him, The spokesperson said thirty-one people have been arrested on charges of murder, assault and arson due to the mob killings. UN and the U.S. embassy in Malawi issued warnings to foreigners visiting southern Malawi. Myths and superstitions are deeply entrenched in the nation of 17 million people where almost 40 per c

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has revealed what seriously disturbs him about the deadly Boko Haram insurgent sect. The president of Nigeria, Mr Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, admitted that he was disturbed and surprised by the claim made by members of the Boko Haram sect that they were receiving support from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. According to Punch Metro, the President, however, said he was happy that his administration had been able to prove its ability to curtail the insurgents. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said this at a joint press conference he held with President Recep Erdogan of Turkey after their talks in Ankara. “We were very surprised and disturbed by the claim made by Boko Haram on what it has been getting from ISIS. “We know we will be able to contain them and we have proven that we can do it. “We are very pleased that Turkey is in a position to a

The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has on Friday pledged N10 million as grant for any film shot in the state as part of efforts to develop and promote tourism. As part of the efforts to develop tourism sites and promote tourism potential in Abia, the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has pledged N10 million as grant for any film shot in the state. Ikpeazu made the pledge when he received Dr Chidia Maduekwe, the Managing Director, Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), his office in Umuahia. A statement signed by Mr Brian Etuk, the Head of Public Affairs, NFC, in Jos on Friday, quoted the governor as saying that the production `should be 100 per cent shot in Abia.’ The statement said that the governor charged film practitioners to improve on the quality of their production so as to compete with the global market. It stated that Ikpeazu promised that his administration would participate in the capacity building offered by NFC, saying that Abia played a key role in

Following Gernot Rohr’s impressive run after helping the Super Eagles qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee have approved the appointment of American coach Randy Waldrum as the new Super Falcons manager. According to Goal, the 61-year-old coach was approved by the NFF executive board following the recommendation of its Technical Development Committee after a successful interview in August.The country’s football body has also instructed its secretariat to finalise contract negotiations with the tactician in coming days to complete his appointment. Waldrum is expected to take charge of the reigning African queens ahead of 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations in February. His profile states that the American was former Trinidad and Tobago women’s coach for two years before he was fired. He also managed the US National Women’s Soccer League side Houston Dash before he was sacked again from his post following a po

President Muhammadu Buhari today in Istanbul, Turkey urged D-8 leaders to prioritize incentives and measures aimed at increasing trade and investments among member countries. Speaking at the ninth summit of the D-8, President Buhari said the private sector and business communities in the economic organization must be assisted with incentives to widen economic cooperation among member-states. In his words, ‘‘as the D-8, we need to intensify our activities with a view to enhancing various measures and incentives introduced to promote trade and assist the business communities from Member States to invest in our countries and widen our cooperation. We need to work hard to establish integrated manufacturing structures and markets. I will like to reiterate the importance of increasing trade and investment among our Member States,’’ he said, President Buhari also used the occasion of his speech to reiterate Nigeria’s commitment to international trade and development even

Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy senate president has advocated for one Nigeria as well as a single-term presidency of 5 or 6 years for Nigeria and other African countries to deepen democracy and good governance. The Deputy President of the Senate, Dr Ike Ekweremadu, has said that Nigeria is better as a united country and should not be dismembered. Ekweremadu expressed the view after delivering a lecture on ‘Constitutionalism and the challenges of leadership in Africa: an evaluation of tested models’ , in New York. The event was organised by the Centre for Media and Peace Initiatives, a New York-based international non-governmental organisation, to mark the 10th anniversary of the centre. He said “Nigeria does not require to be fragmented at this time. There is joy in being together. There is benefit in being together. “There is advantage that is conferred on us as a country by our large population. What we need is giving everybody a sense of belonging and ensuring goo

The police has been ordered by a court sitting in Lagos to produce Evan’s brother-in-law who has been in police detention since his arrest. The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the police to bring before it one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina said to be the brother-in-law of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. According to a report by Punch, the order was given by Justice Mohammed Idris who directed that Obiechina must be brought before him on Thursday, October 12. Justice Idris gave the ruling following a suit filed by Obiechina, praying the court to order his release from police detention. His lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, said Obiechina had been detained by the police since June 2 in connection with the kidnapping case of his brother-in-law, Evans. The suit, marked FHC/L/CS/1050/20177, has Obiechina and his wife, Nzube, who is Evans’ sister, as plaintiffs. They sued the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State; the Nigeria Police Force; and

Reports of a little girl who started growing breasts when she was just 2 years, saw her period at age 4 is now going through menopause at just 5 years old, is going viral online. Little Emily Dover was born a normal baby and even weighed less than her older siblings did at birth but as the weeks went by, she suddenly began experiencing “ exceptional ” growth and also suffered from “constant health issues”. At 4 months, Emily was as tall as a 1-year-old. She was still a toddler when she developed cystic acne, bre@st buds and strong body odour and this left her parents shocked. The first time she saw her period when she was 4 years old, she had no idea what it was and thought she had pooed in her undies. The little child was then taught how to put panty liners on for menstruating. “ My foo foo is bleeding ,” Emily tells her parents whenever she gets her period. Within the past 12 months, she has grown hair on her forehead, back and v@gina. Now aged 5, she is going th

61 officials of the Nigeria Custom Service have been relieved of their duties following a range of offences committed. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed not more than 61 officers for offences ranging from certificate forgery, improper examination and fraudulent release of containers. The list of the affected officers which was obtained exclusively by SHIPS & PORTS DAILY on Monday showed that 16 other officers were retired from the Service also for certificate forgery and refusal of staff order. The document showed that 41 officers who were investigated and tried were exonerated, 22 officers were issued with query while 5 other officers were given written warning to be of better behaviour. 2 of the officers who were affected were of the rank of Comptroller of Customs while 3 were Deputy Comptrollers of Customs. Others were 9 Assistant Controller and 9 Chief Superintendent of Customs among others.

The leadership of the Nigerian Army has released a statement on why the body is yet to rescue the abducted UNIMAID lecturers from the enclaves of Boko Haram. The Defence Headquarters has explained that the inability of the military to rescue lecturers, oil workers and women in Boko Haram enclave was because the terrorists were using the distraught captives as human shield.It said the military cannot apply full force to free the captives because doing so would endanger their lives. Recall that ten women among them female police personnel were on June 21, abducted in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy along Damboa Road, in Borno State. They were abducted after Boko Haram fighters reportedly attacked a convoy of security personnel in the Damboa area of Borno State when the officers were said to be going to a burial in Adamawa State. On the other hand, some staff of the University of Maiduguri, who were part of the oil exploration team in the st

The opposition leader in the East African nation of Kenya, Raila Odinga, has stunned supporters as he withdraws from the presidential race. Raila Odinga, Kenya’s opposition leader, on Tuesday announced his withdrawal from the presidential re-run elections scheduled for Oct. 26. According to Vanguard, Odinga said at a news conference in Nairobi that he was boycotting the polls because his demands for electoral reform had not been met. A re-run of the presidential vote was announced after Kenya’s Supreme Court nullified the result of the Aug. 8 election due to Odinga’s complaint. Odinga claimed that the computers of the electoral commission had been hacked to generate a victory for President Uhuru Kenyatta. The initial results announced on August 11, gave Kenyatta a second term with 54 per cent of the votes, followed by Odinga with 44.7 per cent. Since the annulment, Odinga and his National Super Alliance coalition (NASA) have been demanding the removal of top

INEC is prepared to organise the forthcoming election in Anambra State with the deployment of thousands of card readers. The Independent National Electoral Commission said on Tuesday that it had deployed over 6, 000 card reader machines to ensure smooth conduct of the November 18, Anambra governorship election. The INEC Administrative Secretary in Anambra, Mr Charles Mbanaja, said that out of the machines provided 5,000 had been tested and found to be in good working condition. The secretary assured stakeholders of the readiness of the commission to provide a level playing ground to in all candidates participating in the election and urged politicians to play by the rules. He said INEC had embarked on public enlightenment to sensitise the people on the electoral processes, especially the voting system to address re-occurring cases of invalid votes and other related electoral shortcomings during the election. Mbanaja said that the commission had also organised a vo

President Buhari today had a closed-door meeting with all the service chiefs, the Minister of defence, Masur Dan-Ali and Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, at the state house in Abuja. The meeting presided over by the president, also had in attendance Lawal Daura, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS); Arab Yadam, the acting director of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) and a representative of the inspector-general of police. The service chiefs at the meeting included Gabriel Olonisakin, chief of defence staff; Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff; Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, chief of naval staff, and Sadique Abubakar, chief of air staff.

A multimillion naira truck yard belonging to notorious billionaire kidnapper, Evans has been uncovered in Lagos state. Policemen attached to the IGP Intelligence Response Team(IRT) have uncovered a truck yard belonging to notorious kidnapper and billionaire Chukwudumeme Onwumadike popularly known as Evans. According to Saturday Sun , the multimillion naira truck yard was acquired from the proceeds of kidnapping. Also, the police arrested Evans’ secretary, Ngozika Ezeokoye who went into hiding as soon as she learnt that police had nabbed her employer. Evans had confessed to the police that he used the proceeds from kidnapping to establish several businesses including a haulage company that has not less than 10 trucks. He was said to have accessed the financial worth of some of his victims who patronised his haulage company. He also told the police that four of the most recent trucks acquired were got from the N150million ransom paid by one of his victims, Ph

Some Pentecostal church members who visited the Kirikiri prisons were shocked after notorious kidnapper, Evans begged for a bible. Notorious Nigerian kidnapper, Chukwudubem George Onwuamadike aka Evans shocked Pentecostal Church members who were on a routine visit at the Kirikiri prisons in Lagos, by requesting for the holy bible. According to Vanguard, the incident happened on a Sunday, just few weeks after Evans was remanded. It was gathered that the church members had demanded to pray for the notorious kidnap suspect. However, prison officials reluctantly agreed to their request and later brought the suspect to them. Events took a dramatic turn immediately Evans saw the Christians with their bibles and scapulars as he was said to have made desperate request for a bible. The bewildered preachers quickly obliged him with a new bible which he clutched intimately like a new born baby and thanked them profusely for the gift. The leader of the group who was visi

A teenager is accused of buying the Parsons Green bomb from Amazon and filling it with knives and shrapnel with the intention of murdering dozens of rush hour commuters. Ahmed Hassan, 18, allegedly placed a bomb hidden in a Lidl bag and covered it with a pair of trousers on a District Line train and departed the train at Putney Bridge prior to the device detonating. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with attempting to murder a Tube full of commuters and schoolchildren and of using a chemical compound known as TATP to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. The explosion, described by passengers as “a fireball”, still left 30 people injured. Officers have said the device would have killed dozens of people had it properly activated. Prosecutor Lee Ingham said it is the prosecutions case Mr Hassan bought the components of the home-made bomb from Amazon. “There were many hundreds of grams of TATP in the device, an electronic