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Pregnant woman, three children, others burnt to death in Ondo tanker explosion

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A tanker laden with fuel exploded Sunday evening, claiming multiple lives at Ore in Odigbo LGA, Ondo.

A pregnant woman and three children were burnt to death in the tanker explosion.

The tanker driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed. People nearby the crash scene to the petrol tanker to scoop fuel its content.

Bola Adeyemo, a witness of the fatal incident said that the tanker spilt its content after the crash. She explained that a mobile phone held by one of the people who rushed to scoop the fuel caused a spark that snowballed into an explosion.

The explosion happened a few metres away from the Showboy area.Mrs Adeyemo said the police and the FRSC evacuated the victims.

“Three children died, and we have counted over 15 bodies. A pregnant woman that wanted to buy the fuel also died. The money is still with her,” she added.

Ezekiel SonAllah, the sector commander of the FRSC, who confirmed the incident, told The Gazette that the agency would provide details of the accident later.

The police spokeswoman in Ondo, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said she could not give details of the casualties involved in the petrol tanker explosion.

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Meat seller slumps and dies while attending to customer in Lagos

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A male meat seller on Monday, April 25, slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street, in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State.

An eyewitness told Punch that the incident occurred around 5pm, while the deceased who had just finished selling meat was waiting for payment.

The eyewitness said;

“The man is a regular meat hawker in this area and he was hawking along the street as usual when a woman called him to sell meat for her. When he got to the woman’s place, he brought down his meat and negotiation went on for a while. He later sold the meat to her when they both reached an agreement.

“It was at the point when the woman was about to pay him that he suddenly fell to the ground. That was how the woman quickly raised the alarm.

“Later, some people tried to resuscitate him but all to no avail. His body was lying on the floor for close to 30 minutes. It was later that some of the residents hired a commercial bus to convey his body to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.”

Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident.

He said;

“The man slumped and died. He probably had an underlining health issue. There was no foul play. The corpse has been deposited in the mortuary.”

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45-Year-Old Man Dies Inside Well In Kano

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A 45-year-old man, Habibu Mu’azu, fell and died in a well at Yan Dutse in Bichi Local Government Area, Kano State.

This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Friday in

According to the statement,

“We received an emergency call at about 7.44am on Friday from Sunusi Abubakar that a man had fallen inside a well and we immediately sent our rescue team to the scene.

“Mu’azu was brought out of the well unconscious and was later confirmed dead while his corpse was handed over to the village head of Yan Dutse, Bello Usman.

He said the cause of the incident was being investigated.

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16-year-old girl takes own life after being asked to shave her hair as punishment

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A 16-year-old student at Langalanga Secondary School in Nakuru, Kenya reportedly committed suicide after a teacher asked her to shave her hair.

She was reportedly asked to shave her hair as punishment for allegedly unbraiding her hair on the closing day of the second term in mid-September.

The teenager identified as Shamamcy Wanjiru committed suicide on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at her family house in Kaloleni.

Her relative told the media;

“She came home on Tuesday and informed me that their class teacher had asked her to be accompanied by her parents.

On Wednesday, we went to school and the teacher said she has to shave her hair. She got very furious about it.”

According to the family, Wanjiru left an apology letter to the said teacher before hanging herself.

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Woman, 24, falls to death off hotel balcony in Ibiza

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Robyn-Eve Maines, from Wallasey, Merseyside, was on holiday at the four star Rosamar Hotel in San Antonio when she reportedly fell 30 feet from a balcony.

She was pronounced dead at the scene, at around 9am on Sunday, September 25, with tributes soon after pouring in by their hundreds as the news spread.

Her mum Clare Maines said: “Our beautiful 24-year-old daughter sadly passed away after falling 30ft off her balcony. There are no words for us. We are truly heartbroken.” Robyn-Eve’s brother, Cam Maines, said:

“For those who don’t already know today I lost my big sister Robyn-Eve Maines, she fell 30ft from a hotel balcony in Ibiza.

“She will forever be loved and remembered for the fantastic person she is. Our hearts bleed for the loss of someone so special. I love you big sis always will.”

Hundreds of people have taken to social media to share their condolences and tributes to Robyn-Eve.

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Three students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Anambra found dead in their lodge

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Three students of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam Campus, were recently found dead in their lodge on Wednesday, September 7.

According to reports, the deceased students identified as Obidiaso Chidera, a 200-level political science student, Mercy, a pharmacy student, and Emmanuella, a Business Administration student, were found dead in Goodluck hostel in Anambra State.

According to eyewitnesses, the bodies of the three students were found after some students who had not seen them went to the lodge to inquire.

Several knocks on the door were not answered, so the students decided to forcefully break the door after which they found two lifeless bodies on the beds in the room while the third lifeless body was found in the kitchen.

The school authorities in a statement released confirmed the incident but expressed shock that some students were still in their hostels despite the fact the school had closed in August.

The school authorities say security operatives are investigating the matter and the outcome will be made public.

Confirming the incident to LIB, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said;

”Investigation has since commenced and the bodies have been recovered. We also recovered substances suspected to be drugs and our forensic operatives have taken over the crime scene as the Commissioner ordered immediate transfer of the case to SCID for a comprehensive investigation.”

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Woman sentenced to hanging suffers heart attack after watching 16 others get executed before her

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A woman who was sentenced to hanging has reportedly died after suffering a heart attack while watching 16 men get executed before her.

The Iranian woman, Zahra Esmaili and her two children were reportedly subjected to cruelty at the hands of her abusive husband and eventually snapped, shooting the rumoured senior Ministry of Intelligence official dead on July 16, 2017.

Her kids who claimed to have been asleep in their rooms at the time, were arrested as her co-conspirators, with her daughter sentenced to five years and her son cleared and released.

Zahra’s death was confirmed by Iranian rights organisations in February last year. Days later, her lawyer Omid Moradi claimed Zahra had suffered a heart attack in the moments leading up to her hanging, a human rights group told The Mirror.

Moradi said she died “after witnessing 16 men being executed before her”. As if her death wasn’t enough, the cruel guards hung her corpse, with her husband’s mother kicking the stool from beneath her.

However in a bid to cover up the sequence of events, officials published an account denying she’d died as a result of a heart attack, which Moradi claimed had been scribbled on her death certificate.

However in a bid to cover up the sequence of events, officials published an account denying she’d died as a result of a heart attack, which Moradi claimed had been scribbled on her death certificate.

The officials added a horrifying detail, claiming that her son had assisted the mother-in-law in helping the hangman. Speaking with The Mirror, Iran HR Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam explained how the regime uses the idea of execution to instill fear into the general population. Moghaddam said;

“And this is the effect they’re looking for. And it’s the same in each case: ‘Obey our rules. This can happen to you’.”That’s the message.” The officials’ decision to publicise Esmaili’s case, and to share the fact that her son was complicit in their barbarity, was rare as most killings happen behind closed doors, Mahmood added.

He also questioned why the Iranian leaders ban most civil liberties, while allowing everyday citizens to decide between life and death. He said:

“So how is it possible that they give the responsibility of taking life to a common citizen? They make ordinary citizens complicit in what they actually are doing.”

In the last few years, people have called on Western powers to address Iran’s death penalty record and other human rights violations as part of their negotiations over the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.

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Photo of groom who died alongside five relatives after traditional wedding in Enugu

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The wife, sister and mother of a groom who died alongside five others in Enugu State, are among eight victims in the hospital.

The groom, Obinna Dieke and five relatives died on Saturday, August 27, at Eka Utara, Adani community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state after his traditional wedding.

The Makurdi, Benue State based businessman, and his relatives returned from the ceremony held in the bride’s home in Obollor-Eke, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State on Friday, August 26, and continued with the celebration when they returned to Adani.

The following morning, they were all found unconscious in a room with foamy discharge from their mouths.

Sources in the community suspect that the victims died of carbon dioxide inhaled from a power generator, which was brought onto the veranda of a house where the victims stayed while it was raining after they returned from the wedding ceremony.

Speaking to BBC Pidgin, Chinedu Dieke, the younger brother of the groom, said that their in-law, Joseph Ogbonna, and his two sons, Chijindu, and Obinna also died in the tragic incident.

Chinedu said his late brother’s bride, Nebechi, his sister, Goodness and mother of Chijindu and Obinna, are among those receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the community.

He also said their mother (groom’s mother) is hospitalised but responding to treatment.

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Five pupils killed as truck ploughs into school in South Africa

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Five pupils from Vyfhoek Primary School died after a truck ploughed into their school in Potchefstroom, South Africa. The incident happened at around 2pm on Thursday, August 18.

Spokesperson of the North West Department of Education, Elias Malindi, confirmed the incident on Friday.

“The mini truck is reported to have been traveling from Potchefstroom towards Johannesburg. It capsized after a front tyre burst and the driver lost control of the vehicle,” said Malindi.

“The truck went through the school fence, hitting four pupils and killing them on the spot. Another pupil died in an ambulance at the scene while paramedics were attending to her injuries.” Four other pupils were injured and are being treated in hospital.

Malindi said at the time of the incident, the school had closed for the day and pupils were waiting for transport within the school premises.

North West education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela said: “This is the most devastating news to share. Losing five pupils in this manner is not easy to accept, as a parent and as a caretaker to the pupils.

“We plead with the public to treat the matter with sensitivity as parents are trying to come to terms with their loss.” She conveyed her condolences to the bereaved families, the school and extended well wishes to the pupils in hospital.

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Nigerian man and Vietnamese woman murdered, buried in shallow grave in Thailand

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Police forensics investigators have identified bodies of two persons murdered and buried in a shallow grave in northeastern Thailand as a Nigerian man and a Vietnamese woman.

A wild mushroom harvester discovered their bodies in a forest at Chok Chai district in Nakhon Ratchasima on the evening of July 28, 2022. The man noticed a fresh pile of earth covered with branches about 500 metres off Highway 224.

The village head and other residents went to check it out. They dug into the soil and quicky stopped when they uncovered part of a human body. Police were called to the scene and rescue workers dug deeper, uncovering the bodies of a man and a woman buried less than one metre down.

The bodies were naked. Village headman Thepbancha Saikrathok said the woman’s body was above the man’s body in the grave, and each was mostly covered with a layer of cement.

It was initially estimated they had been dead at least three days. Local people said they did not recognise them, and there have been no reports of people missing in the general area.

Police said it was likely they were murdered elsewhere and their bodies brought to the forest and hidden. The two bodies were taken to Chok Chai Hospital for full post-mortem examination to support investigation and identification.

On Thursday, August 4, Nakhon Ratchasima police said the serial number of the Vietnamese woman’s silicone breast implants and the Nigerian man’s fingerprint assisted in identifying the victims. The police reported that the implant was sent to Vietnam.

They later coordinated with the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok to help examine the woman’s fingerprints. There was a match between the results and that of Nguyen Thi Van, a 33-year-old Vietnamese woman.

Police also checked the man’s fingerprints with Immigration police, and the results showed that the body belonged to 38-year-old Anabon Chika Hen from Nigeria.

A forensic examination revealed that the Vietnamese woman had distinctive tattoos on her back, wrist, legs, and arms, including one with a diamond-studded crown.

Officers recovered some cartridges and bullets within two metres of the grave where the bodies were discovered. With this information, police are investigating to determine what led to the murder of the two people.

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Woman allegedly killed by homeless man she allowed to stay in her home

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A woman was shot dead in a broad-daylight attack in Queens, New York, and police allege she was killed by a homeless man who’d been staying at her apartment. Sydney Lugo, 24, had been arguing with the man, Tariak Stykes, 34, near 109th Avenue and 120th Street in South Ozone Park around 9:20 a.m. on Monday, August 1, when he allegedly shot her in the right arm, cops said.

She was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries, police said on Tuesday, August 2.

Lugo, who lived in an apartment building close to the scene, had allowed Stykes to stay with her temporarily, cops said. The two were arguing when Stykes allegedly opened fire, but the exact nature of their squabble is unclear, police said. Styles was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.

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Brazilian Hulk’ and TikTok star, Valdir Segato who injected himself with life-threatening oil to create 23-inch biceps, dies on his 55th birthday

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A Brazilian bodybuilder and TikTok star who went viral by injecting himself with life-threatening oil to create 23-inch biceps, has died on his 55th birthday in Ribeirao Preto.

Valdir Segato from Sao Paulo, who was inspired by the physiques of Arnold Schwarzenegger and fictional characters like The Hulk, used synthol injections for years despite risking strokes and infections to produce hulking biceps, pectorals, and back muscles.

According to Mail Online, Segato was warned he faced amputation or nerve damage, and muscle disfigurement six years ago but continued to use the injections to bulk himself out.

The former construction worker even vowed that he wanted to get even bigger.Speaking in 2016, he said: ‘They call me Hulk, Schwarzenegger and He-Man all the time and I like that. I’ve doubled my biceps but I still want to be bigger.’He proudly posted images and videos to social media, calling himself ‘Valdir Synthol’ on Instagram.

According to local media, he died after after being taken to hospital complaining about shortness of breathOne man named Moisés da Conceição da Silva said on the day Segato died, he had asked his mother for help, complaining about a shortness of breath.It was around 6 am, more or less.

He came crawling through the back house and came to the front. Then he knocked on my mother’s window, knocked, knocked, then she woke up and he said ‘help me, help me because I’m dying,” Moisés said, according to Brazil’s Globo news publication.

He was taken to the North Emergency Care Unit (UPA) – a medical facility in the city but could not be saved. ‘They put him in the car and then the neighbour went to the UPA. He arrived at the UPA, he fell at the reception, having a heart attack. I think he had a heart attack’, Moisés told the news website.

Moisés’ brother, Jadson da Conceição, told Globo that this was not the first time Segatohad to be rushed to hospital, and had previously complained of shortness of breath. The first time, he said, they were able to get him to the hospital on time. This time, he said, there was no saving him.

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Star Trek’ star, Nichelle Nichols, dies at 89.

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Nichelle Nichols, a groundbreaking Black actress who played communications officer Nyota Uhura with cool authority on the popular 1960s series “Star Trek,” has died at 89.Her son, Kyle Johnson, announced the death on the official uhura.com website, saying, “Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light, however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain.”A family spokesman said Nichols died in Silver City, New Mexico, where she had been living with her son.Tributes poured in quickly, including from a long list of devoted “Trekkies.”

William Shatner, who played the USS Enterprise’s Captain James T. Kirk, sent his condolences to Nichols’ family.“She was a beautiful woman & played an admirable character that did so much for redefining social issues both here in the US & throughout the world. I will certainly miss her.”

George Takei, who as helmsman Sulu shared the bridge with Lieutenant Uhura, called her “trailblazing and incomparable.

”And US President Joe Biden said Nichols “redefined what is possible for Black Americans and women.”“Our nation is forever indebted to inspiring artists like Nichelle Nichols, who shows us a future where unity, dignity, and respect are cornerstones of every society,” he said in a statement.Nichols made history with one of the first interracial kisses on US television — a 1968 embrace shared with Shatner (a kiss deemed worthy of a separate entry in Wikipedia).Martin Luther King Jr. himself once praised Nichols, who broke ground with her powerful performance at a time when Black actors more often were cast as servants or criminals.

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Death toll in Kano blast rises to nine

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The death toll in Tuesday’s gas explosion at the Sabon Gari area of Kano State has increased to nine.

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development disclosed this on its Twitter handle.

Three people had earlier been confirmed dead and several others injured in the blast which occurred at a shopping complex in the Sabongari area, Fagge local government area of the state on Tuesday morning.

The ministry wrote: “Nine dead bodies have been recovered so far from the rubble of a collapsed building beside a primary school following an explosion from a gas cylinder at Aba Road in Sabon Gari area of Kano State.

“DG @nemanigeria Mustapha Habib Ahmed was at the site of the incident and coordinated the rescue operations. NEMA is presently coordinating the rescue operations with sister agencies.”

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Death toll in Lagos building collapse rises to 10

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The death toll in the collapsed three-storey building in Lagos has increased to 10 after two more bodies were recovered from the rubbles by emergency workers on Monday.

The emergency responders had previously pulled out eight victims, including a woman and her child, from the debris of the collapsed building.

The three-storey building located in Ibadan Street, Off Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute Meta, collapsed at 10:56 p.m. on Sunday.

The Zonal Coordinator, South-West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the latest development to journalists on Monday evening.

He said: “Two additional bodies including a four-year-old boy and a female youth corps member recovered, making 10 deaths.

“The number of rescued occupants remains 23, while six males and four females have so far been recovered dead.”

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Court sentences 31-yr-old to death for stealing torchlight, N2,350

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A 31-year-old man, Nsikak Joseph Udofia, has been sentenced to death by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene, after he was found guilty of robbing a cobbler of a torchlight and the sum of N2,350.

Udofia, a native of Utu Edem Usung in Ikot Ekpene local government area of the state, was also sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old secondary school student.

According to the police prosecutor, Udofia with others now at large, “had robbed the cobbler, Gabriel Akpan Victor, of his torchlight, two knives, a roll of black thread, two palm slippers and a cash sum of N2,350 while on his way home from work on 31st December, 2017.”

“Three weeks after the robbery, the convict also raped a 16-year-old SS 2 student in an uncompleted building in Utu Edem Usung, Ikot Ekpene on 21st January, 2018,” the prosecutor told the court.

In a two-hour judgement, the trial judge, Justice Augustine Odokwo, found the accused guilty of the two-count charge, which are punishable under Section One sub-one of Robbery and Firearms Special Provisions Act, Laws of the Federation and Section three-six-seven of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Laws of Akwa Ibom State, 2000, and duly sentenced him.

The judge held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the accused person committed the offenses.

In the first count charge of robbery, Justice Odokwo sentenced Udofia to death by hanging, while in second charge of rape, he held that Udofia shall serve a life sentence in Ikot Ekpene Correctional Centre, with the sentences running consecutively.

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Police Constable stabs two Bauchi youths to death

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Bauchi State Police Command on Friday confirmed the death of two youths who were members of the Yelwa Security Committee, they were stabbed and killed by a Police personnel on Thursday.

The Command in a press release on Friday, signed by the Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili stated that, “On 24/03/2022 at about 2230hrs, a Patrol team attached to E’ Division while on visibility patrol around a black spot at Rafin zurfi, Yelwa, arrested PC Lukman Madaki with F/no. 519342, 29yrs of Toro Division attached to Sports Office, Bauchi State Police Command Headquarters”.

According to the PPRO, “The victims were rushed to ATBU Teaching Hospital Bauchi for treatment where Abdulmalik Mohammed and Sadiq were certified dead by a medical doctor, while Nazifi Mohammed the third victim is currently responding to treatment” .

The suspect has since been arrested and detained while investigation has commenced in earnest.

Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda has commiserated with the families of the deceased, and the people of Bauchi State over the unfortunate incident.

He has also ordered a full scale investigations into the matter and appeals for calm while urging members of the public not to take laws into their hands as the outcome of the investigation will be made public.

The Commissioner also enjoined citizens of the state to remain law abiding and to continue to assist the Command to fight crime in the state by promptly reporting any incident.

“Finally the CP once more, assures the public of his commitment in the fight against criminality in accordance to the law in the State”, he concluded.

In the meantime, youths from Yelwa besieged the Yelwa Police Division protesting the killing of two of them demanding that the erring Police personnel be handed over to them for jungle justice.

The youths in their hundreds blocked the Bauchi – Dass road burning tyres and throwing stones and other objects inside the Police station.

The Police had to use canisters of teargas to scare away hundreds of the youths.

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Death toll in US tornadoes rises as Biden approves state of emergency in Kentucky

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The death toll in the devastating tornadoes that have been tearing through the United States from Friday, has gone past the 100 mark, with dozen others not accounted for.

The tornadoes which have been described as the deadliest natural disasters to hit the United States in recent years, tore through at least six states with as many as a hundred feared to have lost their lives in Kentucky alone.

According to Kentucky Governor, Andy Beshear, ‘confirmed fatalities’ has continued to rise after workers became trapped when a roof collapsed at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois.

In a statement on Sunday morning, Beshear said “north of 70” people had been killed in the path of a tornado stretching at least 200 miles, adding that the number of deaths was expected to increase towards 100.

It has been one of the toughest nights in Kentucky history. Some areas have been hit in ways that are hard to put into words,” the Governor said, while declaring a state of emergency in the state.

On his part, President Joe Biden, in an address on Sunday, declared a federal emergency in Kentucky after what he termed as ‘one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history’

“It’s a tragedy,” the president said during brief remarks.

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Police officer stabs colleague to death in Bayelsa

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A police officer, Sgt. Governor Akpoboloukeme, on Thursday, stabbed his colleague to death in Bayelsa.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ben Okolo, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Friday by the spokesman of the state police command, Asinmi Butswat, said the off-duty officer stabbed his colleague, Sgt. Sapele Eyeridideke, to death over a minor misunderstanding at Edepie in Yenagoa.

The suspect immediately fled the scene and attempted to flee to a neighbouring state when he was arrested along the East/West Road.

The police commissioner said he had ordered the detention of the suspect and a detailed investigation into the incident.

An eyewitness told journalists the two policemen, who are cousins, attended a marriage ceremony at a popular hotel in Yenagoa where the deceased cracked a joke as they sat on a table.

“The suspect didn’t feel happy about the joke and reacted in a violent manner.

“The two men almost exchanged blows but friends stepped in and settled the duo.

“They left the venue with the belief that they were going to their separate homes.

“Rather than go home, Akpobolokeme trailed Eyeridideke to a secluded place and stabbed him with a dagger on the left part of his rib cage killing him instantly.

“The corpse has been deposited at a mortuary,” the eyewitness said.

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