South Africans attack Nigerians, burn houses, church, cars (Photos)

The Nigerian community in South Africa is currently under attack in another xenophobic wave where their properties including homes, cars, shops and churches have been burnt down.

This much was made known by the President of Nigerian Union in that country, Ikechukwu Anyene, who posted on his Facebook page how some youths descended on Nigerian residents  in some parts of the country, looting shops, beating and destroying their property.

Mother causes death of only son after feeding him with kerosene

A kerosene retailer, Mrs. Ata Buhari, in a bid to soothe her son's thirst has inadvertently caused his death when she fed him kerosene instead of water.

The 18-month-old boy was reportedly the only son of four children born to his parents.

 

Bellanaija reports that the sad incident occurred on Tuesday at about 10 a.m at their home on Iguma Street, Off Medical Stores Road, Benin, Edo State after the deceased, Isreal Buhari had complained of thirst.

Toddler whose penis was cut by step-mother undergoes surgery

A toddler named Buhari Muhammad, whose penis was cut by step-mother, Bara’atu Muhammad has undergone a reconstructive surgery aimed at restoring his organ.

Senator blasts PMB for budgeting N40M to feed animals

Common Sense Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce is not happy at the moment as he has lamented the fact that while Nigerians are hungry, President Muhammadu Buhari is budgeting the whopping sum of N40 million for animals in Aso Rock.

'Boko Haram paid me N200 to detonate bomb' - Suspect

A female suicide bomber arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, in Maiduguri, Borno State, has confessed that she and her late colleague were paid N200 each for the mission.

The 18-year-old suspect identified only as Amina, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was intercepted alive while her colleague, Zainab, was shot dead when they tried to ram into motorists at the NNPC Mega Station along Damboa Road, Maiduguri.

 

Amina was said to have become scared and threw away the explosive wrapped around her and ran away but the operatives chased her to a safe place and shot her in the leg before she was arrested.

Woman allegedly gives birth to goat after 3 years of pregnancy

Residents of Rumuowha Eneka community in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State have been thrown into shock and fright after a woman who had been carrying a three-year-old pregnancy allegedly gave birth to a goat.

 

According to an eyewitness, Simeon Chukwu who posted the incident on his Facebook wall, the woman who is from Abia State but married to a man from Akwa Ibom State, was delivered after a prayer and fasting period at a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Karaka Community Hall in the area.

 

Man molests wife who refused to worship family idol

A woman named Omotolani Alele has requested for divorce from her husband, Anthony who reportedly maltreats her because she refused to worship their family idol.

She presented her request before the Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan where she wants her marriage to Anthony dissolved due to brutal treatment.

Alele's statement during the court hearing reads,  “My husband asked me to join him to worship his family idol several times but l refused, and this made him to beat me always.

Lady becomes unconscious after ‘Keke’ rider gave her a blow for insulting him

A lady who could not keep her saucy tongue in check ended up in a gutter after a ‘Keke Marwa’ (tricycle rider) she insulted gave her a heavy blow that saw her losing consciousness.

According to an eyewitness who posted the incident on his Facebook page, the lady was on her way to work early in the morning around the Bariga area of Lagos State, when she got into an altercation with the Keke rider.

She was said to have insulted the living daylight out of the tricycle rider and when the man could no longer take the lady’s insults, he allegedly got down from his machine and approached the lady who dared the man to touch her and see what would happen to him.

Couple murder accountant over chicken roost

A man and his wife, Segun and Sola Irein, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly beating an accountant, Idowu Solaja, to death following a disagreement over a chicken roost.

Punch reports that the incident happened at the residence where the Ireins stay with the deceased on Babs Lawal Street in the Ikorodu area of the state after the couple built the chicken roost.