Many policemen feared dead as Naval officers attack police station in Calabar

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Several police officers are feared to have been killed Tuesday night after suspected officials of the Nigerian Navy stormed a police division in Calabar, southern Nigeria.
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Witnesses revealed that the attack, which began shortly after 8:30 p.m., was still underway as at 10:19 p.m. at Akim Divisional Headquarters.
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Sources said the unrest was a continuation of an initial skirmish between a police traffic officer and a naval officer at a traffic light near the Calabar Stadium along the Airport Road on Tuesday afternoon.
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“Some naval officers ran the red light and police traffic officers intervened, but rather than listen, they descended on the policemen and beat them up,” a witness said. “This was around 5 p.m.”
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“Police officers now called for back up and and the Navy also called for reinforcement and they took over the road leading to the airport. But the Navy Commander and police commissioner in the state intervened and the two sides backed down,” the witness said.
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“However, around 8:00 p.m., when everyone thought the matter had been resolved, naval officers descended on Akim Police Station and started shooting and burnt down the facility.
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“We confirmed three bodies but we feared there are more,” the witness said. The witness also accused the naval officers of blocking fire fighters from extinguishing the inferno set at the police station.

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Nigerian nursing assistant breaks the leg of his 98-year-old patient, leading to her death

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Nigerian nursing assistant after finding that he caused injuries that lead to a 98-year-old woman's death.
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Newnan police said that Edna Warren sustained a broken leg following contact with 43-year-old Hakim Ogunkunle on Tuesday. Warren was taken to Piedmont Newnan Hospital where she underwent emergency surgery but she died during the procedure.
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According to the incident report, a staffer noticed swelling on Warran's leg and notified a supervisor. When Ogunkunle was question, authorities said he told a story that "inconsistent" with Warren's injuries. .
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However, after Ogunkunle's story didn't match the nurse's account of what happened, Ogunkunle wrote a statement. In it, he said that he went into Warren's room to get her ready for breakfast. .
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He said that Warren became combative and tried to kick him. He wrote that he held her legs together to keep from being kicked and heard a "crack" from her leg and said she began to scream in pain. .
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Ogunkunle told his supervisor that he didn't tell the truth originally because he was scared he'd get into trouble, according to the incident report. The supervisor called police. .
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The police department requested the GBI's assistance in the case and, on Thursday, the agency announced their findings - that Warren intentionally caused the elderly woman's injury.
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Ogunkunle was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and exploitation as well as intimidation of an elderly person. He is being held at the Coweta County Jail.
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According to an Atlanta Police report, Okunkunle was arrested last year on an charge of battery against a patient at another facility. Those charges were not pursued.

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N3bn Fraud: EFCC seizes another house at 2A9 CITEC Estate, Abuja, belonging to GEJ's godson, George Turnah, a former S.A in NDDC

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Controversial S. African prophet, Penuel, who rode congregants like horses and made them eat snakes, visits T.B Joshua in Lagos

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Wife of 5 weeks sets herself and husband ablaze over suspicion of speaking with his ex

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Tragedy struck in the ancient city of Kano on Monday when a newly wedded woman set her husband and herself ablaze in Kano over alleged infidelity. The woman was said to have lit a petrol keg in their No 54 Middle Road residence in the Sabon Gari, which exploded, engulfing herself and the husband.
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The husband, who did not die on the spot, was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention where he later died. It was learnt that the woman, accused her husband of infidelity, shortly after she heard a conversation of her husband with an unidentified lady over the telephone.
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She reportedly got angry and lit a keg of petrol within reach, which eventually exploded and engulfed their home at about 12am on Tuesday. An eyewitness, Mr. Emmanuel Okorie, who simply identified the late husband as Emeka, disclosing that the couple hailed from Anambra State.
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He said the late couple got married about five weeks ago. He said the woman whose pregnancy should be about seven - months - old, joined the husband in Kano three weeks later.
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Okorie, who could not establish, whether it was the alleged telephone conversation that led to the unresolved dispute, however, revealed that Emeka confided in him that his mother imposed the woman on him.
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The spokesperson for the Kano State Police Command, DSP Musa Magaji Majiya, said crack detectives from the Command had commenced an investigation to unravel the cause of the dispute.

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To fulfill his dream of traveling to S. Africa, man steals coworker's ATM card and phone

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Favour Nwafor, who hails from Ute-Ogbeje Community, Delta State has been arrested for stealing an ATM card and a phone belonging to one, Marvellous Okoh in Agbor, Delta State.
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Nwafor, before he was caught had withdrawn N115,000 from Okoh's account. He confessed that he stole the ATM card and phone while working in a building site with Okoh.
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He was said to have joined in the search for the missing ATM card and phone until his evil activity was blown open. He was caught with the aid of CCT Cameras installed in the bank he went to make the withdrawal.
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He disclosed that he got the pin number of the ATM card from Okoh's phone. His reason for indulging in the evil act was that he was planning to travel to South Africa and had to raise funds at all cost. Crdt: A. Ekamagule

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