24-year-old man butchers mum, buries parts in shallow grave

The riverside town of Oloibiri in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was thrown into mourning, Sunday, when a 24-year-old man, identified as Godsgift, suspected to be mentally unstable, butchered his mother and buried her remains in a shallow grave.

The deceased mother of four, aged 67 was identified as Mrs Rose Jonny.

It was gathered that the woman was killed in her sleep with a machete by her son who dragged her butchered body through the window and buried her in a shallow grave at the back of her house.

The tragic incident, according to a community source, occurred at about 9.30 p.m.

Though the claim that the man is mentally unstable could not be verified, he  was said to have told the mother that she would not see the next day.

Woman dies after drinking shaving powder in Ogun

NAN: A 25 year-old housewife, Sakirat Abdullai, allegedly committed suicide in Ijebu-Ode, after taking a meal of pap, mixed with shaving powder belonging to her husband.

Sakirat, who is mother of a five-year-old boy, was said to have taken the mixture while having dinner on Sunday at No 33, Ereko St. Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State.

Ahmed Abdullai, her husband, a driver and member of the Epe Unit of the National Union of Road Transport Workers was said to be away when the woman took the action.

A friend of the deceased, Isiaka Abdul, alleged that the woman had been vomiting in a bucket found by her side after taking the poisonous substance.

Abdul, who was in tears while speaking to newsmen, accused the neighbours of not coming to the aid of the deceased while she was groaning.

He berated the neighbours for not coming to assist the lady, although her room was wide open.

PHOTOS: Female Protesters Go Topless In Support Of International Topless Jihad Day (NSFW)

Kiyo: Feminist Ukrainian protest group FEMEN have struck again: going topless near mosques and Tunisian embassies across Europe on Thursday to express support for embattled FEMEN activist Amina Tyle.

We’re free, we’re naked, it’s our right, it’s our body, it’s our rules, and nobody can use religion, and some other holy things, to abuse women, to oppress them’, FEMEN member Alexandra Shevchenko said in Berlin, according to AFP

Controversy sparked in mid-March when a Tunisian student Amina Tyler posted topless photos of herself on Facebook, with the slogans ‘Fuck Your Morals’ and ‘My Body Belongs To Me, And Is Not The Source Of Anyone’s Honor,’ painted on her body..

Filo: Reminds me of Aba women’s riot of 1929; though the women did not go topless.

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Autopsy says Calif. pastor Rick Warren's son died of self-inflicted gunshot wound

Rick and son, Matthew

Filo: Authorities say autopsy results show that the son of popular mega church pastor Rick Warren died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said Monday that 27-year-old Matthew Warren died at about 10 a.m. on Friday.

Amormino says the ruling was also based on evidence found at the scene.

To whom the weapon belonged to is still unclear.  Moreover, the Warrens said in an email on Saturday that their son struggled with deep depression and suicidal thoughts.

Kiyo: Trying times for the author of Purpose Driven Life, take heart.

Police confirms losing 12 personnel in Bayelsa boat attack

Kiyo: The police has confirmed the death of 12 of its personnel in a boat attack in Bayelsa state on Friday. The security officers were on escort duties in the coastal state when they were ambushed, police said on Sunday at a news conference.

The ill-fated boat was heading to Azuzuama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area for the burial of the mother of Kile Torughedi, a Special Assistant to Bayelsa Governor on Maritime Security.

Police spokesperson, Kingsley Omire, said that a search party had been drafted to the site and gave assurance that efforts were being made by divers to recover the bodies of the policemen.

He denied speculations that the attack was perpetrated by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND- which had earlier threatened to resume attacks.

Filo: Sad news indeed.

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SIX- MONTH- OLD baby bled to death in an attempt to correct his speech impairment.

Police PRO Elizabeth Kanjela

Kiyo: SIX- MONTH- OLD baby boy in Ndola, Zambia bled to death on Saturday after a vein below his tongue was cut in an attempt to correct his speech impairment.

Police spokesperson Elizabeth Kanjela explained that grandmother of the deceased, Ireen Lupiya, suspected that the child had what is commonly known as kalimba, a condition believed to lead to speech impairment.

Filo: Is the grandmother a medical doctor?

Kiyo: “The grandmother took the child to a neighbour to have the child worked on. A razor blade was used in the act. Unfortunately, the child bled to death. The body is in Ndola General Hospital mortuary while the grandmother to the child and the neighbour, Ademia Mbewe, are in custody to help with investigations,” Kanjela stated yesterday.

Filo: Unnecessary waste of precious life.