A female suicide bomber (File photo)   The Police Command in Borno on Tuesday confirmed the killing of five persons in a suicide bomb attack in Konduga Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, Mr Victor Isuku, made the confirmation in a statement in Maiduguri.   “Information received from Konduga has it that on Monday at about 2130 hrs, three Female suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped on their bodies at Shuwa settlement of Mandarari Ward Konduga , killing themselves and two others. “While six persons sustained injuries, Normalcy has been restored in the area,”  Isuku said   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the command had on May 13 confirmed a twin suicide attack that rocked the premises of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID).   According to the command’s Spokesman, Victor Isuku, three suicide bombers hurriedly detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies, killing themselves and a university securi...

Josh Webb killed his mother   Police in Oregon say a man entered a grocery store over the weekend while carrying the severed head of his mother before allegedly stabbing a cashier seven times.   According to Inside Edition, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office arrested 36-year-old Josh Webb and charged him with murder and attempted murder after the horrific scene unfolded at the Estacada Thriftway outside Portland.   In a 911 call placed at about 2 p.m. Sunday, the caller reported a male had entered the store, soaked in blood and holding a knife and what looked like a human head.   Before the shock had a chance to register with witnesses, the scene somehow grew more terrifying as cops say the assailant stabbed a cashier multiple times with the bloody knife, according to KGW.    In a subsequent 911 call, a witness told the operator that employees had restrained the assailant and requested medical help for the victim.   Minut...

US President, Donald Trump   The New York Times has reported exclusively that US President Donald Trump sacked  the former FBI director James Comey after he refused to drop an investigation into the Russia ties of his sacked national security advisor Michael Flynn.   The report published on Tuesday, if proven, may serve as an impeachable ground against the Republican president, who keeps hopping from one controversy to the other.   The explosive report that was characteristically  denied by the Trump administration, the Times said Comey met the president in the White House on February 14, later summing up their discussion of Flynn in a memo.   The Times said the memo, read to the paper by one of the ousted FBI chief’s associates, depicts the president urging Comey to close down an investigation into Flynn’s Russian connections.   “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,”  the memo quotes T...

File photo used only for illustrative purpose   Prof. Gregory Erhabor, a consultant pulmonologist at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has said more than 10 million Nigerians are suffering from asthma.   Erhabor, who is also the managing director, Asthma and Chest Care Foundation, Ile-Ife, gave the figure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.   The expert, who disclosed that 500,000 patients died annually, globally, due to the disease, said Nigeria had not done much in research.   “In research, we are still not where we should be, but notwithstanding, we are able to understand the cause of asthma and how to control it.   “One of the challenges is that many people do not know how to prevent the ailment.   “This is why the foundation is trying to make the awareness for patients to know the symptoms of the disease and study them.   “The Asthma and Chest Care ...

The suspect, kneeling on the cathedral floor, after his arrest   Father Miguel Angel Machorro, a Mexican priest has been hospital after being stabbed during Mass in Mexico City's cathedral.   According to BBC, Father Miguel Angel Machorro is said to be in  "delicate but stable"  condition after Monday evening's attack, according to government and ecclesiastical sources.   A suspect, who was reportedly detained on site as he tried to flee, told law enforcement officials he was a North American artist.   His identity has not been confirmed.   The assault left the priest lying on the ground, with blood soaking his clothes.   Inside the Metropolitan Cathedral, where Father Machorro was attacked   He was stabbed in the neck, and some witnesses said it seemed to be an attempt to cut his throat, said La Jornada newspaper.   At a news conference, the lawyer of the archdiocese, Armando Martínez, told pe...

The Ghanaian woman who was brutally murdered   An evil and heartless Ghanaian man has left many people terrified after he brutally butchered his fiancee with a knife for daring to break up with him.   Naami Sowah, a friend of the dead woman narrated that the man killed her after 'she told him they should break up.'   In a long Facebook page, Opanyin Khay Kutin who shared the graphic stories narrated the sad incident and wrote:   "Hmmmmm.....LADIES PLSS BECAREFUL ON WHO TO DATE.. HMMMMMM. "Ooooh sorry wai #OMG Maame Yaa ....I took it as a normal butchering from that heartless fiancée of yours when it happened 12pm yesterday in the afternoon and never believe which resulted your early death smh?    "Charlie it can happen to everyone so far as you are dating or in a relationship with a stupid partner who has no respect and careless for your living, please my humble advice to Facebook friends is just to stay positive and wait for...

One of the room raided   The gallant operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have carried out a raid on the farmland belonging to former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, in Kugwuru village, Karu in Nasarawa state.   According to an exclusive report by DailyPost, following a tip-off, the operatives of the anti-graft agency, broke into Badeh’s room, ransacked the ceiling of the farmhouse and even went into underground septic tanks in search of money they claimed he had hidden on the farm.     It was gathered that in the process of the raid, an operatives got stuck in the septic tank but was rescued by the former CDS’ domestic staff.   In a letter addressed to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, Counsel to Badeh, Akin Olujimi alleged that the operatives even threatened to shoot some of Badeh’s domestic staff if they refused to cooperate b...