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As part of measures to beef up security for the November 16th governorship and Kogi West Senatorial election, the Nigerian Police, in conjunction with sister security agencies has announced the shutting down of all entry and exit borders. The Kogi State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Busari disclosed this while addressing journalists at the Police headquarters in Lokoja on Wednesday. CP Busari said it will take effect from 12 midnight of Friday 15th November to 6 PM Saturday 16th, November 2019.

A Croatian footballer, Ivan Gazdek, was reportedly been sent off for kicking a chicken to death and then trying to throw its limp body off the pitch. The chickens ran onto the pitch (in a field) during a semi-professional match between NK Jelengrad and Jasenovak on Saturday. In a video, Gazdek is seen getting angry and chasing the chickens away after they stormed the pitch while When that isn’t enough, he appears to kick one, and it immediately falls to the ground. Unphased, Gazdek is then seen to pick up the chicken’s body and, on the second attempt and in a blaze of white feathers, throw it over a fence so he could get on with his game. Speaking to a Croatian news channel 24 Sata, he said that he got sent off by a referee for “unsportsmanlike conduct” and claims that it was not an intentional move, but that he was “nervous”. The player said: Believe me, it was not intentional. The result was far from certain at that moment and I was nervous. Chickens are constantly entering the fiel...

A building in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos has reportedly been gutted by fire barely 48 hours after a fire incident occurred in Balogun. Though there has not been any official statement over this latest incident,

  A student of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), formerly known as Anambra State University, was rushed to the hospital after she allegedly attempted suicide by drinking a popular pesticide called Sniper. The lady, whose name has been given as Okafor Chidinma, was supposed to have graduated with the last set but is being held back because of an incident. She took to Facebook before the act to leave a suicide note of some sort. In the note, she explained why the school is still holding her back from graduating with her mates. She explained that her HOD invited her for a meeting where she was accused of stealing a book and made to face the school's disciplinary panel. She was also made to write a statement and replace the book in question. Yet, she said the school has refused to allow her to graduate after four years of study.  She added in the Facebook suicide post: "I tagged my coursemates mostly because apparently one or two of them is ...

  A man identified as Thabang Ngobeni, 25, stabbed his 3-year-old son to death n a veld near the Bremer Street informal settlement in South Africa because he believed that sacrificing the child would "cleanse him of the evil that has befallen him" The body of the boy, Mohau was found in the veld with multiple stab wounds to his face and chest. “We were alerted to the situation shortly after 16:00,” said Hercules CPF chairman, Johan van Staden. “The body was found not long afterwards.” Xander Loubser of Bestcare paramedics was part of the search party that found the child’s body. “When we found him, his little body was already cold,” said Loubser. Sam Ngobeni, the murder suspect's father told journalists that his son said he had taken the child into the veld to "offer him to God" It is alleged that the suspect returned home later and just sat down on a chair, emotionless, his hands and clothes still covered in blood. "He didn't tr...

A Nigerian lady identified as Jennifer Otu took to Facebook in the early hours of today November 6, to share what many have interpreted as a "suicide note".  Jennifer Otu wrote; Goodbye Everyone Death is what am left with Am so sorry I Love u all.  Her bio on Facebook revealed that she is a Law student at the University of Calabar and also an indigene of Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom State.

 Everton midfielder, Andre Gomes has been discharged from hospital after a successful surgery to repair horrific fracture-dislocation on his right ankle.  The 26-year-old Portuguese star suffered a fracture-dislocation to his right ankle after a challenge from winger  Son Heung-min sent him crashing into Serge Aurier in the 78th minute of Sunday's 1-1 draw with Tottenham at Goodison Park.  On Monday, November 4, the former Barcelona star had a procedure to repair the fracture dislocation and the surgery was successful.  In a statement on Tuesday, Everton said: 'Following a successful operation yesterday, Andre Gomes has now been discharged from hospital and will continue his rehabilitation under the care of our medical team.' While the club is yet reveal time frame on his return to first-team action, Gomes is unlikely to play again this season.