Man Stabs Wife With A Screwdriver Over Loan

A 31-year-old father of one, Sunday Dennis, was on Tuesday brought before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly stabbing his wife, Blessing, with a screw driver.

The accused who resides at No. 6, Aro St., Ajara area of Badagry, was arraigned on a two-count charge of assault and threat to life.

The Prosecutor, Insp. Innocent Uko, told the court that the accused committed the offences on July 25 around 8: 00 p.m at the mentioned address.

He said the incident occurred when the accused was arguing with his wife over a certain amount of money.

Family Took In Friend’s Six Children After Their Mother Died of Cancer

A mother had so much love for her friend that she that she adopted all six of her children after she died of cancer.

Stephanie Culley and her husband Donnie, from Virginia, already had three children of their own, but when Beth Laitkep realised she wasn’t going to survive her illness, they knew what they had to do.

They told her yes, they could raise her six, aged between two years old and 15 – and let her pass away last month in peace, knowing they would be looked after.

‘I wanted her to live so much. No mother ever deserved to live and raise their kids as much as her,’ Stephanie told CBS. ‘I mean, they needed her.’

Former Nigeria Captain & Coach, Stephen Keshi, is Dead As Family Release Statement

Former Nigeria Captain and Coach, Stephen Keshi, is dead. Reports say the legend died in the early hours of Wednesday.

Keshi, who was 54, is thought to have suffered a heart attack, according to emanating reports. Just earlier in the year, the former Super Eagles coach lost his wife to the cold hands of death after a long battle with Cancer.

NFF President Amaju Pinnick, who was saddened by the shocking news described Keshi as a superhero. "Keshi was a superhero. His death is a big loss to Nigeria as a nation, not only to Nigeria football."

54 year old Keshi married his wife at the age of 21 and has been mourning her silently for a while.

A former captain of the Nigeria national team, Keshi was one of only two men to win the Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and a coach.

Woman Kills Father After Dead Mother Told Her He Was Behind Her Troubles

A lady, who allegedly killed her father over suspicion that he was responsible for the deaths of her five children, two husbands and mother, said she had no intention of killing him but was provoked into taking the action.

 The 31-year- old Glory Bassey,over-burdened by her wordly challenges she went before her late mother’s grave to seek solutions to her woes. 

Glory Bassey in a chat with Vanguard said after crying at the mother’s grave, she allegedly appeared to her in a dream and revealed that it was the dad who was behind her woes.

The sad 31-year-old woman confronted the dad with the allegation of witchcraft, which the father refuted, but not without a dispute that led to the death of the 75 yeas old father, Chief Bassey Daniel Udo. 

Woman Sets House Ablaze, Kills Herself, Children After Fight with Husband

A 37-year-old Caroline Wanjiru is alleged to have locked the gate to her residence, then took her kids to the bedroom where she doused them with petrol and set them on fire. 

Grace Murugi, 9, and Paul Macharia, 2, were charred beyond recognition alongside their mother who is said to have been fought with her man prior to the incident.

The husband, a senior banker was away at the time of the accident. Neighbors who went to the residence to put out the fire had a hard time as the place had been locked and they had to break down the gate.

#EndofPsquare Saga: Peter Tells ALL, Paul Deletes Apology, Fiction Or Mere Stunt?

Peter Okoye had an explosive interview two days ago, before his twin brother Paul Okoye's emotional plea today, and I hope you all are ready to be amazed by all the revealing, messy details he dished out. 

The fact that the two brothers have also released their separate solo singles in the past week and have announced separate labels and management, more than stoked the fire that indeed Nigerians may be seeing the last of what is known as P-Square. 

But hasn’t Potpourri seen it all and aptly captured the gathering storm in a piece it published last year, titled ‘Why P-Square may still break up?”

The handwriting has been on the wall for years now but no one wanted to be a prophet of doom. It was Murphy’s law in action “whatever can go wrong, will always go wrong”. 

Man Rapes, Impregnates Younger Brother’s 15 Year Old Daughter in Lagos, Nigeria

A 43-year-old hotelier, Femi Kulajolu, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping his younger brother’s 15-year-old daughter, Lola (not real name). 

The minor is actually eight-months pregnant now as a result of the alleged rape.

PUNCH Metro reports that  Kulajolu, who runs Christopher Hotels on Agor Road in the Isolo area of the state, was also being investigated for an attempted rape of his stepdaughter, Titi (not real name).

Titi’s experience was said to have prompted her mother, Ndidi, to report the two cases to the police, who arrested Kulajolu and arraigned him before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court.

The father of six was said to have raped Lola on three occasions at the hotel and her mother’s house on Majekodunmi Street, Meiran, while the mother was not at home, threatening her that she would die if she reveal the secret.

Man Beheads Step Mother in Benue, Nigeria

Obaganya community, a suburb in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, was thrown into deep mourning yesterday after a middle-aged man, Echeno Adakole, beheaded his 50-year-old step-mother, Titi Enokela, allegedly for ritual purpose. 

Vanguard learned that the suspect allegedly ambushed the victim at a family farm settlement, hit her with a piece of wood and cut off her head. He thereafter wrapped it with the dead woman’s cloth and
put it in a polyethylene bag.

According to the source:

 “family members noticed that the woman had not returned from the farm and it was getting dark. Her children and other family members went looking for her; they found her headless body tucked away in a corner of the family farm. 

"Never Rush To Get Married"- Actor John Dumelo’s Advice On Marriage

Ghanaian actor and entrepreneur, John Dumelo who is also known to give advice on relationships shared this good piece of advice on marriage. 

According to the 31-year-old Ghallywood actor, he finds it very worrying, the rate at which marriages are falling apart. And he thinks this has to do with the fact that people rush into marriage. 

Read  what he wrote below:....

Last Of Sound Of Music Von Trapp Family Dies

The last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was portrayed in the musical The Sound Of Music, has died aged 99. Maria von Trapp passed away at her home in Vermont in the US, according to her half-brother Johannes von Trapp.

"She was a lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people," said Mr von Trapp, who was born to Ms von Trapp's father and step-mother.

"There wasn't a mean or miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who knew her would agree with that."

Ms von Trapp was one of the original Trapp Family Singers, whose story became a Broadway musical in 1959 and a blockbuster film starring Dame Julie Andrews in 1965.

Fire Consumes Family Of Six In Port Harcourt

A family of six perished in an early morning inferno yesterday in Port Harcourt. Nobody could say what caused the fire but neighbors of the deceased family members told Sunday Vanguard that the fire started at about 2pm. According to the landlord of the house, located at number 17, New Estate Road, Railway Quarters,  they heard was a loud explosion. What followed next, he stated,  were balls of fire. The residents claimed they ran out of their apartments in the confusion, adding that the explosion came from the apartment of the deceased family members.

They said three boys, a girl and their parents were those consumed in the fire. They put the ages of the children at twenty two, seventeen, nine and seven years. According to a source, two other daughters of the deceased parents were not at home when the incident occurred. It was  gathered that the two other children relocated from home to write the ongoing West African  Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. Neighbors said the father  was a taxi driver while the wife was a petty trader. 

Meet The World's Largest Family Made Up Of 181 Members

He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed'  to have his 39 wives. Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.

Ziona Chana lives with all of them in a 100-room mansion where his wives take turns to share his bed. The100-room, four storey house is set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives and children sleep in giant communal dormitories. One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice.

See more pics after the cut.

Family of five commits suicide believing they will meet GOD!

A family of five in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan consumed poison (cynamide laced laddoos) and died in the belief that they would meet their god.

The family head and photographer Kanchan Singh made a video of the entire incident and was even seen telling his family how he tried to meet Lord Shiva in heaven but failed.

The family members who died include Singh’s wife, three children and his engineer brother.

Video after the cut.....