Woman fakes own kidnap to test her boyfriend's love

Police have arrested a woman for faking own kidnap as a way of testing her boyfriend’s love.

Amina Mirembe made calls to her boyfriend James Mugoda claiming that she had been kidnapped by two men, who were asking for a Shs500,000 ransom on Sunday at 2am.

Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Mr Luke Owoyesigire, said the boyfriend alerted several people including police officers.

"Later she called her boyfriend saying she had been rescued by a police patrol," Mr Owoyesigire said on Sunday.

He said Magoda encouraged her to go to police and record a statement.

But after interrogating her, detectives found out that her statements were not coordinated since no police patrol had been involved in any rescue.

Mr Owoyesigire said Mirembe later admitted that she had faked her kidnap to test whether her boyfriend could pay a ransom as a sign of his love to her.

"We have arrested her for giving false information to a public officer,” Owoyesigire said.

We don't want people to waste police time and resources on fake cases," he said.

Kidnaps have been on the rise in the last four months in which seven people have lost their lives.
However, of the 40 cases registered, 20 are said to be fake kidnaps.

Four killed, one injured in auto crash

No fewer than four persons have reportedly died in an auto crash on the Benin-Auchi expressway in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.

According to reports a truck laden with cement en route to Benin from Abuja rammed into three vehicles after the driver lost control.

The collision left four passengers dead and one other sustained severe injuries.

The Head of Operations and acting state Sector Commander of the FRSC, Samson Eniyemo, said the remains of the deceased were deposited in a morgue while the injured was taken to a hospital.

Eniyemo attributed the auto crash to brakes’ failure and speed.

He, however, advised motorists to always observe traffic regulations and adhere to speed limits while on the road.

Accident victims cheat death in Benue

At least, 16 persons yesterday escaped death in a crash along Gboko/Katsina-Ala Road, Benue State, involving a Toyota Picnic SUV and one Toyota Corolla car.

The victims, who sustained varying degrees of injury, were rescued by a patrol team led by the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni.

The operatives were on a routine “Confidence-Building Patrol” along the route in the early hours of the day when they ran into the scene where all the passengers in the affected vehicles were seriously injured.

A statement on Friday by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Moses Yamu, stated that the victims were rushed to St. Christopher Catholic Clinic, Wunnune Tarka, while the CP paid for their medical bills.

The statement said, “CP Fatai Owoseni was touched by the varying degrees of injury sustained by the victims and ordered his convoy of more than 15 vehicles conveying a number of policemen, who accompanied him on the routine patrol, to halt and rescue the victims to the hospital.

“He, therefore, urged drivers and other road users to be conscious of the highway codes to avoid unnecessary road accidents.”

Herdsmen attacks claim 200 Tivs, burn 8,570 houses in Nasarawa

According to he President of the Tiv Development Association, Nasarawa State, Mr. Boniface Ifer, the continuous herdsmen attacks in the southern district of the state has claimed 200 farmers and 8,570 houses.

Ifer said this during a town hall meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo during his recent visit to the state to assess the crisis.

In is words “The killings are still ongoing in Tiv communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen. So far, we have lost over 200 farmers and over 8,570 houses burnt in the crisis”.

He called on the Federal Government to provide adequate security so as to enable the displaced persons to return to their homes and continue their farming business now that the rainy season had started.


On his part, the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Nasarawa State, Alhaji Husseini Mohammed, said that 60 Fulani people and thousands of cows had also been killed by the Tiv militia from Benue State.
He, however, asked for the establishment of cattle colonies across the state, adding that doing so would go a long way in bringing to an end the herdsmen-farmers crisis.

Bomb explosion: Multiple people injured at restaurant in Toronto ; hunt on for 2 suspects

A bomb has exploded at a suburban Indian restaurant in the Canadian city of Mississauga, injuring more than a dozen people.

Peel Regional Police said they received a call at just after 10.30pm local time (3.30am BST).

The Peel Regional Police said in a tweet they were looking for two unidentified men who entered the restaurant and "detonated an Improvised Explosive Device."

Police Sergeant Matt Bertram said later Friday that the two suspects had their faces covered to conceal their identity, prompting the public appeal for help catching the culprits.

"We have no indication to call it a hate crime or any kind of terrorism act," Bertram said.

"Two parties fled the scene immediately after the incident," the police said on Twitter, seeking the public's help in identifying and locating the suspects. 

One of the men was described as being around 6-feet tall in his 20s, with a "stocky build" and "light skin." The second suspect was described as a man of similar height with "fair skin" and a "thin build." 

Both were wearing hooded jackets and hats in an image released by police, taken from surveillance video at the restaurant.

"We're looking to speak to the individuals seen fleeing the area and looking for the public's assistance in identifying them," 

Peel Regional Police Constable Iryna Yashnyk told media gathered at the scene.

Boy drowns in a pond in Kano

According to reports an 18 year old boy Auwalu Ibrahim drowned while taking his bath in a pond at Kwanar Ungogo in Kano metropolis.

Mr Saidu Mohammed, the spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, made the disclosure during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday.

NUC: List Of Illegal Universities Operating in Nigeria

The National Universities Commission, NUC has declare the following Universities (58) has illegal and unapproved.

The commission also disclosed that eight universities are currently undergoing investigation for illegally running degree programmes in the country.

Barca Legend Join Japanese J1 League

Andres Iniesta and Hirosh Mikitani

Andres Iniesta joins Vissel Kobe

 After his last La Liga game for Barcelona last Sunday with a win over Real Sociedad.

The Spain international tweeted he was going to his "new home" on Wednesday and he will now join former Arsenal and Germany forward Lukas Podolski at Kobe.

The 34-year-old completed his move to the top-flight side on Thursday after spending 22 years with Barca.