GUEST STABS MAN TO DEATH AT BURIAL CEREMONY IN OGUN STATE
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Julius Oliseh, for allegedly stabbing to death 23-year-old Isikilu Shittu at a burial at Mowe, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.

The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday, August 5, 2018, around 2 pm in Ogunru village.

It was gathered that an argument had ensued between Oliseh and Isikilu, and the suspect reportedly broke a bottle and stabbed Isikilu in the neck, which led to his death.
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91 DEAD, HUNDREDS INJURED BY EARTHQUAKE ON INDONESIAN ISLAND POPULAR WITH TOURISTS
At least 91 people are dead and hundreds more injured as a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Indonesia’s popular island of Lombok on Sunday, according to Indonesian authorities and the U.S. Geological Survey.

The island is popular with tourists and now about 1,000 foreign visitors have been evacuated to nearby islands.

The powerful quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10.5 kilometers off the north coast of Lombok, a little over a mile from Loloan village, on Sunday night local time, the USGS said. It was the second deadly quake to hit the island in a week.
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NINE CORPS MEMBERS DROWN IN TARABA DURING PICNIC
Nine Corps members currently serving in Taraba State have drowned in the river Mayo-Selbe, in the Gashaka Local Government Area of the state.



It was learnt that the deceased drowned while swimming during a picnic to the river.

The state Police Public Relation Officer, ASP David Missal confirmed the death of the nine corps members, stating that seven bodies have been recovered from the incident so far.
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MAN ARRESTED IN GERMANY FOR BABY FOOD POISONING, EXTORTION
A 54-year-old man will go on trial in Germany after allegedly putting poisoned baby food on the shelves of a supermarket and threatening to put more poisoned items into circulation, a court said on Monday.



Prosecutors said the defendant placed five jars of baby food that had been contaminated with ethylene glycol in a supermarket in the southern German city of Friedrichshafen.

The prosecutors said that the defendant demanded a sum of 11.75 million euros (13.6 million dollars) from the supermarket, or that he would place 20 other poisoned items on its shelves if they refused.
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