Kenyan police said Friday they have launched a manhunt for a local cult leader after the death of four followers he reportedly told to starve themselves in order to “meet Jesus”.
Another 11 people were rescued from a forest near the town of Malindi on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast and rushed to hospital, but there are fears of more victims, according to a police report seen by AFP.
Rescue team has removed one body from the rubble of the collapsed building at 1st Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi.
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this on Friday while giving update on the incident.
According to Omotoso, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, workers’ search and recovery efforts unearthed the remains of the adult male hitherto unaccounted for by site supervisors.
A popular Nigerian businesswoman and blogger, Adenike Adewunmi Adebisi died after complaining of difficulty breathing on Thursday.
Adebisi, the founder of Nikkisworldblog, who had waited for 20 years, before getting pregnant died on the way to the hospital.
Her sister Joke Adewunmi-Toba announced her death on Facebook and her more than 23,000 followers have started to mourn her.
The Nigerian government has secured $800 million, equivalent to N368,288,000,000 from the World Bank under the National Social Investment Programme as part of palliative measures to mitigate the negative effects of the planned removal of the petroleum subsidy by June 2023.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja Zonal Command, today, April 6, 2023, arrested 8 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja and Mararaba in neighbouring Nasarawa State.
