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Suspected gunmen stab woman to death in Ekiti
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Ado Ekiti Palpable fear enveloped Nova area in Adebayo Road, Ado-Ekiti on Friday following the killing of a 45 -year old woman, Mrs Motunrayo Olajide inside her home by unknown gunmen.
The mother of three, was said to have been killed at her residence located on 2nd Avenue , Aseye Street, Nova, Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti metropolis.
The deceased, according to a neighbour, who claimed anonymity, was stabbed in the neck and died in the pool of her blood.
The source said the incident happened around 4.50pm on Thursday, when the deceased’s 11-year old daughter returned from school and met her morher’s lifeless body drenched in blood and raised the alarm to other neighbours.
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Don escapes death after failed kidnap attempt in Calabar
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…I thought they took him ..Family source
By Ike Uchechukwu Calabar
A lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Calabar, UNICAL, Dr Babatunde Lawal Saturday night narrowly escaped death after an attempt to kidnap him from the Staff Quarters failed.
Vanguard gathered that the ugly incident occurred at about 7:30 pm when the Victim was driving home to his quarters inside the University not knowing he was being trailed to his residence at the staff quarters.
Findings showed that the organised and forceful attempt to kidnap Dr Lawal failed because they met with powerful resistance and when they( Kidnappers) realised they made sure the injured him with several gunshots.
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To curtail open grazing and its attendant consequences, governors of the Southwest geopolitical zone of the country have advanced the need for both state governments and the Federal Government to support cattle breeding.
The support, according to the governors, could come in the form of government establishing designated grazing areas, setting up feeding mills among others.
The chairman, Southwest governors forum, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, stated this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the meeting of governors, traditional rulers and security chiefs, held at Oyo state governor’s office, Ibadan, on Saturday.
In sum, Akeredolu said government at the various levels must devise ways to change the practice of open grazing by cattle breeders.