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UNCONFIRMED number of persons were killed, over 40 houses razed and property worth millions of naira destroyed, yesterday, during a communal crisis in Mbayion, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. According to an eyewitness, the crisis resulted in the destruction of graves, exhumation of corpses, destruction of cash crops, economic trees and farmlands worth millions of naira, while hundreds of people were displaced. He said trouble started when the family of Ormo Juku of Mbajov, Mbaasakera, Mbayion in Gboko Local Government Area discovered that the grave of their late father, Gesa Ormo, who was buried on Sunday, October 22 was destroyed, his body exhumed and taken to an unknown destination. A victim of the crisis, Mr. Iorgema Ormo, who spoke on behalf of the family, said the crisis had existed for many years. Efforts to get the reaction of the state police spokesman, ASP Moses Yamu, failed as several calls made to his cell phone did not go through

PS2 classic Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy confirmed for PC

October 30, 2017

Eurocom and THQ's Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy launched on PS2, Gamecube and the original Xbox in 2003 in north America, and 2004 everywhere else. Now, a decade and a bit later, the third-person action adventure game is coming to PC. Courtesy of THQ Nordic, the Ancient Egypt-inspired Zelda-like will arrive on desktops next week on November 10. When it does it'll support 60fps, anti-aliasing and 4K resolution. Its original 3D graphics engine has also been rewritten, and is fully supported by mouse and keyboard input. Combining three dimensional exploration, combat and puzzles, here's THQ Nordic on what to expect: Sphinx and The Cursed Mummy is an original 3rd person action-adventure inspired by the mythology of ancient Egypt. Travelling the world via magical portals to foil the evil plans of Set. Sphinx's Journey will require all his wits, agility, and special powers. He will also rely on his reluctant hero friend, The Mummy, to help when being inconspicuous is the onl...

Hurricane Harvey Submerged Cars Could Be On Their Way To Nigeria

September 04, 2017

Following a flood disaster occasioned by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, United States of America, insurance companies who have taken possession of assets designated mostly as scrap will need to figure out how to get the best of whatever is left of the value of the assets. Top on the items of assets to dispose of will be motor vehicles that have been submerged for days under devastating floods. As was the case with Hurricane Katrina and Sandy, the route to market for these cars will be via the salvage auction. Nigeria is said to be among the top destination for salvage cars from the US and also ranks as one of the top export destinations for used cars in the US. In fact, another data put the value of recent used vehicle export to Nigeria at about $99 million. National Daily gathered that Nigerians are already gearing up to purchase thousands of these cars that will be sent to the salvage auctions by the insurance companies. According to one account, the cars could be bought as cheap a...

French pranksters replace holy water with alcohol

September 09, 2017

Tourists visiting a church in the picturesque French town of Chateau-Chalon were surprised to discover that local pranksters had replaced the fonts’ holy water with alcohol, the local tourism office said Friday. A dozen tourists sniffed out the telltale signs of eau-de-vie, a clear fruit brandy, when they visited the church in Jura, eastern France, at the end of August. “I made the sign of the cross and it smelt like eau-de-vie. Is this a local tradition?” the tourists asked officials at the nearby visitor centre. The enquiries prompted the authorities to carry out an impromptu investigation. “A litre of brandy had been poured into both of the fonts, you really smelt the alcohol when you walked into the church,” local tourism official Pauline Fisseau said. The church is not regularly used for mass and the fonts are usually empty. The two fonts were immediately drained and cleaned before being filled with more traditional holy water ahead of a festival...

I Steal Average Of 9 Phones On Friday - Notorious Corporate Pickpocket

October 26, 2017

Few months ago, RRS operatives in Oshodi arrested one Seun Jimoh, 18, for pickpocketing. Jimoh, a trainee auto – engineer, abandoned mechanic work for pickpocketing in Oshodi on the ground that it was more profitable. Jimoh, decked in brown jacket and trouser, and a hand bag like a corporate executive, as at the time of his arrest had already stolen four mobile phones from unsuspecting commuters in an early morning rush in Oshodi. He was removing N18, 000:00 from the pocket of a commuter during another bus stampede when he was caught. Unknown to Jimoh, two of his victims were on the lookout for him after suspecting him for being in possession of their missing phones. While standing at Oshodi Under Bridge, they spotted him removing N18,000:00 from the pocket of another victim, Gbenga Odeniyi. At this point, his earlier victims, Onuh Austine and Onesimus Paul raised an alarm, which made Jimoh to promptly drop the money and take to his heels but RRS operatives close to the scene...