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How we killed pregnant woman Okolie A couple of months ago, eight armed men raided, Supper Cell Estate, an upscale residential estate located in Apo area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, unleashing terror on its residents, killing two persons, including a pregnant woman. Two other victims sustained life threatening injuries. Among those injured, was the husband of the pregnant woman who lost his two legs during the robbery operation, with a middle-aged woman, Glory Uzoh, who relocated recently to Abuja, from Lagos State. The robbers shot at her twice; one in her abdomen and the other, on her arm. Uzoh, could not have been luckier as the bullet which penetrated her abdomen, also damaged her intestine, before pulling out from her back. Pregnant-victim Pregnant-victim Saturday Vanguard gathered that the gang behind this carnage was led by a notorious armed robber, Denis Avaugwa, a native of Kastina Ala in Benue State. The 24-year-old who was said to have been arrested ...

Kanu, Okocha to play alongside TWO of Nigeria’s finest footballers of all-time, Nwankwo Kanu and Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha will team up with the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Diego Maradona as they set to feature at the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Fundación Privada Samuel Eto’o on July 16. Kanu Nwankwo Kanu Nwankwo The 35-year-old who currently plays for Turkish side Antalyaspor will host 23 great footballers both retired and those still playing in a charity game to raise funds for his Foundation.   The Cameroonian was in Nigeria in May to honour former Nigerian international Joseph Yobo who celebrated his 101 caps for the Super Eagles with a game at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt. The Charity match in Turkey will see Messi who is currently appealing a 21-months jail term play alongside Argentine football icon Diego Maradona and former teammate Xavi Hernandez while Fabio Capello is expected to be the manager on the day. Peter of PSquare is sch...

i’m bullet-proof, notorious cult leader boasts A 35-year-old cultist, Andrew Awalebi, arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Lagos State Police Command, has boasted that no bullet can penetrate his body because of a local “Bullet Proof” prepared for him by a herbalist in Ijebu-Isiwo, Ogun State. bullet Andrew Awalebi Andrew Awalebi, arrested along with Michael Thompson, 24; Koffi Kwame, 17; Daniel Olayiwola, 36, and Tosin Issac, 26, in Jakande Estate, Ajah area, Lagos suburb, belongs to Eiye Confraternity.    He was arrested in the early hours of Friday at a beer parlour in company of three other cult members. Two other members of the cult group, Adeleke Adegoke, 30; Kehinde Adebogun, 31, were arrested at a hotel in Ikorodu. The Ondo State-born leader of the cult group, Awalebi, was reportedly ratted out by Thompson, who was arrested a night before for robbery at National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. Awalebi, who disclosed that he worked with a popu...

Why we kept mum’s corpse in wardrobe for 10 years The embalment of the remains of a 78-year-old Madam Lucy Osigwe by one of her children, Dr. Chimezie Osigwe, a devotee of the founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, since 2003, continues to generate ripples. The incident has launched the serene town of Ejemekuru, Imo State into public discourse. The allegation against Dr. Osigwe, currently in police detention, is that he used the remains of his mother for ritual and that two other members of the family had also been used. To get to the root of the matter, Sunday Vanguard visited the Ashram (place of worship) of Guru Maharaj Ji on km 10, Lagos – Ibadan expressway. One knotty part of the incident is that the two persons, Mrs. Ogechi Osigwe and Dorothy Osigwe, alleged to have been used by Dr. Osigwe for ritual, are alive. Another is the account of the episode by Mrs. Ogechi Osigwe. She took exception to the detention and allegation against her elder brother, Dr. Osigwe, t...