Female Sisters burnt to death in Hostel

A midnight fire that razed a students hostel in Agbor, Delta State on Tuesday, has burnt two female siblings to death.

The two girls identified as Favour and Ndidi from Obiaruku in Ukwuani Local Government Area of the Delta, were students of College of Education, Agbor and were among those living in a private hostel adjacent the college.

According to an eyewitnesses, “the unfortunate incident occurred while they were sleeping in the hostel. The fire started at about midnight unknown to neighbours around that the two girls were in their rooms.”

No one could say precisely what started the fire which had wreaked havoc before men of the state fire service were called in for rescue operation.

The corpses of the sisters had since been deposited at the Central Hospital, Agbor.

Benue University Final year Student Dies In Hotel Room

A 21-year-old final year female student of the Benue State University,  Joan Adaaku, was reportedly found dead in a hotel room located in the heart of Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

Sources who preferred anonymity explained that the Economics undergraduate had checked into Savannah Guest House at about 8 a.m after paying N2,000 for a room. According to the source, “She actually arrived at the hotel alone and after undertaking some check-in formalities she entered the room and locked herself up.

“She never came out of her room again either to ask for food or any other things. So, at exactly 7 p.m, a room attendant knocked on her door to find out if she was interested in being attended to by room service.

“Her silence aroused suspicion and the room attendant, who repeated his call to the room at 8pm without reply, alerted the manager on duty.

“It was at that point that the management alerted the Police who moved in and broke into the room and discovered the lifeless body of the lady in a position that suggested she was making a call before her death.

It was gathered that the deceased had on her a small purse which contained a Bible, rosary and N7,200.

A bottle of water and a bottle of soft drink were also discovered in the room. Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent, DSP, Daniel Ezeala confirmed the incident, and said investigation into the matter had commenced. 

My view: If a bottle of water and bottle of drink was found in her room and at the same time didnt order for any drink since her check in , how did that get in there ? Just saying tho!

Student of Ibadan Polytechnic Commits Suicide

A part-time student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Timilehin Ayobami Ogundare has been found dead in his room at Ilupeju area, Ogun State in western Nigeria.
He was believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself. P.M.NEWS also gathered that the deceased was a computer operator with a firm, Blueprint Music Studio in Abeokuta, before his death.

A family source who did not want his name in print disclosed that the deceased tried to kill himself last year but was stopped by some people.
The family member revealed that the deceased was arrested by some security guards and handed over to men of the state vigilance service when he attempted to jump into River Ogun. He was later released.
“The whole issue is still like a drama because I don’t know what could have made him decide to take his life. We have been looking for him since January 1. Later, we heard that he went to Lagos. He boarded a train from Lagos back to Abeokuta on Saturday and came down at Lafenwa. He trekked from the station through Enu Gada area to Ajitaadun down to Arakanga area with the aim of jumping into the river.
“He was arrested by the security men in the area when they saw him wandering with only his boxer pant on. They handed him over to the Vigilante men at Oke Ilewo for further investigation. We went there to collect him and we were told to come back with him yesterday. On getting to his room, we found out that he had hanged himself. He left a short note, apologising that he disappointed us,” the source narrated in tears. Am sure he was under a spell or something ... May his soul rest in peace.