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Bishop speaks on killing of boy by Catholic priest in South-east

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The Catholic priest, Joseph Enyiaka, allegedly shot the boy dead after the latter set off firecrackers within a church premises.

The Bishop of the Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, Lucius Ugorji, has said the church leadership “highly regrets” the shooting to death of a boy by a Catholic priest in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east.

The killing

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the Catholic priest, Joseph Enyiaka, allegedly shot the boy dead after the latter set off firecrackers within a church premises.

The incident happened during a Holy Mass celebration, marking the crossover to the New Year 2025 at St. Columba Parish Amaimo, a community in Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state.

The police said the Catholic priest has been arrested over the incident.

Call for calm

In a statement on Thursday, Mr Ugorji said apart from the deceased, one person was wounded during the shooting.

“The Archdiocese of Owerri condoles with the bereaved family, and prays for the happy repose of the dead, and the speedy recovery of the injured,” he said.

The bishop called for calm considering that police were already investigating the incident.

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Kenyan woman alleges Cubana Chief Priest denied paternity of her child

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Cubana Chief Priest’s alleged baby mama, Hellen, has revealed the socialite asked her to keep the child after requesting some money to abort the child.

Helen shared this in a recent interview with content creator Lucky Udu.

According to Helen, she met Cubana Chief Priest in 2022 while attending a friend’s wedding in Nigeria. Their initial encounter reportedly took place at a restaurant, which was followed by a meeting at a hotel where they became intimate.

Helen disclosed that a few weeks later, she discovered she was pregnant. She claimed that Cubana Chief Priest encouraged her to keep the baby.

However, she alleged that after returning to Kenya, following a two-month stay in Nigeria, the socialite blocked her on WhatsApp and cut off communication.

She said, “It all happened in 2022, in April when I visited Nigeria for my friend’s wedding. We went to the restaurant to have some dinner in VI. That was where I met my baby daddy. The first time we talked, we exchanged contacts, and then I went back to my apartment. The second day he called me, and we met at this hotel called intercontinental hotel in Lagos. When we got there, we talked, drank, and I left. I didn’t know he was a prominent person. He told me his name was Pascal Okechukwu, not chief priest. We had intercourse, and after two weeks I felt sick and went for a test and told him about the result…

“I texted him to tell him the result; he called directly and congratulated me. we kept talking he told him he was going to take care of me, I asked him if he was married; he did not tell me he was married; that was what he was trying to skip.

“I came and asked my friend who he was, and she told me his name is Cubana Chief Priest, and he is married with two kids.

and I sent my account number because I wanted to abort the baby because I’m scared due to the fact that I’m a single mom with a son.

“He said there is no problem since I’m not Nigerian; I can go back to Kenya, and we were going to continue to keep in touch. even when I asked him for the money to abort the money, he said I should wait a bit and I should not hurry. I came back to Kanyan in Jane after the baby was two months old.

I did what he told me to keep the child, and when I came back to Kenya, after two weeks this guy blocked me.”

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Three men arrested over brutal m8rder of 17-year- old girl in South Africa.

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Three men aged between 20 and 22 have been arrested in connection with the grisly m8rder of a 17-year-old girl, Koketso Ramahlo in South Africa.

Koketso’s partially burnt body was discovered in a street near her home in Hammanskraal, Gauteng province on New Year’s Day.

The suspects will appear in court on Tuesday, January 7, to face murder charges, according to SAPS district spokesperson Warrant Officer Marinda Austin.

Koketso’s family is still reeling from the shock, saying they were unsure if she had gone out with her boyfriend on the night of her murder.

Her mother, Nkhenthani Ramahlo, was too distraught to speak to the media but a close family friend Julia Mkhari, spoke on her behalf.

“The pain she is enduring is palpable, and I am deeply affected by it as well,” Mkhari said.

She said Koketso left with her friends on December 31 to celebrate the new year, but she later returned home to change her clothes and went out again.

She never returned home, prompting her family to launch a search on January 2.

The next day, January 3, the teenage girl’s grandmother made the horrific discovery of a lifeless, partially burnt body lying in the street near their home.

The body was later confirmed to be the missing girl, with relatives noting that she was found n@ked.

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Boko Haram attack Nigerian military base, kill soldiers

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Boko Haram militants launched a deadly assault on a Nigerian army base in Borno State on January 4, 2025, leaving numerous soldiers dead and others missing.

The attack, which lasted over two hours, targeted the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in the Damboa Local Government Area, Dockaysworld learnt.

According to security officials, multiple military buildings and operational vehicles were destroyed in the assault, and at least seven bodies have been recovered so far.

The militants invaded the base around 4 a.m., using a variety of weapons.

“25 Taskforce Bde was attacked during the weekend with so many casualties, so far we have recovered over seven bodies,” a source told SaharaReporters on Monday.

“The terror group invaded the camp FOB Sabon Gari around 4am on Saturday, using various weapons.”

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