Shocking : Xenophobic Attacks Erupt in Zambia, Foreigners' Shops Looted, One Burnt And Two Stoned to Death(Photos)

 Hundreds of foreign nationals are presently converged in various police stations in shanty compounds seeking protection from Zambian attackers who are looting their shops and businesses.

 Yesterday, April 18, violent Zenophobic attacks erupted in Lusaka, Zingalume, George and parts of Garden and Mandevu compounds. 

Zambians rioted and looted shops owned by non-Zambians especially people from Rwanda. One person was burnt to ashes in Kanyama but his identify has not yet been verified. Two other persons were stoned to death.

According to Zambia Watchdog, the riots were sparked off by PF Government reckless statements that some people believed to be foreign nationals had been apprehended by police in connection with the ritual killings.

That reckless statement and tone alone has now led to xenophobic attacks against foreigners and their businesses. With the current economic crisis and poverty, people are taking advantage of the situation.

People are mainly looting food stuffs such as mealie meal, sugar, bread, cooking oil and other essential commodities that have gone way beyond majority of the Zambian people.

There has also been very slow action on the part of the police which is known to act swiftly when issues involve PF political opponent. Meanwhile, a cross section of people blamed the vilent attacks on the government. Another person attributed the riots to frustration caused by economic hardships.

"You cannot rule out economic hardships as a cause to the frustration. People want to seize every opportunity to break into shops and loot foodstuffs

A senior Police officer who spoke to Zambia Watchdog said the Police command has since asked for reinforce from Sondela , a paramilitary training school in Chilanga.

"Things are not getting any better. We have actually asked for beefing up of offcers from Sondela" the officer said.

Husband of Late Edo Gospel Singer Says Pastor Hypnotised His Wife Before 'Sleeping in The Same Room With Her'

Pastor Okpe

 Odion Omoarebokhae, the husband of Yvonne Omoarebokhae, the lady who died last week in a hotel room she lodged with Pastor Psalm Okpe, of Fresh Oil Ministry, is alleging that some powerful Christian clergymen are shielding the pastor whom he called 'his wife’s killer'.

 He's also insisting that the pastor hypnotized the wife after giving her an overdose of a certain substance.

Omoarebokhae said the police told him that the result of an autopsy carried out on his late wife would be out in 30 days. But recent reports revealed that an autopsy had already been conducted and the cause of death was ruled as cardiac arrest.

 Speaking to journalists on Monday in Benin, the husband pointed out that the CCTV footage obtained from the hotel showed that Apostle Psalm Okpe and his late wife, Yvonne, slept in the same room.

He said: “the pastor has written three different statements at the police station. He said my wife and himself went different ways after the programme in Sapele. The CCTV footage at the hotel, however, showed that when they came back from the programme, my wife was just following him like a dog, someone without sense.

“The next morning, Apostle Psalm came out of the room, stood by the door like somebody thinking of what to do before going out with a taxi. By the time he came back, he went to the reception to demand for his key hoping that my wife would have left to go and die in my house.

“They told him that the key was not with them and that his key was with him. They called the porter who brought a spare key and forced the door open. Immediately the porter opened the door, he left and the pastor entered. He spent another one hour and 18 minutes with a lifeless body inside the room.

“I have seen my wife’s body. They is no physical mark on her. From what I observed, she was given an overdose of substances that her system could not take. The police told me they met my wife fully dressed like somebody about to go out.

“The doctor told me that they have sent the specimen to Lagos for the result and I am now reading about reports claiming that she died of cardiac arrest.”

An insider hinted that the quick autopsy which was carried out on the deceased showed that she had a cardiac arrest in the middle of the night, which eventually led to her death.

According to him, “The autopsy result shows the late Mrs. Omoarebokhae died as a result of cardiac arrest. She was neither poisoned nor stabbed as widely reported because there was no stain of blood on her body.”

Pastor Okpe has since been released from detention.

Pastor Okpe with Eucharia Anunobi during her ordination

After Barring Government Officials From Flying Business Class, President Buhari's 16-year Old Daughter Flew First Class on British Airways to London - PDP Alleges

 PDP are alleging that one of President Buhari's daughter flew first class on a British Airways flight to London today. The information was disclosed in two tweets posted on their official twitter handle today. See below...

Lovely : Actress Genevieve Nnaji Rocks Pretty Dress From Her Own Clothing Line

 Nollywood actress Genevieve Nnaji shared a photo of herself wearing a green St. Genevieve dress, paired with a blue jacket, a pair of blue heels and a large brown bag. 
she captioned the photo, "Look who I'm wearing today. Tag me if you rocked this @stgenevieve_ piece"...

Pastor Caught Molesting a 6-year Old Boy, Gets Beat up by Congregation

 A 29 year old Texas youth pastor named Willie Bell(pictured)was arrested and charged with child molestation after he was caught sexually assaulting a 6 year old boy behind an apartment building in Texas.

 He was caught by a member of the congregation of his church who raised alarm to attract other church goers, who punched and kicked him, but did not seriously injure him...

"If it wasn't for them, he probably would have done more to my child,” the child's mother told the local news Fox 4. "It's painful. It's devastating. It's a nightmare."

After police arrested Bell, they learned that he had allegedly molested three other boys at the church. He is now facing charges.

Ministry of Education Set to Merge Christian And Islamic Studies in Schools

 The Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), is working on reducing the workload of primary and junior secondary pupils from 20 to a maximum of ten subjects under the nine-year basic educational curriculum in order to align with International standards.

 However, under this scheme Christian and Islamic Religious Studies, which are separately taught, will now be merged under a compulsory subject known as Religion and National Values (RNV).

Other subjects brought under the RNV include Civic Education, Social Studies, and Security Education.

Actress Toyin Aimakhu Addresses Her Relationship With Seun Egbegbe, Says She Wasnt Kidnapped & Wants to Heal

 Popular actress Toyin Aimakhu took to Instagram to address the kidnap incident that was reported with her ex Seun Egbegbe, and just wants to move on and heal in peace. Read what she wrote below...

Permit me to use this medium to address a particular issue that has always affected me phsycologically, for the past months my name has not being not uttered with diffrent controvertial issues, both the truth and lies. Some find humour in it while some insult and curse me, i appreciate you all cause i believe its outta the love u all gat for me, but at this point i would say it has lingered for too long and does not seem funny anymore. I am human, i feel pain, i have not stolen from anyone, i have killed no one, i have not engaged my self in any shady relationship with no one.

 I was outta a marriage with someone i was so much in love with which left me traumatized. In the process of getting my life together and moving on quickly with my life i made another mistake of getting myself into another mess which only makes me human and i believe every dissapointment is a blessing. For the record i never for once stated that i was kidnapped by mr seun egbegbe or anyone... I have a life of my own which consist of my father, mother, sibllings and extended family. they also are not happy and it eats me up, please i beseech u all no one should mention my name along with no man anymore please enough is enough also I want to appeal to anyone i might have offended in anyway, my FANmily, news house and bloggers to please leave me be to proccess all i am going through and heal quickly.... Thank you all for the love, God bless you. Lastly to every woman who has been abused phsycologically, physically, morally and emotionally i respect you all... THE LORD IS YOUR MUSCLE (john8:7) #womensupportwomen