Rapper Benny The Butcher shot during attempted robbery in Houston

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American rapper, Benny The Butcher was shot during an attempted robbery in Houston. 

 

The incident occurred on Saturday evening November 14, at a Walmart located on South Rice Avenue.

 

Houston police said the rapper, whose real name is Jeremie Pennick, 35, was at the Walmart with friends when five armed men approached the group and demanded some of their belongings. When Pennick and his friend did not remove their chains quickly enough, one of the men shot Pennick in the leg. 

 

Pennick was transported to an area hospital with a non-life-threatening injury and is expected to recover.

 

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.

 

The shooting incident happened on the same day rapper Boosie Badazz was also shot in the leg in Dallas, where he had gone to pay his respects to late rapper Mo3, who was shot and killed last Wednesday November 11. 

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Three suspects arrested during robbery operation in Ogun state

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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of robbery gang who have been terrorising Iju Ota and its environ.

 

The suspects, identified as Bamidele Oluwashina, 31; Adebowale Kehinde, 32; and Oluwasegun Abayomi, were arrested following a distress call received by the police at Onipanu Divisional Headquarters at about 9:30pm on November 12, 2020 that robbers had invaded Iju Love Bus Stop and tipper garage, wielding dangerous weapons and dispossessing people of their valuables.

 

Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer of Onipanu Division, Chief Superintendent of Police Bamidele Ishola Job, was said to have mobilized his patrol team to the scene and engaged the robbers in a gun duel.

 

Having realised the superior fire power of the police, the hoodlums took to their heels, but one of them was arrested at the scene, a statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said.

 

The entire area was cordoned off, while police intensified searched for other members of the gang.

 

Oyeyemi said with the help of members of the community, two other members of the gang were sighted trying to escape in a tricycle and they were promptly arrested.

 

One Tosin Ajayi, who was macheted on the head by the robbers, was taken to the hospital by the police for medical treatment.

 

One cut to size locally made pistol and two live cartridges were recovered from them.

 

The Command’s Commissioner, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

 

Ajogun also appealed to the general public not to allow cultism to fester in their area as cultists were associated with all forms of violent crime.

 

He also assured the people of the state that the Command’s Violent Crime Intervention Squad was battle ready to combat any violent crime across the state.

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152 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria

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152 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Sunday, November 16, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). 

 

A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-136, Kano-4, Niger-3, Ekiti-2, Kaduna-2, Ogun-2, Taraba-2, and FCT-1. 

 

There are now 65,148 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,163 deaths have been recorded. 61,073 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.

 

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Actor Frederick Leonard explains why he's still single at 44

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Frederick Leonard has opened up on why he is not yet married at 44. 

 

Speaking in a recent interview with Allure Vanguard, the actor stressed the need for couples to take their time and be more realistic in order to avoid broken homes. 

 

He said “I have not lost hope in marriage. It is just the time we live in. I believe in marriage and even the Bible says that it is not good for man to be alone. I do not want to end up alone. I do not want to end up miserable.

 

"I want to be with someone who I have a lot of things in common with; someone I’m compatible with. I believe in the institution of marriage, and I think that people should be more realistic with themselves when it comes to picking a partner."

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