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A rural North Carolina that was horrified last year when an 11-year-old girl was raped and murdered in her own bed has been shocked again - this time after a neighbor boy, age just 14, was arrested and charged with the crime. McKenzie Mae Sessoms, a fifth grader from Clinton, North Carolina, was found suffocated with a pillow last September 6 - the morning after her brothers threw a 'rowdy gathering' at the family home. On Wednesday, police announced the arrest of a young teenage boy, who is charged with first-degree rape and murder. Officials did not release his name, but family and neighbors identified him as Antonio Trey Jones. At the time of the murder, Jones was living with his grandfather Howard Jones in a house off a dirt road - just feet from McKenzie's home, Mr Jones told WTVD-TV. 'If he done it, I'm glad they got him. That's all I can say,' Mr Jones said. An autopsy report says that McKenzie was found wedged against the pillow that was used to suff...

Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog: Nigeria’s stolen girls - What New York Times wrote... : Below is a New York Times editorial published yesterday May 6. Y'all need to read this. Find below.. Three weeks after their horrify...

A man, who allegedly kidnapped two children at Iyana-Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos State, was on Wednesday evening burnt to death, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. An eyewitness, Yusuf Sanni, told NAN at the scene that the suspected kidnapper was caught with two children on Oshundairo Street in Iyana-Ipaja. He said the man was first sighted on the street on Tuesday loitering around. “This man was seen on the street wearing boxers and looking unkempt. “We did not know he was coming back to kidnap the two children. “It was one of the youths who noticed his movement around the children that raised an alarm while the man took to his heels,” Sanni said. NAN reports that some policemen, who were at the scene, were not allowed by the mob to rescue the man before he was burnt. A police officer, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that efforts to bring the situation under control were unsuccessful as the mob hurled stones at policemen. He said, “They prevented us from gaining access to the suspect, t...

A man, who allegedly kidnapped two children at Iyana-Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos State, was on Wednesday evening burnt to death, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. An eyewitness, Yusuf Sanni, told NAN at the scene that the suspected kidnapper was caught with two children on Oshundairo Street in Iyana-Ipaja. He said the man was first sighted on the street on Tuesday loitering around. “This man was seen on the street wearing boxers and looking unkempt. “We did not know he was coming back to kidnap the two children. “It was one of the youths who noticed his movement around the children that raised an alarm while the man took to his heels,” Sanni said. NAN reports that some policemen, who were at the scene, were not allowed by the mob to rescue the man before he was burnt. A police officer, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that efforts to bring the situation under control were unsuccessful as the mob hurled stones at policemen. He said, “They prevented us from gaining access to the suspect, t...

The series of explosions that rocked the Federal Capital Territory in the last two weeks appear to have taken toll on its health facilities as some of the hospitals in the territory rejected victims of Thursday’s bomb blast at Nyanya, a satellite community within the FCT, which left 30 people dead and many others injured. Saturday PUNCH learnt that some victims were sent back when they were brought to hospitals on Friday morning. At the Asokoro General Hospital, Abuja, victims were turned back due to lack of bed spaces. It was reported that some patients were sent back when they were brought to the hospital on Friday morning. For example, a woman, who was brought to the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital in a Honda Odyssey car with registration number BM 837RBC, was not allowed to be brought down from the vehicle. The old lady, who was lying at the back seat of the car, was feeling uncomfortable as the driver of the car was speaking with the officials of the hospital. After a ...

According to Sun News, Mrs. Tina Iwuji, a 52 year old mother from Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, Imo State has been arrested by the Imo state police command for allegedly selling the two weeks old baby of her son’s girlfriend. Mrs Iwuji son, Emeka had impregnated his Lagos girlfriend, Esther Godwin, a native of Ndoki, Delta State and then decided to send her to his mother without telling his mum that he owned the pregnancy and also instructed Esther not to open up to his mother that he was the who got her pregnant. Mrs Iwuji accepted Emeka’s request and allowed Esther move into her house in January 2014. Esther eventually gave birth, and just two weeks later, Mrs Iwuji sold the baby for N350,000 not knowing she was selling her own grand daughter. Mrs Iwuji told Sun “It was my son Emeka Iwuji who brought Esther as a friend not a wife from Lagos to my home in Mbaise, Imo State. I asked Esther who was responsible for her pregnancy and she said it was not my son. I asked her what was her mission a...

Everyday we hear all kinds of horrible news. A 45 year old man, Ahmed Akintola was remanded yesterday in Agodi prison for allegedly raping and impregnating his daughter. Prosecutor Oluyemi Eyiaromi told the court that the girl was carrying a three-month old pregnancy for her father, who resides in a one-room apartment with her mother and other siblings.According to him,the girl said her father always come down from bed to r**e her on the mat on several occasions. She said she complained to her mother’s family but no one listened. The Chief Magistrate of Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s court, Ibadan who adjourned the case till May 11.

According to a punch report, when on Wednesday 29-year-old Saheed Badmus went to a viewing centre on Lamina Street, Egbe, Lagos State, to watch the UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Chelsea Football Club and Atletico Madrid, little did he know that was the last match he would ever watch. PUNCH Metrolearnt that the graduate of Ekiti State Polytechnic was stabbed to death by a barber identified only as Yemi, during an argument that broke out at the viewing centre. Our correspondent, who visited the scene on Thursday, observed a large crowd on the street talking about the incident. Saheed’s friends took our correspondent to a portion of the street where spinkles of Saheed’s blood could be seen. They toldPUNCH Metrothat passions were high at the viewing centre as most of the Chelsea fans were desperate to see their team qualify. It was learnt that during the match, Saheed stood up and Yemi shouted at him and told him to sit down as he was blocking him from viewing the match on...

Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog: Nigerian pleads guilty to terror charges in the US... : 33 year old Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi (pictured above) yesterday Tuesday April 29th pleaded guilty to terror charges in a US court. The Niger...

Real Madrid roared into the Champions League final as Sergio Ramos scored twice in a 3-0 win over holders Bayern Munichon Wednesday. The Spain international buried two first-half headers to put Carlo Ancelotti's side 3-0 up on aggregate before Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 15th goal in this season's tournament to wrap up the win and break Lionel Messi's record for strikes in one campaign. Ronaldo then drilled a free kick under the wall in the dying minutes of the match to cap a perfect night for the Spanish giants, who will now face Chelsea or Atletico Madrid in their first Champions League final since 2002.