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How herdsmen invaded Enugu, killed seminarian (GRAPHIC)

By Henry Umoru, Joseph Erunke, Francis Igata & Rotimi Ojomoyela Pregnant woman’s stomach ripped open; four severely injured Ugwuanyi summons emergence security meeting Catholic bishop laments state of insecurity We are at a loss —Traditional ruler It’s a black Thursday—Caretaker Chairman World Bank contractor’s son, 3 others drown in Ekiti ENUGU—Four months after herdsmen invaded Nimbo village in Enugu State, killing and maiming the villagers, another village in the same state was, yesterday, attacked by, at least, 50 herdsmen leaving death and tears in their wake. The invaded village was Ndiagu,Attakwu, Akegbe-Ugwu in Nkanu-West Local Government Area of the state. Some of the victims include 26-year-old Seminarian, Lazarus Nwafor, on a year apostolic work, who was slaughtered and a six month pregnant woman whose stomach was ripped open.

The Healthiest Vegetable We Have Completely Forgotten!

Many experts around the world think that this is probably the healthiest vegetable in the world – and, unfortunately, we’ve completely forgotten it! And, here comes the million-dollar question – what’s the name of this super healthy vegetable? Well, that’s easy to answer – we’re talking about watercress! Just take a look at the article below and find out more about this amazing vegetable! Watercress – Facts You Must Know:

More pressures on Naira, depreciates to N410/ USD

A fresh pressure has come on the Naira exchange rate with the local currency depreciating to N410/ USD1, a whopping N8 loss in the parallel market as apprehension continued over the banning of some banks from the interbank foreign exchange market. The currency also dipped further at the interbank market closing at N316.8/ USD1 as against N315.9 the previous day. The currency had lost N5 and N10.4 to the USDollar in the parallel and interbank market segments respectively a day after the ban was ordered by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Banks’ forex dealers, however, told Vanguard that the renewed pressure on the Naira had more to do with scarcity than the ban placed on some banks.