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The Bayelsa State Police Command has announced the arrest and detention of a 22-year-old man, simply identified as Godwin from the Elebele Community near Yenagoa in Ogbia Local Government Area for allegedly stabbing his mother to death. PUNCH Metro gathered on Tuesday that when Godwin murdered his mother in late November, neighbours were attracted by the noise of a struggle between the woman and her son. When they rushed in, they found the woman in a pool of blood while the son was apprehended and tied with fetters. The gruesome incident that took place sometime in late November only came to light when two videos surfaced on social media this week. Community sources told PUNCH Metro that some weeks ago, Godwin returned to the town from Benin City, Edo State, where he had been receiving training at a Yahoo centre popularly referred to as HK. Another source, who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said a cleric had warned the deceased mother of the impending danger to her life from an offer of a strange gift from the son and was told to reject any such gift from the son. A source said when Godwin returned to the community, he was behaving strangely and kept away from his childhood friends while saying that one ‘Baba’ had warned him that his destiny and wealth were being held back by his deceased mother. The youth president of Elebele Community, Precious Okala, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, told our correspondent that his attention was drawn to the incident around 6.00 pm on the fateful day. Related News Bayelsa’s plans to reverse years of neglect, dormant agric potential Bayelsa accuses APC of diverting FG flood palliatives TCN promises power restoration to Bayelsa in 48 hours Okala said: “On getting to the scene, we saw the bloodied corpse of the deceased woman and his son who had been tied by the youths of the community. “We were told that since the boy came back from Benin City, Edo State, he had been behaving strangely. On the fateful day, he was reported to have had a struggle with his mother and stabbed her in the stomach with a knife. “The boy was heard saying that one ‘Baba’ had told him that the mother was in possession of his destiny and wealth.” Another community youth who refused to mention his name told PUNCH Metro that Godwin’s strange behaviour since his return included distancing himself from his friends and cooking food for the mother which he had done before, which she refused to eat. The killer-son was however handed over to policemen from the Kolo Division of the Bayelsa State Police Command. Confirming the incident on Monday night, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Musa Mohammed, said the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a detailed investigation. He said, “The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for detailed investigation.”
NEW YORK — A slide for market superstar Nvidia on Monday knocked Wall Street off its big rally and helped drag U.S. stock indexes down from their records. The Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 0.6%, coming off its 57th all-time high of the year so far. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite pulled back 0.6% from its own record. Nvidia’s fall of 2.5% was by far the heaviest weight on the S&P 500 after China said it’s investigating the company over suspected violations of Chinese anti-monopoly laws. Nvidia has skyrocketed to become one of Wall Street’s most valuable companies because its chips are driving much of the world’s move into artificial-intelligence technology. That gives its stock’s movements more sway on the S&P 500 than nearly every other. Nvidia’s drop overshadowed gains in Hong Kong and for Chinese stocks trading in the United States on hopes that China will deliver more stimulus for the world’s second-largest economy. Roughly 3 in 7 of the stocks in the S&P 500 also rose. The week’s highlight for Wall Street will arrive midweek, when the latest updates on inflation arrive. Economists expect Wednesday’s report to show the inflation that U.S. consumers are feeling remained stuck at close to last month’s level. A separate report Thursday, meanwhile, could show an acceleration in inflation at the wholesale level. They’re the last big pieces of data the Federal Reserve will get before its meeting next week on interest rates. The widespread expectation is still that the central bank will cut its main interest rate for the third time this year. The Fed has been easing its main interest rate from a two-decade high since September to offer more help for the slowing job market, after bringing inflation nearly all the way down to its 2% target. Lower interest rates can ease the brakes off the economy, but they can also offer more fuel for inflation. Expectations for a series of cuts from the Fed have been a major reason the S&P 500 has set so many all-time highs this year. “Investors should enjoy this rally while it lasts — there’s little on the horizon to disrupt the momentum through year-end,” said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, though he warns stocks could stumble soon because of how overheated they’ve gotten. On Wall Street, Interpublic Group rose 3.6% after rival Omnicom said it would buy the marketing and communications firm in an all-stock deal. The pair had combined revenue of $25.6 billion last year. Omnicom, meanwhile, sank 10.2%. Macy’s climbed 1.8% after an activist investor, Barington Capital Group, called on the retailer to buy back at least $2 billion of its own stock over the next three years and make other moves to help boost its share price. Super Micro Computer rose 0.5% after saying it got an extension that will keep its stock listed on the Nasdaq through Feb. 25, as it works to file its delayed annual report and other required financial statements. This month, the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board after the resignation of its public auditor. All told, the S&P 500 fell 37.42 points to 6,052.85. The Dow dipped 240.59 points to 44,401.93, and the Nasdaq composite lost 123.08 points to close at 19,736.69. In the oil market, a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude rallied 1.7% to $68.37 after the overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, who sought asylum in Moscow. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 1.4% to $72.14 per barrel. The price of gold also rose 1% to $2,685.80 per ounce amid the uncertainty created by the end of the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule. In stock markets abroad, the Hang Seng jumped 2.8% in Hong Kong after top Chinese leaders agreed on a “moderately loose” monetary policy for the world’s second-largest economy. That’s a shift away from a more cautious, “prudent” stance for the first time in 10 years. A major planning meeting this week could also bring more stimulus for the Chinese economy. U.S.-listed stocks of several Chinese companies climbed, including a 12.4% jump for electric-vehicle company Nio and a 7.4% rise for Alibaba Group. Stocks in Shanghai, though, were roughly flat. In Seoul, South Korea’s Kospi slumped 2.8% as the fallout continues from President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief declaration of martial law last week in the midst of a budget dispute. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.19% from 4.15% late Friday. Choe writes for the Associated Press. AP business writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed to this report.Reports claiming man travelled 250 km hiding on train’s wheel axle ‘fake’: Railways
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Ukrainian news outlets say Russian troops are closing in on Pokrovsk, an eastern city that is considered a key logistical hub for the Ukrainian military. The Kyiv Post and Kyiv Independent newspapers reported Friday that Russian troops control areas 5 kilometers or less from Pokrovsk, a city of about 60,000 in Ukraine's Donetsk region. On the positive side for Ukraine, the Independent , citing the DeepState monitoring group that tracks the Russia-Ukraine war, reports that Ukrainian forces have resisted Russian assaults on several other Donetsk locales in recent days. Earlier Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had launched one of the largest assaults to date on his nation's energy infrastructure, sending 93 missiles and nearly 200 attack drones against the nation. In a report from his X social media account, Zelenskyy said Ukraine's air defenses managed to shoot down 81 of the missiles, including 11 cruise missiles shot down by Ukraine's F-16 fighter aircraft. The Ukrainian president said there was at least one North Korean missile used in the attack. In his comments, Zelenskyy lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying of the attack, "This is Putin's 'peaceful' plan — to destroy everything. This is how he wants 'negotiations' — terrorizing millions of people." Zelenskyy also called for a strong reaction from world leaders: "a massive strike — a massive reaction. This is the only way to stop terror," he said. Zelensky said if world leaders hesitate to react, "Putin takes it as permission to continue. Patriots are needed to shoot down these missiles and prove that terror will not achieve its goal." He also called for stronger sanctions against Russia to hamper missile production. The Ukrainian president said he discussed the attack later Friday in a telephone call with Finnish President Alexander Stubb. He said Stubb expressed his readiness to help enhance Ukraine's air defenses as well as Finland's strong support for "Ukraine's sovereign right to choose its own future without external interference, including our choice to join the EU and NATO." Some information for this report came from The Associated Press and Reuters.Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing charged with murder in New York, court records showWhat channel is the Duke vs. Arizona game today (11/22/24)? College basketball FREE LIVE STREAM, time, TV channel
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