The ‘Ember Months’ Are Here! Check Out 5 Life-changing Things To Do This September – Many Don’t Like No. 2

Largely regarded as the first in the line of “ember” months, September ushers in the last quarter of the year. Despite the heavy downpours and waterlogged thoroughfares, we at Jumia Travel are super excited to welcome the month as it not only heralds a chain of festivals, shows and celebrations as well as offer a prime opportunity to pack up and plan a getaway, but it is also the perfect time to opt for a life-changing experience.

There is way too much pressure in January to make resolutions and stick to them or engage in life-changing activities; so, why not try in September? Gird your loins, here are 5 life-changing things you should definitely try to do all through this September.

1. Laugh for five minutes every morning

This may seem utterly ridiculous scheduling time for laughter every morning for 30 days; however, it certainly yields a life changing experience. Not only do you stand to gain immense physiological and psychological benefits, researchers believe that laughter just might be the best medicine, helping you not only shed off depression but burn calories, too. Research shows that 10-15 minutes of laughter actually burns 50 calories. Basically, laughing for just a couple of minutes every day could be a serious game-changer for your everyday mood and total physique.

2. Read a book a week

Reading has a significant number of benefits. From mental stimulation to stress reduction, vocabulary expansion improved focus and concentration as well as analytical skills; reading regularly at least one book per week for the whole of September would certainly change your life. Rather than focus on tweets, Facebook updates, and Instagram, go to Jumia.com right now and order 4 books. A book can expedite a major change in how you work, live or love.

3. Write and keep a journal

A majority of people get put off by the idea of journaling, but in reality, it is one of the most effective ways to know yourself and fill your inner well with self-love and self-knowledge. Not only will journaling help you keep track of how you progress in within the month, it instills in you a level of positivity, which if you can adopt and maintain for the rest of your life, you can acquire true happiness.

4. Go to a new place every day

Ensuring you visit and explore a new place every day for the 30 days in September seems far-fetched and even daunting, but it can be achieved. You really do not have to go as far as another state, city or even just another street. You can go to places as simple and random as a toilet in a different department/floor. The entire experience transforms you, instilling confidence and rekindling your adventure spirit.

5. Explore Your Spirituality

No matter your age, sex or race, you are bound to have a level of interest in spirituality. Spirituality is not just a tool to help us rise above the common challenges of life. It is also a means to realize our potential as human beings. Spend the whole of September asking yourself tough questions and listening every day for the answers. The specific answers to the questions you find yourself asking are not important as the question. The question makes you think deeper and sees life differently.

Too Sad: Man burned to death in...

Man burned to death in Jos [Graphic Photo]

A man believed to be about 90 years old has been burnt to death in a fire that engulfed his home after he lit a charcoal stove to keep warm.

An elderly man has been lost his life in a fire which engulfed his home in the Alheri area of Jos Pleateau State.

The man believed to be in his 90's identified simply as Pa Danielis reported to have lit a charcoal stove in a bid to keep warm against the cold weather which is prevalent in the state.

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Sparks from the fire are reported to have fallen on a clothing which quickly caught fire and soon engulfed the whole house,Daily Post reports.

Pa Daniel who has been residing alone was burnt to death in the fire outrage.May his soul rest in peace.

See How Bags Of Rice Were Smuggled As Corpses In...

See How Bags Of Rice Were Smuggled As Corpses In Ambulance

Smugglers operating at the Badagry-Seme border tried a fast one on operatives of the Nigeria Customs by packaging smuggled rice as dead bodies.

The mobile patrol team leader, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Mr. Ozah M., said the team noticed the frequency with which the said ambulance was patronising the international route with the ‘dead body,’ a development they thought was becoming alarming. They stopped the ambulance, a Volvo with number plates DV 74 EKY, for proper examination. The ambulance was discovered to be carrying eleven bags of imported rice that was carefully arranged and wrapped as corpses, leading to the arrest of a suspected smuggler, Mr. Moses Degbogbahun, who brought in the commodity.

Pastor burned to death fixing...

Pastor burned to death fixing generator

A pastor in Umuahia has lost his life to an inferno caused by a generator while trying to fix the faulty generator.

Mr Ogbonnaya Nta, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Abia, has confirmed the death of Mr Chinweoda Ndubuisi, a pastor with Foursquare Gospel Church in Umuahia, the Abia capital.

Nta told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Thursday that Ndubuisi, who was in his early 40s, died in an explosion from a faulty generator in his residence.

He said that Ndubuisi was trapped in the fire resulting from the explosion which occurred in the presence of a generator repairer while trying to fix the generator.

Nta said that the incident occurred at Plot 100, Nkwerre Street, Umuahia, on Wednesday evening.

He said that the deceased engaged the repairer to work on the generating set and that it suddenly caught fire while they were still trying to kick-start it.

According to the PPRO, fire and smoke engulfed the corner under a staircase, where the generator was securely chained to an iron
protector.
He said that while the repairer, who reportedly stood close to the exit door managed to escape, the deceased could not.

A friend of the deceased told NAN on the condition of anonymity on phone that although his neighbours rallied round to put out the fire, it was difficult to rescue the deceased.

He said that efforts made to drag the burning generator from under the staircase by the rescue team were unsuccessful because it was chained.

"By the time the fire was put out completely, the man was already dead," Nta said, adding that his remains were later taken to a mortuary after he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.

"He died on the spot from burns and suffocation from the generator fume," he said.

NAN learnt that the repairer sustained minor burns on his hands and other parts of his body and was taken to an undisclosed hospital in the area. 

Man arrested with human hand in...

Man arrested with human hand in Osun

A man has been arrested after a mutilated human hand was found in his possession in Osun State, joining a long list of ritual related incidents in the country.

An unidentified man has been arrested in Osun State over his possession of a mutilated human hand.The suspect is yet to reveal the circumstances surrounding the human part found with him but is alleged to have confessed to killing a 25-year-old man.

ALSO READ: 2 suspects arrested with human parts

In recent times, ritual killings seem to have skyrocketed as people are being caught with human parts or in the process of getting human parts.

We hope that the suspect faces the full extent of the law.

See Heartbreaking Obituary Poster Of Man Who Was Killed By His Business Partner In...

This is very sad news!..Kingsley Agbaire, a businessman based in Warri, Delta State, who murdered his associate, Lawrence Okoh, has cried out to the ghost of the deceased to forgive him and stop haunting him.

Okoh, a vehicle parts dealer based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was reportedly murdered by Kingsley when he went to Warri to supply him with some parts. It was reported that Agbaire deceived him to his house and killed him on August 4, 2016, two days after he went to make the supplies.

According to the State Police Command, Agbaire had allegedly killed his friend and buried him a deepless grave but the secret was found out when Okoh’s wife raised an alarm over her missing husband and father of young twin children.

The 51-year-old deceased, was an indigene of Ubulu-Uku community in Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State. His death has thrown his family into confusion as they keep wondering why Agbaire would kill him for no reason at all.

A member of the Okoh family, James Okoh, who brought the deceased up, said:

“In the morning on Wednesday, August 3, Lawrence was surprised when he woke up and discovered that four of the items he brought were missing.

He also noticed that Kingsley and his friend were no longer in the house. He put a call through to one of his friends, Callus and told him what he discovered.

On hearing this, Callus reminded him of his warning that people from that particular area were very dangerous. He asked him to return with the remaining goods. But Kingsley and his friend returned and asked him to be patient, saying that they were going out to look for money.

Lawrence waited for them until they returned at night. That night, at about 8pm, was the last time he spoke with his wife.

His wife said he had stayed too long in Warri, asking Kingsley to send the number of the man he went to, which he did.

He also sent the number to Callus through text message. He later sent a message to his wife that Lawrence and his friend had collected his ATM card, shoes, and clothes. That was the last time his wife and friend heard from him as he became unreachable after that.

At about 12.30 p.m. on Thursday, August 4, I was called and informed that they had not been able to communicate with Lawrence. Callus and Lawrence’s wife, Nneka, said when they called the number he gave them, the voice at the other end kept saying ‘wrong number’.

Callus also continued calling but Kingsley kept terminating his calls. This raised Callus’s suspicion and he called me that he suspected something had gone wrong.

After raising some cash, my younger brother and I left Ibadan, Oyo State, for Warri on Monday, August 8. We went to Warri Area Commander and narrated what happened.

He gave us a team which started work immediately. The detectives were able to locate Lawrence’s residence and they arrested him.

During police investigation, Kingsley confessed that he broke Lawrence’s SIM card when he was being pestered with frequent calls from the family. When they asked him of my brother’s whereabouts, he said Lawrence left his house in annoyance when he told him that the goods he brought were not genuine parts.

That was how we started trying to unravel what happened to Lawrence. Callus came from Port Harcourt and we went to the spare parts market in Warri. Fortunately, Callus has a brother within the market who said some of the goods described by Callus were brought to him, though he did not buy.

The brother was the one who went round the market to ask those who purchased the spare parts to get the person who sold to them because the owner was missing.

The buyers went to the police station and when Kingsley was brought out, he only stared, as he could not utter a word.

The people identified him as the one who sold the spare parts to them. When asked whether the people’s claim was true, Kingsley admitted, folding his arms on his head forlornly.

The police asked for Lawrence’s whereabouts again but all he could say was ‘please, have mercy on me.’ This happened on Friday, August 19, 15 days after Lawrence had been killed.

We were taken to the Area Commander and he asked him again: ‘where is Lawrence?’ Kingsley replied that he should be given two days to produce him. Lawrence’s wife knelt and begged him to disclose her husband’s whereabouts and he promised a week again.

That was when we told him he was lying. The Area Commander asked all of us to leave his office except police detectives; that was when Kingsley confessed that my brother was dead. When asked how he died, he confessed that he and one other man, Kennedy, killed him.

He said they killed him by smashing a bottle on his head. He spoke further that his victim could not cry for help because he was weak by then. He did not disclose what he did to render him weak.

He said after the killing, they buried Lawrence at the backyard of the building beside his house, and that his partner in crime fled to Ghana afterward.

That was how Kingsley killed my younger brother for nothing. We are suspecting that they removed his body parts which were taken to Ghana by his partner in crime.”

It was reported that the goods Okoh took to Warri for the supply was worth N1.6 million. Okoh was said to have being in business with Kingsley about eight years before his brutal killing and had supplied him spare parts while the latter was in Lagos State and the former stayed in Ibadan.

It was reported that when the police went to exhume the body which was buried in a dump site face down, Kingsley was reported to have pleaded with the police to loosen his handcuff so that he could could beg for forgiveness. He said he could see see the spirit of the deceased in the midst of the people.

At a point, Kingsley reportedly cried:

“Lawrence, forgive me o. It was the devil that pushed me into killing you. You did not offend me in anyway. Please forgive me.”

Left picture: Kingsley Agbaire the killer
Right Picture: Late lawrence funeral

Land grabbers arrested for murder in...

Land grabbers arrested for murder in Ogun

Two land grabbers who allegedly murdered a man in Ogun State have been arrested by the state police command.

Two land grabbers, popularly known as 'Omo Onile'(owners of the land), Sharafa Adeyemi and Sunday Jamiu, have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing one Taofeek Bakare, on Baba Ode Liasu Road, Ilogbo, in the Sango Ota area of the state.

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In a release signed by the Command's Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested at about 3am on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, after policemen from the Sango Area Command got a tip-off that land grabbers were about to launch another attack on Ilogbo village and its environs.

“The Area Commander, ACP Adegoke Fayode, led  his men to the place on the order of the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, and arrested Sharafa Adeyemi (43) and Sunday Jamiu (41).

Items recovered from them include one double-barrelled gun, one single-barrelled gun, 94 live cartridges, and charms.”

Also Read: "Ambode: Governor signs law against land grabbing"

The PPRO added that the Commissioner of Police had ordered the transfer of the case to the command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation, while a manhunt has been mounted for the alleged leader of the group, identified as Baale Sowole.