Fish With Human Teeth Caught In Pond

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1 year ago

May 13, 2024

Wonders they say never end for Charlie Clinton, 11, who was fishing in a pond behind their house in Oklahoma recently, when he suddenly started yelling for his mother.

His mother reaching out to him, got a close look at Charlie’s alarmingly weird catch.

“Obviously being in a neighborhood pond, we’re used to just catching a few bass or catfish,” she said. “I mean, nothing with human-like teeth.”

It turned out that Charlie had landed a pacu, a fish that’s a cousin of the piranha and whose outsized teeth have long struck fear in swimmers. The pacu is a native of South America, but this one was swimming in a small pond in the Clintons’ suburb north of Oklahoma City.

“He said it put up a heck of a fight,” Janna revealed, saying her son reeled the fish in on his own. “He was the only one down there fishing and he did a great job.”

The Clintons posted a photo of the unusual fish to their neighborhood Facebook page and got in touch with a game warden. But before learning of its provenance, they returned the pacu to the water.

When asked what kind of bait Charlie used to entice the pacu to bite, his mother said, “You’re going to laugh. It was just a piece of bread.”

the game wardens believe the fish was a pet that outgrew its tank and was released into the wild.

41-Year-Old Woman Reportedly Commits Suicide At MFM Church Auditorium Along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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1 hour ago

July 20, 2025

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Security expert Zagazola Makama, who reported the incident on Sunday, said it occurred on Friday morning and was initially flagged by the church’s Chief Security Officer, Esiere Ekikere.

A 41-year-old woman, Benita Lurk Ikuenobe, was discovered dead in a suspected suicide inside the auditorium of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) Prayer City along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Security expert Zagazola Makama, who reported the incident on Sunday, said it occurred on Friday morning and was initially flagged by the church’s Chief Security Officer, Esiere Ekikere.

According to Ekikere, he received a distress call at approximately 7:20 a.m. alerting him to an unresponsive woman lying on the floor of the church auditorium.

Upon arriving at the scene, he found the woman motionless, with an empty bottle of a suspected poisonous substance—believed to be a popular pesticide (name withheld)—lying beside her.

According to the report, police officers visited the scene, documented it with photographs, and later transferred the body to the Real Divine Hospital morgue for autopsy.

The report also noted that efforts are underway to uncover the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Efforts by SaharaReporters to reach the state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, for comment via her mobile phone were unsuccessful.

Court convicts two for illegal tree felling, conspiracy in Kano

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2 hours ago

July 20, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

A magistrate court in Kano has convicted two men for conspiracy and illegal tree felling, in violation of the state’s environmental laws.

The conviction was disclosed in a statement by the Kano State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.

The defendants, Salihu Mukhtar and an accomplice, were sentenced on Thursday, July 17, 2025, by Justice Auwalu Yusuf of Court 2, Normasland, for cutting down a tree along Jigawa Road, Nasarawa GRA without authorization.

Prosecuting counsel, Barrister Bahijjah H. Aliyu, told the court that the defendants conspired to fell the tree illegally, breaching the Kano State Penal Code and Forestry Laws.

The court sentenced each to three months imprisonment or ₦20,000 fine for conspiracy, and six months imprisonment or ₦50,000 fine for illegal felling.

“The Ministry strongly condemns all acts of environmental vandalism, particularly illegal deforestation, which undermines the government’s efforts toward climate resilience, urban beautification, and improved air quality.” The statement partly reads.

The Commissioner for environment and climate change, Dr. Dahiru M. Hashim, reaffirmed the government’s zero-tolerance stance on deforestation. He urged the public to report environmental crimes to the appropriate channel.

Saudi royal Prince Al Waleed dies after 19 years in coma

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3 hours ago

July 20, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

Prince Al Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family often referred to as the ‘Sleeping Prince,’ has passed away nearly two decades after falling into a coma following a car crash in 2005.

A nephew of the billionaire businessman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the late prince had remained in an unresponsive state for 19 years, since being admitted to hospital following a car accident in 2005.

He became a quiet but enduring symbol of faith and resilience for many in the Arab world.

After he was confirmed dead on Saturday, family sources announced plans for his funeral scheduled to take place in Riyadh on Sunday.