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Ifeoma Ossai, a 33-year-old single lady, has been arrested for the murder of her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Surulere Oladele, over a minor disagreement over the electricity bill. Ossai, who was said to be enraged during the argument, allegedly thrust both hands into her landlord’s private part and grabbed the manhood, pulling him unconscious to the ground. The landlord was immediately rushed to the State General Hospital Ota, according to Ogun Police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi, but a doctor on duty confirmed his death. According to Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (SP), the suspect was apprehended after one Olaleye Taiwo reported…

Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has expressed concern about the recent spate of fires in some communities and markets across the country. Ahmed, who expressed his concern in an Abuja statement on Monday, urged all stakeholders to use insurance companies to protect their property and businesses. He emphasized the importance of Nigerians reducing fire disasters and the associated human and material losses across the country. “Fire, like any other disaster, has been part of human existence, but the frequency and impacts of this in recent weeks has necessitated a serious concern and call for…

Chukwudi Ogbonna, the Accord Party candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly in the March 18 election, has been kidnapped. Mr. Ogbonna was reportedly kidnapped on Monday night while driving in his car in Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt, when gunmen forced him to stop and whisked him away in his car. Ifeaka Nwakiri, the candidate’s cousin’s brother, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Tuesday morning. Rivers: Labour Party appoints Hilda Dokubo as chairman “They took him with his Mercedes car. We have reported the matter at the Kala Police station.”

According to the document seen by journalists, India plans to force smartphone makers to allow the removal of pre-installed apps and mandate the screening of major operating system updates under proposed new security rules. The new rules, the details of which have not previously been reported, could cause delays in the world’s No.2 smartphone market and result in business losses from pre-installed apps for players such as Samsung (005930. KS), Xiaomi (1810. HK), Vivo, and Apple (AAPL.O). India’s IT ministry is considering these new rules amid concerns about spying and abuse of user data, said a senior government official, one…

Following the River Benue’s rogue activities during the rainy season, the Federal Government is relocating 10,000 people from the Mosun Community in the Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi. During a tour of the affected communities in Mosun, Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, the managing director of the Hydro-Electricity Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), made this known. Yelwa claimed that the need to relocate the affected communities arose as a result of the negative effects of the 2022 flood, which forced villagers to flee their homes for safety. HYPPADEC MD Yelwa and Chairman of Kogi LGA, Alhaji Mohammed Dan-Asabe “We will…

Roland Okajere, 36, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Center by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Ogba, Lagos State, for allegedly molesting his 18-year-old daughter inside of his shop in the state’s Ikotun neighborhood. Following the defendant’s Monday arraignment on a charge that the police have filed against him that borders on rape, the magistrate, Mr. L. A. Owolabi, issued the order. Inspector Esther Igbineweka, the police prosecutor, informed the court that the defendant committed the crime on January 4, 2023. The prosecutor claims that the offense committed is punishable in accordance with Section 260 of the Lagos State…

China announced Wednesday that it will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in three years, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, by restoring the issuance of all types of visas. The removal of this last cross-border control measure imposed to protect against COVID-19 comes after authorities declared victory over the virus last month. The boost to the tourism industry should help rekindle a $17 trillion economy that experienced one of the slowest rates of growth in nearly half a century last year. Areas in China that did not require visas prior to the pandemic will…

JAMB has changed the date of the mock exam for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), which was originally slated for Thursday, March 16. According to Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, the change was required as a result of the governorship elections being postponed from March 11 to March 18 and was made public to the media on Monday in Abuja. “Candidates who registered early and indicated their willingness to take the exam would be notified as to when to print their Mock-UTME notification slips, which would contain their centres and other details. “The Mock-UTME…

The Senate Clerk, Mr. Chinedu Akubueze, has announced that the Senate will reconvene in plenary on Tuesday (March 21). According to a statement made by Akubueze on Monday in Abuja, the plenary was moved from March 14 to March 21. He said: “This is to inform all Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that the resumption of the Senate in Plenary has been rescheduled from Tuesday, March 14 to Tuesday, March 21. “All senators are by this notice requested to resume sitting in plenary on Tuesday, March 21, by 10 a.m prompt.” The Senate had on March 2, suspended…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday that talks were underway to “resolve” the fate of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda” and is currently serving a 25-year sentence in Rwanda on terrorism charges. Rusesabagina was sentenced in September 2021 for his ties to an anti-Kagame organization. He denied all charges and refused to participate in the trial, which he and his supporters denounced as a political sham. Washington has designated him as “wrongfully detained,” in part due to a lack of fair trial guarantees. Rusesabagina has permanent residency in the United…