Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested 31-year-old Glory Dan, for the murder of her 75-year-old father, Mr. Bassey Udo.

The murder was said to have been reported to the police by the village head of Mbiakpan Atan, Chief Linus Okon, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Cordelia Nwawe, said on Tuesday that the crime was initially reported at ‘D’ Division Itam on May 10 and was subsequently transferred to SCID, Uyo on May 16 for investigation.

She said the complainant alleged that on May 10, at 1940hrs, he was in his house, when he received a call from one of his subjects that the suspect, one Glory Dan, female, broke into her father’s room, hit him (father) on the head with an object that caused his death.

Nwawe stated that following the report, the complainant and witnesses made their statements and revealed that the deceased was living alone in his house.

“That on May 10, at about 19:40 hours, the suspect armed with a stick, broke into the deceased’s room and hit him to death. They concluded that they heard the deceased screaming in his room; ‘Don’t kill me’.

“The suspect was arrested, cautioned and charged. She volunteered a statement confessing to the crime of murder. She stated further that she attacked the deceased because he was a wizard and also responsible for the death of her five children and two husbands,” she said.

Glory said, “My father has been responsible for the death of all my children, including my two husbands. It was my mother who revealed it to me in a dream when I washed my face and went to her tombstone and cried to her.”

[Punch Metro]

A preliminary autopsy report on late Ronke Shonde has said the victim was not killed by the marks of violence on her.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the result, which was still sketchy, showed that the cause of the death might be more complex than earlier thought.

Lekan, 51, allegedly beat his wife, Ronke, to death at their home in the Egbeda-Idimu area of the state last Thursday.

He instead accused Ronke of sleeping with one Kayode, the general manager of a publishing company where she worked as the human resources manager.

A source on Tuesday said the report was still being compiled, adding that only a phase had been completed.

He said, “As of now, the report showed that the marks of violence on the victim have nothing to do with her death. Other areas are still being explored. The actual thing that killed her has not been stated.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the police had yet to get the report.

She said, “I just spoke with the people in charge now and they said the result is not complete yet. I will advise we exercise patience and caution. The police are also monitoring the case and we intend to get the report soon. This will be disclosed to the public.”

Meanwhile, the management of Learn Africa, the publishing firm where Ronke and Kayode worked, said on Tuesday that the duo left the firm in March.

A statement from the company on Tuesday, said both Ronke and Kayode left the employ of the organisation on the 8th and 10th of March 2016, respectively.

The statement read in part,

“Late Mrs. Ronke Shonde and Mr. Kayode Oluokun were former employees of Learn Africa Plc. However, as of the time of Mrs. Shonde’s death, they had ceased to be workers of Learn Africa Plc since the 8th and 10th of March 2016, respectively.

“During the period of their employment, the management is not in a position to confirm or deny the existence of a relationship between these former employees in any other capacity other than as colleagues.”

It appears the threat of an immediate shutdown of the economy may have been averted as the Federal Government and the Joe Ajaero-led faction of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) have agreed to set up a joint technical committee to review the new fuel pump price band of N135-N145 within the next two weeks, Vanguard reports.

The NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had in a communiqué Saturday given the government a three-day ultimatum to reverse the sudden hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or face a nationwide lockdown.

However, after two rounds of meetings that began on Monday, both parties resolved to set up a committee that would work towards setting up a new pricing template for petrol as well as reviewing the current national minimum wage of N18, 000 which, according to labour, is not in tune with the prevailing economic situation in the country.

Meanwhile, the National Industrial Court (NIC) earlier today ruled against any strike action by organized labour, pending the determination of an ex parte application by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) asking the court to prevent labour from embarking on any ‘inimical’ nationwide strike.

The National Industrial Court has asked the Nigeria Labour Congress to suspend its planned strike pending the determination of a suit filed by the Attorney general of the Federation challenging the move.

Details later.

A Brooklyn man is charged with MURDER – after he brutally murdered the person who his estranged wife was dating. It turns out, his wife’s new lover was a female.

Alwasi Tyson, 35, was ordered held without bail and put on suicide watch at his arraignment in Brooklyn. He is expected to be charged with murder.

Alwasi and his wife were separated, and she began dating a woman – 22-year-old Toni Cox. On Saturday night, Alwasi decided to confront Toni – with a deadly weapon.

Police say that Toni was partying in a sixth-floor apartment, four floors above her own place when Tyson allegedly confronted her.

His children, ages 16, 13, 12 and 11, watched as he hit and kicked Cox and stabbed her in the chest, according to a criminal complaint.

Toni was pronounced dead at the scene.

An evil nanny who disappeared with the toddler son of her employers has been arrested and the boy returned to safety.

Covenant Bassey, the nanny, who abducted one-year-old David Robinson in Calabar, has been arrested by the police after a manhunt.

Bassey had fled her employer’s home in the Satellite Town area of Calabar on Friday, taking David along and carting away other valuables.

David’s mum, Mrs. Uche Robinson, confirmed the arrest of Bassey and rescue of her son in a Facebook post.

The post read:

“David has been found Hallelujah… I want to say a very big thank you to all who showed concern with their prayers, test messages, media post/shares and tags during this hard time of looking for my son.

“David and the nanny were found today at Trailer Park, Onne, where she was trying to sell the baby…”

The beggars in their hundreds, under the aegis of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, on Monday stormed the Government House, Kaduna, demanding the withdrawal of the anti-begging law until Governor Nasir el-Rufai fulfils his campaign promises.

The law, passed by the state house of assembly, has since been assented to by the governor, and is awaiting implementation.

According to Premium Times, the beggars were however prevented from gaining entry into the premises of the Government House by security operatives, who on spotting them, quickly mobilised themselves.

The operatives stationed an Amoured Personnel Carrier at the entrance a few meters away from the main gate, while armed policemen who arrived in eight Hilux vans took strategic positions around the premises with a view to forestalling outbreak of law and order.

However, the beggars, during the protest, lamented that the governor was yet to keep his campaign promise he made to them in 2015 that if elected he would make adequate arrangement for their upkeep before banning street begging.

Their spokesperson, Muntari Sale, expressed dismay over the ‎nonchalant attitude he said the governor and lawmakers exhibited towards people living with disability and vowed not to relent in their efforts until the governor fulfilled his promise.

“We demand that the governor of the state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and members of the State House of Assembly to fulfil the promises they made to us during their campaign while seeking for votes from us,” he said.

“The Governor promised us that he will not ban street begging until he makes adequate arrangement for our upkeep and welfare.

“He promised that 30 per cent of our members would be giving ‎employment anytime the state government has a programme running which has not been met, he also promised to provide for the sick, educate our children and employ those in different skills with a view to easing the suffering of the people living with disability.”

Mr. Sale recounted that the same law submitted by the governor to the legislature had been enacted in Kano, Edo, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, but that it did not work.

Stating that begging was their only means of livelihood, he stressed that the law would not work in Kaduna because the state government had not made adequate arrangement for the beggars.

He said,

“This law was passed in Kano, Edo and Lagos states as well as the FCT and they did not succeed, the government has not made adequate arrangements for us and yet it wants to ban us from our only source of livelihood.

“We are human beings like everyone, the way everybody is delivering children, that is the same way we are, the way people marry is the way we marry and the way parents try to educate their children is the same way we try to educate ours.

“He promised to employ our children, unfortunately, he has employed people in the Kaduna State Traffic and Environmental Law Enforcement Agency (KASTELEA), but none of our children were employed. He also employed street sweepers and none of our children were employed. They employed women to cook food for state schools the school feeding programme, yet none of our wives or children have benefited.

“The way every individual used their thumb to voted for El-Rufai, that is the way people living with disability also voted for him, including the deaf, dumb, blind and cripples.”

Mr. Sale called for the removal of the present Special Assistant to the Governor on Disability, saying he was responsible for their predicaments.

He accused the governor’s aide of not fighting for the cause of the people living with disability.

The Special Assistant to the Governor on Stakeholders, Abdullahi Bayero, who received the beggars, explained that the governor could not meet them in person because he was in a meeting.

He appealed to them to be patient.

Mr. Bayero further asked them to select five representatives that would table their demands to the state governor since all of them could not be allowed into the Government House for security reasons.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will fix cut-off points for all courses for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on June 2.

JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin who disclosed this on Monday in a statement said the policy meeting which is for the exercise will be presided by the Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.

He added:

“This year’s meeting is scheduled to hold on June 2. Nationally accepted cut-off marks would be decided and issued Federal Government guidelines and regulations would be articulated and decision taken; even as it would x-ray the performance of subsequent years to put checks and balances.

“The very important meeting has policy makers, the Heads of all tertiary institutions, the Vice-Chancellors, Rectors, Provost, Registrars and relevant stakeholders like the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Youth Service Corps and others in attendance.

“The Honorable Minister places much important on this assembly and has categorically made it clear that he won’t tolerate a situation where decision reached would be flagrantly disobeyed or not adhered to strictly.

“Some of this decision borders on admissions deadlines and quota system which some institutions has failed to comply with and other sharp practices capable of undermining the entire admission process.

“JAMB commends the Honorable Minister for his effort at sanitizing the sector and ensuring that the lost glory of education are returned and restored, while noting that these efforts would no doubt manifest great results in no distance time.

“JAMB wishes to use this medium to urge the public to follow this process keenly and also note that cut-off points in particular are as usual a minimum score pruning mechanisms and institutions are at liberty to go higher depending on their peculiarities.

“JAMB also commends the Honorable Minister for his efforts so far in ensuring that the lost glory of education are returned.

“The Minister’s insistence on due process and support for the transformation in the Board and the entire educational system will no doubt manifest great results in no distance time,” He noted.

A 27-year-old man, Mfom John has stabbed his twin brother, Isreal John to death. The incident happened at Olorunkemi Street in the Somolu area of Lagos State.

It was gathered that Mfom stabbed the victim more than 70 times in different parts of the body on Monday until he died.

It was gathered that the suspect had always threatened to kill Israel whenever they had disagreements. So on the fateful day, he carried out the threat around 6am while the victim slept and a third occupant of the room, Christopher, was in the kitchen.

According to Punch, the Akwa Ibom State indigene reportedly stabbed his brother in the neck, head, armpit and stomach till he died.
He was said to have fled to Ogunbadejo, a neighbouring street, to report to an uncle that his brother had sustained serious injuries during a fight.

It was also gathered that he followed the uncle and his wife to the house around 7am, as a team of policemen from the Pedro division, were removing the corpse.

Christopher, who was being interrogated at that moment, reportedly pointed out the culprit to the police, leading to his arrest.

He said, “The room where they stayed was formerly occupied by their elder brother, and he passed it on to his sister. The sister, after living there for some years, passed it to them.

“The two brothers were working in a restaurant owned by their brother in the Abiodun area. While Mfom cooked the food, Israel washed the plates.

“On Sunday when they returned from work, they had a party to celebrate a new generator they bought. Around 6am on Monday, while Israel was sleeping, Mfom got a knife and stabbed him all over the body. At a particular spot, he stabbed him more than 15 times. There were more than 70 stab wounds on him.”

Speaking on the matter, a relative, who did not identify herself, said after killing his brother, the suspect went to his uncle’s house, where she also stays, to report the incident.

“We asked him what happened, he just said there was a fight in the house and his brother had been injured. As we approached the house, we saw two police vans. The policemen brought out a body that was covered with wrapper.

“That was when Christopher told the police that it was Mfom who killed his brother. The police then arrested him,” she said.

However, some of the residents believe that Christopher knows more that he told the police because the suspect had told him he would ensure his brother did not go to work that morning.

The elder brother of the men, however, said the duo had been a thorn in his flesh. He said, “I planned to set up businesses for them. But since I brought them from the village, it has been from one trouble to another. I have never had rest. I never knew this would happen. I don’t know how I will inform my mother in the village now.”

The corpse of the victim had been deposited at the Mainland General Hospital morgue, while the suspect had been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident.

She said, “The suspect stabbed the victim to death while sleeping at about 6.30am on Olorunkemi Street, Bariga. The case has been transferred to the SDCI.”

It has been reported that a 24-year old nursing mother identified as Yewande Busari, was electrocuted in Lagos with her 1-year-old son named Pamilerin strapped to her back on May 6. The child however survived.

It was gathered that the tragedy was caused by electrical wires sticking out of a streetlight pole where Yetunde who reportedly did not use the pedestrian bridge was trying to cross the highway at the Oshodi area of Lagos state.

The young baby who has since being discharged from a hospital, is currently with his paternal grandparents.

The baby’s father, Lekan Akorede, told SaharaReporters.

“Since the accident, he has not stopped crying. Pamilerin was very fond of his mother and has refused to breastfeed from other mums who had offered to help.”

According to report, the streetlight pole that caused the tragedy was said to have carried the menace of live wires sticking for a while but was left unattended by the government and the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company in charge of it.

Tunde Busari, an elder brother of the deceased in a phone conversation with a reporter, lamented the nonchalance of the government and the electrical company in charge of the streetlights.

“We have not heard anything from the government or seen anybody from them since my sister died. It was a government property that killed my sister, but nobody has come to pay us a visit,” he said.