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Man beats wife to death for sleeping with their neighbour
Ogun State Police Command has arrested One Femi Adebowale for beating his wife, Kuburat Adebowale aged 37 to death.
The incident took place on the 17th of July 2017, at the resident of the couple at No.15 Campbell Street Agbado in Ifo local Govt area of the State.
This was stated in a release signed by the police public relation officer, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi for the Commissioner of Police and obtained by Amiloaded correspondent.
The release started that the arrest of the suspect was as a result of a complaint from the younger brother of the deceased, one Shakiru Alao who reported at Agbado Division that his elder sister has been beaten to death by the husband over allegation of adultery.
Upon his complaint, the DPO Agbado, CSP Sunday Omonijo led his men to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
According to the release, the suspect in his statement, alleged that the deceased had been involved in act of infidelity for quite some time to the extent that she was dating their next door neighbor.
The suspect explained that on the fateful day, the deceased asked him for money to spend on her younger brother’s naming ceremony and he gave her the sum of #10,000 but the deceased insisted that the money was not enough.
Adebowale added that It was her adulterous practice that made him refused to give her more money which was the genesis of the fight that resulted to her death.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has ordered the case to be transferred to Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspect.
The body of the deceased has also been deposited at Ifo General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
The CP warned that the Command would not tolerate any form of domestic violence. He also advised couples to desist from resulting to violence whenever they have disagreement in their homes.
China’s People’s Liberation Army will send troops to Russia to participate in the “East-2022” drills.
The East-2022 is also called the Vostok-2022 and this was disclosed by the Chinese Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, according to CNN.
“China’s participation in the exercise is aimed at deepening practical and friendly cooperation with the armies of the participating countries,” the ministry added.
It further explained that the Asian giants’ participation would enhance the level of strategic cooperation among countries involved.
The exercise would further strengthen the ability to respond to various security threats, according to the defense ministry.
It, however, added that the exercise is unrelated to the current international and regional situation.
Other nations to join in the exercise are India, Belarus, Tajikistan, Mongolia and other countries.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of three additional orthopedic hospitals.
Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, made the announcement on Wednesday at the inauguration of the Primary Health Care(PHC) Leadership Challenge at the State House.
The event was organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in collaboration with development partners.
Ehanire disclosed that the President approved siting of the orthopedic hospital in three regions.
“North-East has one; the North-Central has one and the South-South has one; in Benin, Jos and Jalingo respectively”, NAN quoted him saying.
Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed said N471.9 billion had been disbursed to states under the $1.5billion World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme.
She added that all the 36 states had fully domesticated the fiscal reforms in their public financial management system.
Buhari approves three orthopedic hospitals in Edo, Plateau, Taraba
National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has called off its nationwide strike.
The decision followed an emergency meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Wednesday.
The minister’s spokesman Olajide Oshundun, announced that Ngige intervened in the industrial action.
NUEE Secretary General, Joe Ajaero, assured that electricity would be restored across the country tonight.
The workers shut down all Transmission Companies of Nigeria (TCN) offices earlier today.
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