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the lady who purportedly stabbed her mother to death was identified as Mrs. Ifeoluwa Fehintola,a 28 years old lady has reportedly confessed to stabbing her mother, Ruth Shodeya to death after she caught her mum having sex with her husband on their matrimonial bed. The information we got that the incident happened in Owode Ede, a community in  identified where she lives with her mother. From the report we gathered , the 44-year old woman visited her daughter to spend the two weeks COVID-19 lockdown and in the process had sexual intercourse with her daughter’s husband. It was further learnt that Mrs Shodeya and her son-in-law were reportedly engaged in sex romp when her daughter, who went to the market to buy things, returned and caught them. Filled with rage, the daughter reportedly rushed to the kitchen and took a knife and stabbed her mother who bled profusely and eventually declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital where she was rushed to for medical intervention. Nar

It was quite an ulgry inncent on the 16th of October,2019. As  Mother and Child met their early death  In Onitsha Fire outbox that claimed many lives and condemned many properties. Onitsha, the Anambra state capital, is mourning.everybody took to the social media to send their condolences to the families of those that lost their love ones. It is quite painful and a total lost to their families and the to the Anambra State as a whole. On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, a petrol laden tanker rammed into buildings in an Onitsha market, spilt its contents in the neigborhood and sparked  fire that ravaged the whole buildings, consumed goods worth millions of Naira and ended lives of so many Nigerias.

  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has blamed the development on global shortage of reagent as a result of lack of molecular testing of over 3,000 samples in Lagos State.  The Governor said that plans has been made to get the reagent soon to test the available samples at hand. A statement  which was shared on the Lagos State Government website as follows; “We have 3,000 samples collected but we have not been able to carry the test because of the global shortage of reagent for molecular testing.  “We are hoping that some of the reagents will be supplied tomorrow and Tuesday. "It would not be out of place to see positive cases in the range of 20 percent out of the 3,000 samples collected. “We are improving the capacity of our isolation facilities in preparation to take care of more patients.”   The Governor in the said address, has also ordered for the release of the vehicles seized from the owners for disobeying the COVID-19 lockdown order back to them.

The information reaching us has it that, The CJN, justice Tanko Muhammad, has wondered why some heads of court could not wait for the directives of the NJC following the easying of the lock down order by the presidential task force of  Muhammad Buhari on Covid 19. In view of this,The NJC ordered all the Heads of court to follow the earlier directives of the NJC committee on Covid 19 .   RE: IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES FOR THE CONTAINMENT OF COVID-19 ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON COVID-19 Ref. No. NJC/CIR/HOC/II/658 May, 2020 To:All Heads of Courts/Judicial Bodies, Federal and States Judiciaries. RE:IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES FOR THE CONTAINMENT OF COVID-19 ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON COVID-19 This Circular is imperative following the Guidelines issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 for the phased easing of the lockdown and having regard to the fact that the National Judicial Council, as Your Lordships are aware, had constituted a

THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE FAMOUST LATE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT BUHARI, AISHA KYARI  IN HER TRIBUTE TO HER  LATE FATHER,ABBA KYARI, SAID THAT HER FATHER NEVER DROVE A CAR. According to Aisha Kyari- my late father never drove a car. Aisha, daughter of Abba Kyari, late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, says her father never drove a car till he passed away. In a touching tribute published on ThisDay, titled ‘My daddy, my best friend’, Aisha described her late father as an outstanding personality whose wealth of experience cuts across various spheres of life. She said it was however, amusing that despite his exposure, he could not drive a car until his demise. “This may sound odd but my beloved daddy couldn’t drive a car! He never learnt how to drive for a day in his entire life,” she wrote. She also went on to explain how her late father was largely “misunderstood” and “mischievously misrepresented” by some Nigerians, despite his contributions to humanity a

There are different types of courts in Nigeria. Each of them has its own functions. So, what are the hierarchy of courts in Nigeria? Let's find this out together. Actually, courts in Nigeria are renowned and recognized as the hallowed chambers of jurisdiction, where candid justice is meted out to all and sundry, without favoritism, sentiment, emotion, or being unnecessarily involved in crass legalism. What is more, we do not only have courts of law but courts of equity as well. The Nigerian Constitution divides the government’s structure into three branches – the legislative, executive, and judiciary. According to the Section 6 of the 1999 Constitution, judicial powers are vested in the courts. Courts are authorized by law to exercise jurisdiction at first instance, and on appeals in all proceedings and actions relating to matters between people, or between government/authority and any person in Nigeria. It is also aimed at defining any question as to the civil rights a

Hope Uzodimma issues his first order as governor of Imo state and this affects three of his predecessors - Uzodimma wants probe of the last three administrations before his own Just sworn in as governor of Imo, Hope Uzodimma issued his first order late Wednesday, January 15, asking that the tenures of three past heads of governments in the state be probed. Those whose tenures are affected as a result of the order include Ikedi Ohakim, his successor, Rochas Okorocha and Emeka Ihedioha, who until recently was in charge of government in the state. Uzodimma issued the order when he spoke for the first time after his inauguration. He asked the state's accountant-general to send to him the full financial standing of the state as at May 29, 2010. Uzodimma issued a four-day order to all the permanent secretaries in the state, for them to present the status of contracts that had been awarded within the same period and further instructed that all payments to contractors shoul