Sad News: A woman met her untimely demise, she fell into a soak-away pit and dies

A woman's plan to travel abroad has been cut short after she fell into a soak-away pit and died.

Janefrancis Madumere from Mbano in Imo state was to leave Nigeria next month, before she met her untimely demise. She had already gotten her visa and was making preparations.

Wicked! Mother burns child with hot iron

Hot iron

A 12-year old juvenile is struggling to sit and sleep after her mother and sister allegedly ganged up and took turns to burn her all over the body with a hot iron for coming home late.

The girl (name withheld) who is doing Grade seven at Nyamauru Primary School, Dangamvura, Zimbabwe, sustained serious burns on her privates, back side, hands, thigh and cheeks.

Police have since arrested the girl’s mother and sister (names withheld), aged 50 and 21 years respectively.

The girl, according to neighbors and witnesses, was ‘punished’ for allegedly being a problem child.

The Manica Post reports that during a visit to the Dangamvura Police Station on Tuesday morning the mother and relatives had been summoned for questioning, while the girl was also present but could hardly sit, as she was kneeling down whilst her hands were on the bench. She was in pain.

The Manica Post was barred from talking to the girl and family members. Officer-in-charge at Dangamvura police station, Chief Inspector Sakurungo referred reporters to Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa.




When reached for comment, Inspector Kakohwa said: “We have arrested two women who are facing charges of physical abuse (domestic violence) and they are assisting the police with investigations. On March 2, at around 4:00 pm, the juvenile lied to her parents that she was going for some extra lessons.

“She came back around 8:00 pm and locked herself in her room. The two accused called her but she refused to come out. She went out again the following day and came back in the evening. This angered her mother who realized that she was not fully dressed. They then burnt her several times with a hot iron on her buttocks, thigh, hands and cheeks. They locked her in the house and did not take her to the hospital. We received a tip-off which subsequently led to the arrest of the two.”

Neighbors interviewed said they heard the girl crying for help on Sunday evening.

“She was screaming and we heard some voices of women saying switch on the iron, she must learn a lesson. She tried to escape but failed. We were worried but there was nothing we could do. The girl’s mother is not that sociable so we did not bother to go and check on what was happening,’’ said one neighbor who declined to be named.

Before the incident, the girl had sought refuge at her mother’s friend’s house, known as Mai Mzemba after she had come home late and sensed danger.

Mai Mzemba, who witnessed part of the incident said: “This girl came to my house around 7pm on Sunday saying she had been chased away from home. So I told her that I wanted to see her mother and inquire why. After all, we knew she was lying. I refused that she would sleep at my house without her mother’s knowledge. She did not want to go home. I went to see her mother (who is not feeling well) and we learnt that she was a troublesome girl. Her mother was really infuriated, mainly because she was not dressed completely. Like any other parent she might have concluded that she was sexually active.”

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Wendy Williams Is Back On Her Show

                                           


Wendy Williams

American tv show host Wendy Williams who hasn’t been hosting her show for some weeks has officially returned to continue her program.

Wendy due to ill health had been on bed rest by her doctor but she is back. See her comeback video below.

Wendy due to ill health had been on bed rest by her doctor but she is back. See her comeback video below.

Dangote now world’s 64th richest person after gaining $5.8bn in 24hrs

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has significantly moved up in the world billionaires’ list as he emerged 64th richest person in the world, with an estimated worth of $16.6 billion, as against his previous ranking of 103rd in the world.

Dangote, who remains the richest man in Africa for the 8th year running, was the only Nigerian on the list of the top 500 billionaires, as released by Bloomberg in its yearly billionaires list.

The index also revealed that Dangote’s net worth increased by 23% from $13.5bn on February 26, 2018, to $16.6bn

Jeff Bezos remains the richest in the world with $136 billion, while Bill Gates and Warren Buffett followed as second and third respectively with $98.4 billion and $83 billion.

#TravisScott postpones his ''AstroWorld'' concert as #KylieJenner Accuses him of Cheating .

According to a report from TMZ, Travis had to postpone his "AstroWorld" concert in Buffalo Thursday night to work through some relationship issues with Kylie Jenner 

Reports surfaced earlier saying Travis was “sick” and had to cancel the show, but the news outlet heard otherwise and that Travis stayed back in L.A. after Kylie accused him of cheating.

Reps for Travis say the rapper absolutely denies cheating on Kylie, but that’s not what she believes. .

She claims to have discovered "evidence" he cheated on her, and a huge fight broke out between the two, which continued into Thursday. .

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Kylie. First, her best friend, Jordyn Woods, is out of her life after she slept with her older sister's boyfriend, and now she's dealing with Travis.

United Kingdom Government confirms INEC results as authentic

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu.

The United Kingdom Government has confirmed that the results of the presidential election as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) were authentic.

British Minister of State for Africa, Harriet Baldwin said the results were consistent with the results obtained through the civil society Parallel Vote Tabulation process.

“Along with our international partners, the UK believes the Nigerian people can have confidence in the result,” she said.

INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu early Wednesday morning declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 23 February election, with 15,191,847 votes. His main challenger Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 11, 262,978 votes.



But the PDP agent at the collation centre declined to sign the results and later Atiku also rejected the verdict and said he would challenge it in the court.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Atiku ramped up the rejection by raising issues of ‘statistical impossibility’ about the results in some states of Nigeria.

The statement by the British minister was the first authentication of INEC result.




Baldwin congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on securing a second term as president.

“I offer my congratulations to President Buhari on securing a second term as the Nigerian President”, she said in a statement released by the British High Commission in Abuja.

“The UK is a long-standing friend and partner of Nigeria and the Nigerian people and a stable and prosperous Nigeria benefits Africa and the world.”

Baldwin commended Nigerians for their resilience and commitment to democracy.

She, however, recognized the concerns expressed by Nigerians on the conduct of the electoral process, in particular logistics and results collation, and reports of intimidation of electoral officers.

The minister urged any party or individual who wished to challenge the process to do so peacefully and through the appropriate legal channel.

“We encourage Nigerian authorities to examine all allegations of wrongdoing carefully, and take the necessary action against individuals found responsible’’.

She also condoled with the families and friends of those who lost their lives in election-related violence.

“No one should die in the exercise of their democratic rights,” she stated.

She reiterated the continued support of the UK Government to Nigeria and its civil society “in drawing lessons from these elections and strengthening its democracy”.

INEC declares Buhari winner of Presidential election

Buhari is winner of 2019 Presidential poll
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of last Saturday’s Presidential election in the country.

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who declared the results around 4:39am said Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat his rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled 11,262,978 votes.

According to Mahmood, “that Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, having satisfied the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.”

He added that the Certificate of Return would be issued to Buhari by 2.00pm on Wednesday.

In the results announced by Mahmood, Buhari defeated Atiku with a wide margin of 3,928,869 to ensure that he remains Nigeria’s President in the next four years.

According to Mahmood, the total number of voters stood at 82,344,107 while the total number of accredited voters was 29,364,209, just as the total votes cast was 28,614,190.

In the election, 27,324,583 votes were valid while 1,289,607 votes were rejected.

Buhari’s victory came in 19 States where he won election, while Atiku won in 17 States and the Federal Capital Territory.

Buhari won in Ekiti, Osun, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Gombe, Yobe, Jigawa, Niger, Kaduna, Bauchi, Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Katsina, Borno, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.

Atiku won in FCT, Ondo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Oyo, Edo, Benue, Imo, Plateau, Taraba, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Adamawa.

Summary of Proceeding