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Sad! Stepson Beaten To Death By Step-Mum
Shukurat Olufowobi, 30-year-old housewife has been arrested for beating her stepson, Kazeem Olufowobi to death.
She was, however, arrested at her house in the Oshodi Oke area of Ogijo. This was after members of the public told the police of the development. It was gathered that the stepson was hit with an object which led to a head injury that led to his death.
The police also accused Mr. Olufowobi. The police accused Olufowobi of taking the boy’s corpse to Ajah for secret burial
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State police spokesperson, confirmed the incident and said;
“Information further showed that the woman and her husband took the corpse of the boy to Ajah in a bid to quickly bury him
“The Divisional Police Officer, Ogijo division chief superintendent of police, Suleman Baba Muhammed quickly went with his detectives to the scene. The police met the couple who had started packing in a bid to run away from the area.
“The nurse who gave first aid treatment had informed a couple of her findings. Shukurat had pleaded with the nurse to lie about the cause of death. The woman refused because it is against the rules of her profession.
“Ayuba Olufowobi and Shukurat Olufowobi are being interrogated at the Ogijo divisional headquarters. They are helping the police in their investigation.”
Therefore, Kenneth Ebrimson, Ogun State police commissioner ordered that suspect be at the homicide section
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
