Folarin Kehinde

A Chinese man identified as Geng Quangrong has allegedly stabbed his lover, a 23-year-old woman, Ummu Kulthum to death at Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano.

The incident reportedly happened around 10pm on Friday after the suspect came to visit the deceased, identified as Ummakulsum Sani Buhari, at her parents’ house located adjacent National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) office.

While what transpired between the duo and led to the unfortunate event remains sketchy, it was gathered that she was certified dead by a doctor.

Abubakar Mustapha, a neighbour to the deceased revealed that she was a divorcee and the suspect was her boyfriend.

“The incident happen around 10:00pm last night. The Chinese murderer was her boyfriend since before she got married. Her husband divorced her and they went on with their friendship as boyfriend and girlfriend. He often went to her house. She was taken to UMC Zhair Hospital not more than a kilometre away from her house and she died.”

“Khaleed, her brother stopped the mob from attacking the murderer when he came back for his car when he entered the house because he (Khaleed) thought that will be lead to a different thing. The man was then caught and handed over to the police,” Mustapha said.

Another neighbour, Muhammad Sani, told one of our reporters that the suspect once attempted suicide because of the girlfriend but with the intervention of the police, the matter was settled.

“When she was about getting married, he once attempted suicide because of his love for her until the police intervened and everything was settled,” he said.

He added that the suspect had been taken to the divisional police station at Dorayi quarters.

The deceased, Ummakulsum, popularly known as ‘Ummita’ attended Kano School of Nursing and Midwifery.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Kano, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed the incident and promised to provide more information later.

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 52-year-old man, Akin Isaac, to 21 years’ imprisonment for raping and impregnating his 18-year-old daughter.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced the convict following his April 21 plea bargain application.

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“In view of the guilty plea of the defendant to one count of defilement, I hereby find the defendant guilty as charged,” Taiwo said.

The judge thereafter asked the defendant if he had anything to say, following his conviction.

reports that the convict knelt down in the dock and pleaded for mercy, saying he had an aged mother to look after.

The judge, thereafter, sentenced him to 21 years in prison and added that the sentencing should take effect from June 2020 when he was arrested.

Earlier, the judge had asked the State Counsel, Mrs Omowumi Bajulaye- Bishi if the 21 years plea bargain was good enough for the convict, owing to how emotional the survivor was while she was giving her testimony.

“I remember the survivor clearly. She was weeping right here in the box. Abortion, pregnancy, drugs, beating and all sorts of inhuman treatment meted on her by her father?

“Do you think 21 years is good enough for him,” the judge asked.

The prosecutor said that the defendant had started having unlawful sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter while she was six years old, which resulted in at least one pregnancy.

She also submitted that the defendant attempted to procure an abortion for her and regularly administered drugs to her to prevent pregnancy.

President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and the companies under it to make sure section 4 of the East-west Road is completed.

The road spans from eleme Roundabout to Onne junction.

President Buhari said the road should be fixed without delay through the Tax Credit Scheme.

He said that the East-West road project currently handled by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing is the largest infrastructure in Nigeria,and very dear to his administration.

Buhari stated this on Thursday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State while delivering a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the meeting of the fifth National Council on Niger Delta held at Ibom Icon Hotel and Suites

The event was with the theme, ‘Harnessing 21st century Development Initiatives and Strategies for Greater Development in the Niger Delta’.

The President who was represented by the Minister of Environment, Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, said the completion of the project is a” top priority for this administration”.

He said, “The East-West Road project which is now being handled by the federal Ministry of Works and Housing is the largest infrastructure project in Nigeria, as it’s very strategic road, connectors the country’s busiest and foremost commercial cities in the region.

“Considering the priority this administration places on the completion of this project, the Ministry of Petroleum has directed NNPC and it’s subsidiaries to step in and fix section 4 of the East-West road (Eleme Roundabout to Onne Junction), through the Tax Credit Scheme.”

He stated further that his administration had undertaken critical reforms in the Niger Delta Development Commission, adding that the implementation of the recommendations of the Forensic Audit Report which is being implemented in phases would bring about the constitution of the new board, which according to him is the desire of the most stakeholders in the region.

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial district in 2023.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Godswill Akpabio, former minister of Niger Delta affairs, and Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, had been listed by the APC as candidates for Yobe north, Akwa Ibom north-west, and Ebonyi south senatorial districts, respectively.

However, in the list published by INEC, Lawan, Umahi and Akpabio were said to have been excluded.The former minister was in the race for the party’s presidential ticket, but dropped his bid for another candidate.

Prior to the presidential primary election on May 27, Udom Ekpoudom, former deputy inspector-general of police (DIG), won the primary election for Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial district.

A parallel primary election was also conducted and won by Ekperikpe Ekpo, but was later cancelled over irregularities. A rerun conducted on June 8 was said to have produced Akpabio as the winner of the exercise.

Speaking on the development regarding the INEC list, Festus Okoye, INEC speokesperson, said the commission is not under obligation to publish the names of candidates submitted by political parties if there are questions over the validity of primaries featuring such candidates. Consequently, the APC and Akpabio approached the court to seek redress

Delivering judgment on Thursday, Emeka Nwite, the judge, held that INEC contravened the law when it refused to accept and publish Akpabio’s name, despite the fact that the APC had listed him as its candidate.

“I hereby declared that the defendant (INEC) publish the name of the 2nd plaintiff (Akpabio as the authentic candidate,” the judge ordered.