Two Nigerian nationals have been arrested by police in Mulanje, Malawi over alleged illegal entry into the country.
Mulanje Police Deputy spokesperson, Leah Kambalame, who confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, identified the duo as Kingsley Mwachuku, 25 and Vincent Onyeneka, 27.
Police arrested them on the night of October 17, 2022 after receiving a tip-off from residents that there were suspicious people staying at Mathambi village.
Upon receipt of the information, police rushed to the scene and arrested them. They both have no proper documents allowing them to stay in Malawi.
The duo has been charged with illegal entry which contravenes section 21 of the Penal code and will appear in court soon.
Kambalame said the police wishes to appreciate the community for the partnership in ensuring a safe and secure country.
A Haitian singer, Michael Benjamin popularly known as Mikaben, has died at the age of 41 after collapsing on stage.
Mikaben was reportedly performing onstage in Paris with the Haitian konpa band CaRiMi when he reportedly collapsed.
A video footage from the concert shows Mikaben walking offstage when he suddenly collapses to the ground.
The incident unfolded live on Twitter, with Frantz Duval, editor of a Haitian newspaper, first alerting fans that something was wrong.
Singer Mickael Guirand, then told fans to clear out. “End of the concert. We must evacuate the room,” Guirand said. “It’s very complicated. We need prayers.” The venue was cleared while he was being tended to, with reports indicating that he was given CPR.
Mikaben was a respected singer, composer, guitarist, and producer whose hit “Ayti Se” touched millions in the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake.
He was born in Port-au-Prince and began writing at age 15. Mikaben released multiple albums, formed the group Krezi Mizik, and also worked as a producer. He was married to Vanessa Fanfan, and the couple had a daughter and another child on the way. Mikaben also had a son from a previous relationship.
Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber presented a united front as they posed for a photo. For years, fans of Selena have dragged Hailey because she married Justin Bieber just months after he and Selena separated after years together.
Recently, Hailey granted an interview to deny reports that she began dating Justin while he was with Selena.
She said she respected Justin and Selena’s relationship while it was going on, and didn’t interfere at all.
Selena also went on TikTok to call her fans to order, begging them to stop spreading hate.
Both women met on Saturday night, October 15, at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles and they posed for a picture.
A female motorist reportedly crushed three passengers, including a pregnant woman and a girl, to death in Agege area of Lagos State.
The accident happened on Iju-Ishaga Road around 4pm on Saturday, October 15, 2022, when the woman’s car hit a tricycle conveying the passengers inward Agege.
According to Punch report, all the passengers including an elderly woman lost their lives while the tricycle rider sustained injuries and was rushed to a hospital.
An eyewitness, Mayokun Oluwadara, said commuters had shouted at the motorist to reduce her speed.
“A woman was driving a private car at top speed. People were shouting at her to slow down. The area is usually clumsy with people and traffic.
Unfortunately, that road was clear that day and the woman saw it as an opportunity to race through. She hit the tricycle from behind,” he narrated.
Oluwadara said good Samaritans rushed the pregnant woman and the young girl to the hospital, hoping that they could be saved.
“People were very particular about the pregnant woman and the small girl because of the pregnancy and the girl’s age. They were evacuated immediately. Some people said the pregnant woman and the girl might still be breathing. But they were dead because some of us saw that they were not moving at all,” he added.
It was further learnt that the female driver sped off towards the Agege Underbridge after the accident.
Residents were said to have alerted park operators in the area to stop the car. She was eventually intercepted at the Agege Underbridge and handed over to the police.
Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident however, said the police had a record of one passenger, who died on the spot.
The Metropolitan Police in the UK has launched a manhunt for a man in his 50s who allegedly raped another man in his 20s in a park.
Officers released an e-fit of the man, showing him of slim build with a short grey beard.
He was wearing a black thin-rimmed glasses, a blue top, blue shorts and a luminous yellow cap.
Commenting on the manhunt, Metropolitan Police detective constable Hannah Saunders said;
“We have released an e-fit image of the man we want to speak to.“Given the detailed description provided I hope someone may recognise him – if you do, please get in contact.”
Nigerian sprinter and World Champion, Tobi Amusan, has been nominated for 2022 Women’s World Athlete of the Year.
The 25-year-old, who is the current world’s record holder for 100m hurdles, made the list alongside nine others.
The World Athletics (WA) said on Wednesday that the list was compiled by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas.
Other contenders for the prize are the Jamaican duo of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, Chase Ealey of the US, and Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela.
Others include Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas, Sydney McLaughlin of the US, Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, and Kimberly Garcia of Peru.
WA said the five finalists will be determined by “a three-way voting process.” Votes from fans on social media and the federation’s ” family” each hold 25 percent of the result.
The remaining 50 percent count of the vote goes to the World Athletics council.
The voting will close on October 31 while the winner of the grand prize will be revealed in December.
“The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family will cast their votes by email, while fans can vote online via the World Athletics social media platforms.
Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube this week; a ‘like’ on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube or a retweet on Twitter will count as one vote,” WA wrote.
“The World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50% of the result, while the World Athletics Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25% of the final result.
“Voting for the World Athletes of the Year closes at midnight on Monday 31 October. At the conclusion of the voting process, five women and five men finalists will be announced by World Athletics.
“The winners will be revealed on World Athletics’ social media platforms in early December.”
A 37-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for allegedly defrauding a woman of $5,000 on Facebook.
The suspect identified simply as ‘Kel Chi’ was arrested on Tuesday morning, October 11, 2022 by the light criminal police department of the Ministry of Interior and sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for legal action.
According to local media, the 24-year-old victim, Un Srey Net, was approached with a Facebook account named Don Richard in August 2022.
In September 2022, Don Richard’s Facebook account told the victim that he wanted to send some supplies and money from Korea to the victim by air.
The victim then received a phone call from a man claiming to be a customs officer at Phnom Penh Airport, saying that $10,000 was needed to pay tax on the imported items.
The family of the victim sent $5,000 via a remittance service but then became suspicious and contacted authorities, which resulted in the arrest of Mr Chi.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that a total of 10, 217 suspected cases of cholera, including 233 deaths, have been recorded in 31 states this year.
Speaking at a ministerial briefing where he gave an update on COVID-19 response and development in the health sector, Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said on Tuesday October 11, that there’s a 47 percent increase in the number of new suspected cholera cases in August epidemiological week 36-39 (4017) compared with July epidemiological week 31-35 (2151).
Adetifa also said there’s been 933 confirmed cases and 173 deaths from Lassa fever as at Week 39, from 25 states. Out of all the confirmed cases, 71 percent were from Ondo, Edo and Bauchi States.
He also said that out of 18,545 confirmed measles cases, 234 deaths were recorded as at week 39 in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Out of 1,180 suspected Monkeypox cases, 481 cases were confirmed and seven deaths have been recorded this year.
Adetifa also said that COVID-19 cases had continued to decline in various countries, and case trends in Nigeria have varied.
American actor and producer, Tom Cruise has reportedly hired a security team after he and director Christopher McQuarrie received a series of threats from a former employee.
The A-list actor, 60, and the Mission: Impossible filmmaker, 53, acquired the services of the security team after a stunt producer was let go, which led to ‘angry protests’ and ‘fears of further reprisals,’ The Sun reported.
An insider with the film told the outlet, ‘Tom and Chris are still working on Mission: Impossible 8, mostly in the UK, but things have got increasingly unpleasant with a former crew member and now it’s a case of taking no chances.’
‘It’s a bit of art imitating life, on set it’s all about heavy protection and threats and now the same thing is going on behind the cameras.’
According to the outlet, the employee had been assigned to find filming locations for scenes – including one depicting a train crash – but his plans were not put into motion in the film.
The Top Gun: Maverick leading man ‘is used to having security teams around him most of the time because of his fame,’ the insider said, ‘but for Chris it’s a very new thing,’ as ‘nobody is taking any chances.’
The employee who was let go has began litigation toward Cruise, McQuarrie, and Paramount Studios, the outlet reported, and has made accusations about Russian oligarchs financing Cruise’s work and a related FBI investigation into Paramount over the financing.
The source noted that while ‘it’s all turned very n*sty … those involved in the films are confident everything is totally fine, he’s just an angry ex-staff member.’
NFL free agent, Antonio Brown is being sued for allegedly selling a man a fake $160,000 Richard Mille watch.
A man named Ryan Kane has filed a lawsuit in Broward County, FL. where Brown resides alleging the former football star ‘knew [it] was a fake but represented [the watch] to be genuine.’
In the lawsuit, filed earlier this week, Kane is suing the ex-Tampa Bay Buccaneers wideout for fraud, among other things. The plaintiff is seeking $160,000 plus interest for his troubles.
Less than two months later, Kane reportedly took the watch for appraisal in Miami, only to learn it was a fake and that Brown had purchased it from Dubai, alongside three other Richard Mille fakes for less than $500 a piece from a dealer.
Brown allegedly told Kane the watch was an RM 011 model worth ‘in excess of $400,000.’
The watch Kane thought he had purchased was released in 2007 in conjunction with Formula 1 driver, Felipe Massa.
The former NFL star is yet to comment on the matter.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that oil thieves are Nigeria’s biggest enemies.
Lawan said this during the 2023 budget presentation in the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, on Friday October 7.
The Senate President who revealed that Nigeria loses between 700,000 and 900,000 oil barrels per day, which has translated to 35% loss in oil revenue, thanked the president for timely presentation of the budget, adding that it would give the National Assembly enough time to consider and pass it.
Lawan said;
“The oil theft in the country has taken a monumental dimension. Nigeria now loses between 700,000 and 900,000 barrels per day, which has translated to 35% loss in oil revenue.
“The oil thieves are worst enemies of the country and have declared war against the country. So, drastic action must be taken to tame the activities of the thieves.”
He concluded by saying that the 2023 budget should target the completion of the ongoing project, especially the legacy project.
Former WWE wrestler, Sara Lee, has died at the age of 30.
Lee, who in August 2015 won the sixth season of WWE’s reality show competition Tough Enough, posted a photo of herself in gym clothes the day before her death.
‘Celebrating finally being healthy enough to go to the gym 2 days in a row – first ever sinus infection kicked my butt,’ she wrote.
Lee’s mother Terri announced the news on Facebook but did not say how she died.
‘It is with heavy hearts we wanted to share that our Sara Weston has gone to be with Jesus,’ she wrote.
‘We are all in shock and arrangements are not complete. We ask that you respectfully let our family mourn. We all need prayers, especially Cory and her children.’
Lee is survived by her husband Cory Weston, who went by the wrestling name Wesley Blake, and three children.
Born in Hope Township, Michigan, Lee was a competitive powerlifter in high school and went on to study medical sonography at Delta College in Bay City, Michigan.
She entered the WWE reality TV show and was declared the winner by a fan vote, with the prize of a $250,000 contract for a year with WWE.
In 2016 she left the franchise and has since then trained in Orlando, Florida, with Team Vision Dojo.
Lee and Weston married in December 2017, and are parents to daughter Piper, aged five; three-year-old son Brady, and a baby boy born in August 2021.
Ethiopian Airlines has said it will no longer issue visas on arrival to Nigerian citizens and those of other African countries.
According to a document sent by the airlines and made available to The PUNCH, the aviation company stated as thus,
“Please be informed that effective immediately, no more visa on arrival for Nigerian Citizens.
”The circular explained that “passengers are to obtain their visa at the Ethiopian embassy in Abuja before travelling.”
It was earlier reported that the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed that Ethiopian Airlines emerged a core investor in the Nigerian National Carrier, Nigeria Air, following a bid.
Sirika, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja, said Ethiopian Airlines won the bid with a consortium and would have 95 controlling shares in the airline.
Speaking on the latest developments, an expert in the industry, Olumide Ohunayo, noted that Ethiopia’s decision was not in fair interest of its partnership process with Nigeria.
“I doubt if Ethiopia has given us some respect. Here is an airline that is trying to partner us as a national carrier, who already has about three points of entry into the country using the Togolese national carrier.”
U.S. appeals court has granted the Justice Department’s request to expedite its appeal of a lower court order appointing a special master to review records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s mar-a-lago, Florida estate.
The Wednesday October 5 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to fast-track the government’s appeal is a setback for Trump, who had opposed the request.
Last week, the Justice Department had asked the 11th Circuit to address concerns it still has with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s appointment of Senior Judge Raymond Dearie, who is tasked with reviewing more than 11,000 records the FBI found inside Mar-a-Lago in order to remove anything that may be privileged.
Judge Cannon’s order blocks the Justice Department from relying on those records for its ongoing criminal investigation until Dearie’s review is complete.
In its filing, the Justice Department said this prohibition is hampering its probe, and that it needs to be able to examine non-classified records that may have been stored in close proximity to classified ones.
Those non-classified records, the department said, “may shed light” on how the documents were transferred to or stored at the Mar-a-Lago estate, and who might have accessed them.
Trump is facing a total of 19 legal actions – about half of which allege improper conduct during his presidency.
Most of the cases fall under three themes: financial wrongdoings that made him more money; his role in the January 6 2021 insurrection; and his alleged interference in the 2020 election.
Trump has denied wrongdoing in most of these cases. He has filed motions to dismiss several of them and has filed countersuits in some cases.
A video of an Oklahoma police officer beating a 17-year-old boy and driving his knee to his neck during an arrest is currently trending online.
Footage of Sunday’s “attack” shows the deputy and other officers trying to restrain the teen on the ground at the Tulsa State Fair.
As the police officers struggled to place the teen in handcuffs, the deputy punches him, then pushes his knee hard into the boy’s neck as onlookers screamed “He’s a f—king kid, y’all!”
The deputy then drags the teen who has seemingly gone limp across the asphalt with his face to the ground, before putting him in handcuff.
According to police, the teen was drunk and acting belligerent while waiting in line for a ride. Several people complained and police responded.
The teen, who is white, began mouthing off and, according to cops, using racist language toward a black deputy. That’s when all the trouble began.
Tulsa County Sheriff’s Captain Mike Moore backed up the actions of his officers, reportedly saying “the deputies were required to use the force necessary” when the teen “continued to resist and continued to fight deputies.”
A nurse accused of murdering seven babies in Chester, UK has gone on trial.
Lucy Letby, who is also charged with the attempted murder of 10 other babies between June 2015 and June 2016, allegedly killed five boys and two girls while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
The killing which happened within a year took place while she was a staff member in the neonatal unit, the court heard on Tuesday, October 4.
The identities of the dead and surviving children cannot be reported as a court order prohibits reporters and media houses from identifying the parents or witnesses connected with the youngsters.
The 32-year-old lady from Hereford, denies all the charges, which also include alleged attempts on the lives of five other boys and five girls.
The trial at Manchester Crown Court is expected to last up to six months.
Billionaire, Elon Musk has shared a ‘peace plan’ for the Russia-Ukraine war to end. But his proposal was quickly met with backlash—including from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The world’s richest man and Tesla founder on Monday, October 3, suggested elections in the annexed regions under United Nations supervision. “Russia leaves if this is the will of the people,” he said.
He also said Crimea, the Ukranian city annexed by Russia in 2014 originally belonged to Russia until a ‘mistake’ by former Soviet Union premier, Nikita Khrushchev.
He called for the Crimea to formally become part of Russia. Then, he said Crimea’s water supply should be assured. And lastly, he argued, Ukraine should remain neutral rather than joining NATO.
Musk then shared a Twitter poll asking his followers to give their opinion on his suggestion. “Crimea formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 (until Khrushchev’s mistake),”
He also opined that Ukraine should remain neutral and asked followers to reply with their recommendations in “yes and no”.
“This is highly likely to be the outcome in the end ‘ just a question of how many die before then,” Musk said. He added that the war could turn nuclear although it is unlikely.
Less than three hours after his first tweet, Zelensky responded to Musk with his own poll, mocking Musk’s plan. “Which @elonmusk do you like more?” Zelensky asked. The two choices? One who supports Ukraine, and one who supports Russia.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, also piled on Musk in atypical fashion for a diplomat. “F**k off is my very diplomatic reply to you,” he wrote. Melnyk later added that no Ukrainian would ever buy a Tesla, telling Musk “good luck.”
However, Times correspondent Christopher Miller replied to Musk’s tweet, referring to the Ukrainian Independence Referendum, when Ukrainians were asked to vote on the country’s independence.
In March, Elon Musk had publicly challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a “single combat” for Ukraine. Taking to Twitter, the SpaceX CEO wrote, “I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat”.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of four regions- Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kheria and claimed “this is the will of millions of people.”
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