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  • Coronavirus claims more lives, death toll now exceeds 1,000

    Coronavirus claims more lives, death toll now exceeds 1,000

    The death toll from coronavirus, a disease which broke out in Wuhan, China, in December, has exceeded 1000.

    Chinese state media pegged the death toll at 1,011 as at time this report was filed by TheNewsGuru (TNG).

    One death each has been reported in Hong Kong and the Philippines while the number of infections in mainland China reached almost 42,300, bringing the total number of cases across the world to more than 42,700.

    Recall that China reported a record-breaking 97 deaths on Sunday. The current death toll topples the 774 deaths recorded in early 2000 during the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

    Coronavirus has been confirmed in Singapore, UK, Malaysia, Taiwan, Spain, Vietnam, Germany, UAE, France, Japan, with the World Health Organisation declaring a global emergency.

    Other countries where cases of the disease have been reported are Thailand, Canada, Australia, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Cambodia, and the United States.

    Earlier, Li Wenliang, a Chinese ophthalmologist who raised the alarm on the disease, was confirmed dead after contracting the virus while treating an infected patient.

    China also recorded the youngest coronavirus patient when a 30-hour-old baby tested positive just a day after its infected mother was delivered of the child.

    But Chinese data shows that about 3,281 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital, and that millions are returning to work, albeit on staggering schedules.

    China has released a mobile app that tracks people and alerts them if they have been in “close contact with someone infected” with coronavirus.

    The “close contact detector” was released Saturday night, according to China’s state news agency Xinhua.

    Users scan a QR code on popular Chinese apps like WeChat and QQ, and submit their name, phone number and government-issued ID number to request information about whether they have been in close contact with anyone infected by the virus.

  • Wife stabs husband to death in Katsina

    Wife stabs husband to death in Katsina

    The Police in Katsina State has arrested a housewife, Rabi Shamsudden, 19, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state.

    The Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, told newsmen in Katsina that the incident occurred at Danjanku-Tasha village, on Monday, at about 4 a.m.

    “Today, January 27, 2020, we received a report that one Rabi Shamsuddeen, 19, of Danjanku-Tasha in Malumfashi Local Government, allegedly stabbed her husband, Shamsuddeen Salisu, 25, with a knife to death.

    “The shout for help by Salisu attracted neighbours. When the people went to offer assistance, they discovered that the door to the compound was locked.

    “Some of the people jumped into the compound and found the victim in the pool of his blood, crawling out from his room with a wound in his stomach.

    “The neighbours also told the police that the wife (Rabi) was (allegedly) seen holding a knife with bloodstains,” he said.

    The police spokesman said that Salisu was immediately rushed to Malumfashi General Hospital, where the doctors confirmed him dead on arrival.

    He said that the police were investigating the matter, while the suspect was in police custody, and would be prosecuted after investigation.

  • 135 passengers escape death in another plane accident

    135 passengers escape death in another plane accident

    A Caspian Airlines plane skid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday.

    But all passengers were evacuated without injury, Iranian state media reported.

    “It ran out of runway when landing at Mahshahr airport with no casualties,’’ state news agency, IRNA, said.

    Some other Iranian media outlets reported 135 passengers and seven crew members were on board, however, there was no official confirmation.

    IRNA, quoting local aviation officials, said a technical issue delayed the plane’s landing, which caused the accident.

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    Iranian media reported that the pilot was unable to deploy the landing gear, adding that the incident was being investigated.

    “The plane did not catch fire and all passengers safely left the plane,’’ Managing Director of Khuzestan Airports, Mohammad Reza Rezaei, told IRNA.

    On Saturday, an Iranian aeroplane en-route from Tehran to Istanbul made an emergency landing at a Tehran airport because of a technical problem.

  • Shiites speaks on El-Zakzaky’s ‘death’

    Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shi’ites, have denied rumors that their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky is dead.

    In a statement on its official Twitter page, the IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, urged Nigerians to ignore the reports.

    He said: “Contrary to the rumours making the rounds that the illegally detained leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky had died, we wish to draw the attention of the public that these stories are fake and should be disregarded.”

    He however stated that El-Zakzaky’s health was deteriorating.

    “Since he was transferred to Kaduna prison, he has not been granted access to his doctors despite his deteriorating ill-health.

    “We, therefore, call on the international community to pile pressure on the Nigerian government to do the needful by allowing his doctors to examine him and eventually release him,” he said.

  • 111 people burnt to death in Kano

    No fewer than 111 people have been burnt to death in series of fire incidents in Kano State, State Fire Service disclosed on Friday.

    The losses were recorded in 813 fire incidents in Kano between January and December, 2019, Saidu Muhammed, Fire Service Public Relations Officer said.

    Also, the fire service said its men saved 1,055 lives and property worth N1.9 billion from 813 fire incidents during the period.

    Muhammed, however, said that 111 lives were lost during the period.

    “597 people were involved in road accidents, seven in collapsed buildings, 54 fell inside well, 58 fell inside open water and the remaining 97 were involved in flood, domestic fire incidents among others,” he said.

    Muhammed said that property valued at N679 million were destroyed during the period, while the service received 744 rescue calls and 180 false alarms from residents.

    He told the News Agency of Nigeria that road accidents, inferior electrical materials; use of boiling rings, as well as poor handling of electrical appliances, cooking gas and fireplace were major causes of the inferno.

  • Herdsman arrested for raping 56-yr-old woman to death

    The police in Ebonyi State have arrested a suspected herdsman for allegedly raping a 56-year-old woman to death.

    Although details of the incident were sketchy last night, a source in the community said the suspected herdsman allegedly carried out the act on December 28 at Ufuezeraku, Ugwulangwu in Ohaozara Local Government.

    Police spokesperson Loveth Odah confirmed the incident.

    Details soon…

  • ‘My husband was killed like goat‘

    ‘My husband was killed like goat‘

    Kwara state police command has said that investigations are on to unravel reasons behind the murder of the former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) staff Ibrahim Ajayi Allah.

    The ex-NNPC staff was about two weeks ago hacked to death in his Oke-Oyi farm site of Ilorin East local area of the state by his assistant.

    The police had reportedly arrested one person in connection with the crime.

    Spokesperson of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi told our correspondent that police had not concluded investigations on the matter, adding that the command was yet to make another arrest.

    Wife of the 65- year- old Ogidi, Ijumu local government area of Kogi state born retired NNPC worker, Modinat described her husband’s death and cruel and gruesome.

    She said: “My husband’s death was cruel and wicked. The attacker has made his three children fatherless and I’m now a widow. The death has also brought untold misery to many homes.

    “There are those on his scholarships, many are graduates, there are many aged that he was taking care of. He took good care of me as well as his children’s education and well-being. In fact, it’s great vacuum. Many people have expressed sorrow over his demise.

    “He took care of his workers. This man that killed him was his assistant on the farm. He entrusted him so much.

    “He calls me every morning around 5:00am. When I didn’t see his call on that day, I was worried, thinking he didn’t probably charge his phone.

    “When it was around 6:30 am, I called him, none of the lines was going through. At about 7:00am, I succeeded with one of his lines and the person who picked asked what I was to the owner of the line. I said I’m his wife.

    “The person said he’s a police officer and that he’s speaking from police station. He said my husband had an accident. I called him back and that’s when he said I should come to police station at Oke Oyi in Ilorin. I was already shaking.

    “I decided to call his brother in Ilorin and he said he’s yet to know what’s going on because he was just called too. He told me my husband’s car was still parked where it was but he had not seen his brother.

    “However, people had already been calling me to commiserate while in the bus on my way from Abuja to Ilorin. I told myself that my husband is not dead, why the condolences.

    “By the time I got to Ilorin, it was about 8:00pm. I called the police officer that I was already in Ilorin but he said I should come the next day since it is already late.

    “Around 9:00 pm, my husband’s brother called me to say that my husband’s phone was found in his Oke Oyi farm where he was reportedly matcheted. I was just wailing and crying upon the reality that dawned on me.

    “When we got to the police station the following morning, I was showed picture of my husband. He was killed like when one kills a goat. I was showed the assailant too.

    “I saw him in handcuffs on his legs and arms. I asked him why he killed my husband and he said he wouldn’t have intentionally killed him.

    “He said he was under a spell (eedi). He said my husband was nice to him, took care of him and promised to buy a car for him but didn’t know how it happened.

    “He told me physically that he was the one that committed the offence but didn’t know what came over him. I was shaking and couldn’t bear to hear anything from him again before he was taken back inside. They even thought I wanted to fight him because I was so dejected.

    “My husband’s corpse had been taken to mortuary. We asked for the release but police said they wanted to carry out autopsy. So, he was eventually released to us on Monday evening for burial being a Muslim. The police told us they would have to investigate the matter.

    “I appeal to the police authority in the state to help me carry out all investigations needed on death of my husband and bring all culprits to book so that justice is prevailed in order to deter others from doing such in future. This is a case of murder. This man must be prosecuted because he deliberately committed the offence”, she said.

    Former National President of Ogidi Development Union and childhood friend of late Ibrahim Tunde Ipimisho described the deceased as a trustworthy and dutiful personality.

    “I have just returned from the village where I went to bury my close childhood friend. His was a most painful death.
    “Ibrahim Ajayi Allah and I were pals right from the primary school. Although he did not go beyond secondary school, fortune smiled on him.

    “He joined the NNPC and rose steadily through the ranks and also made some good money.

    “When I became National President of Ogidi Development Union in 2006, at a most turbulent period in our community, I needed a trusted ally to head the all important Abuja branch.

    “He took the job and exceeded all expectations.

    “Three years ago, he retired and chose to pursue agriculture which has always been his passion.

    “He bought a large tract of land in Ogidi and poured all his passion into it. However, because of so many unanticipated factors, the returns were not as expected.

    “About six months ago, he decided to gradually move out of Ogidi. So he bought about eight hectares of land at Oke-Oyi near Ilorin and restarted his farming there.

    “Two Friday, he was hacked down on his farm in a most gruesome way.

    “The suspect picked up by the police is a man from that community with whom he had developed a close relationship. He was always going in and out with the guy.

    “In fact, on the day of the murder, they were together and had lunch together before my friend was savagely axed to death at about 5pm.

    “Then the police searched the guy’s house, they found my friend’s phone, blood stained clothes and other personal effects. He is said to have confessed to having killed my friend.”

  • Tragic! Groom beaten to death at his wedding reception

    Friends and family members are mourning the demise of a 30-year-old California man who was killed at his wedding reception just hours after he exchanged wedding vows with his wife.

    According to reports, two uninvited brothers came to the newlyweds’ reception over the weekend and beat the groom to death with baseball bats.

    The Groom, Joe Melgoza, 30, suffered from a blunt-force trauma to the head after he was attacked across the street from the reception venue in Chino, California, at around 2.20am on Sunday. He was rushed to Chino Valley Medical Center, where he died.

    Police have identified the suspects in the groom’s brutal killing as brothers Rony Aristides Castaneda Ramirez, 28, and 19-year-old Josue Daniel Castaneda Ramirez.

     

    According to the Chino Police Department, the siblings did not know Melgoza, but lived not far from the home of his wife’s family in the 13200 block of 17th Street where the wedding reception was being held, and showed up at the celebration uninvited, reported KTLA5.

     

    The wedding crashers allegedly got into a fight with some of the guests and were asked to leave, which they did, only to return a short time later armed with baseball bats, according to Melgoza’s brother Andy Velasquez.

     

    Velasquez told NBC Los Angeles through sobs that his brother tried to confront the ‘cowards,’ who then pulled him away and killed him.

     

    “My brother did not deserve to die like that, he was a good man, he was a solid man” Velasquez said, while being comforted by his two surviving brothers and sister.

     

  • Court sentences ex-President to death

    Court sentences ex-President to death

    A Pakistani special court hearing the high treason case against former president General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday handed the former ruler a death sentence.

    A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad announced the decision, in a split judgment.

    The court, in its short order said that it had analysed complaints, records, arguments and facts in the case for three months. The court added it had found Musharraf, now living in Dubai, guilty of high treason according to Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan.

    It was a majority verdict, with three of the two judges giving the decision against Musharraf.

    The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had filed the treason case against Musharraf over his imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in November 2007.

    The former army chief was indicted in the case in March 2014 after he appeared before the court and rejected all charges.

    On March 18, 2016, the former president left Pakistan for Dubai for medical treatment after his name was removed from the exit control list on the orders of the Supreme Court.

    A few months later, the special court had declared him a proclaimed offender and ordered the confiscation of his property owing to his continuous inability to appear.

    Later, his passport and identity card were also cancelled on orders of the apex court.

  • Buhari condoles with UAE president over brother’s death

    Buhari condoles with UAE president over brother’s death

    President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of condolence to the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, following the death of his brother, Prince Sultan.

    Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Saturday.

    In a letter to the ruler of the UAE, President Buhari said: ”I received with shock the news of the death of your brother, His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President’s Representative and your brother who died some days ago.

    “On behalf of myself, the government and the entire people of Nigeria, I extend our profound condolences to your Highness, the Nahyan family, the government and the entire good people of UAE.

    “May Allah in His infinite mercies admit him into Jannatul Firdaus. May our prayers comfort his family, the government and people of the United Arab Emirates.”