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Toxicology result to determine Mohbad's cause of death now ready

  The toxicology test carried out to determine the cause of death of late music star, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad is ready after it was conducted in the United States. Lagos State counsel, Oluwaseun Akinde, who confirmed this to the coroner’s court sitting in the Ikorodu area of the state in November 2023 said the autopsy into the external body of the deceased was completed while the toxicology test had to do with the internal body. Mohbad died at the age of 27, on September 12, 2023, with circumstances surrounding his death sparking controversies on social media. The Lagos State Police Command had, on September 18, 2023, inaugurated a 13-man special investigation team to probe the singer’s death. Now, according to PUNCH , an official of the Lagos State Government said that the test result was sent to the state DNA and Forensic Centre last week.  The official who spoke on condition of anonymity added that the test result was transmitted to the police earlier this week. “The

UK asylum seeker Deportation Attempt Failed, He Was Granted leave to remain in the UK

  An asylum seeker has been remanded in custody for raping a 15-year-old girl years after kind-hearted flight crew members fought to save him from being deported to his country. Anicet Mayela, 40, from the Republic of Congo, first came to the UK in 2004 but was set to be deported in 2005. However, his flight was blocked by Air France cabin crew after they heard he was being sent back to his home country. Mayela told them his hand had been broken by deportation minders, who handcuffed his wrists and taped his legs together, The Sun reports. An earlier deportation attempt also failed after he alleged he was injured in an isolation cell at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre. A month after his flight was blocked, Mayela was granted leave to remain in the UK after lawyers said his deportation would go against his human rights. Police also said they would investigate the injuries he claimed to sustain during his deportation. After being saved from deportation, Mayela was later

Atiku and Wike attend PDP National Caucus meeting

  The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, attended the PDP’s national caucus meeting in Abuja this evening, April 17. The meeting comes ahead of the party's National Executive Committee meeting, scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 18.  This is the first time that the former Rivers state governor will be attending a meeting of the PDP since after the presidential election last year. Wike has been at loggerheads with the PDP leadership and did not support the party’s candidate, Atiku, in the 2023 presidential election. Apart from his opposition to Atiku’s campaign in the election, Wike's decision to serve in the President Bola Tinubu cabinet, had worsened the rift between him and key stakeholders in the part. Critical decisions regarding the leadership of the party and other issues such as Wike's activities in the party wil